Re: What is the difference?

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From: Brand (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:00:03 -0700

A pint, cornish (or any) pasties, pork pies, steak and
kidney pies, scotch eggs, ham, a pint, ham hocks!, English
butcher cuts of meat (diff than US, not "lean" or dry),
Beef! I'll even take the Wellington :), Milk, Cheese,
Bread! and most dairy products, non-heavily-chemicalized
US food, SWEETS! or any English chocolate, creamy and not
sugared to death, Dumplings, Suet! new potatoes etc. etc. -
 Did I mention a pint?

Sigh... Oh well, in San Diego we have great weather! (wish
you could eat it) ... :)

Thanks Jon

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Layers use CSS - a layer (absolutely positioned div) is
an HTML element that
>is styled with CSS.
>
>Blighty is good - as it happens I lived in the US
(Oklahoma) for a few
>months last year. Miss a few things from there, nice
weather, friendly
>people, decent portions in restaurants. Nothing like a
pint in an English
>pub though :-) No other country seems to have replicated
the English pub.
>
>Cheers,
>Jon
>
>Brand wrote:
>> Thank you, as usual Jon.
>>
>> Hows Blighty? Sometimes I yearn for a decent Ham (all
>> smoked in the US) or good pint... sigh ... nvm ... :)
I'm
>> an American who grew up in England and if I could stick
>> the grey Isle in the middle of the Pacific! I would have
>> stayed.
>>
>> Anyway, about Layers, how are they different from CSS
>> exactly? Everything you told me so far shows that Layers
>> act much like CSS for all practicle purposes?
>>
>> Thanks again
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Hi Brand
>>> Please see inline
>>>
>>>> 1. What is the real difference between CSS's and FP
>>>> Layers? Are they the same, similar or just an
>> equivalent?
>>> There's no similarity between CSS and FP layers - you
might use CSS
>>> to style a layer. Other than that they're 2 different
things - in
>>> the same way as CSS and tables are 2 different things.
A layer is
>>> FrontPages (and Dreamweavers) term for an absolutely
positioned div.
>>>
>>>> 2. Do FP Layers operate in an identicle way to CSS
blocks,
>>>> ie. can you build the whole site with them ignoring
>> tables?
>>> Yes - think of an FP layer as a box to hold your
content. It has a
>>> width, maybe a height, and a position on the page. You
could use
>>> layers to layout a whole page and just use tables to
display
>>> "tabular" data.You could also use static divs or a
combination of
>>> all 3.
>>>
>>>> 3. Will they hold all images, typing and items
securely,
>>>> can be positioned absolutley or "Float" around as CSS
is
>>>> able?
>>> Yes - you can put anything in a layer. A layer doesn't
float around
>>> the page - it has a fixed position that doesnt take
account of
>>> window size or any other content on the page. A layer
is positioned
>>> usually from the top and left corner of the page,
although it can be
>>> positioned from the right or bottom. In theory you
could use script
>>> to position a layer, eg to centre it, but that seems
silly to me. If
>>> you want something to float around the page you would
use a static
>>> div.
>>>
>>> Jon
>>> Microsoft MVP - FP
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>
>
>.
>

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