...although I did let Photoshop do all the coding for me :thbsdown:
Anyway, I'm trying to come up with something very simple and clean
for this version.

Look at it let me know if it's something worth spending time on.
I like it but I want to know if anyone else does too :)

http://www.fotografika5000.com/test

Thanks

i had a message typed out, then accidentally closed my browser window. stupid. I'm not sure if I'm up to re-typing it. too early.

It all led up to using id instead of classes, and not using dashes in your names, because javascript doesn't like it. And using CSS with contextual selecting instead of font tags.

and a link:

http://www.ucit.ca/htmlcss/

I get about as excited about coding web page as I do about gall bladder surgery so I wont comment on the technical aspects thats better left to Joel, and a few others here ;)

I like the design so far - nice and clean. color scheme is pleasant as well. I say keep going on it.

Thanks both :)
As far as all the code goes I didn't even start looking at that yet.
Just wanted to see how it would look like "live".

Thanks for the that link Joel and that font tag was there because I just wanted to quickly change the color of the text so I can see how that looks.

Nice going there with the layout
The semantics look a bit off there but the layout looks pleasant :)
You've used JavaScript for the rollovers, correct? You can also create the rollovers with CSS alone, if you're interested, let me know and I will look for the link that explains how it's done if you're not already aware. It loads faster than JS. I always use that method for my CSS layouts.

But hey nice start and carry on with CSS layouts, they're just so much more cleaner than traditional HTML. And let me see the final layout once you're done with it :)

You might get frustrated at times with the number of bugs Internet Explorer has..for example, version 5.x has a layout centering issue...they all have fixes but its very frustrating to work with older browsers. So if you don't want to go bald soon, stick to workign with the newer browsers for now heh heh

Its very hard to tell right now what I think.......but I do think you should keep going- and I would love to see it when there is more to see.......
On the other hand....I think the site you have right now is much better.......its very stylish and I like it.........

Ya I like my current one but I want to try this CSS thing for the experience :)

One thing I'm having a problem is how to effectively use margin/padding without breaking a layout.
For an example if I use margin-left:5px the whole div moves over to the right 5px :( or the text will be over or under the layer next to it.
How can I avoid that.

margin is outside, padding is inside. Change the margin to padding, and that should do it.

Right, I got the same thing with padding.
The text would just move over to the next layer.

It's ok, I just re-positioned the content layer and that looks better anyway.
Thanks though :)

Well, I think I'm going to leave it as it is now.
I've tested it on all major (new versions) browsers and they all work just fine.
That's good enough for me :)

http://www.fotografika5000.com/test

Right, I got the same thing with padding.
The text would just move over to the next layer.


I'm glad you sorted it out but that usually happens when you have set a fixed width. You can either give the width as a percentage or simply increase the value.

I decided to scrap this project since I came to a full stop with some things.
The gallery script that I'm using right now is not working well with it and that makes me mad.

Instead I'm just going to convert my existing layout into CSS.
I've already started and I'm having some issues with IE breaking up the bottom of the page but in Mozilla/FireFox/Netscape it looks perfect.

I'll post it up soon :)

Instead I'm just going to convert my existing layout into CSS.
I've already started and I'm having some issues with IE breaking up the bottom of the page but in Mozilla/FireFox/Netscape it looks perfect.

That seems to always be the case! ;)
Good luck with the transition...