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Peter Charles
This group introduced me to CSS, for which I am grateful. From there,
I found a couple of reference books with some basic CSS stuff but
recent issues with "width" shows that my reference material is
woefully lacking.
So two things . . .
First, any good CSS references stuff on the net that doesn't require
you to be a CSS expert *before* you read it? I'm not too lazy to do
my own searches, I just haven't found anything that was decently
written and organized. As I get older, I have less patience for
poorly written reference material and less of a willingness to slog
through it to find the benefit. It would be nice to find some
reference material that actually started at the beginning then
progressed through CSS issues in a logical manner. There oughta be a
law -- don't let geeks write the documentation!!
Secondly, this ng often contains commentary on "don't use this or that
formatting tags" yet not that many that articulate why. The reasons
aren't obvious to the uninitiated (like me). If there are meaningful
reasons beyond coding fads why, for example, tables are "bad" it would
be good to know. Recently a poster took the time and trouble to
describe why "justify" is not a good thing to use, in response to one
of my questions, and I was able exploit the power of CSS to make that
change very easily. So I had two more reasons to appreciate the value
of this ng.
At this moment, I'm trying to find a CSS alternative to using tables
to ensure that images don't roam all over the screen under different
resolutions and window sizes. Using tables, I can be reasonable sure
that my images remain nicely centered no matter how the user has
configured his/her display. If I can locate a CSS solution, so much
the better.
Help me find a decent reference source I won't be asking dumb
questions in the futue. Talk about an incentive, eh?
Peter
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I found a couple of reference books with some basic CSS stuff but
recent issues with "width" shows that my reference material is
woefully lacking.
So two things . . .
First, any good CSS references stuff on the net that doesn't require
you to be a CSS expert *before* you read it? I'm not too lazy to do
my own searches, I just haven't found anything that was decently
written and organized. As I get older, I have less patience for
poorly written reference material and less of a willingness to slog
through it to find the benefit. It would be nice to find some
reference material that actually started at the beginning then
progressed through CSS issues in a logical manner. There oughta be a
law -- don't let geeks write the documentation!!
Secondly, this ng often contains commentary on "don't use this or that
formatting tags" yet not that many that articulate why. The reasons
aren't obvious to the uninitiated (like me). If there are meaningful
reasons beyond coding fads why, for example, tables are "bad" it would
be good to know. Recently a poster took the time and trouble to
describe why "justify" is not a good thing to use, in response to one
of my questions, and I was able exploit the power of CSS to make that
change very easily. So I had two more reasons to appreciate the value
of this ng.
At this moment, I'm trying to find a CSS alternative to using tables
to ensure that images don't roam all over the screen under different
resolutions and window sizes. Using tables, I can be reasonable sure
that my images remain nicely centered no matter how the user has
configured his/her display. If I can locate a CSS solution, so much
the better.
Help me find a decent reference source I won't be asking dumb
questions in the futue. Talk about an incentive, eh?
Peter
turn mailhot into hotmail to reply
Visit The Streamer Page at http://www.mountaincable.net/~pcharles/streamers/index.html