RE: OT: Fireworks template flexibility

2006-03-29 Thread Andy Matthews
Honestly, the problem is NOT with the application (although both FW and PS could be MUCH better with their slicing). The issue is that most designers (who don't also know HTML) don't know the best way to slice things. They'll just draw sliecs where they want main images and let the app interpret

OT: Fireworks template flexibility

2006-03-28 Thread Rick Root
I've got a friend who builds web site templates in Fireworks for use with a CMS that I built. Every time he builds a new template, I have to fix the HTML to make the template so hat it is height flexible. As is, the navigation gets all crazy and stuff. The templates he generates are heavily

Re: Fireworks template flexibility

2006-03-28 Thread Massimo Foti
It's not particularly easy to fix them so I'm kinda wondering if any of you fireworks users out there know how to get fireworks to generate HTML that isn't quite so bass-ackwards. I'm not a fireworks user so I can't really help him much. He's using Fireworks MX 2004. Fireworks can be

RE: Fireworks template flexibility

2006-03-28 Thread Dawson, Michael
As far as the filenames, they are based off of a slice name. You can rename the slices within FW and they will export with the desired name after that. M!ke The templates he generates are heavily table oriented with those obnoxious filenames (template_r2_c1.gif, etc).

RE: Fireworks template flexibility

2006-03-28 Thread Andy Matthews
] 615.370.1530 x737 --//- -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:11 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: Fireworks template flexibility I've got a friend who builds web site templates in Fireworks for use with a CMS that I built

Re: OT: Fireworks template flexibility

2006-03-28 Thread Ricardo Russon
Casey, Am i reading you right : you are exporting the same png each time you want a new element/layer? You can export each layer seperately. That should save you some time.. But i could have miss read... its only been 1/4 cup of coffe since i woke up :) On 3/29/06, Casey Dougall [EMAIL

Re: OT: Fireworks template flexibility

2006-03-28 Thread Casey Dougall
I do what I can to condense the process, get as many elements out of my Slices as i can but that I mentioned before is what i'm using and it's effective, but time entensive. I haven't been able to export layers without adding whitespace around the layer in photoshop, haven't tried it in fireworks