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Lobos

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Posted: Aug 31, 2004 - 07:35 PM

markwest

It's something i've have been fighting with for a few months now as well. I could always get a design that looked ok as long as the center column was longer than the blocks otherwise the footer would 'tuck up' under the content and behind the blocks..... This article solves that nicely.

-Mark

I have been playing with this for awhile now and I have come up with a 3 column model that holds 100% height most browsers - it is also completely fluid; actually with my model it is possible to mimic tables with css2 and also degrade well to IE6 and it's shitty CSS quirks....

The columns are also fluid, unlike many of the other layouts - I think this is a must because sites must look strange at high resolutions with little skinney columns and one huge center coumn LOL

Anyway check it out and tell me if you manage to break it...

www.postnuke.co.nz/css/

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markwest

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Posted: Aug 31, 2004 - 08:29 PM

Lobos,

Seems good in the browsers I tried; firefox .92 and IE6 (XP). There's only one problem with the design as is and that is an accessibility requirement. The main content should be listed first in the source even if it's not positioned that way visually. Think of screen readers and having to work through each left block audibly before getting to the real content of the page - see this reference.

This is the kind of things that i've been meaning when saying that xhtml/tableless/css itself isn't really the end goal but that there are reasons for utilising these technologies above and beyond the technology themselves. There stands to be real benefit for end users and the overall adoption of PN into new markets should PN be able to fully configurable into a accessable web solution.

-Mark

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Posted: Sep 02, 2004 - 04:10 PM

markwest - it is great to hear that PN is focussing more on CSS vs tables. At the moment it takes great effort to make changes to the layouts on PN. As a PN user, I value layouts alot since it gives my site more individuality.

At the moment, I have removed the tables from the mainpage (although, still have not cleared the tables within the blocks). It is not completely finished, but it will take me some time on a personal journey of learning PHP, mySQL and CSS - all in one go!! So I am no expert. See the result :: http://thefazz.com/

I look forward to 0.8

In the meantime, I will continue to tweak and manipulate some of the codes.