Greetings,
I want to make a layout of a web page, where there are two columns (or more), for instance, and when, later on, anyone pastes text in the left column (first column), it automatically fills the fixed height column and flows into the right column (second or next column), which may or may not be of fixed height, depending on the amount of content (i.e., if the content is too much, another identical page will be used and accessed by a "next" button, if it is not too much, then a fixed height that can take all the remaining text can be assigned to the right/second column).
How can I code these two columns/divs and make them work correctly?
Can they be made with future users in mind, who want to update the text themselves, but have no knowledge of code whatsoever? Like, for instance, they can only use Macromedia Contribute?
Thanks for anyone taking the time to help and give tips.I have good news and bad news.
Good News: CSS3 module: Multi-column layout (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/">http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/</a><!-- m -->)
Bad News: It's CSS 3.0, which isn't a recomendation yet - meaning no browsers currently support this feature. Microsoft will drag it's heals. So about 2015 we could start using it. For now, you'll have to make due with two unrelated DIVs and just eye things.
You can use Dreamweaver or Netscape/Mozilla Composer to update the text.
I want to make a layout of a web page, where there are two columns (or more), for instance, and when, later on, anyone pastes text in the left column (first column), it automatically fills the fixed height column and flows into the right column (second or next column), which may or may not be of fixed height, depending on the amount of content (i.e., if the content is too much, another identical page will be used and accessed by a "next" button, if it is not too much, then a fixed height that can take all the remaining text can be assigned to the right/second column).
How can I code these two columns/divs and make them work correctly?
Can they be made with future users in mind, who want to update the text themselves, but have no knowledge of code whatsoever? Like, for instance, they can only use Macromedia Contribute?
Thanks for anyone taking the time to help and give tips.I have good news and bad news.
Good News: CSS3 module: Multi-column layout (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/">http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/</a><!-- m -->)
Bad News: It's CSS 3.0, which isn't a recomendation yet - meaning no browsers currently support this feature. Microsoft will drag it's heals. So about 2015 we could start using it. For now, you'll have to make due with two unrelated DIVs and just eye things.
You can use Dreamweaver or Netscape/Mozilla Composer to update the text.