Posted by dorayme on 11/12/33 11:26

> From: Jim Scott <mr.jimscott@Xvirgin.net>
>
> 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

Sorry Jim, ... snowed under with work at the moment. Will try
again if no one has helped you in meantime. You do need to study
some simple css, techniques for centring things like divs from
the many online tutes.

dorayme'

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