Again, I'm new to Fireworks...let me know if I'm totally off base here. Before
I start, I'm using Fireworks CS3 and Dreamweaver CS3 as part of Adobe Creative
Suite 3 Web Premium. I use an iMac running OS 10.5.2, Leopard.

I've just finished designing a new Fireworks navigation bar for my company's
website. The HTML exports and integrates into the existing pages just fine (so
far.) I'm in the process of testing each page with the new Fireworks HTML to
see if anything goes nuts before I take it live.

Here's where I might be delusional. I insert the HTML into a page, then use
the "edit in Fireworks" option in DW to change the default state of one button
using the "show in 'down' state on load" option (depending on which page is
currently up.) I've noticed that although I can use the "edit in Fireworks"
option to do other things (minor spacing issues for example) with marginal
success...FW is not reflecting the "down state" changes in DW at all. I swear
I've done this before and it's worked, though!

When I'm in the midst of making these changes and "preview" in FW, everything
works as it should. However, as soon as I hit "done", no updates are reflected
in the DW page...nor are they saved in the original FW HTML when I go back and
check.

If I'm completely wrong, what would be the best way to reflect a "down state
on load" button for each page of the website? Do I need to make the changes,
re-save the files, and re-export them?

If it s, the test index page is:
http://www.thdelectronics.com/index_testbar.html

It shows "home" in the down state. But when I load the HTML on the products
pages and try to change the down state button to "products"...it doesn't work.

Thanks,
~G~

Hello
I just worked through this exact same issue today so I'm glad to . The
easy answer is that when you are exporting the html to Dreamweaver you need to
check 'Multiple Nav Bar HTML Pages' in the 'Document Specific' tab (under the
options button in my Fireworks MX).
As far as I can tell, you end up with a nav bar for each of your links and
then have to import those each to your pages which doesn't when using
templates. I'm hoping I can find a different answer to that one.




Here is a link to the whitepaper...
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/view...5435&sliceId=1

That's exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

Unfortunately I got impatient and essentially did the same thing manually. I
re-saved the .png file with different states of "down" and exported just the
..html file. Since all the nav bars pull the same images, it worked like a
charm.

Next time I overhaul the nav bar, I'll try the easy way.

Thanks again!
~G~