●● IRC: #techbytes @ FreeNode: Monday, November 23, 2020 ●●

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[08:11]	schestowitz	> There are fixed measurements damaging things all over the place in the
[08:11]	schestowitz	> CSS.  All units everywhere need to be relative units so that the layout
[08:11]	schestowitz	> scales.  Replacing,
[08:11]	schestowitz	>
[08:11]	schestowitz	> html>body #content {
[08:11]	schestowitz	>     width: 470px;
[08:11]	schestowitz	> }
[08:11]	schestowitz	>
[08:11]	schestowitz	> with
[08:11]	schestowitz	>
[08:11]	schestowitz	> html>body #content {
[08:11]	schestowitz	>     width: 50%;
[08:11]	schestowitz	> }
[08:11]	schestowitz	>
[08:11]	schestowitz	> or
[08:11]	schestowitz	>
[08:11]	schestowitz	> html>body #content {
[08:11]	schestowitz	>     width: fit-content;
[08:11]	schestowitz	> }
[08:11]	schestowitz	>
[08:11]	schestowitz	> fixes that one alone but then creates another problem requiring
[08:11]	schestowitz	> adjustment because the layout uses px throughout instead of em or % like
[08:11]	schestowitz	> is needed.  The sidebar and features also are afflicted by px.  I'm not
[08:11]	schestowitz	> sure it is worth it to fight with Wordpress if they fuck up like that
[08:11]	schestowitz	> they are not going to be amenable to being told to implement best
[08:11]	schestowitz	> practices.
[08:11]	schestowitz	This theme we've used since 2006 was never fluid and assumes screens at least as wide as 800px (otherwise scrolling).
[08:11]	schestowitz	Changing it would break lots of assumptions in actual posts, e.g. width of images we use and contents of documents with <pre>.
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