help s.o.s help

[three_suns]

i am having problems inserting images into my layers. i was doing fine untill it just stop. any suggestions

[Digitalosophy]

well first off what are you using DW or frontpage. second post some code or your project

[three_suns]

you know, i am so busy and behind that it will take me some time to do. i have the boss lurking down my throat. i dont have any script being that i'm not strong in scripting. all i have been doing is building the site on layers and out of no where it just stop inserting the images. hey, [digitalosophy] i really appreciate ur help. you have help me alot

[Digitalosophy]

its no problem, when your dealing with layers you have to be carefull, make sure you specify a z-index. that will tell DW what to put in front of what

[three_suns]

you know, i am so busy and behind that it will take me some time to do. i have the boss lurking down my throat. i dont have any script being that i'm not strong in scripting. all i have been doing is building the site on layers and out of no where it just stop inserting the images. hey, [digitalosophy] i really appreciate ur help. you have help me alot

[three_suns]

should i just copy the script from the layer it self or do you want see some more

[Digitalosophy]

uhh thats fine i guess, if your using css attach that as well

[three_suns]

this is a working layer
<div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; left:11px; top:33px; width:725px; height:120px; z-index:1"><img src="logoTop.gif" width="725" height="120"></div>



this is one of the layers that i am have problems with:
<div id="Layer37" style="position:absolute; left:267px; top:165px; width:154px; height:20px; z-index:48;">
<div align="center"></div>
</div>

the same laye had an image in it. i deleted the image to insert another and it gives me the restricted sign of " Go F- ur-self"

[Digitalosophy]

use the php tags to make ur code not work on our browser

[three_suns]

the scprt did not post and yes also my css is out of wack

[Digitalosophy]

here is a quick examplei made for you without the ue of an external css page

[three_suns]

GO BROOKLYN!!!!!!!

[Digitalosophy]

:) understand now?

[three_suns]

what do u know about html pre-loaders? my file is getting big, there for i have to make a pre-loader.
In flash it easy enough but how about in html. do i build a load bar? if so, what are the scripts to make it work.......

[Digitalosophy]

hmm, well i really dont know too much about preloading html. i can tell you it's a javascript. let me see what i can come up with

[Digitalosophy]

im not sure man, but why dont you just slice your images to make them load faster

[three_suns]

hhhhhmmmmmmmmmm...
slice my images

[Digitalosophy]

yea meaning if you have 1 image that 300x300 make it into 3 or 4 separate images. this way its faster to load. fireworks has a great slicing tools. you can also do it in photoshop

[three_suns]

the site doesn't really have images. it has images for buttons. the thing thats making it a some what large file is the banners that they want on the site.

[RussianBeer]

God... layers.. I hate em... :scream:

[three_suns]

dig this, i need a pre-loader that looks or does the same fuction as this web-site
www.cbsmarketwatch.com

any clues

[Digitalosophy]

well unfortunatly i don't see a preloader, is that the right page?
anyway, in asp the "Response" object has an a buffer attribute. now by buffer i dont mean like real player where there is a loading bar. but what it will do is, wait until the full page is loaded to display anything. i don't like it personally. mayeb you can have it where is says the word "loading" until the site is laoded, but first off I never used it. i could look it up for you but your server needs to have asp installed.

i jst read a javascript that allows to to preload images before the user goes to the page. meaning when ur at your homepage you can load headers on other pages before they get there.
http://www.hypergurl.com/preloading.html

[three_suns]

WELL, IM AM DOING THINGS TO MAKE THE FILE SMALLER BUT!!!!1
something came to my attention last night working on my project..........should i convert my layers into tables. i thinks since i have layers. there are going to be some loss of balance on certain viewers monitors. what do you think. Man i really wish this site was in flash!!!!!

[Digitalosophy]

well if you are setting the x and y positions with layers, then it will look different at different size resolutions, maybe lock your site at a certain size.

[three_suns]

i looked for that before...how would i go about do it? and will that lock on my layers on most resolutions

[Digitalosophy]

well you would have to make your browser window not resizable. you would have to have a splash page with opens a browser window, that function is in the behaviors pallett in Dreamweaver, and it gives you the option.

that will lock all layers on all resolutions. this is because your designing your page at a specified width and height. therefor when you position your layers, since your browser is locked they will always be locked as well on the coordinates you specify

[Digitalosophy]

you really dont have to do it like that thought. when i make html sites they look fine on any resolution. just make a table and subtables in that one. by splitting colums and rows you could do what you want without locking the size.

[three_suns]

this is another option that i have. to convert my layers into tables. when i do it has a check box about something of overlapping layers. so when i do it it says some BS about i have layers over lapping. is there a way to convert overlapping layers or do i have to take them apart?

[three_suns]

this is my question....................i am trying to convert the layers. everything is going well but!!!!!its not letting me convert because 3.0 browser are not compatible with nested layers. can i enable that option so that it will be able to convert

[three_suns]

just came to me. i refered the site of cbsmarketwatch.com before. there is a ad before the site comes up. i consider that some what of a pre-loader to the site. what is the script or explaination the that effect