Float layouts are known to be a good organizational and designing tool. I have just learned of a Liquid layout. There is a helpful site called Max Design. They define a liquid layout as; “All containers on the page have their widths defined in percents – meaning that they are completely based on the viewport rather than the initial containing block. A liquid layout will move in and out when you resize your browser window.” So I said to myself, “Self, what is the big deal weather the bounderies are absolute or floating?” I came to the conlusion that it is a usability tool. You have probably had a need for one and didnt even know it. And right now I notice that wordpress uses Liquid layouts.
Autistic Cukoo explains the floating layout in a easy to understand manner. Simply put, you can only float things left or right and it is generally used for images. He goes into a deeper discussion, but that is about the gest of the article.
Netmag has a great tutorial on layout design and you can download a PDF file. According to the comments, its a valuable tutorial. I havnt downloaded it yet but I most definitely will.
Liquid Layouts now that sounds pretty cool. I’m going to check that out. I read something about nesting floats inside floats and it was using percentages. Are you planning on trying to incorporate that into your designs?
i also found autistic cuckoo to be helpful. i liked the way he explained it and stated how certain things dont work the way some people may think!
Yeah I think it would be a good thing to use. Especially if you about user comfort.
No, not when it’s a background image Danny. There shouldn’t be a problem, which is my problem. (Just had an epiphany) I think I figured it out though. I have to go test it.