[nascent]

Is it possible to output data directly to css tags in some way rather than to a table?

For example can output be sent to <div id="main"> rather than to <td>, <br> or <p> type tags?


Thanks <smiles>
nascent
(still super clueless newbie)

[Amadeus]

Do you mean out put data derived from ascript, or obtained from a database? Data can be output anywhere...td,br (this is actually just a line break), and p tags are merely used for formatting.

[nascent]

Amadeus, on Jun 12 2005, 08:22 PM, said:

Do you mean out put data derived from ascript, or obtained from a database? Data can be output anywhere...td,br (this is actually just a line break), and p tags are merely used for formatting.

What I would like to be able to do, is to use css instead of tables throughout the site. Then I could do all the layout and styling directly through css in the style sheet ... assuming this is possible.

So, rather than having a line like this:

echo "<td>{$Title} {$Composer} {$Solo}{$Desc} {$Duration}\n";

the line might look like this:

echo "<div id="title">{$Title}\n";
echo "<div id="composer">{$Composer}\n;

I know the above doesn't work, but it's the only way I can conceptualize it just now, cause I know so little <smiles>:

Thanks for your patience and any pointers.

nascent

[supersloth]

i don't see any problem with that, thats how a lot of this very site works.

edit:

the key is, in your tags like <div id="title"> you need to use single quotes so that the echo doesn't end, like so <div id='title'>

[skyhawk133]

Check out the resources our members have submitted:

http://resources.dre...?p=links&cat=14

Almost all of the boxes you see on this site including the rows are done using <div> and CSS.

[nascent]

supersloth, on Jun 13 2005, 10:52 AM, said:

the key is, in your tags like <div id="title"> you need to use single quotes so that the echo doesn't end, like so <div id='title'>

Perfect! <smiles> ... thanks so much.

nascent

[nascent]

skyhawk133, on Jun 13 2005, 11:04 AM, said:

Check out the resources our members have submitted:

http://resources.dre...?p=links&cat=14

Thanks for intuiting my next question and answering before I posted <smiles>.

I really appreciate all the help. You guys are great!

nascent

[cyberscribe]

Reading this post gave me a warm fuzzy glow. Yes, another newbie is learning to use CSS instead of tables. A new generation of greatness emerges.

[skyhawk133]

More importantly, us old guys (Josh and I) are both using it now

[supersloth]

i've always been using it, just not fully. my new site design will be 100% css when i get off my lazy ass though