Also look at Interactive Buttons where you can also use your own images for the buttons
See
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555010
--
| Read through the FrontPage help on Behaviours, particularly the Swap
| Image behaviour.
|
| You could also search through the JavaScript section on
www.irt.org
|
| To see the JavaScript FP uses for themed buttons, open the page in a
| browser and view source.
| --
| Ron Symonds
| Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
|
| | > Thanks, Ronx,
| >
| > I will probably go the custom route. I really want to have different
| > icons
| > on the left of my menu items, which rules out linkbars altogether.
| > My only
| > concern is that JavaScript may complicate the code and increase the
| > page
| > size. On the other hand, I probably do not see all the JavaSript
| > that FP2003
| > generates to handle linkbars.
| >
| > Could you please suggest a good tutorial (for a beginner) on
| > JavaScript that
| > would handle icon swapping?
| >
| > Many thanks,
| >
| > rush614
| >
| > "Ronx" wrote:
| >
| >> Thinking out of the box, customise the buttons in the theme -
| >> change
| >> the buttons in an image editor so that they include the appropriate
| >> icon. Customise the theme to use the new buttons, save the theme
| >> with
| >> a new name and apply the new theme to all pages. Set the button
| >> text
| >> to align to the right.
| >>
| >> The only alternative to this (apart from solutions already
| >> mentioned
| >> and discarded) is to code the link bars yourself - copy the
| >> FrontPage
| >> buttons from _derived folders to desktop (use Windows Explorer
| >> since
| >> _derived is hidden in FrontPage), , or make the page buttons
| >> yourself,
| >> then File->Import into another folder in FP. Then write
| >> appropriate
| >> JavaScript to swap the buttons and icons. You will lose the Active
| >> Page button, unless you place the link bar on each page
| >> individually.
| >> --
| >> Ron Symonds
| >> Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| >> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| >>
| >> | >> > Thanks, Ronx,
| >> >
| >> > I thought of that. However, it is my understanding that with this
| >> > solution
| >> > the icons in the neighboring column will remain static,
| >> > regardless
| >> > of "hover"
| >> > and "click" behaviour that will be going on in the linkbar, being
| >> > disconnected from the Active Graphics effcts in the link bar.
| >> > Also,
| >> > the icons
| >> > will be disconnected from the nav structure, with the result that
| >> > linkbars
| >> > will change from page to page depending on the place, but the
| >> > icons
| >> > will not.
| >> >
| >> > Ideally, I want linkbars with left-aligned, indented text (i.e.
| >> > with
| >> > 10-20px
| >> > of empty space to the left of the text). On hover, the "empty"
| >> > GIF#1
| >> > is
| >> > replaced with GIF#2, now containing the image of the icon in this
| >> > empty
| >> > space, on click it is replaced with GIF#3 in which this icon is
| >> > brighter.
| >> > Again, ideally I want a separate icon for each button on the
| >> > linkbar.
| >> >
| >> > If linkbars will not allow me to do that, could you point me out
| >> > the
| >> > way I
| >> > can accomplish that? I understand there might be several ways to
| >> > do
| >> > that
| >> > (CSS, JavaScript and such), but if I want to have linkbar on
| >> > every
| >> > page to
| >> > depend on the navigation structure, linkbars seem to be the only
| >> > way
| >> > to go.
| >> >
| >> > Thanks,
| >> >
| >> > rush614
| >> >
| >> > "Ronx" wrote:
| >> >
| >> >> One solution is to use a two column single row table to
| >> >> construct
| >> >> your
| >> >> link bars. The icon goes in the first column, and the link bar
| >> >> in
| >> >> the
| >> >> second. The icon will need to be sized so its height matches
| >> >> the
| >> >> link
| >> >> bar images (or use transparent images to adjust).
| >> >> --
| >> >> Ron Symonds
| >> >> Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| >> >> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| >> >>
| >> >> | >> >> >I am new to FP03. I am trying to make graphical vertical
| >> >> >linkbars
| >> >> >using a
| >> >> > modified theme. All I want is to have set of active vertical
| >> >> > linkbars (based
| >> >> > on navigation structure) so linkbar would change underlying
| >> >> > GIF
| >> >> > from
| >> >> > standard, to hover, to click. I do not want to apply a theme
| >> >> > to
| >> >> > the
| >> >> > whole
| >> >> > page, just to one set of link bar (hosting on Yahoo!
| >> >> > webhosting,
| >> >> > that is
| >> >> > supposed to support FP 2002 SE).
| >> >> >
| >> >> > The problem is that in a theme customization, linkbar text
| >> >> > formatting is
| >> >> > limited to left, centered or right. I want to indent the text
| >> >> > 10-20px, so
| >> >> > there would be a place for a small icon before left aligned
| >> >> > text
| >> >> > (see below
| >> >> > for example)
| >> >> >
| >> >> > |
Link #1 |
| >> >> > |
Link #2 |
| >> >> > | :[ Link #3 |
| >> >> >
| >> >> > The "customize theme" wizard gives me only three options
| >> >> > (left,
| >> >> > center,
| >> >> > right). If I go into graph1.css and try to change
| >> >> > .mstheme-vert-navtxt
| >> >> > manually, FronPage ignores the margin-left: commands, but
| >> >> > picks
| >> >> > up
| >> >> > color: and
| >> >> > text-align: modifiers (although very flaky, only if I manually
| >> >> > reapply
| >> >> > theme).
| >> >> >
| >> >> > I really like the simplicity of navigation-based link-bars,
| >> >> > but I
| >> >> > want just
| >> >> > a little customization without getting too much into CSS and
| >> >> > JavaScript.
| >> >> >
| >> >> > You help will be greatly appreciated
| >> >>
| >> >>
| >> >>
| >>
| >>
| >>
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