Posted by dorayme on 10/02/07 03:30

In article <18ofuikec3igr$.dlg@ID-104726.news.individual.net>,
Jim S <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:06:44 +1000, dorayme wrote:
>
> > In article <t26fb9rfiguy$.dlg@ID-104726.news.individual.net>,
> > Jim S <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Almost all the many pages on my website look something like this
> >> http://www.jimscot.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Jims_pictures/Jimspics_14_wave.html
> >> Is there any advantage to doing away with the 'table' as a placeholder?
> >> If so, could someone please show me how to do it?
> >

> > (3) As for your particular page above, it is an example of many,
> > the changes would be very easy and useful because you might
> > improve some things while at it - for example, in Safari, the fwd
> > and back buttons are way down at the bottom of a page. The
> > caption is way down from the pic. It looks odd on a big screen
> > and involves greater travel for the mouse. Making a page for
> > these pics with a caption, and forward and back button would be
> > very simple, involve less code (less css and less html) than what
> > you have. I would be happy to give you a demo if you are
> > interested as I am sure would others.
> >

> Anyhow, yes I am asking for a demo.
> I simply have never been able to find a simpler way of presenting the
> pictures in a way that keeps them within the bounds of an 800x600 layout
> (and bigger), centralised. The buttons are meant to be in the lowest bottom
> corners of the screen.

Here is something that might disappoint you if you are adamant
about vertical centering. I respect you wanting that but think it
is not something that should overrule the advantages of other
ways of proceeding, simplicity, easier mouse control over larger
canvasses, greater flexibility to change the look of the pages
etc):

I am happy with like this:

http://netweaver.com.au/jim/guestFootJim.html

(I did not remake the arrows, they are from another gallery of
mine and bigger natively than sized in the html (not best
practice, just for here and now)... so they may look fuzzier than
should be in IE)

Closer to what you want follows and demos a simple thing, namely
that you can use your knowledge about your pics (they are not
that big, they are highly likely to leave left and right room) to
put in a little absolute positioning for your buttons (I have
merely put in text links)

http://netweaver.com.au/jim/guestFootJim2.html

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dorayme

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