Re: splitting content into pages

this isnt a client side issue it'll defeat the purpose if i dont repeat the background image and then let the text flow over it , its supposed to look like a notepage for a blogger > Is there a reason this can't be solved with a CSS background-repeat: > repeat-y; ? Or is download time of individual pages an issue? > > This is really a client-side issue. The math is going to vary depending > on each user's settings- which font is used, the size of the font, > random browser stupidity, etc. Even if you try to specify such things, > you'll have issues. If you try to use a specific font, what if the > user doesn't have it? What if they have vision problems and have > ordered fonts to be larger than usual? IMHO it would be better to just > use CSS and put everything on the same page > > > > > On Wednesday 30 July 2003 07:06 pm, daniel@electroteque.org wrote: >> maybe somehow with a substr function that gets the position of the >> last paragraph ?? >> >> > ok let me explain , its straight up text content from the database , >> > say its scrolls for ages , i need to split it into pages , so i get >> > the length of the string up to the last paragraph which fits i need >> > to split it there any idea ? >> > >> >> daniel@electroteque.org >> >> <mailto:daniel@electroteque.org> >> >> >> >> on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:35 PM said: >> >>> hi there , i have an issue trying to split content into pages , we >> >>> have a popup with content and a background image with a set height >> >>> , when there is more content the background repeats , >> >>> theoretically i'd want to split the content into pages after a >> >>> given length or line length or where it meets the background image >> >>> height how can i do this ? >> >> >> >> This can be easy. >> >> >> >> 1. Make sure the content does not adjust itself based on the size >> >> of the browser window. That is to say that the space that contains >> >> the content should be a fixed width. >> >> >> >> 2. Then you need to calculate how many words you can legitimately >> >> fit into this fixed space without going over. >> >> >> >> If you 150 words will fit in the space but go right up to the very >> >> edge and are almost spilling into a new "page" you should pull the >> >> number of words back to 120 or something to try and make sure that >> >> the text will not spill over. >> >> >> >> You can be more precise if you use a fixed width font like Courier >> >> New. If you use a variable width font (not sure if that is the >> >> technical term) you'll have to do a little more guessing because 10 >> >> i's are not the same width as 10 w's. >> >> >> >> >> >> hth, >> >> chris. >> >> >> >> p.s. There is no space before a comma! >> > >> > -- >> > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > Status: 0 > Content-type: text/html > > [cgi] > "To be true to the mythical conception of a God is to be false to the > interests of mankind." > > -E. Haldeman-Julius