I use a printer-friendly version of all pages on my site. All the pages go through a CF template, so I just have several templates, one normal, one for printing, and so on.
I don't think its OT, as CF is a great tool to allow these sort of useful features on a site. I don't think frames is a solution because the frame a user prints is often not the frame intended, so they might want to print a content frame but really print a navigation frame. It really compounds the problem. Knowledgable users can select the part of the page they want printed, then print only the selection in IE. >>> "Carlisle, Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/01/02 02:08PM >>> Interesting suggestion. Since the site has already been released, I don't want to pull it up by the roots too much. I've considered a few things like using CSS to make cetain parts visible on the screen and invisible on the printer (leaving more space for content). That doesn't work for netscape. Same case for using a meta tag to point to a print version. BTW, I'm sorry I forgot to put "OT" on the subject line. :/ Thanks for the help :) EC -----Original Message----- From: John B. White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:03 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Print Friendly Web Site One nice thing about frames is that they allow the user to print out the content of interest. Maybe on the main page you just use frames for items that would print... --JW "Carlisle, Eric" wrote: > > I'm working with a Web site obtimized for 800x600 displays. As it stands, > pages are horizontally cropping on a printout. This has concerned one of my > managers. I'm not too bothered because pages that are more likely to > printed (press releases, for instance) have seperate "print friendly" > versions (stripping out logos, navigation, etc...). Who really prints the > homepage of a Web site? :) > > Is it a bad thing to have printouts crop like that? Should good designs > accomodate printers? > > Eric Carlisle > Web Site Developer > Progress Energy IT Systems Delivery > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: (919) 546-4739 > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
