Frames and Buttons questions

[Robert Meek]

I had to restart my web-site project b ecause somehow the
frame on the left side of the window that holds my link
buttons got screwed up and the buttons
dissappeared...leaving only text links behind. So I re-
created everything and re-applied the Theme I wanted and
now all is okay again, however....!
How can I add space between selected buttons in my frame?
They all seem to appear at a self-regulated height from
each other and the only adjustments I can make are as to
their order via the navigation page. I need the last
button in the frame to have more space between it and the
one before than is provided for and there seems no way of
doing this!
Also, The topmost frame which holds my logo bmp file and
some text beneath it I have aligned to the left side, and
then I also have another bmp with some text beneath it in
line with the logo image and text which cannot be selected
seperatly to allow them to be aligned to the right as I
would want, thus I simply had to use spces to get them to
appear correctly. The problem is however when it is
viewed in a browser and the window isn't as wide as the
page, these items wrap around to the left side in order to
fit and that just doesn't look too good! I would much
prefer if they stayed spaced as I set them and that the
window would merely show a horizontal scroll bar allowing
the user to move it to see the whole page. How can I do
this? Thanx in advanc efor your help!

 

[Jim Buyens]

-----Original Message-----

I had to restart my web-site project b ecause somehow
the frame on the left side of the window that holds my
link buttons got screwed up and the buttons
dissappeared...leaving only text links behind. So I re-
created everything and re-applied the Theme I wanted and
now all is okay again, however....!
How can I add space between selected buttons in my
frame?
They all seem to appear at a self-regulated height from
each other and the only adjustments I can make are as to
their order via the navigation page. I need the last
button in the frame to have more space between it and
the one before than is provided for and there seems no
way of doing this!

All the buttons on the same link bar get the same
spacing. To work around this:

1. Delete the page that corresponds to the last button
from Navigation view.
2. Create a Link Bar Based On Custom Links that includes
the page you just removed form Navigation view.
3. Add the Link Bar Based On Custom Links to your shared
left border. Now that it's a separate component, you
provide whatever spacing you want.

Also, The topmost frame which holds my logo bmp file and
some text beneath it I have aligned to the left side,
and then I also have another bmp with some text beneath
it in line with the logo image and text which cannot be
selected seperatly to allow them to be aligned to the
right as I would want, thus I simply had to use spces to
get them to appear correctly. The problem is however
when it is viewed in a browser and the window isn't as
wide as the page, these items wrap around to the left
side in order to fit and that just doesn't look too
good! I would much prefer if they stayed spaced as I
set them and that the window would merely show a
horizontal scroll bar allowing the user to move it to
see the whole page. How can I do this?

You need to use HTML tables if you want this kind of
layout. For example:

1. Choose Insert from the Table menu, and then choose
Table.
2. Set Rows: 2
Columns: 2
Specify Width: Selected, 100, In Percent.
Borders, Size: 0
then click OK.
3. Put your logo in the top left corner.
4. Put the corresponding text in the bottom left corner.
5. Select the two right cells, then right-click the
selection and choose Cell Properties.
6. Set Horizontal Alignment to Right, then click OK.
7. Put your other picture in the top right cell.
8. Put your other text in the bottom right cell.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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