Pages that are "stripped" like the one you referred to in your p.s. (http://www.delphiautomotive.com/news/pressReleases/pr5280-10022001) many times are simply removing server-side includes, leaving only the text of the selected page. (See http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/080600-1.shtml) Just a thought ;?þ
ntcleric Rusty Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Thanks for the hint of HTML::Parser. I have received > that suggestion from several people, and I am looking > at it now. > > Changing the width of the page is not an option as > that would "break" the interface (graphics/layout/etc) > which were designed at 760px wide (at the customers > reqest!) The client does not want a "narrower" > interface. > > The design never called for the possbility of printing > the page being viewed - so thats how we got here > today. > > Also, to save ink/toner it would be nice if the > "printed" version didn't have all the graphics of the > page. > > To everyone that responsed (on and off list) - THANKS! > > > p.s. - if you want to see somebody else's working > example, check this out (its EXACTLY what I'm trying > to mimic): > http://www.delphiautomotive.com/news/pressReleases/pr5280-10022001 > > Note the button (and its affect) labeled: "Click Here > for Printable Version" > > Rusty > > > --- fliptop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rusty Wilson wrote: > > > > > > DESIRED SOLUTION: > > > I would rather NOT go back and change the page > > design. > > > What I would like to do is put a link on each page > > > (press release) that says "PRINT". This link would > > > then call a cgi-bin/perl application that would > > "strip > > > out" the graphics/etc (which are forcing the page > > to > > > be too wide), and leave only the text and graphics > > > between the <body> and </body> tags. > > > > does your statement here mean you're not willing to > > simply change the > > table widths to 640 so they fit on a page? > > > > look into html::parser: > > > > http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=HTML-Parser > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
