I don't want to spark a Tables vs. CSS debate...This project was done with a lower budget and a very short timetable, and I am developing a better CSS solution but this is what's live right now...
http://www.tctcbookstore.com/Textbooks/PurchaseTextbooks.aspx
I'm having a bit of a time getting this table-based design to behave right and it's boggling my mind... Simply, I have a table that defines the following panes:
- TopPane
- LeftPane
- ContentPane
- RightPane
- BottomPane
Within each pane, I have table-based containers (I haven't found/developed a reliable CSS-based solution for fluid rounded corners that displays proper in older browsers but I'm open for suggestions).
So here's the problem, visit the URL above using IE8... now flip it into compatibility mode... The problem is that I can't get the side pane containers to stick at 100% width. I could hack in a "spacer" into the Text/HTML module, but they are editing this also and I'd like to keep it as 'out of their way' as possible so I'm not having to fix and re-fix the layout.
The pane TD's are set in the ASCX using width="XXXpx" attributes, and the container tables are using the width="100%" attribute as well.
I've also tried some min- and max- width settings to no avail...
Thoughts?
Thanks!