[geeklog-devel] CSS-Layout possible!

[machinari]

been done with a custom COM_siteheader in the theme's functions.inc file.
mach

on 17/09/2007 6:47 PM Oliver Spiesshofer wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I found a way how to make a CSS-only layout (no tables) that takes 
> into account that sometimes we do not have any right (or left) blocks.
> The important thing here is that the right or left column vanishes 
> visually completely.
>
> The issue with the solution is that the right blocks have to be in the 
> sourcecode _before_ the center block. Otherwise the right float does 
> not work.
>
> If you want to take a look, please open
>
> http://tokyoahead.com/test.html
>
> In order to make this work, we have to change the COM_siteHeader and 
> COM_siteFooter so that both right and left blocks are shown by the 
> siteHeader function.
>
> This would allow a much greater flixibility to the layout since two of 
> the three major design elements would come from one function and be in 
> one layout file. Only he center content would be appended in the end.
>
> From my point of view there is nothing to object to that, the overall 
> layout could look exactly the same, there could be a reduction in 
> template code and a much larger flexibility for template coders, not 
> to mention that we would stop using tables for layout.
>
> Still, before I do this, I would like to hear if there are any 
> objections to that.
>
> Oliver
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