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Posted by John Hosking on 04/25/07 20:55
Jon Slaughter wrote:
> "Bergamot" <bergamot@visi.com> wrote in message
> news:5990qmF2jra6eU1@mid.individual.net...
>
>>Jon Slaughter wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.jonslaughter.com
>>
>>As long as you have that excessively long, unbroken line of text you
>>will have horizontal scrolling. How to deal with something like this has
>>been discussed many times before. Google the archives and read about it.
>>The short answer, however, is there is no reliable client-side way to do
>>what you want, you need to do something server-side.
>
> wtf? This isn't true? I see it happening all the time in browsers that do
> not use any server side
You have, occasionally, shown a certain understanding of HTML and the
Web. This is not one of those occasions.
>
>>>My code is very convoluted
>>
>>Your code is a train wreck. I find it ironic that you have that notice
>>about only supporting "compliant" browsers, but your code doesn't come
>>close to validating, uses a transitional DOCTYPE, and is riddled with IE
>>conditional comments. You should start over, with HTML 4.01 Strict.
>
> I'll validate and fix errors when I'm finished with it...
If it's invalid code there is a strong likelihood that you will never be
finished with it, and that you will continue posting inane questions
here. Please reconsider.
> It works in FF and IE7 and thats all that matters at this point.
> I'm not going to validate the code every 3 seconds
>
How about, once every second major change? Or once a week? Or once?
> to please you
It's not to please Bergamot, doofus, it's to help *you*. Do you think
the standards derived by the W3C, the rules by which browsers work, and
the laws of physics have all been conceived as part of a conspiracy to
thwart you, Jon Slaughter, as you heroically attempt to waste your own
time and those of others?
> and I'm sure as all not going to start over at this point.
You will wait until you've hacked through the Amazonian rain forest with
a pocket knife and *then* book a flight over the trees.
> I will once I finish the site completely and have learned much more
Your goal to learn more is commendable. Sincerely. But part of what you
need to learn is that things work a certain way, they work a certain way
for a reason, and when you ask for help because you don't care to learn
things on your own, and then spit at that help, well, you have more
learning to do than just about HTML and the pitfalls of absolute
positioning.
> so that when I do start over I'll be in a better position
> to design it better.
And you'll probably have to redo every single little thing when you do.
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John
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