RE: FN-FORUM: Please prevent baldness

date posted 21st January 2008 21:28

It was sort of a joke because I noted the css_site in the URL. However =
it
would work... and you are using 4.01 Transitional.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of
> Robert Hempsall
> Sent: 21 January 2008 21:46
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Please prevent baldness
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> Thanks Phil
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> I'm hoping the table comment was a joke! I've just spent ages trying
> to work out CSS =96 tell me it's not in vain :o(
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> I don't want the panel to run on from the text because it makes it
> look too important and because of its colour would detract from the
> main message. I want it to visible (hence big and orange) but not too
> visible. I could just whack a standard huge gap between the bottom of
> the text and the top of the panel, but then it leaves unsightly gaps
> at the bottom of some pages - and unnecessary scrolling on others.
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> I almost forgot a rather bigger question =96 how do I get it to sit in
> the middle (horizontally) of the screen? Again, this works on Firefox
> and Safari but not IE =96 perhaps I should buy all my visitors a Mac!!
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> Robert
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> On 21 Jan 2008, at 21:32, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> > I can't think of a solution, but I'd suggest not having it bottom-
> > aligned -
> > because for pages with not much content above it, and especially on =
a
> > high-resolution screen, you're going to have a lot of blank space
> > between
> > that and the content. Why not just have it below the main content,
> > with
> > white space beneath?
> >
> > Alternatively, you could always use a table ;)
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of
> >> Robert Hempsall
> >> Sent: 21 January 2008 21:14
> >> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >> Subject: FN-FORUM: Please prevent baldness
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello all
> >>
> >> To prevent me from pulling all my hair out I'm hoping someone can
> >> give me the solution to this query.
> >>
> >> I'm busy redoing my website and have, I think, got a rough grasp on
> >> CSS, but I'm snookered by Internet Explorer on the PC and the
> >> following little puzzle.
> >>
> >> I want to have a panel at the bottom of each page (which has blog
> >> info etc in it). What I need is for it to sit at the bottom of the
> >> screen when there is not a massive amount of info in the main area,
> >> but when there is a lot of text in that main screen I want it to
> drop
> >> off the area that is initially viewed, and sit under the main area
> to
> >> be found when it's scrolled down to.
> >>
> >> These are the links to the two, not yet complete, most extreme
> >> examples to illustrate what I've tried to describe above.
> >>
> >> loads of space on
> http://www.roberthempsall.co.uk/css_site/index.html
> >> - the panel moves up to meet the main text, not what I want.
> >>
> >> as full as they'll get http://www.roberthempsall.co.uk/css_site/
> >> oag2.html - this looks like i want it to.
> >>
> >> I've fixed it for Firefox and Safari (at least I think I have), but
> >> can't work it out for Internet Explorer.
> >>
> >> Can anyone help?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Robert
> >>
> >> P.S I know there are loads of little things on other pages, but =
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> >> free to point them out, they might not be on my list!!
> >>
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