Hello,

....Dreamweaver breaking CSS just by adding an "a" tag to an image...

The addition of the link element simply adds to the HTML.
Depending on your layout structure and any existing link styles that may now
be applied to this newly added link, it definitely could change things. That
really has nothing to do with DW, the change is likely because of how HTML
and CSS work.
You'd get the same result if you manually changed the code in notepad.

Can you post a link to the page, or post the code and your CSS?
We'll be able to tell you why adding a link changes the layout.
It really could be a number of things...

Take care,
Tim

"Cerksees" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> So, I'm trying to learn web development using CSS with Dreamweaver CS3 and
> Photoshop CS3. Admittedly, I don;t have a clue as to what I am doing, so
> I am
> making liberal use of video tutorials and I have amassed a small library
> on CS3
> apps, XHTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL.
>
> Using these tools, I have successfully developed a simple template for a
> website - ALMOST. But, (and this is just the kind of thng that makes me
> fart
> fire) when I drag a link in Dreamweaver to one of the pages that I want to
> link
> to (using the provided crosshair icon), it breaks the CSS and drops down
> the
> last image on my menu line to beneath the menu effectively destroying my
> site's
> look.
>
> How the hell do people use this crap? With stupid stuff like PS CS3 grids
> dropping BETWEEN pixels by default (and screwing up the width measurements
> of
> your layout when copying to DW) and Dreamweaver breaking CSS just by
> adding an
> "a" tag to an image, it'll take MONTHS to learn how to effectively code a
> relatively simple web page using industry standards.
>
> F'ing ridiculous!! And, it's not just Dreamweaver...but I do expect more
> from
> what is supposedly the industry standard in web development tools.
>
> Anybody know how to work around this flaw?
>