Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Madness - split topic here

date posted 20th February 2008 10:23


On 20 Feb 2008, at 11:25, Craig wrote:

>
> Care to put up a summary?

first off, develop using Firefox, Safari or another web standards
aware browser.

avoid horizontal padding, use margins on contained elements instead.

add display:inline; to any floated divs that have width set.

use conditional comments to serve IE with a different stylesheet
(usually just for height, to get min-height)

float nearly everything

plan your layout to take advantage of available elements, avoid div
and classitis where you can.


Keep things simple...

don't add hacks to fix things - work round the think that needs hacking.



The most complex layout I did with CSS:
http://www.hyperhappen.com/

something simpler and more recent:
http://www.volcanoestates.com/home.php
(yes there are one or two validation errors to fix)