Posted by Jim Scott on 12/02/45 11:26

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:52:54 +1000, dorayme wrote:

>> From: Jim Scott <mr.jimscott@Xvirgin.net>
>>
>>> dorayme
>>
>> Thanks you for your very thorough reply.
>> Various bodies moan about frames so when I saw this:
>> http://www.nvu.com/demos/frames/frameSimulate.html
>> it got me to thinking. Not a thing that happens often.;o)
>>
>> I got 'so far' but could not get three panels in the arrangement I
>> currently use. I cannot work out how to get the boxes side by side rather
>> than one above the other.
>
> I truly think you should reconsider a top panel like that just
> for a home and next button. You have so much room in the content
> panel, above and below the picture. Then it is so simple. You
> have a left panel with the links, if you must have thumbnails -
> against my advice :) - then style the left div to centre all
> with devices like margin-left:auto, margin-right:auto and give a
> padding for grace esp if you might put a nice right border (it
> might be a bit severe all black and no border!). You float this
> div "left" and your other div is just a straightforward exercise
> in html and css: I would have an <h1>Title of pic</h1>, style
> this to center by say margin-left:auto, margin-right:auto and a
> width of a suitable em, a font-size you fancy - 140%? Then a div
> (styled similarly but now you know the width in px because it is
> your pic). Then a following div or p with a next and home link,
> centred underneath. Should be a simple clean look.
>
There y' go. Confusing me with someone who knows what he's doing :o)
--
Jim
Tyneside UK

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