CSSthe joy, the pain, the tears

liquid layouts using

harddesigning liquid layouts is

work

things move

things break

things stretch

things squash

gaps appear

elements poke out

layouts collapse

colors don’t extend

columns disappear

funny indents

now is the perfect time toIt is my professional opinion that

panic

stop whinging and

solutionsgive us some

Content can bemade to slide

around, over orunder other

elements

Navigation can be designed soline breaks are not an issue

Gutters can be set topercentages to avoidlong lines of text

Min-width canbe used tostop columncollapse

Pages can belaid out to

allow forcollapse

Funny indents such as the threepixel text jog can be solved

The IE Three pixel text-jog

CSS can beused to scaleform elementsand images

extras img{width: 100%;max-width: 250px;}

input#email{width: 100%;max-width: 200px;}

Users can be given layout options

CSS/Javascript can be used tochange layout

Backgroundimages can be

used to addcolumn color

#container{background: #fff url(images/back01.gif) repeat-y 50% 0;}

#container2{background: url(images/back02.gif)repeat-y 80% 0;}

mutilateGo forth and