As promised/threatened here's a link to that page I was mentioning, http://www.lyonsmorris.com/test/beiHome.htm. One change however I couldn't get the upper banner area to work properly for both FF and IE, so that part is about the only part that is set up using a table. Any suggestions on how to fix that problem would be appreciated.
http://www.lyonsmorris.com/test/beiHome.htm larry On 4/14/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can sympathize Matt, but it does get better. I've finished a beta of > a page that is pure CSS and the positioning can work. It drives you > crazy but it does work. I'll put a page up showing the example > tonight. > > larry > > > On 4/14/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <cf_rant> > > > > CSS is completely useless for positioning. > > > > Whoever designed it has an abstract mind where things like 2 + 2 = Green. > > > > It's a silly waste of time to actually design a dynamic site using CSS > > positioning. > > > > Table positioning is much easier to understand, and actually works the way > > you expect it to. > > > > I've seen a lot of things about CSS, one of the central concepts is that > > it's supposed to "influence" your design rather than make it fixed. > > > > That's the biggest problem with CSS - it does not allow you to really fix > > things the way you want them fixed. > > > > I mean, how hard is it to set an anchor point - like the HTML <a> tag - and > > then reference that point to be a relative distance from? > > > > Relative positioning - what a joke. > > > > It lets you move things from where it's SUPPOSED to be, rather than from > > another object? > > > > Who's screwed up mind thought this one up? > > > > And then it leaves white space where your object was SUPPOSED to be. > > > > I've gone back to good ol' tables. > > > > At least there's only so many ways to render a table. > > > > And firefox and IE look about the same. > > > > I've written a haiku about this: > > > > CSS on web > > > > Crazy fools have made you up > > > > Death for programmers > > > > </cf_rant> > > > > - Matt Small > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:154096 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
