I’m working on the site design for CCP: Behind the Scenes, a marketing tool for a local theater group. The general idea is for CCP members, especially those working on the current show, to write about what they’re doing and get people interested in seeing the show. Personally, I think it’s one of my more brilliant ideas.
First, however, I needed to get the design in place. After about 45 minutes of coding, I still was having issues with one section: the right-hand menu was dropping below the left-hand column, no matter what I did. According to the code, it shouldn’t do that. I was wrestling with it for quite a while until I got frustrated and went upstairs. After 15 minutes of watching Stargate, suddenly it occured to me to check the margins. And there it was, plain as day: I’d made too wide of a margin (when I didn’t need any margin due to floats), and so the browser decided there wasn’t room and dropped the right column below the left. I removed the unneccessary margins, and voila!
So I am now declaring CCP: Behind the Scenes, a.k.a. CCP-BtS, to be live. Posts should begin as of the next show.