[FM Discuss] css question

John Curwood marketing at lovinglearning.co.nz
Fri Jun 25 15:52:57 PDT 2010


On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 13:22 +0200, tar.gz wrote:
> actually this case goes beyond the simple matter of CSS adjustment. the 
> question is rather how the interface should deal with images that are 
> bigger than the text frame.
> 
> should the images be forced to stay at the text-frame's size?
> then we could do this :
> .content-container img {max-width:100%;}
> 
> or should the container window adapt to images of any size?
> that would be the code that Martin proposes below. but if somebody 
> uploads a 2000px-wide image, the text frame will become incovenient to read.
> 
> the smartest solution would be that for large images, the server 
> generates a smaller image with a maximal width of 600 or 700px, 
> conforming to the default text frame width. and *if* the original image 
> is bigger, the system could generate a Lightbox-type zooming button.
> 
> that feature would be important also to ensure a smaller pageload, hence 
> accessibility.

And then when someone generates book formatted pdf to send to a Printer
booki would send the high res image to objavi.


> 
> Martin, let me know if you need any help with the html.
> 
> best,
> Manuel
> 
> 
> adam said the following on 6/25/10 12:52 AM:
> > thanks!
> >
> > if u can help me replace all tables with divs then please feel
> > free... :)
> >
> > adam
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 10:38 +1200, Martin Kean wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> The quick fix is :
> >>
> >> .content-container {min-width: 700px;}
> >>
> >> works in FF, IE, Chrome, Opera (not sure about Safari).
> >>
> >> I have added it into booki.css (attached).
> >>
> >> But really booki should be progressive and standards compliant and do away with tables in favour of DIVs (even fluid Divs!)
> >>
> >> cheers, Martin
> >> ________________________________________
> >> From: discuss-bounces at lists.flossmanuals.net [discuss-bounces at lists.flossmanuals.net] On Behalf Of adam hyde [adam at flossmanuals.net]
> >> Sent: Thursday, 24 June 2010 10:36 p.m.
> >> To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
> >> Subject: [FM Discuss] css question
> >>
> >> hi
> >>
> >> can someone tell me a quick fix so that booki pages resize to show the
> >> content nicely ie:
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.booki.cc/micro-turf/turf-8-canalpotsdamer-platz/
> >>
> >> adam
> >>
> >>
> 
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