Sorry if this is a stupid question, but can someone tell me what the use is of slicing? Because I'm making a wesbite, and don't see why I can't just copy the whole template unsliced and set it as a background.

Not a bad idea if you know each page is going to be a certain size I guess and just building the box models on top of it. Never thought of doing that.

Although slicing the page up helps for faster loading time and just makes more sense as i stated before you don't have to worry about the size of content going into the page itself

Thanks for the help; I think I might go with slicing. I have my sliced images, photoshop even made it into a HTML for me. But they are all individual objects that can be selected and copied. How do I give it background like properties so it cannot be selected? I'm using Dreamweaver's design function.

First, relying on Photoshop to slice and create your HTML is a very BAD idea. It produces horrible code.

I suggest you take a look at this: www.cssslicingguide.com - it means using CSS for layout rather than tables (which is what PS produces), but CSS is far more flexible.

You can't use the Dreamweaver design function with it. I'm not willing to learn more code.

and I agree with Lady you should NOT use tables for a layout. CSS gives you a lot more range and freedom. Dreamweaver basically writes all the HTML and CSS for you anyway.

When you make your Divs in the design function after you set up the basic functions you if you look to the right of the properies tab at the bottom of dreamweaver you can set a background image just for the that DIV....

Is this what you were asking?

Not willing to learn more code? You aren't planning to do this as a career, by chance?

You can't use the Dreamweaver design function with it.

What ARE you talking about ? You can use any 'slicing' with DW.

I'm not willing to learn more code.

People didn't want to give up their horses for the automobile either, but do you see anyone relying on horses for transportation these days ??

Anyone not willing to learn is going to remain stuck in the past.

Originally Posted by LadynRed

What ARE you talking about ? You can use any 'slicing' with DW.


People didn't want to give up their horses for the automobile either, but do you see anyone relying on horses for transportation these days ??

Anyone not willing to learn is going to remain stuck in the past.

I was talking about developing the stie with the Dreamweaver Design function. CSS does not support that. Also, I don't think I need to learn code for such a small project, and I'm not going to be doing this in future.

I went back to just using the template unsliced and setting it as a background. Thanks for your help guys.

CSS does not support that

Of course it does.

Originally Posted by LadynRed

Of course it does.

When I choose new document and select CSS, the design function is no longer availible.

That's because you don't DESIGN with CSS, you set up your html structure and then CSS handles the presentation of that structure.