Re: mod_perl_site [design discussion]

[Stas Bekman]

Jonathan M. Hollin wrote:
Stas,
:: OK, perhaps you can explain in more details of what do you mean by
:: adding nbsp's. Do you always add them, or only when your script learns
:: that the widest line in the autogenerated content is not long enough?
:: Can you give an algorithm of nbsp's insertion: when, how many.
I presume the site is to be template-based?  If so, then you can either
script them or just add them to the template.  Looking at the WYPUG site I
realise that I did the latter (as opposed to scripting the insertion as per
my original suggestion), but either way works.
So my template contains the following:
<!-- Table auto-fill -->&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <!-- end -->
Notice the normal space after each "&nbsp;"?  This is really important -
without this you end up with one big, non-breaking line.  Reduce the screen
resolution or window width and, you guessed it, horizontal scroll bars.

So you add it to all pages, no matter how much content do they have.
Sounds like a really smart idea! That most probably fixes the caveat of 
Thomas' table-less design with "slim" pages. Folks can you please try to 
apply this? Thanks!


The above looks rather heavy, but the impact on the page is minimal (see ...
blah, blah, blah).  On high resolution displays (or large window widths)
you'll never know they're there.  On small windows (or resolutions) you just
get a whitespace at the end of the content.  It's a kludge I know, but
infinitely better than distorted tables.
I'll stress again, if anyone knows of an alternative solution (regardless of
the outcome of the mod_perl site design) please let me know.
Regards,
Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator
West Yorkshire Perl User Group
http://wypug.pm.org/
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