i just created a couple style sheets in dreamweaver, but everytime i insert a new hyperlink it covers the last one entered. i've tried moving one of them but it just moves both. i'm not sure if its the style sheet or?

i'm very unexperienced in dreamweaver thats all i gotta say about that

i've attached a screenshot of the issue

a:link {
font-size: x-small;
font-style: normal;
color: #666666;
background-position: left bottom;
text-decoration: none;
line-height: normal;
font-family: Verdana;
position: absolute;
visibility: visible;
left: 75px;
top: 360px;
right: auto;
bottom: auto;
width: 1px;
height: 16px;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
font-family: Verdana;
font-size: x-small;
font-style: normal;
line-height: normal;
}
font {
font-family: Verdana;
font-size: x-small;
font-style: normal;
}
-->
</style>

you can couple of options.

1. if you handcode, you can use the code view to enter those links.

2. from this tiny screenshot, i cant make out exactly wats happening..

3. u can disable the visual aids so that you dont c that "tiny" box and you can edit/add your links.

4. from what you said, it is got nothing to do with your css. probably you have a complex layout.

if u have a nested layout (1 div inside another), DW will try to move both.

btw, which version of reamweaver you are using?

Your links are all positioned absolutely so they are all in exactly the same place and on top of each other.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Your links are all positioned absolutely so they are all in exactly the same place and on top of each other.

ive tried the other two types - relative, and static, but those only allow me to move the link up and down. which do i select to be able to move the links to whatever place?

this doesnt have anything to do with the style sheets, but when i try to move a form it sometimes creates a new table and its making it hard to move. a screenshot is attached

It's because the positioning is applied to the anchor "<a>" element so all <a>'s on the page/site will share the one position. Why are you creating links that are only 1 pixel wide anyway ?

The positioning should be applied to the parent container of the link. However;

1/ avoid using position absolute, It's the one thing that causes more problems for newbies.
2/ Learn to code HTML & CSS, it's nowhere near as difficult as you think.
3/ Avoid using tables for layout and learn how to use CSS for layout instaed.


2nd question.

I have absolutely no idea. I don't use the WYSIWYG view, but the answer is related to 2 & 3 above.

as chris said, why you have so less space bet the fields.
the most obbvious reason would that they overlap.

u have a complicated layout.

try to recreate the same layout but with sufficient space between the fields and see if you run into any problems.

im working with a blank html document, so it cannot be my layout.i think the fields look neater with less space between them, i rather have everything nice & small.

how wide should a link be? i have the links set at xsmall which seems to be about 8 9 pixels?

i'm just wondering why it only allows me to move the text up & down. i guess ill stick with cell padding, and maybe mess around with a couple other style sheets and see what happens.

just one more question but when i type something and i change the font size to say "+7" and then i go back and try to change it to "+1" its blurry?

i'm about to download or err *buy* dreamweaver/fireworks 8 & see what they have to offer. i'm very grateful that you two took the time to help me out

to the font size

are you working with arial, helxxx font??

that displays like that when the size is reduced.

im working with a blank html document, so it cannot be my layout.i think the fields look neater with less space between them, i rather have everything nice & small.

hmm.. are u using the layout view to "draw" ur layers for those form fields??

dreamweaver / fireworks 8 has got some excellent layout features and css rendering.

i would def advise u to try that and c, if ufind it daunting u can always go back.

i would def recommend it

maybe tonite i will try and recreate ur prob and c what happens

keep us posted

im using verdana

yes actually i am using layout view, i assume standard view would fix the problem?

i just opened up dreamweaver 8 and i really like the "starter pages" feature. i've just edited one to my liking and i think i will be able to learn better from just looking at other code and messing around with it. everything is great so far.

thanks again!

From my experience, Dreamweaver's layout view really freaks out when you use CSS. I had this problem before and it drove me crazy. Before you assume that your layout is going to look like it does in the layout panel, save it and preview it in the browser. I dont know why dreamweaver acts that way, but it really gave me headaches!

i see, thanks for pointing that out. i was wondering how would i make it so my domain ex bleh.com redirects to my forums bleh.com/forums or whatever?