I checked the forums and could not find an answer to this..'

why can't I save..it keeps saying page will not be seen because of mouseover ...what? I have no idea what mouseover is really..I mean I read about it but I am fairly certain I have not put mouseover in this webpage...

Thank you!

I have been working on this all day and I cannot figure out:

1. Why my pages won't save. I keep getting a move over object message. What is this?

2. How do I add on additional pages. The directions are unclear for me?
I dont understand what information I am supposed to put in the boxes...

Is tech support open today? The software keeps crashing. Please tell me I did not pay $180 for 26 software packages that wont work...

an error saying something similar to this"mouseover is intersecting means that a mouseover object is to close to another mouseover object. there is a template,i don't remember which that has this error pop up when first saving it even if you did nothing to the template. all thats needed to fix is to find which link or mouseover object is to close.If you could tell which Template your using maybe I could be more helpful.

You have to tell us what that message says, how would we know how to help if you don't let us know? It could be what Bruce mentioned, but if it's something else, then copy the message and paste it here.

Error Message: A MouseOver object must not intersect with other objects on the same page.

I've struggled with the same error when saving. After a couple hours I think I found the problem. I have rectangles with Button Text added and a Link to another page in my website. I wanted the text to turn yellow when I moused-over it. The rectangle shape has two EFFECTS added, Bevel AND Shadow. If I deselect Bevel, all the mouseovers save and work normally. So, for the Coffeecup folks...Why would Bevel generate this issue?

I use VSD version 5.9.4
The published site is www.hot-toppings.com. The buttons in question are the left side, orange navigation buttons.

If the bevel, or shadow, or glow extends outside of the main button graphic, then any of those effects can cause that error if the effect overlaps another close-by graphic or button. The effect basically extends the size of the object it is applied to. So if you have a button that is one quarter inch tall by 1 inch wide, and you apply a glow, bevel, or shadow that extends one eighth inch around the button, that button is now effectively one half inch tall and one and one half inches wide.

Since the outer fringes of an effect can become transparent to the naked eye, your button is potentially larger than it appears with any given effect applied, if that makes any sense.

In other words, you have to take into account how much the effect you applied to a button may be overlapping other objects - not just the button itself. In your case, by turning off the bevel, which may have been an outer bevel and quite large, you removed the problem. You could try making the bevel an inner bevel, where it won't aggravate other objects outside of the button it is applied to.

The error occurs because, after VSD saves and renders the page, it has to make it's own set of graphic files based on the pages you have created in order to build the final HTML files necessary for you to upload your site to your server. Overlapping button graphics are not legal in VSD for whatever programming related reasons (we'll assume the programmers knew what they were doing), and therefore the error occurs.

So although your effects are rather easily applied in your working files, the rendering of them can cause issues with things like buttons. This is because VSD creates new graphic files and has to decipher what you may have done in order to graphically represent it in the final HTML files it whips up. The error you have suffered through is a downside to the power and simplicity the program otherwise exerts in your favor when allowing you to create a site.

The shorter version - edit your effects or remove them if it seems like you don't have intersecting objects but still get that error.

Not sure if I explained that well, but maybe it will help. I believe this is only an issue with mouseover situations in particular, but I could be wrong..

Oh, a quick way to test and understand what I previously mentioned would be to create a rectangle, then add an outer glow to it. You'll notice that if you click on just the glow itself, that you wind up selecting the rectangle. The effect becomes an extension of the object.

Thanks for the reply. As you suggested I removed the outer BEVEL on the mouseover object and the function now works as anticipated.

All it does is flip a color while the mouse is over the object;
I think the Alternate text is a cleaner solution without the grief
I remover the mouseover on my pages and am much happier for it

Actually, it swaps images. I'm not sure in what way you believe alt text is relevant to this, but it has nothing do with mouseover effects.