I just started using Backdraft and love it so far. I develop simple websites so I think it’s going to be quite valuable to me.
I created my first page and want to add additional design elements to it (e.g., flower.png). I cannot figure out how to do it. I basically want to lay it beneath some of the modules that contain text and images. For example, I want to place something on top of the 3 and 2-wrapper modules you’ll see on the linked-to page.
Thanks in advance!
Hal
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Backdraft is to be seen as framework. It’ll mean, that you can grab from the available modules with different columns - but only from those. If nothing fits into your world, you’ll need to rewrite your outline (your change your design attitude)
####Templates
They’re “As Is”. You’ll need to write your outline exactly to the template, changing words, images and colors. If your outline doesn’t fit - either seek for another template or change your outline, cause you wear another designers worn shoes!!
####So something wrong with Freeway?
Nope. Freeway is just a pro tool, which allows you building your own stuff. That’s what the app has been created for. Doing so it requires some additional knowledge. It has the tools for doing everything - you just need to know where they are and how to handle those. Being aware of those tools, you won’t need neither backdraft nor a template.
####The Precise Answer to your request
In the above mentioned surroundings, items are place relative. An “in between”, “above” or “below” item will be positioned absolute. So what you basically need to know is, that an absolute positioned item is to be treated as a child item and obeys its parent. The parent can be everything, from the top-level surrounding DIV (called PageDiv), down to every single DIV in hierarchy.
So if you want to dip your toes deeper in this rather cold water, I recommend to seek for “Inflow Design” or even “BoxModel” which teaches you how to position items relative (or how Backdraft basically has been built and why). Then you slightly can start to combine this with you already known method of “Drop and Drag”. Once there, you realize that you can drag those items beyond a DIV in the sidebar. Finally it’s a question of positioning within the parent which can be done by negative values - and so on and so on.
But more than often, the trick is simply changing your attitude asking yourself:
“Do I really need it??” Think about it - even twice.
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Thanks David. I mean “overlay” and not above/below or before/after another module, but I understand your point about leveraging the modules as much as I can for what they are. That’s the point of templates. Fair enough.
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I mean “overlay” and not above/below or before/after
The problem is that if you add something as an overlay it is then out-with the inline layout and will not be Responsive - the whole point of Backdraft is to give you a Responsive site.
Right, but if I were more of an expert with Freeway I’m sure I could add images where I wanted and that would be responsive while still leveraging Backdraft modules.
But, I’m not.
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What I’d like to do is not have to put images (the star-like graphics) on the yellow background image or in a straight line like you see below the heading and instead place them on every page wherever I want.
Does that help?
Thanks for taking the time to help me out!
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Then you need to click inside each wrapper item and insert html item. You could then set the background image of each to your graphic that you want to use.
Positioning can be achieved using margins, floats etc. but exact positioning over all sizes is going to take a bit of work.
I’ve tried that, but the result is an image that isn’t responsive and isn’t transparent. I’m sure I’d doing it wrong. If you have the patience and time you can send me the specific steps. That would be awesome, but I know I’m asking a lot.
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Thanks D. I have the background image OK. What I don’t know how to do exactly is …“click inside each wrapper item and insert html item. You could then set the background image of each to your graphic that you want to use.”
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Yes I have. I’m probably not explaining myself clearly.
I uploaded a new page at laurieandlawrenceadopt. com/favorites.html.
I added a graphic box, imported a png as a pass-through, changed the width to fixed %, and looked at the break points to move the image where I want it.
So now I have a transparent image that scales and rests its location at the break points.
Is there a way to layer the item so the photos are in front (on top) of the image?
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Is there a way to layer the item so the photos are in front (on top) of the image?
Certainly but you are missing the point about the use of BackDraft - it is designed to give you an easy inline construction (using relative positioning).
By adding that graphic element in that way your layout isn’t really inline anymore as the graphic you have added is an absolutely positioned child.
By selecting the graphic item and using Item>Send to Back you may be able to move it ‘behind’ other items in that same wrapper. But it really isn’t the way to go.
Is there a way to layer the item so the photos are in front (on top) of the image?
Certainly but you are missing the point about the use of BackDraft - it is designed to give you an easy inline construction (using relative positioning).
By adding that graphic element in that way your layout isn’t really inline anymore as the graphic you have added is an absolutely positioned child.
By selecting the graphic item and using Item>Send to Back you may be able to move it ‘behind’ other items in that same wrapper. But it really isn’t the way to go.
D
And this is what I already mentioned in my post above?
