Why do my graphics keep moving around in FP2000? 1

[Guest_imported]

My graphics look fine in normal and preview modes. When I pulish the file they can appear anywhere. When I view the page on other computers they can appear somewhere else. When I look at them in another browser they can REALLY move around. I'm new to FP so any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[kjonnnnn]

Check and see if you have them statically sized, or do you have them as a percentage of the screen size.

 

[Guest_imported]

Where do I look to determine this and which is the preferred way to size them?

 

[Garridon]

It may be a browswer compatability issue. For instance, if you're viewing something in Netscape, you may find your image on top of your text.

If this is the case, the fix is relatively easy. Create a table. Use the table properties to change the table border to 0 (that makes it invisible). Then insert your image into one of the cells, and the text and so forth into the other cells. That'll keep the image where it's supposed to be.


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[carol65441]

Putting images and photos in tables is really the best way to control how they look.

In fact, I put everything, absolutely everything in tables.

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[SteveF]

OK, I understand about using tables but here is the problem I am having with them. When I select "draw table" and draw it where I want it the table goes to another location as soon as I let go of it. I have tried the position absolutely command but it still moves. Really reminds me of the "snap to grid" command I have encountered before.
Thanks for your advice so far.

 

[sierraonsite]

Hi Steve,
For FP 2000, In normal view there are several ways to create a table. One of the easiest ways to create a table is to select <TABLE>, <INSERT>, < TABLE>, this will bring up a table insertion window. This will probably give you the most control to start with. From that window you can adjust your rows and columns, then set the layout for alignment, border size, cell padding, cell spacing and then specify width in pixels or percent.
I sometimes will use additional blank cells to achieve the spacing that I desire.
Switching to HTML view you can check on your table and see what additional formatting that FP is adding. Sometimes it's ok and other times I will force my tables by adjusting the HTML code.
Switching back to Normal view I can use my mouse to highlight the cells that I want to adjust, then right mouse click on the highlighted cell to insert rows, delete cells, split cells, merge cells and distribute columns evenly.

Playing with the width in pixels or percent can be useful as well.

If you want your tables to resize when your browser window is resized, then choose percent, otherwise you can lock it down with the width set at pixels.

After you have looked at the HTML code enough, you will start to see things that don't look right.

Your graphics can be dropped into your table in Normal View before you start to adjust the size and layout or you can set your table and then drop them in. But adding graphics after the fact may destroy your perfect set up. Experiment and try both.

Hope this sets you in the right direction.

Jim
Sierra On Site

 

[jsauce]

Tables are the way to go. John D. Saucier
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[Guest_imported]

I put my image and text into tables and when i am not looking at the browser(IE 5.5) in full screen everything shifts around same as when its not i an table help me im gonna kill this thing

 

[sierraonsite]

funhouse,

Take a look at your html code for your table. I'll bet that it's set to something like this.

<table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;6&quot; width=&quot;75%&quot;>
<tr>
<td width=&quot;50%&quot;></td>
<td width=&quot;50%&quot;></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=&quot;50%&quot;></td>
<td width=&quot;50%&quot;></td>
</tr>
</table>

If your width is in percent, then your table will move when the browser is resized. You can lock it down by using pixels instead of percent. 100 pixels equals about 1 inch so you can use that as a guide. For a 640 x 480 screen resolution you could set your width at 600 for the table and then divide the table data <td> up to match the table.


Jim

 

[Guest_imported]

Changing font size on IE changes graphic placement and text placement and size--The pages look fine in FP preview mode--but horrible in IE--My table is set in pixels and I just made new cells for the graphics thinking that would insure placement but new cells don't help--Unsure of what to do--My page looks best in IE &quot;smaller&quot; font--all other sizes shift everything around--also changes the text mouseovers which mouse to another size--

 

[Gort]

When you create a table it seems to default to the left justify position. The best way I have found to fix this is to add an align command in your HTML code. I find centering the table wors the best.

Go into you HTML code and add align=&quot;center&quot; in the begining of you table code as shown below.

<table align=&quot;center&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;86%&quot;>
Jon Holmen

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