[thelist] CSS Layout/Positioning Issue
Ron Dorman
rwd at csi1st.net
Wed May 26 21:52:16 CDT 2004
Building a new site, trying something I haven't done before, client
wants it and it fits the site well.
The primary goals are standards compliant CSS & tableless html (4.01
strict) with frames-like presentation; meaning the header, left
navigation and footer remain in place while the content scrolls.
We have the prototype close to this but have uncovered a problem that I
haven't been able to solve for 4 days
If the page has enough content to create a scroll, all is well in NN and
IE. If the page is shorter than the viewing port, the left nav jumps up
and overlays the header on the left side in NN, works ok in IE, mostly
hosed in Opera, haven't looked in other browsers yet. These findings are
on a Windows platform and would be interested in results from other
platform renderings.
Another issue I haven't worked out, is on a narrower content, such as
the Contact Us page, I can't get the content to center, it stays left
justified in the content div. And there are the always present spacing
differences between NN and IE.
The footer div has not been fixed yet and it still scrolls up and down
with the contnet. Maybe acceptable this way.
The index page has several "br's" inserted at the bottom of the content
to force scrolling @ 1024x768 and below. Designed to display ok from
800x600 to 1280x1024.
The only pages available in the prototype are 'Home' and 'Contact Us'.
A good look at the code and suggetions are greatly appreciated.
http://www.softfiles.com/testtl/ and
http://www.softfiles.com/testtl/main.css
Thanks,
Ron D.
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