Re: Fw: Style sheet equiv to "Frames"

by Nicolo Raffo <raffo(at)pacbell.net>

 Date:  Sat, 29 Jan 2000 14:06:59 -0800
 To:  hwg-style(at)hwg.org
 References:  C59303A nfx pacbell
  todo: View Thread, Original
Forgot to mention, only works in NS 4 and IE 4. There's some visibility bug
in IE 5 that I never bothered fixing.

Nicolo


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicolo Raffo" <raffo(at)pacbell.net>
To: <hwg-style(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Style sheet equiv to "Frames"


> I did an experiment with this. It was kinda cool, but not successful
enough
> to use. There are too many problems with DHTML support in current browsers
> to do this I think.
>
> my example is still here http://home.pacbell.net/rraffo/DHTML/
>
> Nicolo
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "firespring" <firespring(at)nfx.net>
> To: "Ches" <ches(at)io.com>
> Cc: <hwg-style(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 11:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Style sheet equiv to "Frames"
>
>
> > I'm interested in this as well, but have been less than perfectly
> successful
> > in implementing it. Mostly it seems this is because the main browsers
> > don't seem to text-align: center the same way when I use CSS to create
> > frame-like effects, and because handlking of DIVs seems inconsistent.
> >
> > I mean, I think CSS is a great concept, but as I'm monitoring the CSS
> > working group list as well, it seems to me that CSS development is mired
> > in minor details. The result is that it is rapidly being surpassed by
> > other developments that may render it moot if thorough implementations
> > aren't completed in all the major browsers pretty darn quick. I, for
> > one, am getting tired of waiting for CSS to grow out of its infancy, and
> > overall, it seems that most of the pages I run across are, curiously
> > enough, using Java tricks to control layout.
> >
> > FWIW, I was not aware of the "frame-based layout" document you
mentioned.
> > Could you point me to it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rick Johnson
> > firespring(at)nfx.net
> >
> >
> > Ches wrote:
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > FHavas
> > > Dallas, Texas
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Karen Rubinstein" <krubinst(at)Morgan.EDU>
> > > To: <www-style(at)w3.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 2:18 PM
> > > Subject: Style sheet equiv to "Frames"
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I'm new to style sheets, so please pardon if this question is a bit
> less
> > > > technical than expected here.
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to acheive an effect that would be like a frame.... with
> the
> > > > left side of the
> > > > page a menu (navigation window) and the right side the info (content
> > > > window).  I've read through the w3org file on "frame-based layout"
but
> am
> > > > still not able to fully implement (or understand) exactly what to
do.
> > > >
> > > > can anyone help me with the style sheet code or direct me to a
simpler
> > > > tutorial on how to acheive this effect?
> > > >
> > > > thanks much for any assistance
> > > > Karen Rubinstein
> > > > Instructional Designer
> > > > X 1103
> > > > Technology Training Services
> > > >   (Instructional Design)
> > > > Holmes Hall G-02A
> > > > http://jewel.morgan.edu/~krubinst
> > > >
>

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