Sun, 2003-03-23 16:32
Hi guys,
Have been converting from tables over the last week or so, have come to my photo page. The index is here:
http://www.djomp.f2s.com/photo.php
4 columns of thumbnails, ordered in rows.
Should I stick with tables to create this, or is there a better way?
Cheers
--dJomp
Sun, 2003-03-23 19:57
#1
Tables or something?
Hi Djomp,
Here's an article that looks at exactly your dilemma.
http://www.alistapart.com/stories/practicalcss/
If you try it out post your site for a site check so we can have a look.
Tue, 2003-03-25 17:39
#2
Tables or something else?
Shame nothing is that simple.
In theory it's good, in practice this might happen:
http://www.djomp.f2s.com/test/float/photo.html
(if you can't see anything wrong, make sure the img with "wibble wobble" tagged on the end isn't at the end of a line)
The workaround here is obviously to set a height for each thumb box, but then you're gonna kill it for anyone that wants a large font.
Bah.
Tue, 2003-03-25 18:35
#3
Tables or something else?
as tables are made to build rows and columns, i think tables are ok on your gallery, as they do what they are supposed to do...
btw, the design of these blocks are to be made by css to be really efficiently.. 
good work on that gallery.. looks cool!
Wed, 2003-03-26 08:48
#4
Tables or something else?
Quite liked the idea of variable-columns though, for bigger screens there's no wasted space, but you can still see it all at 640x480. Or smaller.
Will have to leave it as tables now until I come up with something better... still at least I can get the rest of my site over to CSS now.