Will, I saw this after I had sent out my earlier reply. I have Top Style Lite (from a much earlier recommendation by Cheryl) and I agree it is a great help. And thanks Cheryl for the further link.
I clicked back to my own (tables) site to check I was talking (and writing) sense and I find that some pages re-adjust to more or less fit a smaller browser window and some don't - or do so to a lesser degree!! My skills (and time to hone them) are by necessity limited, so I'm not too ashamed of that, but my object is a site which offers a good experience however the browser window is. I have taken on board Stephen's further highly informative and helpful remarks. Now I have (since I have noted boxes) understood that there are great similarities in appearance between tables and boxes; and previously that css cleans up the html (the added SE positioning value I had not registered before, though). I will download and see how I get on with Stephen's Firefox advice. The mobile boxes I have seen which I have been describing (inadequately) are not the ones that fill a width, but those that float so that if the browser is scrolled a section (usually with transparency but not always) bounces around at the top ot side or bottom of the window, often obscuring some part of the main text; the movement can be uncomfortable. I am starting to understand this is not what I had thought, but what is that? Thanks again for all the comments, teachers. Joseph (who thought he had a good gripe) > Joseph, > > Also google for "css columns." That will help you get a foundational > understanding of how css does layouts. I try to shy away from absolute > positioning as much as I can. > > Check out: http://www.simplebits.com He has some wonderful CSS designs > and tutorials (although many are advanced). Here is the exact link to > his CSS section: > http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/css/index.html > > Purchase TopStyle3 Pro. I cannot say enough about how this program has > helped me. It will give you instruction on what certain CSS elements > are and help you keep syntactically correct. > > Take a lot of code apart. This is my best way of learning. I'm like > the apprentice brain surgeon: I touch a brain lobe and then see what > part of the body twitched! :) > > Hope that helped, > Will > > Professional Graphics Artist > Certified Web Designer (BCIP) > > Stewart and Company > -- > www.stewartandcompany.net > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > W: 304.550.2687 > > Rt. 1 Box 364 > Buffalo, WV > 25033 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 7:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] CSS boxes etc > > With Cascade DTP I have just been experimenting with absolute > positioning. > My impression is that this forces a very rigid approach to design and > layout. And I have not felt there is comfortable surfing with the > floats I > have viewed. > > If I am missing the point how, with the latest css (oft-praised on wdvl > talk), can I achieve the flow and adaptability of tables - which I find > a > much more comfortable viewing experience? > > Intertwined in this, I suppose, is the question: just because it can be > done, should it? I hope this is a sensible question; I have my > dunce's > cap ready if not. > > Joseph Harris > > > ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
