johneva

Firstly welcome to the group! Yes margin and padding is what should be used instead. (Even better, unless the table is being used to display tabular dont use the table at all) The reason there are negative margins is cos they have other uses other than tables too, margin and padding are an important part of using CSS for layout.Problem comes that sometimes diffrent browsers interprate these propertys diffrently though and can cause problems, though easy enough to fix.

I keep um in the same CSS file and just put comment lines in to show what is what.http://www.john-eva.co.uk/styles.css

I totally agree it is a total waste to repeat any of the styles in both the head of the first page and your main CSS file.

If you want to do what I think you want to do no.But but you can use a PHP include assuming you have PHP support on your server.If not you can use a different type

I never knocked your qualifications how could I when I dont even have any, what I did say was most people who moan about using CSS for layouts havent even learnt how to do it basicly.And went further to say I am supprised people who have this opinion are even in this trade as it is a trade that is changing all the time.At no point there was there any direct attack at you or your skills.What I was trying to get accross is if you have not learnt how to do something how can you knock its method?Which you even just admited too (The fact you dont have a good standard of CSS).But as I have mentioned before in this thread somewhere if you want to use tables for layout then that is your choice. But dont make out like we are in the wrong for learning new methods just cos you have not learnt them yet.Whats age got to do with out?If anything it is I who should be unhappy for you saying I am ignorant and dont know what I am talking about. (Though I am first to admit I dont) Chill out anyways fella what does it matter what others think? :)Especially young people.

Thats well freaky cos there is nothing wrong with the code. :)They are just basic tags that should be in every page you ever make.

Well I dont know whats going on there mate as there is noway that should happen.

Have you tryed removing the javascript?Oh and maybe try removing the Flash object if removing the javascript makes no diffrence.There is nothing else in the coding that should cause any problems though.That is a bit strange.

Yep same here too.

Seems very strage but carnt comment on the code if we have not seen it.

I agree the site is fantasic for learning the basics and using for refrence but I would not spend the money on a certification that is not recognised by employers.Infact most web developer jobs normally ask for people who are trained to a degree level here in the UK.

Without seeing the coding for the page I carnt say why you are having problems.But in saying that if you have used Front Page to make the page I dont want to se your coding either cos it is well known to be really bad at coding pages.My advise to you is start coding pages yourself and ditch using any WYSIWYG editor at all.

Sweet I bet thats a nice setup to be able to work on.Mine is just a basic home computer Dell dim 3000. I am planning on buildng a new computer next month though so that will be better then, but still no dual processor server.I am no pro designer anyways I do some SEO work for a few sites but thats all then I do play around with my owen sites and just play around to learn more about web design. Yeah.

I totally agree I have got them on my computer too.I also have Apache,PHP and SQL so I can test my PHP pages locally too.

Yeah of course.You can use tables as they do have a proper use(Displaying Tabular Data).It is just that people are now advised against using them for the overall layout of a website as everybody used to.Even then if there is a design you have to make and can only be done in tables then you gotta do it. Though you should alway try not to as the advantages of using CSS should be made use of, you should always design a site knowing the limitations of using a div and CSS layout so you can make a design that works and also know the advantages so you can make it work at its best.But I know that some clients are set on an idea and no matter what you say you wont get them to go with your ideas. Though most clients once they learnt the benifits soon go along with what you say.

Thats very right. Nothing beats experiance and these forums are full of it once you have got the basics from the online tutorials you carnt beat the experiance found in these forums.There will always be somebody how has had the same problem before and can point you in the right direction.

Yep these are well known problems with using divs. You can use margins to sort your alignment of the content.As for making all the divs the same legnth you carnt though you can make it look like it does using the faux coloumns method.

Yep that is something us brits need to remember when doing any coding that in coding we need to use the US spelling of colour. It is well strange at first cos we want to sell it as colour but carnt then we go to the other extreame and always spell it like the US.My spelling is naf anyways so spelling colour as color all the time is not a big deal.

Once you have learnt the stuff at W3 schools these are handy sites too.http://css.maxdesign.com.au/index.htmhttp://www.alistapart.com/topics/code/css/

Well I am sorry but if you want to make a site properly the only way of doing it is to understand the coding for the page. WYSIWYG editors are pretty much usless there ok if you dont care about making the site perfect which going of what you have asked you want it perfect. So my advise would be to get learning of the tutorials on the web all you can about HTML and CSS. But unless you learn really quick and have every hour of the day your never gonna learn enough to make a "pro site" in a month. The only way your gonna get a pro site in a month is to pay a pro. If you really really have to use a WYSIWYG editor then I would say Dreamweaver or Amiya code pages the best but even then dont do the job right which is why we learn how to code ourself. :)I would also advise against using Geocitys too as they use non valid coding for displaying there ads on your site so you will never be able to validate your page properly.Here are a couple of tutorials on the layout type your talking about.http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/tutorial0816.htmhttp://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/tutorial0916.htmand a load more layout tutorials.http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/index.htmThough if you dont know HTML and CSS they are pretty pointless as you wont know what to do with them.

Try using.border: 0;

Yeah true true, but you carnt cater for everything well not yet anyways thanx to IE.I would say the range of sizes I cover is as good as it gets for the min.And yes as good as CSS is there are loads of problems with it, most of them stem from the evil IE.If Microsoft would sort IE out then life using CSS would be so much easyer.But that is just not gonna happen they do it on purpose.

Why what is wrong with it when you resize it?It does as it should set width for left and right div fluid for the middle div.Which is what I explained in my post earlyer.It only messes up if you reuce the size of the window to around 500px, but why would you set your window to that sort of size?And you can set a min width easy enough.I am using a modifyed version for my site my site and am happy with it.I think my site looks good at any width from 760-1280 wide.Well as good as my design skills can look anyways. It is the same page just scroll to the top of it and it explains how it works.

HiThough this does not directly answer your question I think this layout would work best for you.http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/tutorial0915.htmIt has set width divs for the left and right and then fluid for the center div.Even if you dont like the idea of the whole layout you will see how things are done with that one and be able to transfer certain thing to your site.The main idea is float the left div left and set a width, also folat the right div right and set the width.For the center div use margin-left and right to reduce the size and center the middle div.Then wrap the three with a container div. If you take a good look over that tutorial you will soon work out how they make it work.Thanx John

When ever you set a color for something you should also set the background color too and vis versa. :)There are quite a few times where you only specify one or the other.You have to do this as you dont know what default colors the user will have set in there browser and if you dont specify a color it uses the browsers default color.