Why not use a CMS or at least a server side include that editors  
could update without messing with the structure ?

Here is a good CMS
http://www.emediasales.com/hosting/php-mysql-cms-design.html
http://www.emediacms.com/
While I've not personally used it or needed one; I know the people  
behind it.

Thanks,
Barrett
AOL/AIM handmadepaperus

On Jun 20, 2008, at 9:15 AM, Bobby Jack wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm working with a design that aligns several (well, 2, 3, or 4)  
> 'panels' in a 2 'column' grid, a bit like:
>
> [1] [2]
> [3] [4]
>
> These are contained in a fixed-width box, and the mechanism  
> currently used is to float 1 & 3 to the left, float 2 & 4 to the  
> right, assign fixed widths, and leave the remaining width as the  
> gutter. While this works, if anyone updates the panels by swapping  
> their order, and forgets to reassign the class names, everything  
> breaks down.
>
> The challenge is to 'bulletproof' this design, whilst keeping all  
> widths at their current values.
>
> My immediate thought to fix this was to float the 4 panels to the  
> left, assign left and right margins (half the gutter width) to  
> them, and introduce an intermediate wrapper between the existing  
> fixed-width box and the panels, then set negative left/right  
> margins on this new wrapper. Works like a treat in Firefox, falls  
> down horribly in IE.
>
> Anyone have any better solutions? I want to avoid CSS hacks to  
> 'fix' IE, if at all possible (but can ignore IE5). 'Real' examples at:
>
> http://www.fiveminuteargument.com/single-gutter-multiple-floats
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Bobby
>
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