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Shared Borders Vs. Frames??

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  • 01-03-2001 10:58am
    #1
    Lord Khan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭


    http://www.skynet.ie/~damocles/

    I'm using shared borders ... I had inital used frames but shared borders just made it easier to update the menu on the left ...

    but the problem is I want the menu strip to extend to the bottom of the screen I.E.
    keep in sync as it were with the content in the main area(right). but not sure how ...

    I could set a fixed lenght but then some of the pages with only a small bit of text would by miles long while others might actually go on longer ... such as the news section at the start or the links and guestbook section

    I really don't like frames and just wondering is there any other why around having to use them.


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    Bard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Bad Khan, bad! You're not really supposed to use percentage heights for tables, otherwise you could get away with just sticking 100% in the height attrib. of the table.

    Alternatively - you can give the effect of the side bar extending to the end by using a background image on the page. Use one like the one I made earlier wink.gif for you at http://www.scaryeire.com/img/boards/BackgroundForKhan.gif - just make sure that after you implement that b-g, you blot it out with blackness (or whatever) in the part above the menu and don't use a transparency on the dragon bit.

    Hope this helps.


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    LordKhan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭LordKhan


    I know I only stuck that intoday I had height 777 before :-)I thought of that but what about outside the table and the bottom of it? the end of the table pic


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    Baz_
    Registered Users Posts: 2,660 ✭✭✭Baz_


    very nice thinking bard

    not a bad site neither, just had a look through but it didn't inspire a solution from me sorry. try bards, out prolly the best.


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    FreaK_BrutheR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 936 ✭✭✭FreaK_BrutheR


    there is a table within the cell down the left hand side. set the table hieght to 100%.

    Worked here.

    AND STOP CHEATING!
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    Lord Khan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Lord Khan


    The left is a shared border and at the moment
    it is set to 100% but as you can see doesn't extend down to cover the full screen. unfortunately I don't think a frame would keep the design I want.


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