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    Designing page compositions in Fireworks is relatively easy. Combine the flexibility of Fireworks’ vector drawing tools with the bitmap editing capabilities, and it’s a simple task to build entire page designs in Fireworks. It’s the next step that’s always been the challenge. Here are the basic steps of the project:

    1.
    Create a Fireworks composition that is easier to transfer to a lean HTML + CSS design by using multiple named layers.

    2.
    Set the major properties for the page design by creating an external style sheet and modifying the <body> tag.

    3.
    Create a simple page structure that uses a minimum number of tables and spacer images while remaining as true as possible to the original Fireworks concept.

    4.
    Apply CSS styles to individual table cells using the new Tag inspector.

    5.
    Control spacing and positioning of content in the page by assigning CSS selectors to individual areas of the design.

    6.
    Modify the appearance of selected objects by creating and applying custom CSS classes.

    7.
    Design navigation objects in CSS without the use of images by defining multiple link styles.

    8.
    Insert and style an absolutely positioned <div> to complete the design.


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