On 12/7/05, Mike Soultanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's what I'd like: Left nav column to be a fixed width, calendar > column to be fixed, calendar details (right-most column) liquid. Also, > just so you know, the rest of the site pages have a fixed nav with fluid > content). > > My problem is I don't know how to implement this. I've been researching > and found the following: > > 1. I found this simple 2-column layout page: > > http://realworldstyle.com/2col.html > > It doesn't use any hacks and seems to work in many browsers. For the > calendar page, I was thinking of nesting another 2-column layout within > the content side which would give me fixed-fixed-liquid columns. >
Not a bad idea, usually done that way. > 2. Our campus web developers came up with a layout method where they > float every column to the left like so: > > http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/dt/ > They didn't come up with that, though I'm sure they are smart guys. Floats is the de-facto way to create columns with CSS. > Is there any reason I can't just set fixed widths on the columns that I > want fixed and then set percentages on the columns I want fluid? It > seems like it could work, but it just seems to easy... > Better: Make column 1 and 2 fixed, and column 3 width:auto, so it fills the rest of the available space. Or, float column 1 and 2 left, and make column 3 have a margin-left of the combined width of 1 and 2. That should give the exact behavior you want. Try something out, give us a url and we can help you from there. -- -- Christian Montoya christianmontoya.com ... rdpdesign.com ... cssliquid.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
