hello all,

Yes, im just starting out with DM and the Cooking Place tutorial....I can see that the images have been prepared so that the whole webpage will appear as planned.

My questions:
1) the Pie image, split into 3parts......was just wondering...could it just be one image/Pie? or how do I arrive at a conclusion, for example, that I have to split an image into a certain number of parts, to make things fit etc., and what tools can I use. I have DreamWeaver and Fireworks installed with IIS.
2) my 2nd question is about the image size. I got an image, cut it into 3parts and tried replacing it with the tutorial(Cooking place) images, it didnt come out well, coz each of my individual piece was kinda larger than the cell. Can I make an image shrink/expand to the size of the cell? pls how.
3) about the background and the curves for the white part.....what app was used to put things together, and what measurements were considered......as in making sure it wont appear too small/big by the time the individual pieces are placed together...as compared with the actual web page design

hope this questions do not sound too confusing..
thanks
Ife

Hi Ife,

Yes, I think it could be one image as well. There are no hard rules for determining this. Tools like Fireworks allow you to "slice" an image in various parts, and then create an HTML table around them to display them.
However, with modern techniques like CSS you need tables for these kind of scenarios less and less. Instead, you could display the image as a background for another HTML tag, like a <div>.

I think if the image doesn't fit the table, you should resize the table, not the image, or things will end up looking funny.

I don't know the answer to your last question, but I think Fireworks was used to draw the images.

Cheers,

Imar
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