[Zope] How to overlay one column of a page

[David H]

Andreas Jung wrote:

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> --On 5. Juni 2005 11:33:42 +0100 John Poltorak <jp at warpix.org> wrote:
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>> I need some advice on how to format a page and am not sure how to 
>> explain
>> what I want to do but hope someone will figure out what I want to do...
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>> Basically I have a home page consisting of a standard header and footer,
>> and three columns - the left and right ones also being standard, with
>> only  the middle column having content specific to a given page.
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>> What I would like to do in the left column is have a set of links to
>> other  pages on the same website with the content of each of those links
>> overlaying the middle column.
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>> There must be a fairly straightforward way of doing this using minimal
>> codeing, but I can't figure it out.
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>> Can anyone give me a pointer to some sample code?
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> Create a ZPT and divide your template into slots (metal:define-slot) 
> and fill the content using metal:fill-slot. Everything's documented in 
> the Zope Book (there are *three* chapters on ZPT).
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> -aj
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John,
You might also research/google "css" and "columns".  You may find that 
cascading style sheets are a big assist in this area (in conjunction 
with Andreas suggestion).

David