[WEB4LIB] styleguides redux and printing question

Justin Rounds jrounds at uchicago.edu
Fri Apr 15 10:40:35 EDT 2005


Well I think the *best* thing to do would be to convert the table-layout 
design to css, but as a stopgap you could try creating an "@media print" 
stylesheet that reformats the content to fit on a printed page.
_
j


Karen Davis wrote:
> Thanks to all who responsed to my question about how to most
> efficiently produce a styleguide. I found them all *very* helpful and
> printed for my future reference! My approach will no doubt borrow
> from all the docs posted.
> 
> +++++++++++++++++ another question: The design I was provided for our
> new site doesn't produce printable web pages because it was done in
> tables :-(
> 
> I'm wondering how best to proceed to produce printable pages:
> 
> * redo the design in css? (time-consuming)
> 
> * create a separate set of printable pages? (also time-comsuming)
> 
> Is there any other option I don't yet know about?
> 
> Many TIA for your advice.
> 
> -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Karen Davis, Coordinator 
> Center for Community Networking & Web Administrator Lawrence Public
> Library 707 Vermont Street Lawrence, KS 66044 785.843.3833 ext. 104
> 
> --
> 
> 

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Digital Library Development Center
University of Chicago
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