Hi Bert, Take a look at http://www.english-sofas.co.uk/contemporary_leather_sofas_0.htm. It's a list block, like you need, the contents of which can be constrained by a width statement. It may help.
As to the rights and wrongs ... make it an accessible list and you're fine. If you get really stuck, mail me and I'll work on it with you. Cheers cobber (always wanted to say that) :o) Mike Pepper Accessible Web Developer www.seowebsitepromotion.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bert Doorn Sent: 17 May 2004 17:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Tables are dead? G'day I've read the comments regarding table-less design and have looked at the resources given. I agree that it would be ideal to consign "tables for layout" to the trash can and have built some sites that way already. I have experimented for days, but have come to a grinding halt on a project that's (surprise, surprise) easily done with a table and seemingly impossible without. Can anybody give me guidance on how to convert a layout like www.bwdzine.com/table.html (the boxes on the light background) to pure CSS? Or is this one of those cases where tables are sementically the right choice anyway? (It is a catalogue of products) The look was first set up on www.onepassionplace.com (I know it's tag-soup). We're setting up a new site (database driven, which gets us away from FP) and I want to do it "right". Is abandoning tables here "mission impossible"? I have experimented with floating divs, but can't re-create the look. Doesn't need to be pixel-perfect, but has to look tidy. With floats of different height, the neat rows are thrown into chaos (www.bwdzine.com/divs.html). With divs of fixed height and overflow:auto we could end up with lots of ugly scrollbars (or shortened descriptions with overflow:hidden). See www.bwdzine.com/divs2.html - increase font size to see the mess. Any ideas / clean, working examples? FWIW, I have no control over how much text would go in each box. -- Bert Doorn, Better Web Design www.betterwebdesign.com.au Fast-loading, user-friendly websites ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ***************************************************** ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
