A rant: you know why people still use tables? Because it's frickin impossible to make things look the same way with CSS. For example: right now I am working on...
I sure wish I could help you... BUT it is going to FANTASTIC when done...love the style ~Pam~ ... From: Dean Hamack To: HTML-on-the-WEB@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Perhaps it's because HTML was intended to display information, not some fancy display of your artistic talents. The answer to how: Your fancy frame needs to...
Thanks for the extremely rude non-answer. You're right, HTML was intended to display information, not artisitic style. But CSS was designed FOR EXACTLY that...
I don't think css is the problem. My vision would be to use vector graphics controlled by percentages instead of actual px's. If the Victorian frame were...
... With due respect to Nigel's take... HTML was never designed to exclude anyone's artistic style. Granted, it is not very good at rendering certain styles...
The only way to do that across all platforms would be to use Flash entirely. That would work fine, except that then it wouldn't be accessible, work well on...
... Sometimes the simple solution is the elegant solution. I still use tables when I get frustrated with CSS. Tables are a reliable fallback position. (If...
Hey Thomas, Yep, someone on the CSS list said the same thing. So I'm working up a tabled layout right now. It just isn't possible to do with css. There is no...
Hi All Take a look at www.cssplay.co.uk and see if the layouts are of any use there is one using 'faux frames' with a footer permanently at the bottom Hope...
Thanks for the link Eugene. Those examples look promising. Unfortunately they all have scrolling content sections, so it's hard to say how it will work with...
Here's how it looks with tables: http://www.bushidodesigns.net/clients/sg/index.htm Exactly the way I want it. Man, I forgot how easy it is to layout stuff...
Hi Dean, You've set #br, #bl, #right, #left and #bottom to height:100%; This is the height of the viewport, but your excellent design (I wish I was an artist)...
... Very good. See? Tables are still good for something. I think the main problem with CSS in this case is the inability to say certain elements are...
... Here's what it looks like on my computer: http://www.hopewellserrc.org/dean/sg_screenshot.png Using Windows XP Pro, Firefox 1.5.0.9. Much different than...
Someone else pointed this out to me as well. Usually, if something works on both IE and Safari, it works on Firefox as well. Obviously, I need to do some heavy...
just checked your HTML site out for that... it does ROCK...I am sure you have one darn happy client. I love a good clean non cluttered web page myself and this...
Works fine with Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7 but I'm guessing you'll fall foul of Accessability laws. It needs to be tested (and usable) with an audio...
Thanks Pam. I test all my sites on my PDA with Windows Mobile 5. I'm using two style sheets for the finished product to display different versions for screen...
Works fine with Firefox 2 and I think Firefox users probably update fairly frequently. I mentioned accessability as I have a number of blind friends and most ...
... http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp According to them, roughly 3 out of every 10 users are using FF. But the majority of those are geeks....
... That's interesting because the tables version looks great on my PC running exactly the same OS and version of FireFox that you are. -- 73 ... Jim Walls -...
Hi All Am working on a new site so bare in mind this is still a work in progress. Ok here's the link http://www.scottish2.com/environment/ OK now what I am...
Ummm doesn't position:absolute; top:0px; left:1px; position the element exactly? Then your other element would be positioned absolutely top:0px left image...
OK, site is almost done. Looks great on FF, IE, Safari, and Windows Mobile: http://www.bushidodesigns.net/clients/sg/index.php Thanks for the help everyone....
Hi Nigel, The display:table, table-row and table-cell aren't implemented in IE. Thought they may have been in IE7 but seems not. Didn't see any of the above in...
... That's because I browser detect and give IE users a downgraded page that they can read. That one uses real tables. Other browser users get a page that is...
I have a graphic that I want to only repeat down the page, not across. I have set the background-repeat to repeat-y, but the image is displaying really weird...
Bob, from this list, created a page for my first podcast to be downloaded from my site. Here are my questions a) Is it better to also add the image to the site...
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