Subject: [css-d] What type of positioning to use I'm at bit of a loss when it comes to building a website. I've mocked up a layout in an old program called Layout Master and the layout seems to work fine in most browsers. However, the layout uses absolute positioning and z-indexes to achieve the layout. Is this wrong and if so why?
Also, are there current, basically agreed upon standards for building websites, i.e. how to spec fonts (%,em or pts?), or what positioning system to use? Or is it more of a wild west, whatever works for that particular project idea? ______________________________________________________________________ Start here: http://www.great-web-sights.com/g_layerlaws.asp Layers (absolutely positioned elements) are rarely a good approach to general page construction. You can use them sparingly for special purposes but you should only do so if you fully understand their limitations and pitfalls. A page relying heavily on layers will be fragile and subject to vagaries in rendering browser-to-browser. And, if the visitor increases their font size the page will likely break badly. As to the wild west, that was in the mid to late '90s. Today's web is the peoples' web. The user is king and a properly constructed page/site will focus on usability. Layers rarely allow that. Font sizing? Seems like ems or % are preferred. I use %. Regardless, never use pts, they are for the print world and don't translate adequately to a computer screen. Or at least that's my opinion & approach. HTH Walt ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
