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Posted by Jeff on 03/10/07 03:45
Chaddy2222 wrote:
> Richard Formby wrote:
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>>Jeff wrote:
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>>>Chaddy2222 wrote:
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>>[whatever]
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>>> Are you blind?
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>>As a matter of fact yes, Chaddy is. Not totally, as I understand.
That explains the color choices. Less colors would be a good start.
Adding colors is kind of like adding properties to a stylesheet. When in
doubt, don't.
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>>And he's been around here a lot longer than you have.
Maybe, maybe not. I've been around for quite a while, I'm just not a
regular.
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> Hmmm, i'm not sure on the length part, but yes, you were spot-on with
> your other points.
> I think I was mainly just a bit shocked by Jeff's suggestion of useing
> tables for lay-out. I have bad memoried of tables for lay-out, check
> my URL on the way-back machine. Then take a look at my moddern site
> for a quick comparison (I can't be stuffed useing a spelling checker
> (very buggerd after staying up last night to work on the other CSS
> stuff). I did not think tables were really workable for this layout I
> am working on anyway.
Why, it's dead simple. And you never have to specify heights or a host
of other things.
<table>
<tr><th colspan="2">Logo</th></tr>
<tr><td id="side_nav"><div>side nav stuff</div></td><td
id="content"><div>content stuff</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><div>footer stuff</div></td></tr>
</table>
It's hard to go wrong there. Columns are always columns and you *never*
have the weird wraps and items out of place that can happen when you
have floated content. I'm waiting for display: inline-block to be widely
implemented correctly, or to have actual columns. It'll eventually
happen...
Don't get me wrong. I like tableless or low table count layouts, but it
is not without risk in complex layouts or where you want the same look
across multiple browsers. It's really as much an art as a science.
I'd rather see a clean table layout than a tableless one which has
been coerced into a mess.
Jeff
> --
> Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc
>
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