re: http://www.tincat-group.com/mewsings
Dawn Wolthuis wrote: >On 1/20/06, Zoe M. Gillenwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I would strongly suggest that you create a print style sheet that >>removes the second column entirely. >> >> > >I considered that. However, the second column has the list of all >previous blogs, so I didn't want to drop it completely. I thought >about trying to figure out how to put it all at the end of the first >column in the printed version. I'm guessing I could do that, but it >might be harder to maintain, so I didn't want to try that yet. > > It's not any harder to maintain. You just remove the floating in the print style sheet so the divs stack vertically -- their default behavior. >> Layouts are best converted into >>single columns when you print, and besides, you don't need any of the >>stuff in that column on a piece of paper -- all it is is links to old >>posts and Google ads. >> >> > >I think the prior blog list is important. If I were a reader and for >some reason wanted a printout of what I was seeing on the web page, I >might be irked if the content I was trying to print didn't show up. >So I didn't want to decide what the reader was printing, but do agree >that it is likely folks would only want the first column. > > Ok, then just remove the floats on the columns so that they stack. This will be much less problematic that trying to maintain the two column layout in the printout -- nothing but headaches down that road. It will also benefit the user because on very long pages, where the sidebar runs out quickly, there would otherwise be a large empty gap down the side of the page that could be better used to hold text, leading to less pages printed. Much better use of space on the printed page. Just make the ads "display: none," please. I can guarantee that no one wants to print your ads. :-) And if for some nuerotic reason they do, they can take a screen shot and print that. ;-) Zoe -- Zoe M. Gillenwater Design Services Manager UNC Highway Safety Research Center http://www.hsrc.unc.edu ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
