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RE: Up, Up and Away

patgeary — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:31:07 GMT

The easiest way I have found to avoid the dreaded horizontal scroll bar is to use % when specifying the width of most elements -

main container width 100% or 90%
masthead
top menu
left nav - usually between 160-200px - float left
main content - left margin 180-220px with no width specified
footer

I also avoid using absolute positioning of elements

View the style sheet on any of my sites and you can get an idea of how it works or check out
http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/css-layouts/index.htm and view any of the templates sources and style sheets.

pat

RE: Up, Up and Away

guitarmom — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:41:04 GMT

Congratulations on the twins. I hope that everyone is healthy and happy. I know that everyone's exhausted. We look forward to hearing from you again, Dustin, when you're able to do more than just come up for air.

guitarmom

RE: Up, Up and Away

Dustin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:35:17 GMT

Thanks for sharing guitarmom! That's really great that you were able to do a site for someone you really care about like that! I'm glad to have been able to help you along! :D

I'll try to look at it in a bit more detail as soon as I can. I have to get to bed tonight!

Thanks again for sharing, its really great to see what the members are working on!

Up, Up and Away

guitarmom — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:49:40 GMT

Friends, I want to give a big thank you to everyone who's posted at LearnExpression.com.

Last Spring I asked my childhood hero, Bob Holiday, if I could re-design his web site. The original designer had never done any updates at all, and I had so many ideas.

I was a Computer Science graduate in the 1970's, and I thought I could handle web design. After all, I'd been raised in an era of punch tape, IBM cards and Assembler language! Things had only gotten easier with time.

Yikes -- I quickly realized I had bitten off more than I might be able to chew. I decided on Expression Web for development software, but their so-called "Help" files were incomprehensible. And the included tutorial was just shy of useless.

I was so relieved to find Dustin's web site. The forums have provided me no end of ideas and help. The tutorials made sense and were clear and easy to follow. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Dustin.

I still have clean-up to do -- like the irritating horizontal scroll bar. :w00t: I welcome any and all comments and suggestions. These boards have been a wealth of information and help.

Please take a look: www.SupermanBobHoliday.com

guitarmom