Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 09/08/06 19:18

In alt.html, Dennis Marks wrote:

>> I do this for fun and like playing with javascript. I have no idea of
>> another way to do what I do on the page.

Ok .. just so you know. <g> (I would probably use a server-side
process of some sort.)

>> Very few people will ever visit the site. I have very limited
>> knowledge of CSS and would appreciate it if you can tell me what
>> changes to make to allow font size changes not to affect the page.
>> Relative and Absolute positioning have always puzzled me.

I don't see any reason why you need to position anything, relative or
absolute. Set up two divs with the left one floated, and the right one's
margin at about 25em or so. Below the header, of course.

> I tried changing to relative positioning but there is too much text,
> such as the heading, in fixed positions. I will have to leave it as is
> unless I redesign the entire web site. Thanks for your advice anyway.

You're right. If I were going to repair the page, I would start over.
Using a few <div>s would make the whole thing much simpler.

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-bts
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