On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:34:48 -0400 David Laakso wrote: > Michael Adams wrote: > > Using negative margins and fluid layout in a CMS template and just > > wondering how others handle robustness issues. If one of the authors > > places a large image in content which looks good on their browser, > > but it is to big for 800x600 how do you handle the overflow. > > > > > > > > > > > I suppose the obvious is that you can't cram 5lbs of apples in a 3lb > bag. CMS authors need to be aware of layout limitation regardless of > the layout structure that has been employed. The width of the any > image, or fixed width element, needs to be less wide than the column > it is placed in when the browser is at 800. Tight tolerance is good to > avoid. IE6 and down need even /more/ horizontal playroom or the float > will drop. A user with a sidebar in use complicates matters. Setting > min/max with the min-width at less than enough to clear the scroll bar > at 800t helps (you'll need a min/max workaround for IE/6). There are a > couple of ways to handle too wide images in narrow windows but I am > not sure how well this will work for you in IE, particularly when the > width and height of the image is unknown. >
For IE<7 i cheated with fixed width (remembering the words on the cover of Mike Oldfields "Tubular Bells" album). OT - As for authors, one assured me she was already a CMS site manager with lots of experience, so i promoted her, she then promptly loaded two 24bit 470x350px bmp images onto the homepage content at 350kB+ each. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
