ok i have an idea , i have a solution which may work i dont know just yet , ok say the strlen of the entire content is 1675 , the strlen of the content up to the last paragraph is 1300 , how can i substr this to get the next block of text from 1300 and also increment if there is more pages ?? > Evan Nemerson <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 7:17 PM said: > >> Is there a reason this can't be solved with a CSS background-repeat: >> repeat-y; ? Or is download time of individual pages an issue? > > That can look funny of course if the picture doesn't tile well. > >> The math is going to vary >> depending on each user's settings- which font is used, the size of the >> font, random browser stupidity, etc. Even if you try to specify such >> things, you'll have issues. > > Too true. > >> If you try to use a specific font, >> what if the user doesn't have it? What if they have vision problems >> and have ordered fonts to be larger than usual? > > Right again. > >> IMHO it would be >> better to just use CSS and put everything on the same page > > But the problem with this is that people don't like really long pages. > It makes them (I've read this in a few places and I know I feel this > way) feel like it's going to take forever to read a really long article > instead of maybe five "screen length" pages. > > I think pages are a good idea for long articles but I agree that it's a > sticky situation to try and accomate everyone, especially with the > original posters requirements (wants more than one page because of the > background). > > > > Chris. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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