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From: Catherine Brys
Date: Dec 14, 2005 4:20AM

Hello,

Thanks for the suggestions, Tim and Ben.

I think I've solved the problem I run into - I wanted to explore how far I
could go with css - try and do a complicated layout with css.

I have found that it is possible to use divs for a grid-like design
(although vertical alignment is limited): the problem I had was due to
combining set widths (in %) with padding (in px). The browsers don't seem to
like it . I analysed the code of the W3C homepage and found that they use
one div in another, the outer div has the width, the inner has the padding.
Seems to work fine.

Best regards,

Catherine

Dr. Catherine M. Brys - PhD Eng
Library Web Services Administrator
- Library Web Site Accessibility and Usability Project -
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