[sclug] CSS

[Dickon Hood]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 11:24:16 +0100, Chris Aitken wrote:
: > You seem to want CSS to allow you to create print result. The 
: > web is not a print medium. This is why CSS behaves the way it 
: > does. I recommend reading this: 
: > http://www.grauw.nl/articles/css-faq.php

: Yes and no. You can create a print style sheet, which most browsers will use
: when orinting, or print previewing.
: Setting the following (or similar) in the head will allow the use of the
: print stylesheet.

: 	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print"
: href="a/c/print.css" />
: 	<style type="text/css" media="screen">
: 		@import url(a/c/new_css.css);
: 	</style>

: This way you can set a stylesheet X pixels wide etc to fit onto the width of
: the required paper. A good web designer will take all this into
: consideration. 

For bonus points, get this added automatically by Apache's SSI includes
for any URL starting '/print/' by using mod_include and mod_rewrite (eg.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/> cf. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/print/radio4/>).

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Dickon Hood

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