dont bash me for using the "f" word, but you could do this really nicely in flash. have a world map then load an xml doc with user's co-ordinates and put little glowing circles on their positions that link through to their profile.. you could even h…
i prefer it on the left. mainly because of habit i guess..
as per the maximum and minimum widths stuff you can have 'max-width' and 'min-width' in css. however this isnt supported very well in current browsers.
http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_…
yea. in my opinion I think the 30sec grace period is a little overkill and would slow things down more than a javascript previewer..(yes, no?)... plus a live preview (that works with html) is dead sexy....