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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/26/06 14:44
Johanna wrote:
> I am a real php newbie, I am having to learn as I go along - no time for
> tutorials or books!
>
> Background to my problem:
> I am working on a Wordpress theme for my personal blog
> -http://www.vikingprincess.net
> The layout is a centre column and two sidebars.
>
> I just decided I want a fourth sidebar at the very right, floating at
> the right of the rest of the content.
>
> The reason for the fourth sidebar is to [I]display some images for
> decoration[/I] to the right of the content.
> This is done at the moment, using a 1 column table, with one picture per
> row.
>
> The images are set using the rand() function and an array. They are of
> no relevance other than decoration, so I only want images to be
> displayed as long as there is content in the right sidebar which is next
> to it.
>
> Problem:
> I would like the number or pictures display (img) or rows in the table
> to be dynamically set, depending on the height of the right sidebar.
>
> i.e. something like this:
> ********************
> .outer_sidebar{height = $height_of rightsidebar}
> ********************
> I'd like for enough rows / img to be produced until the height of the
> outer sidebar is equal to the length of the right sidebar! Some kind of
> "Loop until", I guess.
>
> At the moment, the amount of rows in the table (and images to display)
> is static.
>
> Please would you be able to point me in the right direction for how to
> go about achieving this? It's best done using php / javascript, right?
> But how?
>
> Best
> Jo
What you're asking is impossible. You can't control how something looks
in the user's browser. All you can do is suggest the layout.
For instance, you have no idea what font size I'm using - I might have
changed the font.
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