On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Wolfgang Holzinger <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > well, I can't say why you can see the website clearly and without > troubles, but I can show you the facts: > Browser: Firefox 3.6.13 > Addons: NoScript, Adblock Plus, CoolPreviews,WebDeveloper > OS: Gentoo Linux Kernel 2.6.36 > > I try to attach a screen shot; hope it'll work. > > Then let's take a close look: You can see black bullets with a question > mark in it; this means that there are characters which cannot shown with > the currently selected codepage. Mine is UTF-8 which is more and more a > standard (besides iso8859) in the western hemisphere. Testing some > codepages it comes clear that the HTML source was created with the > windows-1252 codepage which is common ONLY in the windows environment, > but not Mac or Linux/Unix. OK, you can use it, but hen it would be a > good style to code this with some <meta>-tags in the HTML-Header to help > the browser to select the correct codepage. > > Next are the style sheets where you can see each picture define in an > absolute position: > > <style type="text/css"> > <!-- > #pic0 { position:absolute; left:270px; top:6px; width:733px; > height:2493px; z-index:0; } > #pic1 { position:absolute; left:0px; top:4px; width:271px; > height:2495px; z-index:1; } > #col2 { position:absolute; left:32px; top:80px; width:537px; z-index:2; } > #txt3 { width:537px; z-index:3; font-family:Times New Roman, serif; > font-style:italic; > font-size:36.0pt; font-weight:700; line-height:28.0pt; } > #col5 { position:absolute; left:42px; top:156px; width:453px; z-index:4; } > #txt6 { width:453px; z-index:5; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; > font-size:20.0pt; > line-height:24.0pt; } > #col8 { position:absolute; left:636px; top:152px; width:303px; > z-index:6; } > #txt9 { width:303px; z-index:7; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; > font-size:20.0pt; > line-height:24.0pt; } > #col10 { position:absolute; left:38px; top:216px; width:935px; z-index:8; } > #txt11 { width:935px; z-index:9; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; > font-size:14.0pt; > line-height:16.8pt; } > #txt14 { width:935px; z-index:10; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; > font-size:12.0pt; > line-height:14.4pt; } > #txt15 { width:935px; z-index:11; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; > font-size:12.0pt; > line-height:14.4pt; } > #txt16 { width:935px; z-index:12; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; > font-size:12.0pt; > line-height:14.4pt; } > #pic17 { position:absolute; left:200px; top:1120px; width:363px; > height:231px; z-index:13; } > #pic18 { position:absolute; left:44px; top:768px; width:409px; > height:315px; z-index:14; } > #pic19 { position:absolute; left:26px; top:1734px; width:483px; > height:297px; z-index:15; } > > > This MAY work, but as soon as one select another standard font or a > different character size to be substituted by the browser the complete > layout breaks down. I'm pretty sure that's what happened in my case. My > browser settings simply are not "normal" so this layout doesn't work. > > The solution would be very simple: Simply create the content more or > less in simple tables and leave the layout to the browser! The browser > "knows" the settings and the capabilities of the target system and can > then do a layout that fits! > A HTML page IS NOT A PIECE OF PAPER with a defined size! So how can you > think you'll do an layout with absolute positions if you don't know the > size or resolution of the screen, the type of codepage and the style of > the font??? > > Simply my 2 cents. > > Best regards, > Wolfgang
They key here is that Roger is not a Web programmer, and uses a software solution (Serif WebPlus) to generate his pages. That software was written for the vast majority of layman Windows users who aren't likely to want to take the time to learn good design, or how to code pages by hand, or pay for better Web design software. You might want to direct your complaints to the Serif WebPlus developers. :-) -- Mike Hungerford http://www.chthulhu.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
