OT: will robots scan within scroll boxes?

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Larry

I am trying to convert my site to css and am placing a lot of my
original data into scroll tables. A friend suggested this may not be a
good idea as he didn't think web scanning robots would scan within
scroll tables so I thought I'd ask the experts. Opinions?
 
I am trying to convert my site to css and am placing a lot of my original
data into scroll tables
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Personally, I hate this. It usually means that you have important data
scrunched into this small scrolly area that can't be printed.

Your friend is mistaken. If the code is on the page, robots will read it.
 
Robots are voracious readers. If an infinite number of monkeys with an
infinite number of typewriters were to write all of Shakespeare's plays,
eventually the robots would find and read them.

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Thank you for the replies. I don't really like the idea of using the
scroll tables but it seems to be the easiest solution.
Actually Murray I have included a JS print function on the pages which
will print the data in the scroll area. Its a function that prints
anything within a Printready div area. Works fine.

eg: http://www.bed-and-breakfast-travel.com/misc-info/css-etiquette.html

If you look at my example I would appreciate a critique as to how I have
handled the cross browser problem [IE vs Mozilla/Netscape, Opera not
considered]. I think it is a "kluge" [software term definition=make it
work regardless of the limitations of the software] but it seems to
work. Does the layout and print area display ok for you?
When I'm finished I'll post a set of hints for anyone else that wants to
do this. Making it cross browser compliant is tricky.

Larry
 
Actually, it fails on Mac/IE5x, but the whole page fails on that browser
(there is no scroll area displayed at all, and your content area is
inverted).
Making it cross browser compliant is tricky.
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That's always the case. While you do have a valid and complete doctype,
your page does not validate. Valid code is the best first step to
cross-browser/platform compliance.

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Larry said:
Thank you for the replies. I don't really like the idea of using the
scroll tables but it seems to be the easiest solution.
Actually Murray I have included a JS print function on the pages which
will print the data in the scroll area. Its a function that prints
anything within a Printready div area. Works fine.

eg: http://www.bed-and-breakfast-travel.com/misc-info/css-etiquette.html

If you look at my example I would appreciate a critique as to how I have
handled the cross browser problem [IE vs Mozilla/Netscape, Opera not
considered]. I think it is a "kluge" [software term definition=make it
work regardless of the limitations of the software] but it seems to work.
Does the layout and print area display ok for you?
When I'm finished I'll post a set of hints for anyone else that wants to
do this. Making it cross browser compliant is tricky.

Larry
Personally, I hate this. It usually means that you have important data
scrunched into this small scrolly area that can't be printed.

Your friend is mistaken. If the code is on the page, robots will read it.
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Thanx Murray for your time and trouble. Wasn't aware of Mac problem. I
have no way to preview with that OS and no idea how to fix it for those
users. It also does not work in Opera's latest version. They do not seem
to support css much. I will look into getting the code to be compliant
but it's a chore as I have about 1500 pages. Thats why I want to go css
to make things easier to maintain.
 
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