Dreamweaver

[stuart78]

Hi all,

I am trying to teach myself webdesign using dreamweaver to design and manage a wesite for a school that i work in, i've made some progress but am concerned about the activex controls.

When i create any sort of drop down boxes or flash buttons, when i test my site useing ie7 i get the activex controls blocked pop up on my screen.

This is not a problem for me while designing but i would prefer this not to happen for visitors of my site once it is completed and published.

Any advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated as i do not want to put any more hours into my design if it will then be necessary for me to go back and change it all.

Many thanks

Stuart

p.s. maybe it would be easier for me to create dropdown boxes, buttons and tabs that do not require activex - if this is possible?

[CBMatt]

Are you testing this site on a server or locally on your computer?

[stuart78]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the reply, sorry i didnt get back sooner, have been extremely busy.

I am checking this locally on my pc.

Cheers

[Zylstra]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the reply, sorry i didnt get back sooner, have been extremely busy.

I am checking this locally on my pc.

Cheers

You will find that once you get your website on the internet, this issue should no longer occur.

This occurs since it would be a security issue to run ActiveX controls locally.

[CBMatt]

Precisely why I asked.  Heh.  Zylstra is right, Stuart...once you actually upload these files to a server, you shouldn't encounter this little annoyance anymore.

[Zylstra]

If you are trying to create flash buttons, I must warn you:
Your clients (the people who view your site) will be required to have Flash on their computer, and they will have to click the flash buttons before they are activated, requiring someone to click on the button more than once for each page. You might find you are better off creating some buttons from PNG or JPEG files, and then making what I think are called "over" images, where moving the house causes the button to highlight. This is not only faster in some cases, but will also not require your users to have Flash.

[stuart78]

Thank you for all you help, that was exactly what i wanted to know. Merry Xmas

[squall_01]

The fact of why its blocked depends on what they have turned on in there internet explorer.  The new versions have that, so that they can choose if its safe to run it.