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Right. This is really quite an odd (nevermind unpopular) design I'm trying to achieve.
Now, this isn't to say it won't be original and hopeful damn pretty, but it's unconventional and is pretty useless on any scale larger than a designers page.
See, I want it to be centered around the idea of columns. But not normal columns (headwrap, footwrap and bodywrap etc.), but rather columns of text. So, when I upload content (using MT or FTP depending), it automatically moves into small columns.
Ugh, I hate describing with words. Here are images - Normal [URL] http://unpoint.org/normal.gif [/URL] | What I'm trying to achieve [URL] http://unpoint.org/odd.gif [/URL].
See? So it's all wrapped in a div which has no scroll, but instead, when the text comes to the bottom, it creates a new column...
I'd be sooo grateful if you could give me a hand with this.
Now, this isn't to say it won't be original and hopeful damn pretty, but it's unconventional and is pretty useless on any scale larger than a designers page.
See, I want it to be centered around the idea of columns. But not normal columns (headwrap, footwrap and bodywrap etc.), but rather columns of text. So, when I upload content (using MT or FTP depending), it automatically moves into small columns.
Ugh, I hate describing with words. Here are images - Normal [URL] http://unpoint.org/normal.gif [/URL] | What I'm trying to achieve [URL] http://unpoint.org/odd.gif [/URL].
See? So it's all wrapped in a div which has no scroll, but instead, when the text comes to the bottom, it creates a new column...
I'd be sooo grateful if you could give me a hand with this.
Raaar.
Confusingly difficult and pointless question!
I really appreciate the help though :D.
Tyla - nice to know I'm not the only one interested in doing it.
Confusingly difficult and pointless question!
I really appreciate the help though :D.
Tyla - nice to know I'm not the only one interested in doing it.
Miserableman wrote:
> I could be wrong, but I suspect that what you're trying to do is
> actually completely impossible with straight css, assuming you want
> the columns to intelligently divide the text between them. It is
> possible with large amounts of javascript/php jiggery-pokery,
> however. Expect Tyla to arrive red-faced, shouting about how bad an
> idea this is in 5, 4, 3...
lol
1) It's not possible to do it automatically without scripting in some way
2) Totally screws with accessibility & usability
3) If I find the answer I'll let you know as it's something I'd like to use!;)
FWIW, you could use :after to set a word to float the next set into another column, but thats just guessing off the top of my head
> I could be wrong, but I suspect that what you're trying to do is
> actually completely impossible with straight css, assuming you want
> the columns to intelligently divide the text between them. It is
> possible with large amounts of javascript/php jiggery-pokery,
> however. Expect Tyla to arrive red-faced, shouting about how bad an
> idea this is in 5, 4, 3...
lol
1) It's not possible to do it automatically without scripting in some way
2) Totally screws with accessibility & usability
3) If I find the answer I'll let you know as it's something I'd like to use!;)
FWIW, you could use :after to set a word to float the next set into another column, but thats just guessing off the top of my head
I could be wrong, but I suspect that what you're trying to do is actually completely impossible with straight css, assuming you want the columns to intelligently divide the text between them. It is possible with large amounts of javascript/php jiggery-pokery, however. Expect Tyla to arrive red-faced, shouting about how bad an idea this is in 5, 4, 3...
I found a website the other day that showed you how to do columns in CSS. I think it was probably a link I followed from someone in here? Tyla?
Right. This is really quite an odd (nevermind unpopular) design I'm trying to achieve.
Now, this isn't to say it won't be original and hopeful damn pretty, but it's unconventional and is pretty useless on any scale larger than a designers page.
See, I want it to be centered around the idea of columns. But not normal columns (headwrap, footwrap and bodywrap etc.), but rather columns of text. So, when I upload content (using MT or FTP depending), it automatically moves into small columns.
Ugh, I hate describing with words. Here are images - Normal [URL] http://unpoint.org/normal.gif [/URL] | What I'm trying to achieve [URL] http://unpoint.org/odd.gif [/URL].
See? So it's all wrapped in a div which has no scroll, but instead, when the text comes to the bottom, it creates a new column...
I'd be sooo grateful if you could give me a hand with this.
Now, this isn't to say it won't be original and hopeful damn pretty, but it's unconventional and is pretty useless on any scale larger than a designers page.
See, I want it to be centered around the idea of columns. But not normal columns (headwrap, footwrap and bodywrap etc.), but rather columns of text. So, when I upload content (using MT or FTP depending), it automatically moves into small columns.
Ugh, I hate describing with words. Here are images - Normal [URL] http://unpoint.org/normal.gif [/URL] | What I'm trying to achieve [URL] http://unpoint.org/odd.gif [/URL].
See? So it's all wrapped in a div which has no scroll, but instead, when the text comes to the bottom, it creates a new column...
I'd be sooo grateful if you could give me a hand with this.