Doctype is your friend. That way you can prevent IE from going into quirks mode. I've also found a couple of good layout generators that have made things so much easier. I use this one (http://www.csscreator.com/version2/pagelayout.php) to generate the barebones page, then I start tweaking. I've got some very good results with my personal home site (http://www.lyonsmorris.com) and with our BEI Resources site rebuild (not public yet). It does take some getting used to, and in some cases its much easier to just build with a table.
larry On 4/14/05, Jeff Waris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is quite the interesting thread. Last week I started the task of > "modernizing" our website that was left from my predecessor, I decided to be > proactive, be modern and go the CSS/xhtml route. I put a good amount of time > trying to learn CSS for layout control too. After a lot of trying to make > the layout of IE look like firefox etc... I threw in the towel with CSS for > layout and moved back to tables. There were so many quirks and workarounds > that I became very frustrated and now my .CSS page is mostly styling (fonts, > colors, etc..) instead of layout. Tables just seem to fit better (not the > best solution by any means...) Now our pages look the same on different > browsers and he development time was a heck of a lot quicker. I am going to > pick different things out of each of the technologies that best fit and are > most compatible than what is new and the future. > > I know this may sound like the holy grail, but one day I wish I could design > a site using one standard and have it look the same on all the browsers. > CSS3, probably not, IMHO We may NEVER be able to come to that point with > browsers. So I think I am always going to use the most compatible and > predictable instead of designing separately for each browser. > > My 2 cents... > Jeff > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 10:26 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: CSS > > > > > > I've wasted about three days doing CSS, and I finally gave up > > and started doing it in tables - it took me 30 minutes to get > > it right using tables. CSS is much easier to program around, > > but when it takes so long to get things just right in all the > > browsers, why would I want to waste that time? I know it's > > the future, but this implementation is just not right yet. > > I'm really surprised that whoever designs this stuff has not > > yet realized that the business world both wants and needs a > > positioning language that > > > > 1) Allows for absolute positioning like a newspaper > > 2) Allows for an area to grow > > 3) Allows for positioning relative to the growing area. > > > > Tables do this now, but they have problems with irregular table cells. > > > > So I need something better. > > > > - Matt Small > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153970 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
