CSS Popup Menus in DW

I've created a side navigation bar with a couple of popup menus in Fireworks
CS3 (using a Mac running Leopard 10.5.4) and then exported it all into
Dreamweaver. Where I keep getting lost is how do I set up an external
stylesheet for the navigation?

At first, I dragged the nav bar into each page of my site but that's just
stupid. I'd much rather create a CSS sheet for the navigation so I can take
advantage of the updatability of CSS. I've been through the lynda.com
tutorials on navigation creation and it all gets rather vague on how to
actually use these imports IN DW.

At the moment, I've saved the Fireworks navigation bar in my CSS folder but
when it finally dawned on me that I could simply do the <link href.. bit in the
head tag, I couldn't find a CSS file to link to.

I'd really appreciate it if someone would tell me where I'm being
stupid...????!

It's a mistake to create functional menus in FWs.

Create your images in FWs and all the CSS and HTML in dreamweaver or some
other CSS programme (Top Style).

It is possible to build some functionality in FWs but this is for
demonstration purposes only.

Peter
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"kathydavie" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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| I've created a side navigation bar with a couple of popup menus in
Fireworks
| CS3 (using a Mac running Leopard 10.5.4) and then exported it all into
| Dreamweaver. Where I keep getting lost is how do I set up an external
| stylesheet for the navigation?
|
| At first, I dragged the nav bar into each page of my site but that's just
| stupid. I'd much rather create a CSS sheet for the navigation so I can
take
| advantage of the updatability of CSS. I've been through the lynda.com
| tutorials on navigation creation and it all gets rather vague on how to
| actually use these imports IN DW.
|
| At the moment, I've saved the Fireworks navigation bar in my CSS folder
but
| when it finally dawned on me that I could simply do the <link href.. bit
in the
| head tag, I couldn't find a CSS file to link to.
|
| I'd really appreciate it if someone would tell me where I'm being
| stupid...????!
|

What's the point of Fireworks then? Why does FW require URLs? If it's possible to paste the file into each page, why isn't it possible to create a single updatable stylesheet?

You can produce websites quickly with 'some' functionality, however it is
likely to break and isn't rock solid. FWs is a graphics programme, perfect
for creating the graphics you need for your website, or doing quick mockups
for clients to approve/disapprove. It is not designed to create working
websites, but is IMO outstanding in creating the graphics as far as what
your website could look like. Because something is possible doesn't mean you
should do it.

If you search through the various threads you will find several people
asking similar questions to yours.

Peter
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"kathydavie" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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| What's the point of Fireworks then? Why does FW require URLs? If it's
possible to paste the file into each page, why isn't it possible to create a
single updatable stylesheet?

Bummer...this is the first time I've ever been able to create a drop-down menu that actually worked...

Web dev can be a huge bummer. It just isn't a simple as many folks
think.I've learned a lot from http://projectseven.com/ great for an overall
view and a load of free info as well, as is http://www.communitymx.com/

Good luck.

Peter
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"kathydavie" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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| Bummer...this is the first time I've ever been able to create a drop-down
menu that actually worked...

Thank you Peter. I'll check them both out.

Kathy