HTML help: Vertical Layout

[M4nimal]

lo everyone

I need any help I can get on this HTML problem plz...

This is what I'm doing... I've created a table where the first row contains headings as does the first column... the rest of the table contains values matching up with the headings.

Now, to try and save space horizontally I have added this CSS attribute STYLE="writing-mode:tb-rl;" to the <td> tag (<td STYLE="writing-mode:tb-rl;">) which will display the text in that cell sideways - writing the text starting from the top and going downwards (see image below)... see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnie55/html/verticaltext.asp for the microsoft write up on this...

Now my problem is: this works for all ie browsers 5.5 and above... I NEED any code that will display the exact result for the text but in ie 5 and as below as possible...

I cannot use images and this text is dynamically produced.

ANY help, much appreciated.
Thanx
m4

 

[Will]

Ask here. Its safer, and someone with a clue might see it.

 

[M4nimal]

Thanx.. was actually looking for that board..

 

[Gef]

You cant, lower versions of IE just dont have the CSS to support it. You could make a fixed width character set of images, and just lay them out in a table .. only way I can think of. Messy but it will work in ALL browsers

 

[Mellow-]

Wow wrong forum!

 

[old.Kez]

Hi, stop using shit tags that don't conform to standards. Thx!

 

[M4nimal]

Shit tags? explain....

 

[(Shovel)]

We'd have to look it up but I assume he is refferring to the vertical tag being a Microsoft "made up" tag that wont work AT ALL in other browsers.

You have tested the page in other browsers haven't you?

Mozilla
Opera

(Netscape 6/7 uses Mozilla so you only need to test the superior model)

 

[Mr. 47]

the easy ancer to that is stay away from frontpage...

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

What has Frontpage got to do with it?

 

[~YuckFou~]

Originally posted by Mr. 47
the easy ancer to that is stay away from frontpage...

ancer?

jeez.

 

[Testin da Cable]

but frontpage is uber leet!! I use it all the time to hone my super htm codoring skillz!! who cares that I don't know what the hell I'm doing to my website!! MS tells me that they will replace it for free and give me 24x7 standby if my mission critical servers ever go down!!!

 

[Mellow-]

... and they say sarcasm doesn't come across very well in text.

 

[Testin da Cable]

but...but...it aer teh troo!!1

 

[old.Kez]

Originally posted by M4nimal
Shit tags? explain....

The writing-mode style only applies to microsoft agents, and thus your lovely design won't work for anyone viewing on a mac, anyone viewing on linux, or anyone viewing it on windows in a browser other than IE.
Stay away from tags that don't conform to w3c CSS specifications.

 

[Sar]

Use Dreamweaver fgs, not M$ Fucktpage.

 

[Gef]

Originally posted by Sar
Use Dreamweaver fgs, not M$ Fucktpage.

Use Notepad FFS!

 

[Will]

Originally posted by Gef


Use Notepad FFS!

n00b, use Vi FFS OMG!!!!

 

[Gef]

Originally posted by Will.
n00b, use Vi FFS OMG!!!!

<---- pwned

 

[Will]

*waits for someone to claim emacs is better*

You did ask for that though.

 

[Mr. 47]

you could use crimson editor...

 

[Will]

That looks at bit too easy. Vi is character-building.

 

[Testin da Cable]

Vi is for manly men, all other editors are for sailors. Frontpage is for fools. Apples are for mimes, CS rots your brain....anything yet to add?

 

[Will]

If its not a command line, you aren't trying hard enough?

 

[leggy]

Originally posted by Testin da Cable
CS rots your brain....anything yet to add?

OI!

I ply countir strik

*forgets name*

 

[Testin da Cable]

omg!1 adim!! ffs!! aimb0tt1!

 

[Mr. 47]

i tried to play CS but my connection was far too slow

 

[Testin da Cable]

piffle! CS has the bestist netcode in teh wurld!!11 saccriledge!!!1

 

[mank!]

Much like your brain then?

 

[Mr. 47]

the best net code in the world was no match for my 56k connection