![]() ![]() Layers are positioned using a standard x/y coordinate system, just like you’d expect on a sheet of graph paper. The two most important concepts, and the ones we’ll conveniently review, are the use of coordinates and positioning. Working with layers is a little different than working with most of the other elements on a Web page and that means there are concepts that you’ll need to understand before you continue. Layers can contain just about anything you can put on a Web page. It kindly inserts the or tags, codes the layers according to how you arrange them in the WYSIWYG-style document window, and even supplies each layer with its own generic name. What’s more, Dreamweaver greatly simplifies the layer creation and editing processes. For example, the Web site shown in Figure A uses layers to display and actually move a GIF file to give the illusion of a Flash file (you can check out the entire site at Despite the fact that layers can be a bit tricky to hand-code, and that some older browsers may not be “layer-savvy,” a great advantage is that they allow us Web designers a bit more versatility when positioning elements on a page. Fortunately, the solution is right there in front of you–layers!Ī layer is a container that can hold text, images, tables, other layers and various types of multimedia. While some of these issues have to do with poor planning on the front end, much of the problem is due to the fact that tables, although widely used as tools for page layout, sometimes leave much to be desired. What was a great idea in a storyboarding session often mutates into an absolute nightmare in the development phase of the project. It’s a phenomenon that happens all too often. ![]() One of the most frustrating things to deal with when working on the Web is that great storyboard thoughts just don’t make their way to fruition. ![]()
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