Hi, I am confused about two different HTML items; one has location dimensions you can specify and the other has float and clear. I’d really appreciate someone helping me understand the difference in how they’re created and used. Thanks so much! Al.
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If you draw an HTML item on your page independent of any other then you get ‘location dimensions’
If you click inside an HTML item and Insert>HTML item then that is commonly referred to as an inline construction and your options are Float, Clear etc.
These are with the CSS Layout button on.
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David,
Thanks for your quick reply. I was playing around putting boxes in boxes both with the html box tool and the “insert” menu item. All with the CSS button off. Some were one way, some the other. So, are you saying the inline construction boxes are used most for layout and the others are more for text? I did watch the Dan Jasker video on box construction and that’s where I started getting confused. Thanks again.
-Al
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are you saying the inline construction boxes are used most for layout and the others are more for text?
No - they are both valid methods for either.
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What I am struggling to understand is why I would chose one html box type over the other. And furthermore, If I can put graphics in html boxes, when would I prefer an html box over a graphics box for a graphic item?
I am determined to get this, but at this stage it’s kinda fuzzy.
Thanks Dave.
-Al
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why I would chose one html box type over the other.
They are the same type of HTML box - it is the positioning that differs ie inline or standalone. Your page construction (what you are trying to achieve) will determine this.
You can only use a pass-through image in an HTML box using File>Import (then not editable within FW if you want to change size)
You can insert a graphic box within an HTML box and import your image into that.
You can also use an image as a background to an HTML box.
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On Sep 17, 2011, at 10:41 AM, al porter wrote:
What I am struggling to understand is why I would chose one html box type over the other. And furthermore, If I can put graphics in html boxes, when would I prefer an html box over a graphics box for a graphic item?
A graphics item can scale, crop, rotate, skew (spindle, mutilate…) whatever image you place inside it. An HTML box is a “pass-through” container. Any image you place inside it is not altered in any way, and Freeway assumes you know what you want and have saved the file in a browser-ready format and resolution and size.
I am determined to get this, but at this stage it’s kinda fuzzy.
You’re getting there!
Walter
Thanks Dave.
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Thanks David,
My site is not up yet. When I view it in Firefox or Opera it works fine – but in Google Chrome and Safari, the hyperlinks have blue lines only when they are mouse clicked.
Joe
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There are several ways to define the appearance of your Text links.
1 On a page-wide basis. With nothing selected on the page click on the Paintbrush icon in the Inspector and open the Links section. Here you can define the colour of your various stages of link and whether they should be underlined or not (clicking on the U will do this) 1 click underline off. But it cycles round through other stages. Best to view in Preview after each click as it is not easy to tell from the colour of the U button what state is selected.
2 On an item by item basis - same process as above but with the HTML container for your links selected you can then set the Link status in the inspector but it will only affect the links in that particular container. Note that this will override any settings you made using method 1.
3 Text Link Style action which can be applied to an HTML container. The advantage of this one is that it is much clearer whether underlining is on or off. Will also override settings using method 1.
There are others but these should get you sorted.
David
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