Paul, The short answer is that if you want to support IE5 and IE5.5 (which are both still very popular browsers) then one method you could use is to wrap your image in a container and use text-align: center;
To your other question... It is important to start any site with the usual technical questions like: - what level of browsers are my target audience on (eg. older, recent, modern)? - what level of support will I give older browsers (eg. no support, partial support, full support)? More on this here: http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/process/index_step01.cfm The answers to these questions will give you a coding direction - you will be able to focus on the browser level you feel it is appropriate to support and the level at you intend to support older browsers. This will vary on each site you do. If your target audience includes very old browsers like NN4 and IE4, your ability to use full CSS and/or clean semantically correct code is more limited, but it is still achievable. If detailed layouts are required for these older browsers it could mean that you have to accept some minor compromises. You may have to use absolute positioning on some containers as this positioning model is slightly better supported than floats, or accept that some items may be wrapped in an additional container. The other thing to keep in mind is that 'support' does not necessarily mean pixel perfect. Support could mean a slightly (or radically) reduced quality layout in an older browser compared to a standards compliant browser. As long as they are getting the overall layout, colours and fonts, this may be acceptable (as long as all content is accessible). So your question is very hard to answer, as it will depend on the site and the browser level you intend to support etc... A bit brain-dead tonight so I hope that doesnąt confuse the issue even more for you :) Russ > Thanks for the clarifications, Russ. So... > >> Before you jump for joy at this solution you should be aware that it is not >> supported across older browsers... > > It's not a big issue, but it's not trivial either: if I want to center an > img AND have it supported by older browsers (which shouldn't be much to ask, > I wouldn't think), am I right back where I started? Gotta wrap it in > <p></p> and center the contents of the paragraph? > > This also raises a more general newbie question, but nice and philosophical: > are the goals of writing markup and css for old browsers and future browsers > mutually exclusive? I want to learn to write "good" markup and css -- > highly accessible, clean, robust, to the standards. That's what this list > is all about, right? If you attempt to accommodate older browsers, does > your good clean robust and standard markup and css start to fall apart? > >> For more details, take a look at this: >> http://www.browsercam.com/public.aspx?proj_id=61584 > > Wow, that's handy! ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
