[WEB4LIB] styleguides redux and printing question

[Thomas Dowling]

Karen Davis wrote:

>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?
>
>  
>

Definitely not #2 IMO.  Creating separate sets of pages inevitably leads 
to discrepancies as one set gets eited and the other doesn't.

Doing a good, resolution-independent design may or may not be a big job, 
depending on how convoluted your current markup is.  However, it won't 
be any less time-consuming in August, or December, or the middle of next 
year - so when are you going to do it?

-- 
Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu