Another Table vs. Layers Question

[Guest]

I've just started using FP in the last week. Its been a big learning curve and such, but on to my issues...
My site is currently constructed using layers only, but when people view it on ceritan resolutions the text becomes totally overlapped and messed up. After reading messages on this board, absolute positioning is my problem: I don't know how to do it. Can someone please explain or point me to where I can learn it. Or should I sallow my pride and redo the page with tables? Thanks
-Joe

 

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gulp.

some browsers have problems with absolute positioning.


| I've just started using FP in the last week. Its been a big learning curve and such, but on to my issues...
| My site is currently constructed using layers only, but when people view it on ceritan resolutions the text becomes totally overlapped and messed up. After reading messages on this board, absolute positioning is my problem: I don't know how to do it. Can someone please explain or point me to where I can learn it. Or should I sallow my pride and redo the page with tables? Thanks.
| -Joe
|

 

[etcnz]

Absolutely use tables...never absolute positioning!!!
ETC

I've just started using FP in the last week. Its been a big learning curve

and such, but on to my issues...

My site is currently constructed using layers only, but when people view

it on ceritan resolutions the text becomes totally overlapped and messed up.
After reading messages on this board, absolute positioning is my problem: I
don't know how to do it. Can someone please explain or point me to where I
can learn it. Or should I sallow my pride and redo the page with tables?
Thanks.

 

[MD Websunlimited]

Hi Joe,

There are major web sites that use layer (CSS) designed sites. A couple of examples would be http://www.espn.com or
http://www.msnbc.com so it is very feasible to accomplish. However, doing you are required to support the next generation browsers
and not worry about the NS 4.x or Opera 3. x ones.

A good source for information about CSS designed sites is http://www.sitepoint.com


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I've just started using FP in the last week. Its been a big learning curve and such, but on to my issues...
My site is currently constructed using layers only, but when people view it on ceritan resolutions the text becomes totally

overlapped and messed up. After reading messages on this board, absolute positioning is my problem: I don't know how to do it. Can
someone please explain or point me to where I can learn it. Or should I sallow my pride and redo the page with tables? Thanks.

 

[Cheryl Wise]

Joe,

Got a url?

Many problems with layers can be fixed so they display fine (though not
always in NN 4.x if you need a real complicated layout but it can be made to
degrade gracefully there so it isn't broken) but the only way to figure out
what needs to be fixed is by seeing the page.

For some tutorials and examples see:

http://glish.com/css/

http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/boxes.html

http://realworldstyle.com/nn4_3col_header.html

http://www.bluerobot.com/web/layouts/

http://www.positioniseverything.net/

http://www.fu2k.org/alex/css/layouts/3Col_NN4_RWS_C.mhtml

http://www.alistapart.com/stories/practicalcss/

http://www.blackcoil.com/



FWIW, I use CSS positioning almost exclusively so it can be done and not
break.
--
Cheryl D. Wise
MS-MVP-FrontPage
http://mvp.wiserways.com

I've just started using FP in the last week. Its been a big learning curve

and such, but on to my issues...

My site is currently constructed using layers only, but when people view

it on ceritan resolutions the text becomes totally overlapped and messed up.
After reading messages on this board, absolute positioning is my problem: I
don't know how to do it. Can someone please explain or point me to where I
can learn it. Or should I sallow my pride and redo the page with tables?
Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Thanks everyone for the advice. I've been doing some reading on the CSS and it is over my head at the moment, so I'll be going with the tables. Thanks again

www.geocites.com/joerothermich/shamrocks.html

 

[Cheryl Wise]

I tried to take a look but received a Yahoo page that said "requested file
not found". While I cannot confirm it I suspect some of the javascript for
the pop-up and other ads that Geocities ads may contribute to your display
problem when you use absolute positioned divs.

When you use absolute positioning you take the blocks out of the flow of the
document. Since Geocities adds advertisements to the top of the page and/or
pop-ups that do not take into effect absolute positioning it isn't
surprising that you get display problems.

--
Cheryl D. Wise
MS-MVP-FrontPage
http://mvp.wiserways.com

Thanks everyone for the advice. I've been doing some reading on the CSS

and it is over my head at the moment, so I'll be going with the tables.
Thanks again.

 

[Guest]

Sorry about that, the extension is: www.geocites.com/joerothermich/shamrocks.ht

don't you think its funny how one letter can mess it all up?
And I think I solved the pop-ad problem by having the table layout allinged left, and not having much to the far right. It's a start. And I'd appreciate your opinion on how it looks. Thanks.