>> >> and the corresponding postamble to enclose the exported web pages into a >> "container" div. Is there a better way to do this? I would think it >> would be a common enough need that by default or via an option all html >> should be enclosed in a "webcontainer" ID. > > While one container around everything makes it possible to center the > page horizontally, two containers make it possible to center the page > vertically as well. > > If we would go and change the structure once again, I'd even suggest the > following: > > >

-- center the page if desired >

-- center the page if desired Why always IDs as opposed to classes? Can css selectors select based on a part of a name? If not then there is no link between column-1 and column-2. e.g in this convention how does one create a common style for all columns or all "sec-" objects? > >

-- Help with fixed TOC >

> the toc >

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> > > > > Having two boxes for the TOC would make the fixed TOC work in IE. In > general, I prefere to use two kinds of Boxes: > > - one for positioning, floating and so on. This one should have _no_ > padding or margin at all! Can one not simply use .body for that? > - one for margin, padding, styling. > > I found, this is the only way to reliably enforce a layout across > browsers. > > > column-1 and column-2 are for that very reason. All we can do to put the > TOC to the left or right is, to add margins to the body or the level 1 > contents, and place it there. This is, what causes the problems with the > fixed TOC in IE. `column-1' and `column-2' (and `postamble') make it > possible, to adjust the layout in various common ways. > > The `percent-50' (oh what a name) and `wrap' are just there, to be able > to center the whole page horizontally _and_ veritcally. > > > Best, > > -- > Sebastian Rose, EMMA STIL - mediendesign, Niemeyerstr.6, 30449 Hannover > Tel.: +49 (0)511 - 36 58 472 > Fax: +49 (0)1805 - 233633 - 11044 > mobil: +49 (0)173 - 83 93 417 > Http: www.emma-stil.de > -- important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday. ~Dennis Gabor, Innovations: Scientific, Technological and Social, 1970