Monsieurmaggot,
Click on your yellow button on the page now at the top of VSD click on "Object" then "Arrange" then "Bring to front". This should put this above the main content. The Arrange menu is where you get all the objects on your page showing the way you want them as far as layers go.

Ah if it t'were only that simple...

That's what I've been doing. It looks great until I save it. Some of the buttons disappear behind the yellow page. Inconsistently!

There are actually a total of five purple buttons on that page. Only two show up.

I even tried "shift" and selecting all the button to duplicate their formatting.

It's very frustrating.

All I want is damn tabbed page. Maybe that option could be something added in future releases. The flash applet doesn't offer it - which I was hoping for.

Will you try selecting the main body square object and going to arrange and click "send to back". Then upload the site again even if it doesn't look the way you want. I want to look at how the code changes.

I think that did it. Looks sweet.

I never thought of moving the page backwards. That seems to have done the trick.

Now I can continue on to finishing the site.

Woo hoo. <doing summer saults now>

More reason to become part of the Coffee klatch.

Thanks Eric.

I'm still trying to figure out what's going on with the backgrounds - There's the white page bkgrd (960px x 800px) which starts at the red line (see below) then there's nav_border.png (19px x 729px) and finally IMG_3.jpg (815px x 616px). This is what I'm seeing (Firefox/Windows Vista):

http://i78.servimg.com/u/f78/14/58/51/55/family10.jpg

That leaves quite a bit of empty page to the left; is it supposed to look like that? Another thing with VSD, it makes copies of all your images every time you save, so if you're moving stuff around and copy/pasting along with saving frequently, you'll end up with a lot of 'junk files' that could give you some weird results when viewed live. So when you get the page just how you want it - go to the Files folder (where your VSD site is saved) and get rid of anything you don't need. Now when you add new pages, select the option to copy an existing page and choose index. All your basic elements will be duplicated and you can delete whatever you don't need on the new page.

Notice the title 'Family Matters' doesn't appear as it would on your computer. I don't think too many people will have "LoosieScript" installed on their machines. Using the Advanced Text option will turn it into an image so it will look the same for everyone.

One other idea - have a search for 'tabbed menus'. Make your menu then insert it with the HTML tool.
If you ever need to change or add anything you can easily update your menu file and re-insert it rather than having to re-work a bunch of mouse-over images in VSD.

I love your hand-print background!

Thanks for your comments paintbrush. You are very observant.

The left side column will have my weblinks. They'll appear on the actual website but I removed them for the test post. Not quite sure what font we will end up using.

I like your idea about making the "loosie font" a picture. My wife wanted a script font there.

The sizing and borders are still rudimentary. I've tried different permutations and backgrounds on every page I've made within the site to see what I would look like when the page has actual data within it.

Once the Dr. decides which she will like best, I will duplicate that look on the entire site.

This project started with the Miami template that comes with the trial version.

I will be putting the construction site back up now.

Thanks.

Glad to hear that space was planned and not some browser/display issue!
Can't wait to see what you come up with, put up a link when you get it done


monsieurmaggot < cracks me up every time I see that

Mr M - I just came across this site and it reminded me of your site... so here's a little inspiration for you:

http://randomous.com/floatbox/demo

Now I'm one of you.

I bought a ton of Coffecup software and I am looking forward to posting my efforts soon.

Your life will NEVER be the same


But in a good way.