[thelist] CSS div layout with non-nested divs?
Ellen Kanner
ellen.t.kanner at Dartmouth.EDU
Wed Dec 15 18:13:47 CST 2004
Hello,
Has anyone explored the realm of separating content from structural
mark up and creating a page WITHOUT nested <divs>?
I know nested <divs> are common, using a "container" <div> is a
possibility, but is it possible to have a header, 3-column layout, and
a footer without nesting them at all? Any examples out there?
What I've found is design #97 from CSS Zen Garden, but with nested
<divs>
<http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/097/097.css&page=5>
but when the text in the page is pumped up, the <div> does not fill the
background. And so I came upon "Negative Margins" from ALA and the
"Faux column" article:
<http://www.alistapart.com/articles/negativemargins/>
But still want to know if <divs> can be used without being nested and
still hold the presentation together.
What we're trying to accomplish is the ability to change the appearance
of pages, should a quick change be needed, and where the
presentation/layout of the page is NOT in the individual HTML files but
in the CSS file.
Does this make sense? Any ideas?
ellen
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