[WSG] Employee Hierarchy in CSS

Hi all I need to display images, names and job titles for employees in a company, and am looking to use Russ's tutorial http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/tutorial0407.htm instead of a table layout. The problem is that there are gaps in the groupings. I have added a new style thumbnail2

Re: [WSG] Employee Hierarchy in CSS

Nope, empty divs are not really nice. But empty divs are just the symptom, why do you want to present an empty container? I've had designers do stuff like that, always having 3 boxes for products per row whether there'd be less than 3 products. If your case is something like that, and it is a

Re: [WSG] Employee Hierarchy in CSS

Hi Sarah, Haven't got time to work this up properly, but what about something like: div id=tier1 spanMD information in here/span /div div id=tier2 spanGM information in here/span spanFinancial Controller information in here/span spanPA information in here/span /div div id=tier3 spanManager

Re: [WSG] Employee Hierarchy in CSS

Hi Seona Thanks so much for your reply. I think this may just do the trick. I'll get to work on the best option... Many thanks Sarah :) -- XERT Communications email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: +61 2 4782 3104 mobile: 0438 017 416 http://www.xert.com.au/ web development : digital imaging : dvd

Re: [WSG] Employee Hierarchy in CSS

Sarah Peeke (XERT) wrote: Hi Micky, Why do you want to present an empty container? As I already (perhaps badly) explained, I need to show a visual hierarchy of employees. The first row has the MD. The second row the GM, Financial Controller and PA. The third row all other Managers (7 in

Re: [WSG] Employee Hierarchy in CSS

Hi Jay Thanks for your reply. I have achieved a similar result, however what I really need is to be able to center the overall chart, and maintain columns despite gaps. I have included an example of what I am trying to achieve below - this one uses tables. Please note: I have *not* optimised

RE: [WSG] Employee Hierarchy in CSS

Hi Sarah, I agree with Jay - it should be a nested list, but I'd avoid floats completely and use absolute positioning to lay it out. I'd also change the nesting to reflect the org structure, not just the level. Assuming the managers report to the GM, then: ul id=orgChart liMD

RE: [WSG] Employee Hierarchy in CSS

Hi Geoff That looks great. I like the idea of the background image, and I especially like the mugshot! :) See: http://www.virtualgeoff.com/misc/orgChart.html with background image: http://www.virtualgeoff.com/misc/orgChartB.html A couple of thoughts: 1. Would it be possible to center the

RE: [WSG] Employee Hierarchy in CSS

Sarah Peeke wrote: That looks great. I like the idea of the background image, and I especially like the mugshot! :) See: http://www.virtualgeoff.com/misc/orgChart.html with background image: http://www.virtualgeoff.com/misc/orgChartB.html A couple of thoughts: 1. Would it be

Re: [WSG] Employee Hierarchy in CSS

Geoff Pack wrote: Hi Sarah, I agree with Jay - it should be a nested list, but I'd avoid floats completely and use absolute positioning to lay it out. I'd also change the nesting to reflect the org structure, not just the level. Assuming the managers report to the GM, then: ul id=orgChart