Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 12/27/05 17:07

Bruno wrote:

> hi there,
> here's the URL
>
> http://www.bhs-schulungen.de/test/index.php

In my Firefox, the print preview of that page looks the same as the
screen display.

> Imagine the most left column being a cell for navigation for different
> languages. In Englisch, you can use small words, in other languages,
> the words are up to 400% longer!
>
> The most right cell will contain some hints, the middle cell will
> carry the main message.

Rather than using tables, I'd suggest you look for a good three-column
CSS layout, instead of abusing tables for display. Tables are for data.

Here is a nice sample:
http://www.benmeadowcroft.com/webdev/csstemplates/3-column.html
Google for lots more, but be careful and only choose one that uses em or
percentages for the column widths, else they will not expand well if the
visitor resizes the text.

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-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer

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