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 > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
