Placeholder problem

**Nat** · 29 August 2009, 07:16 PM

i´ve forgotten to attach a jpg

**covoxer** · 29 August 2009, 08:40 PM

You'll have to slice this rectangle on two (three actually).
The bottom part, which has to move down with content gowth should be placed on the footer layer.
The top part, on the main layer.
And another one, the middle part that will stretch, has to be a background.
If it's not enough I'll give you some exaples tomorrow, it's getting late here.

**Nat** · 30 August 2009, 10:20 AM

Thanks...i will try, but what do you mean by background ? My background is white.
Nat

**Nat** · 30 August 2009, 12:29 PM

Hi John,

hope not to bother you too much on Sunday, but i need your help. Here you get the dynamic page design without navigation. I don´t know how to transform your placeholder html code of the content area into one with tables (this is required). So i´ve copied and pasted the old one and moved yours into the OFF area. Can your code eventually be integrated to mine? Thanks

Nat

**covoxer** · 30 August 2009, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Nat

what do you mean by background ? My background is white.

Not that background of course.

Here the quotation from the manual.htm:

The footer part and stretchy background are implemented similarly to the Sticky footer tweak.

Following the link to the Sticky footer you find this:

As the page can stretch vertically if the browser window is high and
footer moved down, you may want to have a background image that
will stretch to the new window size. There is an example background
image in the template. You may either adjust the existing image, or
delete it and create your own background.
The background has to be a single graphical object (may be a group).
you have to add following name to it: “my_background”.
You can’t have more than one background objects of this type. But you
can have have none if you wish.
The background image is always stretched to the actual bottom of the
browser widow.

Have you seen this?

I don´t know how to transform your placeholder html code of the content area into one with tables (this is required).

Here's what is written in the manual.htm:

On the “MouseOff” layer you’ll find the placeholder rectangle for the dynamic content. Resize and place it in your design to represent the lowest possible area used by the content.
Open placeholder code (Web properties dialog / Placeholder tab), and replace dummy php code “<?php ?>” with your dynamic content.

In other words, replace <?php ?> with your content (whatever those guys give you).

**covoxer** · 30 August 2009, 02:34 PM

Here's your design a bit improved.

**Nat** · 30 August 2009, 04:41 PM

Wow John, thanks a lot. This looks great now. Sorry for not reading directly the in the manual about the sticky footer, but i was already overcharged with the dynamic page tweak. This is all new to me and i have to learn how to handle this. But i think that i´m beginning to understand..

Now i will paste the navigation buttons on the mouse off layer and add some text lines. Will this have any effect on the rest of the design?
Anyway, you are really a big helper and i hope that this thread will be useful to other users of XWD. For me it´s the best web design software available.

Nat

**covoxer** · 30 August 2009, 05:07 PM

No problem at all.

Insert buttons on the MouseOff layer and their rollover versions on the MouseOver layer. Just make sure you don't change the current order of layers and it will work fine.

Ask if you have any more questions.

Good Luck!

**Nat** · 07 September 2009, 05:58 PM

Hi John,
unfortunately i need your help again. Just today i´ve received the feedback to the dynamic page design from the programmers we...or better, you improved a week before. It doesnt work´...any idea why? The footer area doesn´t move with the content in the placeholder though everything was made correctly...or not? Please take a look at the screenshot...it´s the same file you sent me back as the last one.
Many thanks
Nat