Re: Newspaper Column Format

Morning Roger:

Those "nifty vertical divider lines" of the Dallas Morning News site are 40
x 3 GIF's filed with the color grey and used as the BG for table data which
is why they run the height of the page. Wherever the TD goes the grey VR's
go.

These types of images are quite handy and we use them whenever we want grey
divider lines. They can be used for either vertical or horizontal lines in
placeof the "<hr noshade size=1 width=XX>" tag. However, we usually defer to
the above tag for HR's.

For example, in our present business site makeover that we will be releasing
January 1, 2000, we are using these grey GIF's in size 1 x 1 as the VR's and
the tag as HR's. They work very well and can be sized easily.

Hope this helps.

Karen
Senior Designer
Starr Wolf Design
http://www.starrwolf.com
a JIL Enterprises Company
". . . exceeding your expectations"


----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Stenning <roger(at)isgwds.enterprise-plc.com>
To: <hwg-basics-digest(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: Newspaper Column Format


> Karen (et al) -
>
> I saw your posting on the Basics digest, number 573.
>
> I'd agree about the use of tables - while it's not really recommended by
the
> W3C, there's no other way, IMHO, of ensuring that the majority of one's
site
> is laid out in the manner that one wishes visitors to see.
>
> However, one of the references you posted was for the Dallas News
> (http://www.dallasnews.com/).
>
> Now, I'm obviously missing something, but having poured over the source of
> that URL for an hour or so, I still can't figure out how they got the
> vertical divider lines.
>
> I'm currently developing a hobby site e-zine format, and, while I've got
the
> CSS fine (and, for a change, validated!), the HTML (and, for that matter,
> the upgrade from HTML 3.2 to HTML 4 for the entire site!) is causing me a
> problem: How do I make those rather nifty vertical divider lines, to
> separate the columns?
>
> The proof site (still under construction, and therefore not linked from my
> main hobby site) is at
> http://web.ukonline.co.uk/roger.stenning/blackeagle_bulletin/index.html.
And
> before anyone asks, I KNOW that it's not yet cross-browser compatible
> <grin>, and that it's designed with 800x600 in mind <even bigger grin>!
>
> Any suggestions on this vertical ruler snag would be welcome!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Roger Stenning
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