Solving technology problems, one at a time
Suppose you want to use the value of one variable as part of the name of another variable, but you don’t know the exact name of the first variable, because it will be selected by user input.
Continue reading Here’s a screenshot of the template, showing part of the left-hand navigation expanded. Note the previous/next navigation buttons at upper right, which are automatically created based on your list of pages, as is the progress bar and page numbering at upper right. |
Although I don’t use Adobe GoLive much for day-to-day work, it has certain features that are hard to find anywhere else. One of them is a rather impressive Javascript authoring environment. It gives contextual hints,
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The best browser to use to check javascript errors is Firefox, hands down. Other browsers have some error reporting, but none give you anywhere near the detailed information as Firebug, an addon to Firefox. The extensions available allow you to snoop into every aspect of your page, and into the communication between page and server.
You will need to get several Firefox extensions:
Firebug
Firebug is the one extension I can’t live without. It shows errors in javascript, css, allows you to inspect the HTML source, computed style, events, etc.
Create the navbar
Select your button, then duplicate it by selecting Duplicate or Clone from the Edit menu.
Make the rectangle into a functioning button
With the rectangle still selected (the blue handles showing), select “Convert to Symbol” from the Modify menu.
