[thelist] html div

[Darrell King]

Don't hurt yourself trying to make layouts that exactly mimic table
layouts! There are issues involved with getting that footer to span
the page like the bottom row of a table. CSS didn't take that into
account when it was coded, so you could get a headache is you try to
conform to a variable-height layout of that type. Branch out from your
old habits and explore the new possibilities of CSS, such as
overlapping divs and the potential of positioning.

I wrote the above because I had my own headaches trying to make CSS
imitate table layouts. It was simply the wrong mindset to cling to.
Next is a more helpful response, a link to some layout examples:

http://www.glish.com/css/

Thanx,

D
> -----Original message-----
> From: Lightening oktellme at earthlink.net
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> > Here is a question so simple, it embarasses me to ask.
> >
> > No matter -  it would embarass me more to continue to not know!
> >
> > I've been coding my html with tables for years, but tables are not the right tool for this application.
> >
> > So I am using DIV instead.
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> > Trouble I am having is the browser puts the various blocks of DIV where it wants to, and not where I want it to be.
> >
> > I am trying to have a header, a footer, each spanning the page, and a left, center and right column. I am using css, if that matters.
> >
> > Would anyone please give me some pointers on how to get these divs properly aligned?
> >
> > thanks , Laura
> >
> > ps, code available on request.
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> >