I would like to add these elements.

Not sure how it would work.

I see how to add email or drop down to the layout. Can you populate the info using css alone?

I picture if I start adding info to the html pages...at some point I'll decide to change the layout and then I'll have to update the html continuosly.


Kim

yes you can but not recommended

you can add in same way you add hyper link to any menu.

example :
<a href="mailto:me@anydomainname.com">eMail Us</a>

You cannot use css to populate elements. However, if I'm understanding your question, you are concerned that changing your layout means having to re-add your information.

You can already add much of your information into RLM now. For instance, an email address can be added using any of the text-based elements (headers, text, paragraph, etc.). Therefore, you don't have to worry about changing the layout with the email because as long as it is on the page in RLM, it will already be on the page when you export.

The drop-down element is a little different. You need to decide which method is the best to use.

1. If you are doing a contact form that a person will submit, the easiest way is to use Web Form Builder (WFB).

2. If you don't have WFB, you already have a form processor that you want to use, or you want the drop-down for another function then you might choose to add the form-related elements (such as a drop-down) in RLM. The issue, as you pointed out, is having to re-populate the elements if you change your layout. I'll use the drop-down to show an easy way that I handle it.

After export, you will be opening up your site in HTML Editor (or Web Editor if you are on a Mac) to add your finishing touches. In this case, you would be populating the drop-down. Let's say you have a t-shirt page (called tshirtpage.html) with a form where a person needs to select a t-shirt size so you have a drop-down with 3 options. When you look at the exported page, where the drop-down appears you see:

Create a new blank page and copy the options into it. Fill in the options however you want.

Save that file in your HTML Editor project using a name that tells you what it is for: tshirtpage-data.html

Now copy the options from the data page to the actual page (tshirtpage.html) and save. If you change your layout and export from RLM again, it's ok. Putting the data back on the page is as simply as a copy-paste instead of doing all the typing all over again.