First I must say this is a very informative site. Though I didnt find an answer to my Q's in the archives I did learn some good things.

First question:

Im using fireworks 4 to create the buttons for my dreamweaver 4 document. Whats the best way to insert the button into my dw document?
I found a way but I think its a bit inefficient. I tried to export the fireworks file to dw with the wizard but it broke the firework file into a bunch of files. This seems like treading up stream to me, am I wrong? Then I did the usual "insert image rollover" and picked the 2 files I needed, leaving the rest of the files for the birds. There's got to be a better way.Right?

2nd question:
Similar to the above, I made a pop-up menu in fireworks and cant figure out how to get it into dw and make it work properly. Whats the best way to get it from Fireworks to dw?

Thanks for any help guys!
I hope to learn enough one day to give back to the board. I plan to stick around.
Amadeus

when you make FW buttons and menus, export it as "HTML and images". Then in dreamweaver, choose "insert Fireworks menu" and select the .htm file created by FW.

this should work for both buttons and menu systems.

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Julio

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ICQ: 19735247

Julio,

I tried that and it works great for the buttons but I tried it for the pop-up menu and all I get is the initial button with no pop-up.
What do you think Im doing wrong?
Thanks

Here's a step by step of what I am doing with pop-up made in Fireworks:
-Made rectangle button w/ text
-inserted slice
-inserted pop-up with 3 selections (I selected html for the cells)
-Eported to dreamweaver site with options:
-Save as type: Html and images
-HTML: Export html file
-Slices: Export slices
-Also selected "Include areas without slices" box.

-In dreamweaver, I now have 1 html file, 5 gif files, 1 javascript file, and 1 spacer.gif
-In dreamweaver, I insert>firework html and select the one html file
-The results: In a browser I get just the rectangle 'links' button showing up and working like a plain rollover button.....no pop-up menu.

Where did I go wrong?
Thanks for your help
Amadeus

from what you tell me, you're doing all the right things.

have you tried previewing the button array in Fireworks? It will produce an HTML file with the menu inserted, you can check if it's working then.

If not, you can send me the .png file ( ) and i'll have a look at it and see if i can help.

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Julio

PHP | MySQL | UD4

ICQ: 19735247

One thing I dont understand is what the script Icon in the upper left corner is for when I insert the html pop-up.

Do I need to some how insert the menu javascript file after I insert the html file?

Alright I think Im getting closer to figuring out the problem......well at least Im eliminating some things.

I opened the html file located in the dw site folder and it seems to work just fine in a browser by itself.
This may sound dumb, but when I insert the pop-up html file do I want to insert it into a cell, table, table w/ cell, or what? Im just using a cell by itself.

Also Im wondering if its having a problem because of overlapping issues with other cells/tables.

What do you think?
Thanks in advance
Amadeus

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I opened the html file located in the dw site folder and it seems to work just fine in a browser by itself.
This may sound dumb, but when I insert the pop-up html file do I want to insert it into a cell, table, table w/ cell, or what? Im just using a cell by itself.
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you can inster the menu wherever you want.

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Also Im wondering if its having a problem because of overlapping issues with other cells/tables.
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the JS script will overlap anything beneath it, except i think frames. There's some things to check:

- is the path to the 'fwmenu.js' file absolute or relative? make sure the HTML page has a good link to the JS file. the js file needs to be in the same folder as the HTML include file.

- do other javascript functions work in this site?


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Julio

PHP | MySQL | UD4

ICQ: 19735247