Allison Kelly wrote: > Hi all, > > I am re-learning CSS and XHTML after not using it for a few years and am in > need of some suggestions. I have created a layout in Photoshop and am now > ready to move onto the next step. I just can't decide which step that is! I > decided to give CSS a shot to get some experience, but I'm not sure where to > begin now. > > Here is a jpeg of the layout to follow: > http://www.skeetrbeatronline.com/testpage.html > > Does anyone have any suggestions of how to tackle this? I am a bit confused > as to what the "best practice" would be here and what I can actually do with > CSS, or if I will need to use some simple tables as well. > > Major questions for me: > > Does CSS use slices the same way that tables do? Should I keep the slices > for the tables that I had in mind when I started or should I take that green > circle picture out and just reposition it after I create a two-column with > header layout? > > I'm imagining using the slices that I have created as the background in a > div tag and then superimposing text over those. Does that make sense, and is > that the best way to go about this? > > Now that I have decided to go with CSS, I am at a loss as to where I should > begin with the rollover menu buttons. > > I know these are general questions, but I guess I am looking for help for a > place to get started. Any help/opinions/suggestions would be greatly > appreciated. > > Allison Hi Allison,
Doing what you've done - making a site 'image', then designing is, IMNSHO, the way to go, so step one is done and done well. Were I you, I'd layout the site without the image and place it afterwards in a floated <div> with a z-index sufficient to keep it on top of the other divs in your layout. Seems to me that the first step would be creating 3 main divs, one for the 'banner' area, and the other two as left and right columns. Inside your banner div, a styled <ul> structure for your nav buttons. For the menus, how they're done will depend greatly on at least these two factors: 1) is the menu a single level or are there sub menu items for some/all? 2) will you use straight css or images with css? I know this isn't much, but I do hope it helps get you started and I hope that you'll keep us posted. I'm looking forward to seeing it develop! (btw, as a fellow SW Floridian, welcome!) Kind regards, ~Ray ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
