problem with layers and text

ithirstforchaos · 03-22-2007, 11:26 AM

alright ..i'm trying to add text using layers in dreamweaver8 but when i view, it takes up half the page...as long as i have my bookmarks sidebar open it looks fine but if it's close then the text floats the left...how do i get it to stay put?

Taltos · 03-22-2007, 12:33 PM

If I understand what you are asking, you can't. When the bookmarks sidebar is open, isn't the whole viewing portal for the browser shifted? So when you close it, you shift the whole viewing portal to the left. I don't think it is the text moving but the whole viewing area. Am I misunderstanding your problem?

ithirstforchaos · 03-22-2007, 01:30 PM

mmmm.....well i don't think you do cuz i can go to namewhateversite.com and that problem doesn't exist....it doesn't help that i'm a total noob, but here are a couple of pics hope this helps convey what i'm trying to explain...
this is how i would like it to look all the time

i don't want it to look like this at all ....

ummm...i guess i really should have resized them...

ithirstforchaos · 03-22-2007, 02:19 PM

i think part of my problem is that i wasn't working with tracing images.....but i'm not sure

Taltos · 03-22-2007, 03:25 PM

You problem is pretty much what I described but a different symptom. Assume your screen resolution is 1024 x 768. When your bookmark sidebar is open, you may only have a usable page width of 800px. When it is closed you have almost all of the 1024px.

Your page is now wider and so your text spreads out. It appears that you have a background image that the text now goes outside of. If you want to keep the text inside the lines of your background image, you need to set a width for the text.

Try creating a <div> for your text. Are you using a .css file? If so, try this:

HTML Code:

<div id="maintext">
Your paragraphs of text go here......
</div>

Then you add to your .css file

HTML Code:

#maintext {
   width: 800px;
}

Obviously you may have to play with the exact width to get it to work just the way you want it. Hope this helps explain. If you post the url, it is easier to figure out what you have and what the problem is. It is ok to post the url for that purpose.