Moving pictures in front page or drag & drop

[Guest]

Hi I am somewhat new to FrontPage and I get everything I want done in
FrontPage except the simplest little thing, I will paste a picture or insert
one and try to click on it or drag it to another spot and it will not move, I
have used other web builders and they allow this but not on my FrontPage.
(Until I find the control for this feature). It keeps going back like as in
snap to a grid but worse I can move it up or down a little but it will always
jump back to wherever the page is set, left, centered ETC.

Can anyone tell me how to turn this off so I can drag items around on the
page we, 2 of us looked and so far and can not find it?

Help please

Bill

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

In order to use absolute positioning you need to enable CSS1 and CSS2 in Tools Page Options Authoring
- but if you don't understand how it works, I would not recommend using absolute positioning
(or your pages may not be viewable in many browsers and fall apart at different screen resolutions)
- use tables to layout your page and "position" your images

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| Hi I am somewhat new to FrontPage and I get everything I want done in
| FrontPage except the simplest little thing, I will paste a picture or insert
| one and try to click on it or drag it to another spot and it will not move, I
| have used other web builders and they allow this but not on my FrontPage.
| (Until I find the control for this feature). It keeps going back like as in
| snap to a grid but worse I can move it up or down a little but it will always
| jump back to wherever the page is set, left, centered ETC.
|
| Can anyone tell me how to turn this off so I can drag items around on the
| page we, 2 of us looked and so far and can not find it?
|
| Help please
|
| Bill
|

 

[Murray]

Front page is what would be generically called an "HTML Authoring System".
This means that after you interact with FP's design view, that interaction
is translated into a series of HTML tags which are then 'rendered' by the
browser to recreate what you did. The 'lexicon' of HTML tags is limited,
meaning that there is a limit to the kinds of things you can do in HTML. If
you are interested, you can read all about HTML at http://www.w3.org, but be
warned - it's pithy and dense.

Since there are limits on what you can do in HTML, that limit is imposed on
your operations within FP.

In HTML, there is only one way to freely position a page element (that could
be an image, a table, or a line of text) - and that is to use a CSS method
called (sensibly enough) "POSITIONING". In order to drag your image to any
location on the design view, FP would have to create and write the required
positioning code to the page. Generally speaking, such positioning is what
could be called an advanced use, and it can be pretty tricky to use
properly. Even though it seems so simple to just drag and drop something, it
definitely is not simple 'behind the scenes' and is the source of may
problem posts her and elsewhere.

In HTML, the rule is this - non-positioned page elements are placed at the
left margin of the page, in a location determined by the preceding HTML
markup. If you put a table on a page, it goes flush with the left margin of
the page. You can change its vertical location on the page by adding markup
above it (like inserting another table). This is why when you add an image
to the page, it sticks to the left margin.

So - I apologize for the windy post, but I wanted to get to the punch line,
which is this: If you want to learn how to use FP well, you will also need
to learn some HTML. Along the way, some CSS wouldn't hurt either!

 

[Guest]

Thank you Stefan for the reply I was wondering what you think might be the
best program to use in web building Dreamweaver Etc. I was using a web
program yahoo site builder (free) that I downloaded from Yahoo, it allows
just about anything to be done very easy. It also allows moving any item
anywhere on the page.
Thanks again

 

[Guest]

Thank you Murray for the reply
I was wondering what you think might be the best program to use in web
building was Dreamweaver Etc.
I was using a web program yahoo site builder (free) that I downloaded from
Yahoo, it allows just about anything to be done very easy. It also allows
moving any item anywhere on the page.
Thanks again

 

[Murray]

I was wondering what you think might be the best program to use in web

building was Dreamweaver Etc.

The critical element here is how much HTML do you know. If the answer is
"very little", then it doesn't really matter which you choose, although you
will find the learning curve steep with anything. If the answer is "quite a
bit" then it really doesn't matter which you choose, although you will find
the user interface to be a bit less intrusive in Dreamweaver than in
FrontPage - but that's my personal opinion.

It also allows
moving any item anywhere on the page.

That's because it's writing all that stuff 'behind the kimono' (so to
speak). As long as you stay within their intolerably restrictive design
environment you will only be able to produce rather crude "hobby sites". If
you have aspirations of doing better than that, you need to step into the
light....

 

[Guest]

Thanks Murray

Into the light I go, I have 3 nice large sites built now several pages and
quite extensive in design, picts, backgrounds, Links, Etc lots of effects but
at a advanced amateur level but good enough for what I want. I did download
the dreamweaver MX 2004 but did not like it that much to many variations
along with it, add on programs Etc. Thanks for getting back to me.

Take care and again thanks

 

[Murray]

lots of effects but

at a advanced amateur level

The 'lots of effects' part usually keeps you at the advanced amateur level,
in my opinion. Nothing shouts "experience" more loudly to me than a page
with impact that has NO effects.

but did not like it that much to many variations
along with it, add on programs Etc.

I guess this means you didn't really get what DW is. There are no
variations, and the addon programs are strictly optional. The basic DW
comes with a full array of behaviors (even more than FP) as native options.

But - good luck, and post back with your progress.