>> I see that you are using 'pixels' for font-sizing. No problem for
>> me but you can not rely on font-size being respected in browsers.
>> You should test across browser-land and make sure the layout
>> doesn't break when some serious amounts of font-resizing is
>> applied.
> I know this is an issue but I haven't gotten the hang of
> font-resizing yet. I know I'm too old school but I have an idea in
> mind and I make the site look like I want. If it looks bad when
> someone screws with it then I'm kinda lost as to what to do.
:-)
You should simply forget everything about proportions and print-like
look, and just make sure the content get through and the page/site is
usable - even if someone "screw up" by demanding their own font-size and
maybe even their own font.
> If I make a ton of nice graphics and buttons and someone scales the
> type there's no way to make it look good. [...]
You'll learn how to let text flow around images without disturbing them
- almost regardless of font-size. You can not prevent font-resizing, but
you can design for the web and make sure the result is acceptable under
stress.
> I know from reading a couple books that there are ways to make the
> images elastic as well but I'm not up to the task yet. I'm lucky to
> get what I have so far...
Yes, you can dimension images in 'em' and make them scale with the
font. May work well for a few, well-prepared, images, but probably not
for a whole site.
Letting images keep their original size will give the best result in
most cases.
>> The page-container doesn't expand in the good browsers - because
>> you haven't "told them to". That's normal response when 'floats'
>> are used, but I guess you want a complete background down the whole
>> page.
> I'm not sure where the problem is here. I've only defined a width for
> #page so it has to expand in length to accommodate my content, of
> which there is nothing yet. Right?
So far so good. Yes, #page will expand when you add content, as long as
that content is "in-the-flow / non-floated".
However, if you compare what IE6 does now _with only a width_ (IE6 is
actually wrong here), with what Firefox does (which is correct
behavior), then you'll see that Firefox is not expanding to include the
vertical menu - because that menu is floated and there isn't much
content "in-the-flow".
You decide if you want #page to include the vertical menu - regardless
of the amount of content - or not, in Firefox and other good browsers.
IE6 will include the menu anyway because of its 'Layout'[1] bug.
regards
Georg
[1]http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html
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