Three Column Layouts in Movable Type
I've had a couple of requests asking how to do the three column layout present on my blog. Since it's actually a fairly complex process and difficult to explain in a short period of time, I've usually said to just look at the source code and stylesheets of blogs that do (usually you can get to a stylesheet of a MT blog at styles-site.css, i.e., http://maphet.baltiblogs.com/styles-site.css).
I found a couple sites today that give a good rundown on how to do three column layouts. Here's one at realworldstyle.com and one at bluerobot.com.
But the real gem I found is CSS Creator, which will allow you to specify the number of columns you want, whether the blog should be centered, full, or left justified, what background colors the sections should have, and so on, and then will generate the html and css for you. Just make sure to append to, rather than overwrite your own css and main template, since the generator only provides the sections relevant to the general layout.
Getting my blog to do three columns took at least an hour of fighting css. If I had had this tool, I would have been done in no time.
April 28, 2004 10:25 AMThank you very much. I'll be looking at this after I'm done with finals (only three more weeks!)
Pondered by aishel at April 28, 2004 10:29 PM