Andy,
Beautiful news for you!!!
You can use either method and your 'display' will be correct. Loop over a <td>
in a <table> or loop over a <li> in a <ul> that is formatted through CSS.
The CSS method's main benefit to users is that the code is 'accessible' to
screen readers, but you will need to have more than a cursory knowledge of HTML
and CSS concepts. (Not a bad idea to 'bone up' on this if you don't have it
already, the future of design is dependant on them)
If you are just trying to make a client happy, you can:
<cfset loopcount = 12>
<cfset loopbreak = ceiling(loopcount/3)>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<cfloop from="1" to="#loopcount#" index="currloop">
#yourARRAY/yourQUERY[currloop]#<br />
<cfif currloop mod loopbreak eq 0>
</td>
<td>
</cfif>
</cfloop>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
You should keep in mind though, there are a 'ton' of ways to accomplish what
you are looking to do. The best way is the way that makes the most sense to
you and your client.
William
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> I'm looking to output a series of ULs and LIs in a 3 column fashion,
> like this:
>
> link1----------link4----------link7
> link2----------link5----------link8
> link3----------link6
>
> I've got code which lets me do it like this:
>
> link1----------link2----------link3
> link4----------link5----------link6
> link7----------link8
>
> But I'm a little mystified at how to accomplish the first. I actually
> thought it would be a piece of cake since I could just easily output
> the LIs inside the UL, but figuring out how many should be in each is
> bigger challenge than I first thought. Anyone have code like this
> already written?
>
> Yes, I feel like a chump because of this.
> No I haven't had any coffee yet today.
> Yes I'm going home to cry on my huge pilla'.
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