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Most "HTML Programmer" web developers will chant CSS, CSS, CSS, CSS. If you ask me: use tables and move on to the really important stuff. [edit] To clarify: It is possible that CSS is important for your web site. In that case, use it - even if it's harder. I don't know, I am not a web guy, and my designs suck. However, for me, "choosing the right tool" also means "choosing a tool I can use".
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peterchen wrote:
In that case, use it - even if it's harder.
Reminds me of DCOM. :laugh:
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I am a database guy trying to wear another hat. I've had to maintain and modify web pages that used tables embedded in tables embedded in tables for layout, and it was difficult. Building an intranet app for ASP.NET and IE6, I tried the techniques in this article to create a three-pane layout using only CSS. I'm sure it was my lack of expertise in interpreting the article, but I couldn't get it to work. I gave it up and went back to table tags. Can anyone suggest a good article that might give a different slant on how to do this?
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goodideadave wrote:
I'm sure it was my lack of expertise in interpreting the article, but I couldn't get it to work.
Well, to be fair, the article is a bit old now. You might want to have a look at these: http://www.gerd-riesselmann.net/development/the-holy-grail-css-layout-fix-for-ie7[^] http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/hgjump.html[^] Sadly, IE's bizarre layout rules (and to some extent, other bugs in other browsers) have made this sort of thing much harder to do in a general sense than it should have been. If you hit a wall, post a question in the WebDev forum & we'll dig into it.
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goodideadave wrote:
I'm sure it was my lack of expertise in interpreting the article, but I couldn't get it to work.
Well, to be fair, the article is a bit old now. You might want to have a look at these: http://www.gerd-riesselmann.net/development/the-holy-grail-css-layout-fix-for-ie7[^] http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/hgjump.html[^] Sadly, IE's bizarre layout rules (and to some extent, other bugs in other browsers) have made this sort of thing much harder to do in a general sense than it should have been. If you hit a wall, post a question in the WebDev forum & we'll dig into it.
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Thanks.
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