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Posted by richard on 10/30/07 14:47
On Oct 30, 6:09 am, Andy Dingley <ding...@codesmiths.com> wrote:
> On 29 Oct, 14:47, richard <lordoftheb...@royal.net> wrote:
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> > I am trying out a couple of layouts for presenting some information in
> > table format. Basically, two tables side by side.
>
> So this is _NOT_ a question about laying out <table>s, it's about how
> to lay out two plain old HTML boxes next to each other. So use CSS and
> do it with float. This isn't easy, and it's certainly not as easy as
> people think to start out with. However a very good tutorial is over
> here:
> <http://brainjar.com/css/positioning/>
>
> Be warned that many newsgroups (for obscure but excellent historical
> reasons) have a real problem with new or unknown posters called
> "richard". The slightest sign of forgiveable naivety (not posting URLs
> to your work so far isn't popular) is likely to see you labelled as a
> total idiot and ignored. As you also appear to post to trucking
> newsgroups, it's probably justified. If you post to trucking
> newsgroups you'll probably understand why, even if you don't deserve
> it.
Not quite right. The issue was over scrolling, which as I found out
later had to with the ignorance of IE7 and nothing with what I was
doing.
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