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wienerdog
06-13-2007, 06:16 PM
I'm wondering what the most popular browser is for international users (specifically Spanish-speaking regions). We're developing a Spanish micro-site and I'm having some layout issues with my CSS file for the Spanish-translated pages.
Some words have more characters than their English counter-parts, so the divs they're in are breaking in Firefox.
Jackimalyn
06-13-2007, 06:23 PM
only site i know is http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp (which Im sure you've seen) there's no region breakdown but it gives you an idea?
Sorr i cant help more...
I don't get the problem, Wiener. HTML, CSS, XHTML, etc. are neither English, Spanish, or any other language. They are their own language. None of it should be translated into Spanish. :confused:
PrintDriver
06-14-2007, 01:28 AM
Ha Ha Ned. :D
Spanish translations can average about 1/3 longer than when done in English. Of course your divs are gonna mess up.
urstwile
06-14-2007, 01:35 AM
With any type of layout, whether it be for print or web, you have to factor that type of thing in. Spanish, French, German, etc. The copy's going to run longer. So you design the layout with that in mind.
wienerdog
06-14-2007, 02:06 PM
With any type of layout, whether it be for print or web, you have to factor that type of thing in. Spanish, French, German, etc. The copy's going to run longer. So you design the layout with that in mind.
Do you usually revise the layout to make room for such things, or create a new style sheet for the foreign language pages to use? I'm not sure what the procedure for such a thing is.
JPnyc
06-14-2007, 02:11 PM
Personally my approach would be to not use hardcoded widths and heights. But then I tend to like fluid pages
wienerdog
06-14-2007, 02:33 PM
Personally my approach would be to not use hardcoded widths and heights. But then I tend to like fluid pages
Unfortunately, the site is designed with valued widths for the divs, and it would probably be too much work to revise all that.
urstwile
06-14-2007, 08:46 PM
Do you usually revise the layout to make room for such things, or create a new style sheet for the foreign language pages to use? I'm not sure what the procedure for such a thing is.
Probably either way, the choice is up to you and it also depends on how flexible your layout is. I don't do web programming, but in the print world, I'd probably have different style sheets. Depending on the layout, I might alter the layout a bit. Each scenario is going to have a different choice as to what the best route would be.