Megan — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 13:08:48 +0000

My advice is not to use layers in Dreamweaver unless you know what they are and what they are doing. It's not as simple as a layer in graphics programs. They are positioned DIV's, which are rather tricky to work with. In all cases, it's best to know what the program is doing in the code before you try to make it do something for you. For now it might be best to stick with tables. As for your other question about text shifting, I'm not entirely sure what the question is - it might help to give us a URL so we can see what you're talking about.

What's DIV short for? That's a good question!

ROB — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:01:56 +0000

way back when dreamweaver 2 was new your page probably wouldve probably looked fine, but many years have come and gone since then along with many browser versions.

if i had to guess i'd say div was short for division - ie: divide up a page

Whitehorse — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:30:58 +0000

Hi
Thanks for your replies - lol why didn't I think of align=justify!!!
So are you basically saying that it's the browsers that change how my pages are displayed? That maybe my original page created from layers looked fine on some browsers and not on others? I knew some pages may change but didn't realise it would change so much that it would be unreadable. Ho hum.
Renogade - DIV's - what's that short for?

BB
Whitehorse

ROB — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:29:03 +0000

download and install mozilla 1 or netscape 7 or k-meleon and opera. for shits and giggles you can get ns 4.7 just to see how crappy things can look. ALOT of people still use IE 5.5, but since you can't downgrade or install multiple versions you need at least two computers to run both IE 5 and IE 6. If anything, code for IE 5, even though it doesnt guarantee itll work right in IE 6 it's better than vice-versa.

and DREAMWEAVER 2!!! arent they at 5 now (MX)? that's probably a good place to start, upgrade.

Renegade — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:15:04 +0000

Yeah, works or if you prefer CSS p {text-align:justify;} I suggest CSS

BTW, try using DIVs instead of layers, aren't they two different things? (maybe someone can correct me on that)

Welcome to the forums

Busy — Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:33:55 +0000

Back in the older days (few years ago) there were only a couple of browsers that people used, so a layout either worked or didn't. Nowadays there are so many browsers and thing people use it's very hard to get it right in all of them. Having valid code helps but doesn't mean it will be the same throughout since a lot of new/old stuff (1 and 2 years old) still isn't fully supported yet, while on some it is supported but has it's own way of doing it.
tried doing align="justify" ?