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Thank you Al, Gordon and Sean. All your input is helpful.
Sean,
Since I do have the images separate form the buttons themselves, and therefore starting from the top is mostly a matter of copy and paste - I've decided to do that. This is a self-learning experiment, so there is not actual deadline, and doing the details over will only help me recall how next time. I'm trying out your instructions now. I will be using Dreamweaver to finish the site design, so the buttons will be CSS.
Any further tips anyone has will be most welcome!
Ev
> Just remember that when you are doing these image states, your
> final goal is to get a different image (different file) for
> each state and then in the Web page point to the correct file--
> you don't stick each of the button states into a single file
> and then tell the Web browser which layer to look at. The only
> reason why you might want your images in a single file is for
> maintenance purposes and for the reason that I mentioned in
> the steps above. A proper use of layers makes it easier to
> make changes to an image. But, since you already have three
> different files, I don't see you getting any of that benefit.
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