Thanks to all that answered. I'll check out the links, and see how I go. What I think I want is:

#container in ems (so it resizes when someone makes the text larger)
#left-col, #right-col in fixed widths
#main content (or centre-col) with no width so it resizes when text is made larger


I'm off to make a mug a coffee - or should that be 'vat'!? - and see if it's possible.

Cheers,

Tracy

On Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at 12:19  am, Christy Collins wrote:

I peek around stopdesign's code for em guidance:

http://www.stopdesign.com

-Christy


On Monday, May 2, 2005, at 12:31 PM, Tracy Shorrock wrote:

Hi,

I've been looking at the em-based layout used in the Elastic Lawn entry on css Zen Garden - http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/063/063.css&page=0

I like the idea of the whole thing resizing when the size of text is increased.

Has any one done a 3-col, em-based layout? May be with a fixed width (or min-width) main content area? Can the columns be floated or do they have to be absoluteIy-positioned? I don't want the layout to resize when the browser window is resized, only if the user increases the text size in their browser.

Can Holly and Johns Piefecta 3-col Layout be reworked to use the elastic em-based method?

Basically, I want to rework the site (which I still haven't finished) www.vandevelde.co.uk - I got into a bit of a muddle and I think it could be improved, especially as things seem to be going wrong on IE - surprise, surprise - both on Mac and PC.

I'm afraid I'm one of those people that learn from example, I need to see something working then rip it apart and rebuild.

Any pointers would be gratefully received.

Cheers,

Tracy

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