atrum Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Hello all, recently I have been trying to design a menu using HTML and php, the issue I have is I want to separate the different subsections with out making a new page. So basically you could ether click a link to a section on a page or scroll down. My question is regarding the empty space between the sections, What is the best way to add empty space, or white space? At the moment, I am just using like 10x <br> tags, but somehow I think that seems a tad inefficient. Is there a better way to do this? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115584-white-space-or-filler/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Use padding or margin instead. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115584-white-space-or-filler/#findComment-594187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrum Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 Could you give me an example, I don't have much experience with padding or margins. I would really appreciate it. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115584-white-space-or-filler/#findComment-594195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Read up on CSS. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115584-white-space-or-filler/#findComment-594196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrum Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 hmmm, well going by some of the examples I have seen. would doing this make sense? div { margin-bottom: 10cm; } Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115584-white-space-or-filler/#findComment-594202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFilmGod Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 <div id="box"> div contents </div> css.... #box { margin: 10px 0 0 0; } This literally means.... give a 10 pixel margin-top to the div with the id of box. Hope that helps! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115584-white-space-or-filler/#findComment-594209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrum Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 Thanks, One more quick question though, is it better to us top or bottom with margin, or does it matter? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115584-white-space-or-filler/#findComment-594218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Margin can be applied to any side (top, right, bottom or left) of an element. It is up to you to which side you want to apply the margin. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115584-white-space-or-filler/#findComment-594332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrum Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 Thanks, I am glad I asked about this, I have been able to clear up alot of my pages using this method. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115584-white-space-or-filler/#findComment-594799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFilmGod Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Thanks, One more quick question though, is it better to us top or bottom with margin, or does it matter? Better to add margin to the top. I never add margin to the bottom. If you think of a brick house - where each brick is laid on top of another, and connect it to divs, then you will notice that adding margin JUST to the top (and doing it consistently) will render the page fine. Whichever you choose, don't do both. Browser inconsistencies, and just seems unprofessional. Padding is a different story, though. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115584-white-space-or-filler/#findComment-595130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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