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MacRankin

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  1. I've gone and created (I believe?) my most rock-solid 3-Column, fluid, equalizing layout to date. Paul, over at SitePoint hasn't confirmed whether this latest attempt is sound, but I'm pretty confident that it is, even though I've not been able to test it in Google's Chrome, not IE8. Perhaps someone here can? I did once have Chrome, but it screwed up with my not being able to shut down my Window's client OS properly, so I got rid of it. Maybe, I'll go for it again? Anyway, I've also found this really great 'expression' min / max-width script, which has allowed me to give back some fluidity to IE6. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to give it an equalizing look, though. Full_Stretch (09) http:// www. macrankin .co.uk/ layouts/ full_stretch .html (please remove spaces) I'm hoping that someone will want to give it a try in an actual working design, instead of say, using tables, ones which rely on css, that is.
  2. About that holy grail... I'm not 100% sure, but I think Paul, over at SitePoint's forums liked it. Or, at least parts of it -- maybe? I'm still tinkering with it, as it isn't too stable. But, there is a plus side. When I create a layout I always go for something with lots of spaces, like empty div columns, as I did when I originally created my first div-based website. You guys, though, can simply remove those spaces and create a more stable layout. Perhaps, I should have created an example? For now though, I'll leave you with my newest holy(ish) grail... http: //www. macrankin .co.uk/ layouts/ fullstretch .html (close up these spaces afterwards)
  3. He says he's already got one! ...And I have -- another holy grail layout, that is. Will this new holy grail go to the holy grail graveyard of layouts -- maybe? It still needs a lot of tweaking, as the relatives aren't playing ball with those absolutes. Those relatives, you either love 'em or hate 'em. I can't get the barsteward to work in IE6, so I've curtailed its fluidity, and given it a fixed width. Plus, I also haven't been successful in giving it the appearance of equalizing columns as I have with all other browsers. As for IE7, all looks quite good. And so does it do in Firefox on Windows XP Pro. There are minor problems with the various Mac browsers that I am currently testing the layout with. But for FF, Safari, Camino, iCab, and OmniWeb all looks well, except, that is on Opera. Once I've finished tweaking it, and am happy, I will present it to sitepoint's Paul O'Brien, as I have done in the past. Once he give's it his professional once-over, then I'll feel confident that maybe I'll have something to show you guys.
  4. I'm blinking glad I'm not your postman. I mean, I thought it was a bit cold the other day, and had to switch to left-handed delivering just to keep me other hand warm. You folks up there must be real hardy peeps. Do you think you gain something from other folks, apart from just laughing at them? I mean, are you more healthier? Sorry to hear about your impending financial woes, though. You know, thinking about avalanches, I was wondering whether one day some bright inventive mind would just implement a kind of super-strong, carbon nanotube-made sheet (maybe?), where sensors measuring snow movement might trigger some sort of mechanical device for pulling back on an avalanche and slowing it down, and or even stopping it. Silly idea maybe, with so much weight to slow down.
  5. Well, I'm not a web designer, just a web monkey trying to make all my layouts play ball. As much as I really hate I.E. and for that matter the limitations of css, I couldn't envisage anyone truly dropping support for I.E.... Having said that, if I were a web designer I would want to limit all I.E. browsers. Sort of restrict them in some way, or make a visitor's experience to a website that I developed look noticeably inferior. Maybe I wouldn't make it too obvious at first, but if everyone else joined in, then who knows? I'm working on yet another holy grail layout, where most of the problems concern I.E. browsers. Though, because of the very unusual use of floats and absolutes that I have applied to it, there are also problems with other more compliant ones too. Still, as with other layouts that work well in compliant browsers, but then not in I.E., I will again revert to applying only a fixed-width to those muthas.
  6. Thanks Stefan. I did have a look at those prefs a while back, and just to make sure, I've also had another look. I've also done a bit of Dw googling and missing Dw CS3 page turning, but there doesn't appear to anything immediately obvious that will stop Dw from doing this. In the 'File Types / Editors' preferences, I have 'Enable BBEdit integration' ticked. Could this be causing something? Maybe this re-creating into Dw file types happens when I have both Dw and BBEdit open at the same time, as I sometimes have, or maybe something has gone pear-shaped with my apple Mac?
  7. Thanks there virtual. I have something called 'Super Get Info', where I'm able to change files back, or into, different type and creators, but I'd really like Dw to stop randomly (in some cases) doing this. I like to heavily litter any follow-along lessons with notes, even if they're within the actual working files. My php files were on a different account, so how Dw was able to change them, I don't know?
  8. Does anyone know of a way to stop Dw from changing my BBEdit files into its own little Dw buddies? Sometimes, I likes to dabble in flash, php, and Dw from time-to-time. I was looking at some php files from a lesson that I was following some time ago, and I now notice that they have had their normal BBEdit file type and creator 'livery' re-skinned. Little barstewards! I'm not particularly interested in creating anything in Dw, but I would like to explore it more without having all my other files change into another file type.
  9. Yeah, that's what I thought at first, but didn't dina say in her original post that the background image repeats across? Still, I'm with Wickham here, as we really need to see a live example of this problem, so that hopefully we can find some simple solution to your problem.
  10. Hm, a refreshingly lean, green and pristine gleaning machine, in which I may easily apply all wisdoms (that I deem) for any future website dreams.
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