Hi guys,
Very new to the program just starting the dabble now.

Before I start plunging straight in.

I've read some tuts and watched some Youtube videos. However nothing I've read has explained if once I build my main page - can i build additional pages through the editor ? I can see next buttons on the right hand side of the editor. I don't want to have to start a new project for each page and also thing this will conflict with the CSS etc. Have i missed something? Sorry if a stupid question.

I'm very much a graphic designer at heart and use to building my sites with AP Divs and layering my divs. - so I can overly a text box with a background image. Is there some way I can do this with CSS? or give a DIV a background image?

Anyone point me in the right direction?

I've also seen a youtube video where people have been using WOW sliders in there layouts. Do the Wow sliders become responsive?

Hey Adam,

Welcome to the forums!



Yes, you can build the layout of your entire site in RLM and then export it to finish it up!



This would need to be done once your project has been exported. You would need to apply the background in a custom.css file which you find out how to do that here http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp



WOW Slider is a responsive slider. Which means it does not become responsive just because you place it in a responsive website or element. The slider itself must be written to be responsive.

I would also recommend you look over our Quick Start Guide as it is very helpful when getting started with Responsive Layout Maker as it will explain many different parts of the program.

Thanks Adam, really appreciated. I'll go through the Quick Start guide and also look up the background tut!

My pleasure.

Don't think of RLM as your "design" program. Think of it more as a "wireframe" and "behavior" program. With it you can create the layout into which you will put your design pieces. A div background image is a good example. RLM will allow you to assign a color to the background, but not an image. However, both are design elements. In RLM, you can give the div a custom class and assign the image background to the class after you export.

Be encouraged to get to know the program. The more you learn to use it, the more you will find it saving you loads of time creating responsive web sites.


CSS use is one of the cool things that RLM does. You can assign settings for each type (h1, h2, p, etc.) and/or name your own custom classes and ids and assign settings to them. This way, you can make it work with your own css settings rather than clash with them.


I've found that if you use png files with Wow Slider, they scale very nicely on a responsive page. See the homepage of http://fundraisewithkevin.com/ as an example. I used RLM to create the responsive div and then put the Wow Slider in after exporting from RLM.

Thanks for that Brian. With the WOW slider, what element do I put as the place holder - is it just 'container' Or it really don't matter as it will be replaced either way.

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You can really use anything. I find an image or button works quite nicely.

Also in regards to say a text field being able to scroll so you only want the text to show a portion of it and scroll to the rest. Is this do-able within the maker or is this something I have to do within CSS?

Cheers,
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Another one - this may confuse you.

With adding an additional custom.css (to add my additional styles) - do I add this to the layout maker or say when I bring it into say dreamweaverThe add the additional sheet to edit - as I've been told if I ever have to make alterations to the frame work in RLM it's better to do this as it will only over-ride the main.css.


Thanks Scott! Sorry for all the questions - bit of a learning curve for me!
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This would be done in the CSS by setting the overflow of the element once exported.



You can add the link to the custom.css file to the pages, by going to Layouts > Manage Projects and adding the CSS link to the Head of each page. This will insure the link is in each page, once you export your project.