Swapping Graphics

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Hi,

I am very new to FP and trying to swap graphics with mouseover and mouseout
on my index page. I choose my text box, then define behavior but the only
graphic that changes is my company logo, not the text box. How do I go about
swapping text box to an image with mouseover/out? My index page is
www.hm-icc.com.

Thanks!
 
Oh, I see. Thanks Jens. Then how do i change the color of text box on
mouseover/out??

Jens Peter Karlsen said:
You can't.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hirono [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: 16. marts 2005 17:55
Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.client
Conversation: Swapping Graphics
Subject: Swapping Graphics


Hi,

I am very new to FP and trying to swap graphics with
mouseover and mouseout on my index page. I choose my text
box, then define behavior but the only graphic that changes
is my company logo, not the text box. How do I go about
swapping text box to an image with mouseover/out? My index
page is www.hm-icc.com.

Thanks!
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Well, actually you can change those graphics to whatever you want...providing
you have a little patience and a decent graphics package. When you create
your "interactive buttons" in FP and then have the option to name them when
you save them, you need to notice the names AND know the size(100x20 for
example) then create your image based buttons in Photoshop (or some other
graphics package) the same size and give them the exact same name and save
them over the ones that FP created. When you do this the next time you open
the site it will have replaced the old buttons with the new ones. Again, be
sure to use the same name and size and you will be good!

Having said that, this software is the most infuriating and unfriendly piece
of code I have ever layed eyes on. It is simply NOT design friendly and has
the crappiest workflow ever...UGHHH! I should have listened to my friends
and never purchased it!

Sorry for my rant...I hope that this helps you solve your problem!
Good Luck,
Curtis

Hirono said:
Oh, I see. Thanks Jens. Then how do i change the color of text box on
mouseover/out??

Jens Peter Karlsen said:
You can't.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hirono [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: 16. marts 2005 17:55
Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.client
Conversation: Swapping Graphics
Subject: Swapping Graphics


Hi,

I am very new to FP and trying to swap graphics with
mouseover and mouseout on my index page. I choose my text
box, then define behavior but the only graphic that changes
is my company logo, not the text box. How do I go about
swapping text box to an image with mouseover/out? My index
page is www.hm-icc.com.

Thanks!
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Use a Behavior to do that. (Change property)

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hirono [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: 16. marts 2005 21:05
Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.client
Conversation: Swapping Graphics
Subject: Re: Swapping Graphics


Oh, I see. Thanks Jens. Then how do i change the color of
text box on mouseover/out??

Jens Peter Karlsen said:
You can't.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hirono [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: 16. marts 2005 17:55
Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.client
Conversation: Swapping Graphics
Subject: Swapping Graphics


Hi,

I am very new to FP and trying to swap graphics with mouseover and
mouseout on my index page. I choose my text box, then define
behavior but the only graphic that changes is my company logo, not
the text box. How do I go about swapping text box to an image with
mouseover/out? My index page is www.hm-icc.com.

Thanks!
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THanks Thrill Media for your piece of advice! I don't have a serious graphic
software so I can't do what you recommended...but thanks anyway.

Jens, I try to assign behavior but it still doesn;t work at all.... any
suggestions?

Jens Peter Karlsen said:
Use a Behavior to do that. (Change property)

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hirono [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: 16. marts 2005 21:05
Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.client
Conversation: Swapping Graphics
Subject: Re: Swapping Graphics


Oh, I see. Thanks Jens. Then how do i change the color of
text box on mouseover/out??

Jens Peter Karlsen said:
You can't.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.

-----Original Message-----
From: Hirono [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: 16. marts 2005 17:55
Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.client
Conversation: Swapping Graphics
Subject: Swapping Graphics


Hi,

I am very new to FP and trying to swap graphics with mouseover and
mouseout on my index page. I choose my text box, then define
behavior but the only graphic that changes is my company logo, not
the text box. How do I go about swapping text box to an image with
mouseover/out? My index page is www.hm-icc.com.

Thanks!
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You cannot easily change anything about a "text box" using
onmouseover/onmouseout.

Text Boxes use VML graphics, which are, IMO, the most web unfriendly
graphic media available. VML will only display in IE5.5 and later
running on Windows PCs.
In other browsers, the boxes are replaced by .gif images - so you
have to work out how to change VML in IE, and rollover images in other
browsers.

For your home page use layers instead of text boxes, and use
behaviours to change the background colour of the layers, Or replace
the boxes with images and use JavaScript image rollovers.
 
Hi Ronx,

Thanks for your information. I had no idea about these differences. In the
end I decided to change behavior of text, instead of text box. I need to
study a bit more about layers now.

Again, thanks a lot!!
 
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