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floating and designing

Tim Gallant

2004-11-27, 4:14 am

Okay, you aesthetic-savvy people, here is what I am thinking: I have a
three column page, including a menu column on the left and a sort of plaque
on the right, content in the middle. The layout is liquid, but the menu &
plaque columns are about 155 px each. This layout works fine for the home
page, which is brief, but other pages will have long articles. Meaning that
there will be a lot of blank space on the sides for most of the page.

So my question is this: what do you think of an attempt to float the
vertical menu and the plaque, so that when the content reaches beyond them,
it spreads out across the page? Or do you think that one wide column would
in fact be "too much"?

If indeed this is a good idea, which I haven't decided on, I'll have to
figure out some css.....

Thanks!

tim

Pablo

2004-11-27, 12:15 pm

Hi Tim

Emm, it really depends on taste at the end of the day, personally I don't
like too much wasted space. I'm starting this
http://www.rolling-stones.co.uk so if you look to the left column then it
might look at bit silly to some if the content in the main div goes further
down the page, I can live with that and I'm happy with the layout. Now go
here and look at a three column layout and see what you think
http://glish.com/css/7.asp I don't like it but you could fake it with a bkg
image to give it a more solid look. I think as I said it's all about
preferences.

Cheers

Pablo

"Tim Gallant" <tim@timgallant.org> a écrit dans le message de news:
co92pv$snb$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Okay, you aesthetic-savvy people, here is what I am thinking: I have a
> three column page, including a menu column on the left and a sort of
plaque
> on the right, content in the middle. The layout is liquid, but the menu &
> plaque columns are about 155 px each. This layout works fine for the home
> page, which is brief, but other pages will have long articles. Meaning
that
> there will be a lot of blank space on the sides for most of the page.
>
> So my question is this: what do you think of an attempt to float the
> vertical menu and the plaque, so that when the content reaches beyond
them,
> it spreads out across the page? Or do you think that one wide column
would
> in fact be "too much"?
>
> If indeed this is a good idea, which I haven't decided on, I'll have to
> figure out some css.....
>
> Thanks!
>
> tim
>
>
>

P@tty

2004-11-27, 7:14 pm

>... This layout works fine for the home
> page, which is brief, but other pages will have long articles. Meaning
> that there will be a lot of blank space on the sides for most of the page.

I personally think that that blank space on either side of the content
column is a good thing. It keeps the column of text reasonably narrow for
people with larger browser windows, and gives everybody some "white space"
which is easier on the eyes and makes for better reading.

"Real estate" down that low on a web site is "worth" much less than the
space above the fold; I don't consider it a waste at all to leave it blank.

Dat's what I think. :-)

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Pablo

2004-11-27, 7:14 pm

Blimey, you are on fire today P@tty :)

> space above the fold; I don't consider it a waste at all to leave it
blank.

You are probably correct as more and more sites are being designed this way
too I suppose everybody will get used to the idea.

Cheers

Pablo

"P@tty" <patty@carolinawebsolutions.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> I personally think that that blank space on either side of the content
> column is a good thing. It keeps the column of text reasonably narrow for
> people with larger browser windows, and gives everybody some "white space"
> which is easier on the eyes and makes for better reading.
>
> "Real estate" down that low on a web site is "worth" much less than the
> space above the fold; I don't consider it a waste at all to leave it
blank.
>
> Dat's what I think. :-)
>
>
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> Web Design Contract, Estimate Request Form, Estimate Worksheet
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.: Nadia :. *TMM*

2004-11-28, 7:15 am

Have a look at some of these layouts here - all using css
http://www.pmob.co.uk/temp/3colfixedtest_4.htm

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"Tim Gallant" <tim@timgallant.org> wrote in message
news:co92pv$snb$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Okay, you aesthetic-savvy people, here is what I am thinking: I have a
> three column page, including a menu column on the left and a sort of
> plaque on the right, content in the middle. The layout is liquid, but the
> menu & plaque columns are about 155 px each. This layout works fine for
> the home page, which is brief, but other pages will have long articles.
> Meaning that there will be a lot of blank space on the sides for most of
> the page.
>
> So my question is this: what do you think of an attempt to float the
> vertical menu and the plaque, so that when the content reaches beyond
> them, it spreads out across the page? Or do you think that one wide
> column would in fact be "too much"?
>
> If indeed this is a good idea, which I haven't decided on, I'll have to
> figure out some css.....
>
> Thanks!
>
> tim
>
>
>