Can you be more specific? Are you styling layers in CSS or upon the index.php code? Layers are associated with CSS, so I’m not sure what you are doing.
Layers (or levels) are set by the z-index attribute in the selector where they are found. If you want something on top of the other, you can set the “on top” item to be z-index:1. For mulitple layers, to get something to rise up, you can do z-index:100 and it should be at the top. You can also use a minus.
Does that help?
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takuya
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I just tried to use the layers function to create the layout without using tables. But it didn’t succeed. I was just thinking if this might be a solution for beginners who can’t use CSS…but then after modifying some example template, I found editing CSS is much easier than combating on how the dreamweaver layer works…;)
Amen to that. CSS is MUCH easier than creating DHTML which is what Dreamweaver’s layers probably do….agony, pain and misery!
Stick with the CSS. And there are WONDERFUL CSS 3-d models to help you understand the inherit layers built into CSS:
Hicks Design – 3D CSS Box Model ***
Red Melon’s Interactive 3D CSS Box Model ****
Brain Jar’s CSS Positioning and the Box Model
WebDev : Stratification: Building The Web One Layer At A Time (3D CSS Box Model)
Angus Davis’ Positioning Html Elements **
Just to clarify, what Dreamweaver calls a “layer” is a <div> with absolute positioning. This means that layers are fixed in position and on top of other page elements; layers can even be on top of each other. While this can be helpful, it can also make the design process … most interesting. 🙂
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takuya
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I actually did design the site with layers. But then it suddenly started to show above on each layer and got messed up. Then I quite and started to edit the CSS although I haven’t tried before. But I found it really easy – Thanks to the theme developers!
I’m not fully understanding about Dreamweaver’s layer systems though…I guess I’ve gotta look on its website.
