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[perkiset]

I mocked up a quick example to exaggerate the usage.
http://braindonkey.com/corners/

Right on Nuts... nice work both technologically and biologically

good work perk.

Thanks NBs

I imagine the principle is exactly the same, but the devil is in the details, meaning, it wont work. Though i guess this works because the photo is set as a background image. The content, if I was to type, without any margins set, it would just type in front of the corners, when we would want it to go behind actually.

z-index, man...

Also because the top and bottom bars are separate divs, you would never be able to write into the space between the two horizontal corners. ie, topleft and topright.

Not true... in fact, I use the exact method to create a stretchy "tab" on top of my box... unfortunately the tab required a single table to work exactly the way I wanted, but if I z-indexed the stuff I could have done it without. The top and bottom divs are just as writeable as the middle, you just need to be careful about text placement / sizing.

[nutballs]

ah yea. duh. thats what we just talked about on the phone... LOL

[craw]

great read, thank you

[penfold]

    

Oh Crikey yes, thank you!

I had no idea where to even start thinking about CSS!

It really helps me to see it laid out in a simple application like this.  Bravo, sir!  I love to check this forum and read along, I am learning much!

Very Good Read Inded, Chaps,
Penfold

[arms]

(This is the problem with so called webmasters and CSS gurus – they see something that they want to get done but cannot think like a programmer, so the solutions involve the hackiest kludgy solutions around, rather than pulling back and reducing complexity, to get a stable, robust and reliable solution to a problem. I wish I had a nickel for every time I read "the math was really complex" or "this hack is required" or "this will only work when..." Grrrrr.)

oh fuck this is so true.
the things i've seen looking for simple layouts.

i've even seen some that call themselves css programers.

[perkiset]

i've even seen some that call themselves css programers.

[nutballs]

html = page layout
css = styling

i meet a few web-folks every now and then, in a few meetandgreets that I have gone to, and i hear two things always. when we exchange "what do you do?", I either get:
Oh I'm a web programmer! I ask, what language? reply, HTML and CSS...
OR
I say, I am a web programmer (because the stupid level is high in the room), and the reply i get is "oh you do HTML!"

bah fuck it. from now on, "what do you do?"
reply: I both destroy and build your internets depending on my mood and paying workload that day...

[vsloathe]

Just tell them you're a developer. Generally, my ability to replicate the Mars Rover's AI in a single regex string off the top of my head on a sticky note makes them realize how stupid they are.

[perkiset]

WHOA! VS is a REGEX programmer!

[vsloathe]

hey, shurrup