Posted by Andrew on 10/30/06 22:41

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:42:46 +1100, dorayme
<doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

snip>>>>>>>>.

>> >
>> > I am very much a beginner at such layouts but I have produced a very
>> > simple 3 column layout that could serve as a starting point:
>> >
>> > http://www.andrews-corner.org/3_column_header_footer.html

snip>>>>>>>>>>>.
>
>You will soon find the need for things that you may describe as
>tricks (maybe not hacks) as soon as you put in some real content,
>pics, diags and so on. Many templates behave well with just text
>and especially for normal sighted people. There are issues
>surrounding this em-margined layout concerning the desirability
>of the content being squeezed at large font sizes.

snip>>>>>>>>>>>

Hi Dorayme,

Do you think that this particular template would be better served
with the width in px rather than em for the flanking columns? I have
seen this done almost as a convention in other sites, but it seems to
often break the layout at more extreme text resizing. I guess this has
to balance against the content being squeezed, as you mentioned.

I am using these templates as a learning tool for myself, perhaps I
should not have proffered it as an example until I am a little more
sure of myself :-)

All the best,

Andrew
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Andrew
http://www.andrews-corner.org/

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