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  • Two columns within an article

    Posted 16 years 1 month ago
    • Hi there,

      I wonder how / whether it would be possible to have two columns within an article without using tables. Have a look here:

      www.apple.com/de/finalcutexpress/#titling

      Don't know how they did it. It's just to convey what I'm talking about. I think it looks beautiful and magazine / newspaper-like.

      Pro:
      Text is much easier to read, as the columns are more narrow.

      Contra:
      The user needs to scroll more often up and down.

      What do you reckon? Any ideas? Worth thinking about it?

      Peter
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    Re: Two columns within an article

    Posted 16 years 1 month ago
    • You can format / prepare your Article / Module text in your favorite HTML editor and paste the content in Articles and Modules using 'No Editor'.

      Much of the content in the demo templates is created this way.
    • Thanks,
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  • Re: Two columns within an article

    Posted 16 years 1 month ago
    • Thanks for your reply! I'll give it a try!
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    Re: Two columns within an article

    Posted 16 years 1 month ago
    • Good Morning,
      I'd be interested in seeing how this works as well.

      Let us know how your experiment turns out.

      Thanks,
      Matthew
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  • Re: Two columns within an article

    Posted 16 years 1 month ago
    • And consider JavaScript implementations of the CSS3 multi-column styles. For example, see:

      www.alistapart.com/articles/css3multicolumn

      Then, just add some RokCandy to create a surrounding div with the class which defines the column-count property to some number higher than 2 and, voila!, you have multi-columns.
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    Re: Two columns within an article

    Posted 16 years 1 month ago
    • Perhaps its worth noticing that you can learn a lot from the demo content of the rocket-launcher-packages. You can find always good examples for the use of columns with custom html/css.
      (including divs, floats and clearing)
      Check them out with the texteditor turned off.
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