Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 11/27/58 11:39

John Salerno wrote:

> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>
>> I guess you've looked at the rest of his templates, too?
>> The standard two-column, with menu on left:
>> http://www.benmeadowcroft.com/webdev/csstemplates/left-column.html
>
> I took a look at all of them. One question about the ride sidebar: if
> I choose not to have any content in it at present, should I leave the
> markup in the html file, or remove it until it's needed?

If you only have two columns on some pages, remove any and all markup
for the right sidebar.

> Would it change the layout of the page if it's there and empty, or if
> it's not there at all?

Of course it would change the layout. If empty, you would have a ..
well, an empty space. If you want a two-column page, do not add code for
the right-hand sidebar, and switch to the two-column css file.

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