Hints are added to the end of the name of a layer, layer set, or Photoshop CS layer comp after a dash character. Thus to make a layer named "home" into a button you change the layer's name to either "home-button" or "home-b".

Click here for detailed guidelines about using hints

Click the function descriptions below for relevant sections of the SiteGrinder documentation.

SiteGrinder Pro 1.0 New Layer Name Hints
Long Type Set? Function
-form Text   The text layer contains information SiteGrinder Pro will use to build HTML form entry fields
-grow Text,xmedia   The layer height and position indicates the vertical section of the page that may grow vertically
interior-tile Image   The pattern used in this layer's Pattern Overlay style will be used as the page's background tile
exterior-tile Image   The pattern used in this layer's Pattern Overlay style will fill the browser window area outside the document area
interiorgrow-tile Image   The pattern used in this layer's Pattern Overlay style will fill the area of the page's -grow layer
-xmedia Any   Layer is a placeholder telling SiteGrinder Pro to include some external media, such as a Flash movie or an HTML file, at layer's location when building
next-button Any Y Creates automatic forward navigation between pages, especially gallery pages. See note below.
prev-button Any Y Creates automatic backward navigation between pages, especially gallery pages. See note below.
up-button Any Y Creates automatic navigation from a gallery image page to its corresponding page of thumbnails. See note below.
-img Image   Uses the HTML <img> tag when placing the image.
-nomerge Image Y Tells SiteGrinder Pro not to merge this layer with any other when it builds
-slideshow Any   Layer is a placeholder for an animated slideshow to be generated by SiteGrinder Pro
-thumb Image Y Layer will be a thumbnail for a gallery image
-thumbsheet Image   Layer defines an area which SiteGrinder will fill with thumbnails
-picturebox Image   Layer is a placeholder for the full size versions of images in a gallery to be generated by SiteGrinder Pro
-metadata Text   Layer contains metadata hints so SiteGrinder Pro will display image metadata along with a gallery image
-gallery Comp   Page contains thumbnails, thumbsheet or pictureboxes for a gallery to be created by SiteGrinder Pro
-ignore Any Y Layer (or layer set/group) will not be included in the build of any page, even if it is visible.
-literal Text   USE WITH CAUTION. Text layer contents will be included without modification, allowing arbitrary HTML or other code to be directly added to a sized and positioned DIV.
Long
The full name of the hint
Type
The layer type the hint can be applied to. (Exception:s "comp" denotes Photoshop CS layer com, "rect" denotes a rounded recangle shape layer created using Photoshop's rounded Rectangle tool..)
Set?
A "Y" means the hint can be applied to a layer set.
Note for Up, Next, and Prev buttons:
"Up-button", "Next-button", and "Prev-button" must be the full name of the layers or layer sets/groups for these to function. These can also have -rollover and -popup versions, as in "Up-rollover" and "Up-popup".