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non-traditional 3 column layout?
I’m looking for an existing 3 column layout (or a CSS generator that can handle it) where the main content is on the far left and the two narrow columns are on the right. All the canned templates that I have found thus far are narrow-wide-narrow.
I know just enough about CSS to modifiy an existing layout to my liking, but cannot create anything from scratch. Does anyone know where I can find such a layout (wide-narrow-narrow)?
Scott
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You could have a look at this one. I’ve seen a couple of these announced in the forum but finding them is another matter.
Stuart
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That looks promising. Would it be relatively easy to move the columns to the other side (i.e., do everything in reverse)?
Scott
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I’ve only had a quick glance through the CSS but it uses “floats” so swapping around should be easy enough. In the CSS look for #left and #right and change the “float: left;” to “float: right;” in both of them then look for #center and change “margin-left: 300px;” to “margin-right: 300px;”. That should do the trick.
Stuart
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I’ve been testing it in FrontPage and switching the divs worked perfectly. All I had to do in addition to the above is change the repeat on the background image (txpback.jpg) to “repeat-y right” (and also rotate it 180 degrees). I think I’ll be able to use this as a basis for my design. Thanks!
Scott
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No problem. I think that site has some other designs though not necessarily the type you were after. If you look through this “Layout & CSS” forum you will see his name several times.
Stuart
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Glad you liked the layout.
Most of my other layouts are listed @ textpattern.org.
edit: The background image is not properly implemented yet.
Last edited by apsk121 (2005-02-26 02:39:53)
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I ended up keeping the narrow columns on the left anyway. It looked more balanced once I inserted the header. I’m still running my Blogger account with .html extensions, so not all the links (i.e., categories) are working. The work thus far is here.
I posted this question in the Troubleshooting section and haven’t gotten a response yet. I’m waiting to figure this out before I make any other structural changes. Any ideas?
UPDATE – My question on the above topic was solved in another thread.
Last edited by skennedy1217 (2005-03-03 03:36:39)
Scott
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