Help with MS Frontpage...

[Mexican Pie]

Okay. I need help with a little thing on MicroSoft Frontpage.

You know when you open a table/box on the page, and move it to the left or right side, how do you get a box on the opposite side without pushing the first box you made down?

Any help would be very appreciated!!!

[Lewiji]

I haven't used frontpage much (it's teh suck.) but I think I know what you are getting at. Just create 3 columbs in your original table-one for the "left", an invisible cell for the middle and another cell on the "right". It gives the illusion that there are 2 tables on each side, as the middle is see-through.

[plattbridger]

Booo frontpage it is indeed the devils webdesign programme

Use Dreamweaver! Much better!

And what Lewiji40k said is right. If you can insert layers in frontpage then put these extra cells in a layer which you will be able to move around the webpage to whatever position you like without it affecting any of the other objects on the page.

[Wahoo]

bah, the only way to make a webpage is to use good old fashioned coding!

[TusksRUs]

Originally posted by Wahoo
bah, the only way to make a webpage is to use good old fashioned coding!
true.

[Dødens Knekt]

seriously
instead of saying "MS frontpage sucks" you could just refrain from opening the thread...
some people (like me) don't really have the time to sit down and learn html codes.
he asked for help, not what is the best way to make a page...


I'm not sure I fully understood what you were asking for...
do you want two tables next to each other?

can't you make one table, split it into three and make the one in the middle kinda small, then make the borders invisible?

or maybe split the page into two frames and have one table on each side?

[Dr-Electro]

Be creful adding frames in FP. It can make a mess if you are not careful. I think the three column idea sounds terrific. There is also a "Table Properties" setting that defaults the cell width to auto fit the cell contents. That may prove helpful.

For all you professional codeheads out there who like to belittle others who aren't you, Front Page has a very handy code editor you can use to hack up the code to your hearts content. The rest of us can't be arsed to code everything from scratch, since we have other business to attend to as well as making web pages.

Thank you for listening.

[Dom]

Originally posted by Dr-Electro
The rest of us can't be arsed to code everything from scratch, since we have other business to attend to as well as making web pages.

Thank you for listening.

PREACH IT BROTHER!

[l33t k1w1]

Originally posted by Dr-Electro
Be creful adding frames in FP. It can make a mess if you are not careful. I think the three column idea sounds terrific. There is also a "Table Properties" setting that defaults the cell width to auto fit the cell contents. That may prove helpful.

For all you professional codeheads out there who like to belittle others who aren't you, Front Page has a very handy code editor you can use to hack up the code to your hearts content. The rest of us can't be arsed to code everything from scratch, since we have other business to attend to as well as making web pages.

Thank you for listening.

Why not use CSS? It's more accepted by browsers than tables and a darn lot easier to modify. Use the Layout-O-Matic (http://www.inknoise.com/experimental/layoutomatic.php) to build the inital layout and juggle around with it in Frontpage or whatever you want. Frames are dead - avoid them like the <BLINK> tag.

Yes, FP may have a code editor, but it adds a gazillion other tags that bloat it and, in some situations, break it. I spend more time in a editor like Textpad cleaning up the code after doing it in Frontpage. Dreamweaver, on the other hand, doesn't add to it (I have used it at tech, but always went back to handcoding afterwards. Personal preference).

Besides, <meta name="generator" content="Microsoft Frontpage"> make your site look amateurish.

Take the time to learn HTML and have the knowledge to understand how it works. WYSIWYG should only be secondary.

[Dr-Electro]

I just don't have the time to spare. Your advice is good, however. If I had more time to spend, I would.

A little history lesson: Many years ago, I was an "expert member" of a computer user's group. I was handed MS Front Page to evaluate. I evaluated it. Up to that time, I had used Composer and what little HTML coding I knew to create pages. I was an amateur, creating only what was asked of me, like a site for my 30-year high school class reunion.

I have been using FP ever since. It was easy to fall into and it produced results. Those were the two criteria that mattered to me. I'm not out to impress the professionals or win awards with my web-design prowess. You may have my share as well as your own.:D

I write letters in Word for the same reason.

[Mexican Pie]

Ah, sorry. What I really meant to get at was this:

Okay, I want the left and right bar to be on the same level without using any sort of thing that Plat and Lewi said. However, when I make one on the left first, it gets pushed down after I put one on the right and try to make them level.

As shown in the picture, they always remain on different lines.

What do I do?

UPDATE: I found out the problem and fixed it. I had to put it on the right side first, not left! Thanks for the help anyway!

[Dr-Electro]

Now you should feel clever and intelligent. Way to go! You have solved your own problem.

My bill is in the mail. (jist jokin')

Also, for the rest of you, I understand where you are coming from and what you mean. Hand-coding is fun and accurate for those so inclined. Our schools teach such things nowadays. I'm just busy as heck keeping all the computer hardware functional and setting up new labs and such. I don't have the time to learn and practice doing it the way you do. If I were a professional webmaster things would be different.