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(the files will be named .htm or .html) pages in Dreamweaver and add Web
functionality such as HTML text, links, JavaScript, and simple motion using
Dynamic Layers. When you open .htm pages in Dreamweaver the sliced page
will be in a nested table. The table is constructed of rows and columns that hold
a piece of the Web page. Each of your slices became part of the table upon
exporting. Your images and buttons are nested in the table and consecutively
named with a _r _c suffix, with R representing row and C representing column.
The table can be edited and manipulated. However, tables are sometimes
challenging to work with if you are new to Web design so I have decided to
show you an alternate method on how to utilize floating design using layers. You
can learn about both, and use which ever one you feel most comfortable with.
Now, you are probably saying what will you do with this big complex table?
Tables
HTML tables allow you to arrange data. Data in the form of text, preformatted
text, images, links, forms, form fields, and other tables is assembled into rows
and columns of cells. When used with graphics, tables may force users to scroll
horizontally to view a table designed on a system with a larger display. To
minimize these problems, authors should use style sheets to control text layout
rather than tables.(http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html#h-
11.1). To add to this, style sheets and layers are great for controlling data in a
Web page. I find that complex tables are effective to use and easy to manage
Figure 7.1. Table in Macromedia Dreamweaver (Tables are containers in
the form of rows and columns. This table contains the text based navigation
to my Web portfolio.)
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