Converting Layers to Table, Centring on Page

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My newly designed web site consists of pages created with (many!!) layers including text. I wish to convert the layers to a table. The main reason for this is to allow the page to centre to put into a frameset or centre the pages in higher resolution browsers rather than left indexed

Is my only solution to recreate each page with tables from scratch? I am aware that Dreamweaver has the command to 'Convert Layers to Table' and then centre but I cannot find the command on FP2003

Regards and Hel
Geof
 
if all you want to do is center the stuff just find your outermost layer and
then go to the style sheet, set that layer to align center.


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geoff_pettit said:
My newly designed web site consists of pages created with (many!!) layers
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including text. I wish to convert the layers to a table. The main reason for
this is to allow the page to centre to put into a frameset or centre the
pages in higher resolution browsers rather than left indexed.
Is my only solution to recreate each page with tables from scratch? I am
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aware that Dreamweaver has the command to 'Convert Layers to Table' and then
centre but I cannot find the command on FP2003.
 
Hi Geoff,

You can't centre layers as you know - they're at a fixed position from the
top/left. Without seeing the pages in question I can only give a general
suggestion which would be 2 options
1/ convert to tables
2/ use a centred wrapper div like this
<style type="text/css">
#wrapper{
position:relative;
margin:10px auto;
width: 750px;
}
</style>
<!--[if IE 5]>
<style>
body {text-align: center;}
#wrapper {text-align left;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
.......your layers
</div>

By puttting your layers in a centred div like this theyll move relative to
the wrapper - you may find this quicker than converting everything to tables

There is a layers -> table feature in DW but I've never heard of anyone
ussing it successfully - I've been using DW since version 2 and wouldnt
touch this feature with a 10 foot pole.

Jon
Microsoft MVP - FP
 
Reply to Jon and chri
I'm afraid I didn't follow either proposal. chris - I couldn't find the command in 'style sheet' to centre a layer. Jon I'm afraid I couldn't apply the centre div wrapper, a bit too advanced for me to add complex codes. my site is on test at the moment on www.planit360.net/New_Test I have also just added a question about not being able to see a Template I designed in using FP2003

Regards and hel

geoff
 
In Code view find your DIV tags and delete all the style="...." (absolute positioning) and just use align="center"
Then use Edit Select All, and Table Convert Text to Table (paragraphs)

PS
The Word/Shape art you are using also uses absolute positioning and is only supported by IE

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| Reply to Jon and chris
| I'm afraid I didn't follow either proposal. chris - I couldn't find the command in 'style sheet' to centre a layer. Jon I'm afraid
I couldn't apply the centre div wrapper, a bit too advanced for me to add complex codes. my site is on test at the moment on
www.planit360.net/New_Test I have also just added a question about not being able to see a Template I designed in using FP2003.
|
| Regards and help
|
| geoff
 
Thanks. Tried all that, I wasn't given the command 'Convert Text to Table' (greyed out). My worst fears are probably now founded - recreate all pages from scratch in Tables or save up for Dreamweaver which has the vey handy convert layers to tables command !

Geoff
 
In Design view Instead of edit select all, just select your <p>enclosed text

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| Thanks. Tried all that, I wasn't given the command 'Convert Text to Table' (greyed out). My worst fears are probably now founded -
recreate all pages from scratch in Tables or save up for Dreamweaver which has the vey handy convert layers to tables command !!
|
| Geoff
 
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