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Posted by Bastard on 04/16/06 13:37
"Martin Jay" <martin@spam-free.org.uk> wrote in message
news:XE0pl1FFtYQEFwJx@spam-free.org.uk...
> In message <444183c9$0$27481$882e0bbb@news.ThunderNews.com>, Bastard
> <newaroundhere@hotmail.com> writes
>>I've been using CSS Layout generators to set up the basics of my site, my
>>theory being that I can pick their code apart and learn what's going on.
>>
>>I've created a site that I want to carry on with except I have no deciced
>>that I want to add a left hand column. Simple! Oh so I thought......
>>
>>I'm currently staring at the site I am in the middle of and a pregenerated
>>site with a LH column. I CANNOT work out the difference between the code
>>at
>>all, I'm flicking between their respective HTML and CSS files and just not
>>seeing it!
>>
>>Maybe it's the time of night but I'm starting to get frustrated, if anyone
>>can help me I'd be terribly grateful,
>>
>>Site with column to be added: http://www.tastymota.com/dfa/test1/test.html
>>Generated site with column: http://www.tastymota.com/dfa/test3/test.html
>
> There are several differences between the .css files.
>
> <http://www.tastymota.com/dfa/test1/css.css> and
> <http://www.tastymota.com/dfa/test3/test.css>.
>
> It just goes to show how tinkering with style sheets can change the way a
> page looks. Note how the left column on the page
> <http://www.tastymota.com/dfa/test1/test.html> is at the bottom of the
> page.
>
> I suggest you use Firefox <http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/> and its DOM
> Inspector plug-in to help you find out what's where and why.
>
> Another tip, especially useful if you're using Internet Explorer, is to
> give elements a background colour or border to highlight them.
> --
> Martin Jay
DOM is a well kept secret! I had to hunt around for it and then reinstall
Firefox to get it, it's very handy though thank you for telling me about
that.
So my problem is in the CSS files? I can ignore the HTML? I've just lost
another 2 hours of my life picking and poking with nothing to show for it.
As I'm just learning CSS I'm still learning all the tags. By the way, when
you say elements are these things like "footer, header, etc?"
I'm not looking for the answer but a shove in the right direction would help
prevent me going grey/bald!
Many thanks for your help again
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