Probelm 1:

I used VWD 2005 to develop some webpages with "insert Layer"  ( forgive my poor English.  the "insert layer" is under the menu of "insert table"

Here are the examples:

http://www.xilaila.com/fg/time/default.aspx

http://www.xilaila.com/depoo/Default.aspx

To my great surprise, many users cannot see anything in these webpages using "insert Layer"(they already use IE8), they can only see the background color in the webpage with nothing in it ( furthermore, neither can they see the contents which are outside the Layer.

But my computer and some computers can see all the contents in the layer and outside the layer.

So, why ?    ( I also noticed that the webpages using LAYERs has a  "grey dot" at the top-left cornner of the webpage )

Problem 2:

I noticed that in VWD 2008, they do not provide the "Insert Layer", 2008 only have the "Insert Table".

Does it mean that Microsoft find that there are problems with "Layer" , so Microsoft "delelete" the functionality of "Insert Layer" ?

Looking forward to your reply. Thanks!

Martin

 Martin,

As to Problem 1: Both pages show only a light yellow background with a small grey box in the upper left corner. My guess is that the layer is hiding your content. I don't use layers at all. I use CSS to style the layout of a page.

It appears that you are running into why layers are a bad idea: If not used very carefully, they can break your display. Also, if you're using layers, they may not display correctly when a viewer changes text size, zooms the page, or changes the size of their browser window.

I know it's a pain, but you really should consider using CSS to generate the layout for your site.

As to Problem2: You can set position of an element by going to Format>Set Position. Open a page in 'Design View'. Select the element whose positon you want to set. Go to Format>Set Position. You can select either 'Absolute' or 'Relative'

Again, I suggest that you move away from using layers/absolute or relative positioning. Use CSS instead.

I hope this helps.

-Preston 

Yes, operation was removed in 2008. Layer is just a DIV element, you can create your own snippet and place it on the toolbox if you wish, something like <div style="width:200px; height:200px" />

 Thank you.

I think you are right!   :)

Martin

 Thanks!

Martin