Posted by Simon on 03/19/06 11:47

>>>
>>> So if you want a footer, you need to stop using absolute positioning.
>>
>> That is a problem, I cannot ask my users to stop using absolute
>> positioning.
>>
> If you give control of the layout to the users, you cannot control the
> layout.

Really? As a programmer I find it hard to believe.

>
>> It might be a long shot, but would JavaScript be able to tell me the
>> height
>> of a document so I can position the footer using absolute position
>> myself.
>>
>> Would you know if JavaScript can do that?
>>
> Yes, it can. If the user has JS enabled. And you have given the
> container an "id" attribute. Look up getElementById().

Seen that 99% of my users have JS enabled I have gone down this route.
I am using <noscript> to simply not put anything at all in that case, the
numbers are so small that I will do that for now.

Simon

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