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clwood
10-06-2006, 11:42 AM
Just getting started with this software. We have a flash top banner for the template that is 790x170. This banner has the navigation coded in the flash (.swf) file. The template is centered and 790 in width. Other than that we want the #content# aligned top just below the banner. Content area will be white (#ffffff) and the brower window will be tan (#B7A480).

We have uploaded the flash file (topbanner790x170.swf) which automatically was placed in the unclassified files folder. Below is the code we have used through several variations without success. Error reads "Template does not seem to be in format." Can anyone help?

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>WELCOME</title>
<style type="text/css" media="screen"><!--
.footerlink a:link { color: #FFFFFF; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none }
.footerlink a:visited { color: #F4D4A6; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none }
.footerlink a:visited:hover { color: #DD0024; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none }
--></style>


<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

</head>

<body bgcolor="#B7A480" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<table width="790" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<tr>
<td><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="790" height="170">
<param name="movie" value="media/topbanner790x170.swf">
<param name=quality value=high>
<embed src='media/topbanner790x170.swf' quality=high pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="790" height="170"></embed>
</object></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="431" valign="top">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="20" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<p>#CONTENT#</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table></td>
Ruben
10-06-2006, 12:50 PM
Cliff, I will reply to your email and help you out with this.
hyfuyob
10-03-2007, 12:54 AM
http://www.theflowershopdenver.com/services.htm

i can create myspace layouts like this, but how can i make it work in soholaunch?
ricster
10-10-2007, 01:53 AM
hyfuyob,
I live in Castle Rock and just thought I'd reply. You can build a template to look virtually any way you want depending on how much time you want to put into learning the different aspects of building it.

The flower shop layout has some tricky layout with the rounded corners but it's not too bad. If you're familiar with Photoshop and can mess with tables it can be done. Here's an example from one of our websites:
http://www.chaptermgr.com

If you don't have the skillset and don't have time to learn it, I'd hire someone to knock it out for you. Spend your time creating and placing the actual content and shopping cart.

Otherwise, it's like building a website and placing the variables in the appropriate places.

Good luck,

- Ricster