macromedia.dreamweaver

My Div container won't cooperate

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:09:58 PDT

To better understand how CSS works, I decided to try to hand code a CSS page in
an ASCII editor! Crazy! (I did pull it in and out of DW a few times for visual
reference, so if there's any DW-specific code added, that's likely why). After
doing way better than expected, I hit my first snag (refer to code below).
Inside Box 3 (the lovely lime green affair), I have placed 3 more div
containers. However, I cannot seem to hit upon the magic code which will allow
Box 3 to auto stretch downwards to accommodate the three containers place
inside it (boxes 4, 5 and 6). No, Box 3 stubbornly remains a short, wide strip.
Any suggestions?

Thank you-
Mark

"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

Untitled Document

This is Header 1

This should be the paragraph text, set to left margin.

This is Header 2

This is "containingbox". Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer
adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore
magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci
tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie
consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan
et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis
dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.

Hi there! This is Box 2!

This is Box 4

This is Box 5.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam
erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation
ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis
autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie
consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan
et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis
dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.

This is Box 6

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NAME attribute

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:39:58 PDT

When I validate the below code, mainly created by DW, I am told there is NO
such attribute in STRICT . When I remove it, the code does not work, of
course, I guess. What do I have to amend for this to be properly validated,
please?

name="Image11" usemap="#Image11Map" id="Image1" style="position:absolute;
width:100px; height:100px; z-index:1; background-color: #91C87D; border: 1px
none #000000; left: 855px; top: 35px;" />

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Changing color pallette hangs Mac

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:54:45 PDT

Whenever I try to change color pallettes from "Color Cubes", in fact, anytime I
bring up that menu - clicking on a color then clicking on the arrow in the
upper right corner of the color picker pallette - causes the system to hang. I
can break out using command period, but I can't change to Continuous Tones, or
Grayscale, etc. I am using Mac System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (9E17) and
Dreamweaver Version 9 build 3841. Any suggestions why this happens and how to
fix would be greatly appreciated!

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How to keep content centered in full screen mode

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:36:42 PDT

I've searched all over Google and in here but am surprised to find nobody else
with the same problem!

How do you keep all of the items centered inside a Div when switching to full
screen mode in IE? Everything in my "#global" Div shifts upwards creating a
big mess and doesn't stay where it should in my content box (which is part of
the background. There's no problems when resizing the window by dragging, just
when using full screen mode. Here is my body and #global code:

body {
background-image: url(images/background2.jpg);
background-color:#ECE5C8;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: 50%% 50%%;
margin-top: 4%%;
margin-bottom:4%%;
}

#global {
margin:auto;
position:relative;
width: 784px;
height:554px;
}

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Uncooperating Divs:)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:27:22 PDT

I am having trouble with the positioning of some divs. See this URL...

http://www.kitwilkins.com/NABE_website

In Firefox, the background image of the content on the right hand side has a
slight white gap on the end which should not be there.

In IE6, the problem even worse...the main wrapper seems to be extending to
more than 800px width leaving a vertical white column running down the right
side. There is also a white gap on the left hand side of the top positioned
content background image.

I have spent HOURS tweaking the css and trying yo fix this, but I just cant
seem to figure it out. Any help would be MUCH appreciated!

I will post my css here if necessary.

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Labeling Files Correctly NEW USER

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:52:53 PDT

Do I need to use the underscore mark to connect words in file labels in DW? For
example can I call a file "Apples Bananas.html" or does it need to be
"apples_bananas.html"? If so why? Does that apply to folders too? Is this
needed for general file and folder naming outside of DW? And finally is the
lower case important? Thanks!

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Do mp3 Files Need To Reside In A Folder?

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:42:51 PDT

When I'm working in DW and I add mp3 files they attach to the hierarchy tree
below the root folder the same as pages. Do I need to create a folder for them
in the same way I have an images folder? If so, is there a standard name I need
to name the folder in order that browsers can find it? Thanks!

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Can I Use My E Drive To Work From?

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:37:38 PDT

I only have a 40G internal HD with 19G headroom. I have a 250G external drive (USB). Can I use my external drive to maintain and work from, or does DW require I use the C drive? Thanks!

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MS Works ODBC?

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:32:27 PDT

I know you can use DW to connect to SQL server, and Access DB. Is it possible to connect to a Microsoft Works Database (*.WDB)???

Thanks,
Nathan

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Very New Need Basic Definition of CSS

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:31:45 PDT

I'm extremely new. I need to know what Cascading Style Sheets means. Please use
terms in your description that a non-web person can understand. Please describe
in terms of (a) its purpose and (b) what its a solution to, as in "CSS as
opposed to what?". Please also answer why "cascading"? And what is a Style
Sheet (please define as per the above as well). I've looked everywhere but all
I can find are definitions which have confusing terms in the definitions
themselves. I need STUPID simple. Thank you!!

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