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[Aaron Fischer]

Kenneth, good timing, following up on the recent discussion about CSS.

NYPHP front end list is the spot to ask this question:
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/front-end

-Aaron
-- resisting the urge to make a front-end, back-end reference.


On Mar 2, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Kenneth Downs wrote:

> OK, so let's say I'm trying to make an honest go of it and resist  
> the urge to use TABLEs for non-tabular data.
>
> So how do I handle this one?
>
> I'd like to have two links on a page.   They should be on the same  
> line together, one flush left, the other flush right.  The TABLE  
> method is just to have two cells, but of course we don't want to do  
> that.
>
> What I tried was putting two divs, one after the other.  The 2nd  
> one was relative positioned with its height at -1em.  This did not  
> work on IE 6, and as I am using a downloaded template, as I  
> twiddled I quickly realized I was going to make it a lot worse  
> before it ever got better.
>
> So right now I am using a TABLE  and wondering if anybody can teach  
> a database guy yet another CSS trick.
>
>
> P.S., you know I wonder if there is something about programmers,  
> especially db guys, preferring that TABLE element, some kind of  
> subconscious thing...
>
> -- 
> Kenneth Downs
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