Solution for music lyrics in Xara WD

[acmilanello]

Hi guys:
I am a rookie here and would appreciate your input. I am trying to build a page that will enable lyrics display for 11 songs. The idea is to have navigation bar on the left with the song names and then an area with one constant picture and changing text for different songs. The user should click on song name and see related lyrics. I would hope I can do it on one page instead of having a separate page for each song.

How would you do it? Thank you for the easiest solution!

[gwpriester]

Welcome to TalkGraphics

I think you could do this using pop-up layers for each set of lyrics.

To create a pop-up layer, go to the Page and Layer Gallery, select the MouseOver layer then press New Layer. Name the layer for the appropriate set of lyrics. Place your lyrics on this layer.

Repeat this step to create individual pop up layers for all the lyrics.

Link your buttons on the MouseOff layer to the individual layers.

Does this make sense or do you need more detailed instructions?

[gwpriester]

Here's an example of what I am taking about so you can see how the layers work.

Each button links to its own layer. There is a transparent white rectangle behind the lyrics on each layer so some of the photo shows through.

The X in each layer is required to close the layer. It has a Name added (Yellow name tag icon on the Infobar) "popup:close" (the word has to be encased in quotation marks)

[acmilanello]

Thank you so much Gary! This is a perfect solution and the end result that I had in my mind but had no clue how to handle =) Thanks again!

[gwpriester]

Good luck and let us know if you have any other questions.