It's been a while since I dabbled in html code. I needed to make the header on my sire I designed stay in place while i scrolled the page. I started by changing one element to position fixed by using the html editor and resaving the html file. but low and behold it still moved with the page. Is there anything else I need to change with the position tag?

Hi Robert,

From what I understand you will not be able to accomplish this from within the program. VSD builds websites using absolute positioning by default. You can modify the html pages after you export your website with VSD however I do not recommend it as you will have to go in and make these changes everytime you make a change and re-export.

Maybe someone else will chime in here and correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure its not possible.

So I make the changes, save the vsd file, move the html file for that page to the server and edit it to be position:fixed; there. However every time I move that html page I need to do this?

Is that correct?

or did you mean that every time I publish the site? I have already saved the vsd, made the changes and then published and that still doesn't work. So I made the changes published and gone back in to look and it still shows fixed.

Thats exactly what I am saying. You cannot make and retain the changes as the core to VSD is based on fixed or absolute positioning. You will have to modify the html pages every time you make a change.

basically you cannot alter anything on the files "outside" of VSD and retain those changes if you make any changes in VSD. VSD will overwrite those pages each time you upload which means it will make all your changes disappear. Best thing to do is create yourself a little snippet somewhere (CoffeeCup HTML Editor comes to mind) and then reinsert it each time you update the site with VSD. You can make those changes in the HTML Editor "before" you upload it, you don't have to do it after you upload it. You'll just have to redo the changes with each VSD update that you make to the site.

Well said Jo Ann,

Do you think that will work with his particular situation. He wants to make his header float down with the page. I didn't think you could do that with VSD.

This will give you some ideas. Let us know if you need a bigger push.
http://progrower.coffeecup.com/fixednav.html
Try the footer and change the .footer to .header in the html and css. In the css change bottom:0px to top: 0px

VSD can do a lot more than most folks realize. You just have to adjust the code 'within' VSD. Just follow Eric the Codeman!

Oh wow thanks Eric! See I learned something new today.

@Gunsmoke you are right on there. I have done lots with VSD outside of the box i just didn't know you could do this!