the initial run at a new layout I’m doing for another project (you can see it soon, don’t worry). It’s pretty simple, really, but it does rely on positioning a minimum number of things exactly in the right spot. If they’re not there the whole idea breaks down. Anyhow – even though I did it in plain old tables, same as always, it still took a while to get it right – and it’s still not perfect in NS 4.7x. So it occurs to me that I could do the site entirely in CSS, perhaps – make the best of a learning opportunity. Lo and behold, Eric Costello has been following the work people are doing in this regard very closely! So I’m going to give it a try. The problem I foresee is that all of the layouts/designs I’ve seen are very airy and light. That’s great – but for this project it’s not exactly the vibe I’m after. So it’ll be a bit of a different kind of challenge, I think. Chunkier.
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