Viewing Positioning
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User: Yelena 12 years ago
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In IWeb if I made an object or shape a little wider than the page width I wouldn't see the extra part in the browser. Is it possible to replicate that in Easy Web? Sometimes it is difficult to align something to the edge - it may look perfect in EW but when published a tiny space may appear. So it would be helpful to position it as X -1,-2,etc... Also I still have a problem when trying to move object/text to the left/right and up/down (mentioned that a few times but didn't see any replies from Paul or Jeremy)...:) ------------------------------- Yelena MacBook Pro OS X 10.10.3 IMac 21" OS X 10.10.3 |
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User: Roddy 12 years ago
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The fact that iWeb hides any overflow from the content area is actually a flaw in the software. It doesn't make sense to insert an object that is wider than the page width unless you have a particular reason. In which case you would not want the overflow hidden. If you want to align something exactly on the left edge of the page you would set x = 0 in the Metrics inspector. In normal circumstances, there are not many occasions when you would want an object or text box to sit hard against the edge. Take a look a the layout this forum page for example. Everything has a margin. In this respect, web pages are similar to print. A margin makes the page look cleaner and easier to read. I can usually tell if a web page has been built using drag and drop software simply by looking at the layout. They vary from being slightly odd looking to downright awful since the user has not made any attempt to overcome the limitations of the software by using the metrics inspector to align objects correctly and to simulate the appearance of margin and/or padding. ------------------------------- Roddy Website: http://everwebwidgets.com Contact: http://everwebwidgets.com/ewWidgets-home/contact.html NOTE: I am an EverWeb user and NOT affiliated with EverWeb! Any opinions expressed in this forum are my own. |
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User: Yelena 12 years ago
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I totally understand... But this is what I am kind of struggling with - because the x,y positioning tools have a bug - as we discovered - sometimes placing something at "0" doesn't appear perfectly positioned (sometimes it does). And what I am trying to "spill over" is a Nav Bar for example...just so it looks perfectly aligned to the page width. But as I said, sometimes it works just fine... And I assume if the positioning tool is fixed it is not going to be an issue...
------------------------------- Yelena MacBook Pro OS X 10.10.3 IMac 21" OS X 10.10.3 |
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User: Roddy 12 years ago
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Without having an understanding of the box model in CSS you are kind of working in the dark as far as layout is concerned. When you create an object like navigation, you can't give it a margin in respect to the page container so you have to simulate it it by placing it using the Metrics inspector. In this respect, drag and drop is slow, cumbersome and inaccurate compared with code entry. If your page width is 980px, make the navigation 970px and set it so that x = 5px. That's equivalent to giving it a left and right margin of 5px. That's if my math is correct! ------------------------------- Roddy Website: http://everwebwidgets.com Contact: http://everwebwidgets.com/ewWidgets-home/contact.html NOTE: I am an EverWeb user and NOT affiliated with EverWeb! Any opinions expressed in this forum are my own. |
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User: Yelena 12 years ago
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Got it!...:)
------------------------------- Yelena MacBook Pro OS X 10.10.3 IMac 21" OS X 10.10.3 |
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