Experimenting on the Front End
Okay, in spare moments between dealing with toddlers, newborns, and the house they like to trash, I did a lot of experimenting on the front end.
I tried to develop a table-less layout, relying solely on CSS to get things where and how I want them. Argh.
Right now I'm experimenting with a mixed TABLE/CSS solution. I have justified it (for myself, anyway) by limiting table usage to distinguishing those major elements that are logically distinct from one another. In other words, I have a very simple table:
Everything else is specified via CSS, including, obviously, font and color information, plus multi-column layout stuff in the CONTENT BODY cell.
Unfortunately, using FLOAT to execute the multi-column body is not working out as expected. I'll keep plugging away at it, though.
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I tried to develop a table-less layout, relying solely on CSS to get things where and how I want them. Argh.
Right now I'm experimenting with a mixed TABLE/CSS solution. I have justified it (for myself, anyway) by limiting table usage to distinguishing those major elements that are logically distinct from one another. In other words, I have a very simple table:
tr: [td3: MAIN NAVIGATION ]
tr: [td: AUTHORS INDEX ] [td: CONTENT BODY ] [td: SUBJECT INDEX ]
Everything else is specified via CSS, including, obviously, font and color information, plus multi-column layout stuff in the CONTENT BODY cell.
Unfortunately, using FLOAT to execute the multi-column body is not working out as expected. I'll keep plugging away at it, though.
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