Si wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a classic, 3 column layout. (ala holy grail list
> apart) Where the central column ideally is fluid.
> So far I think it is ok in firefox, but IE 6 is doing odd things, The
> left column in blue flicks in and out of showing, and also covers
> The main content column, if the browswer window gets too short. And
> they are both degrading badly.
That's the "holy grail" alright. That layout is pretty unstable across
browser-land.
You can stop the flickering in IE6 by adding...
#container {position: relative;}
...but the rest isn't easily fixable.
> I'm also concerned about the doctypes, as the cms spits out bad xhtml
> I think.. and need it not to break too easily
I'd leave the "holy whatever" behind and go for 'negative margins'...
<http://www.alistapart.com/articles/negativemargins/>
It isn't easier to learn how to work with, but it's much better tested
and known to be more stable across browser-land.
> The layout, html, css etc.. is up at www.find4.eu
The error-rate seems to be too high - as you know. If you can't fix it
then I'll advice you to stick to 'HTML 4.01 Transitional', and try to
clean things up in accordance with that doctype.
> (and the basic layout without the cms -
> http://www.find4.eu/3col.html) Once I get the layout right, I think
> I'll be ok to do the styling.. (fingers crossed)
>
> The hope is to be able to provide an open source, css based website
> template The back end is basically there, and we've got a table based
> version up At www.shuffleyourdancecards.com
"Copying" that should be easy enough with a basic 'negative margins'
layout. I can't provide you with any short-cuts though.
regards
Georg
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http://www.gunlaug.no
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