Fireworks text, will it be text or a graphic on my website?

[iamles]

I am somewhat new to fireworks, but can basically get around in it. However, one of the most frustrating things is putting text into fireworks and exporting it to a html file, only to realize that the text has become a graphic so that web crawlers and search engines will not read. I want the plain text that I type into fireworks to be TEXT and not a graphic when I export it to dreamweaver. Am I doing something wrong, or is it that Fireworks just doesn't work that way.

PS- I have tried the slice tool thing to take out areas so that I can enter the text manually in Dreamweaver, but then I get those horrible ugly gaps everywhere. HELP!

AND THANKS!

 

[grtfercho]

I don't know what version of Fireworks you are using but I got MX.
Try this:
go to the place where you want the text to be, there create slice. ( you do know how to create a slice don't you?)
once created pull the properties panel You will see a small combo box that says Type: [image, HTML] select HTML and then hit the Edit HTML button on the same panel, on the new window type whatever text you need. close the window and voila! you have text not a graphic in your final output..

hope that helps.

grtfercho çB^]\..
"Imagination is more important than Knowledge" A. Einstein

 

[iamles]

You are GREAT!!! THANKS!!!

 

[zxmax]

greeting, i have a similar problem,
now i would like to add the text in DW for editing and stuff (specially if i need to create an editable template in DW)
now if the text is too long , the slices on the side get stretch out and it looses its appearance.

so i guess my question is, how do prevent my side bar navigation of beeing distored or streched when i add lots of text in the body of the web site.

i hope i was clear explaing,
here is couple of links to explain

http://www.pcclick.ca/test/before.html

http://www.pcclick.ca/test/after.html

one more question not related to the above, how do i make the top and bottom small bar to stretch to 100% of the page sideways, so if the client has his screen higher then 800x600 , it wont' show white background,

Thanks alot in advance

 

[0ddball]

zxmax->

I just asked a similar question in the Dreamweaver UltraDev forum... I'll update this post if I get an answer.

 

[DaRNCaT]

Because you have created the website as a graphic in fireworks, you are not going to be able to exceed the bounds of space you created for yourself without rebuilding the page.
Basically you have created one table at a set size, to be able to resize you need all your elements seperated.
Another point to mention, is that in using so many graphics, you increase your loadtime considerably.
I usually build by creating a graphic of how I want the site to look in fireworks and then slicing the parts I need and using background colors in table rows and columns to "fill in" gaps, so that the page expands and contracts.
I build a 100% table with usually 3 rows and 3 columns.
Colspan the top 3 and use that as the header section- place your graphics in this area for your header.
Drop your menu (in it's own table) in the side, and set that row (td) to the width of the table containing the menu.
use the center for content, the far right row for other graphics, or colspan if you want.
The bottom you can colspan or use as is, to place your footer in.
Done right, you should be able to use a minimum of graphics and acheive the same look- always remember you can use CSS instead of graphics for your menu.

I hope this isn't too confusing, I actually started out like you have, and then leaned that great as fireworks is, it certainly has it's limitations as far as html goes.

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Sometimes, when my code just won't behave, I take it outside and make it listen to britney spears music, and when it comes back it's really well behaved. I wonder if it's suffering from post tramatic stress syndrome now..