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I'm trying to GO LIVE TODAY with my new site and my web designer is struggling to hep me solve my problem.

I have what I think is a fairly straightforward layout requirement that my developer says is impossible implement using the Editor.. I'm not an Web/CSS/CMS guy, but I am a IT guy and It just seems crazy to me that CMSms can't offer me the ability to build layout columns that support the layouts I need.

I've attached two pics.  One is a screen shot of my current site showing the problem I'm having using the wysiwig editor to force the formatting I'm after.  The other screen shot shows the layout possibilities I need to support. 

I'm wondering if a more robust WYSIWIG editor is the simplest solution?  TinyMCE for example looks like the easiest way for me to achieve the formatting I'm after?

All insights are appreciated!

bradesp

Your problem is this...

Any HTML you add to the content will flow vertically. If you wish to alter this you need to additional html to the WYSIWIG (regardless of which one) or you need to create a content block for each location on the page (tedious).

I wouldn't use table layouts for position but for ease of use it looks to me like you would need to, to achieve the design you are looking for. If you don't want your web editors writing html... you might need to change the design.

I have this issue all the time - it is basically a trade off between design and maintainability. I'm sure your developer could stick a table into TINYMCE and achieve the look you want. But could your web editor maintain that?

Nick

Image can be positioned with float:left and the text is margin left '5px' or more than the width of image, I've done this many times...