*raises hand*  :)  we are also officially still on Office 97 too.  I'm actually sort of spoiled though, as we officially only support IE 6 on our intranet where I do all my work.  So I can sit in the stands and watch the CSS death matches.

DK

On 10/4/06, allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
IE6 won't be going anywhere for a long time - do you really think corporate america will upgrade the minute 7 is final?

Who is running win2k in 2006? :)

----- Original Message ----
From: Steven Ross < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: discussion@acfug.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2006 8:55:55 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] css - a little off topic

Yeah i follow this same track... easier for me to get it right
(epecially since ie 6 will go away at some point) and support the
standards then hack backwards to get IE compatibility.



On 10/4/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
< [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Yes, when it comes to CSS, IE stinks.  You can write relatively standard
> code in Firefox (heck even Safari), and standards are good.  But since the
> majority of people choose IE, you then have to come up with fixes.  Probably
> more time consuming, but I start in FF, to get more standard oriented code.
>  Then I go to IE to make things work there.  Usually cursing how bad it's
> standards support is.  Bias, nooooo.....
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> mcg
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> allen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Please respond to
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> To discussion@acfug.org
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> cc
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> Subject Re: [ACFUG Discuss] css - a little off topic
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> Dan - I have to disagree with you :) As someone who has been doing html
> since it started, my advice is always to either:
>  a. work in IE because if you get it right there, you can get it right
> anywhere
>  b. check both at the same time.
>
>  Checking Firefox only will cause more time/work on you in the long run.
>
>  Of course, as my first professor said, there are 1,000 ways to utica. :)
>
>  Also, technically to save a line of code - you could bring the margin-left
> and right into one line of code. And you could also do:
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>  margin: top right bottom left
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>  so a typical default is:
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>  margin: 0 auto auto auto
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>  -- Allen
>  http://www.htmlcenter.com
>   http://www.centernetworks.com
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> ----- Original Message ----
>  From: Dan Kaufman < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  To: discussion@acfug.org
>  Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2006 4:51:48 PM
>  Subject: RE: [ACFUG Discuss] css - a little off topic
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> Dusty,
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> Mary Catherine is right about adding to the CSS definition text-align:
> center;  (I was a little too quick in my reply)
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> #MyDiv
>
>             {
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> margin-left: auto;
>  margin-right: auto;
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> }
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> Body
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>             {
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> text-align: center;
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> }
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> In general remember Google is your friend.  Just Google for CSS Center
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> Next, remember you can always View/Page Source for any web page.  You see a
> site that uses CSS, view the page source, if the style sheet is "linked"
> just copy the path, it will be in the <head> section, paste this back into
> your browser and you'll be looking at their CSS for that page/site.  Study
> it to see how they positioned and styled elements, etc.
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>
> The biggest headache you'll have is with IE. The problem here is IE often
> follows its own rules and not strict W3C guidelines. So you'll do a page,
> developing with IE and think GREAT it works, only to see the site with
> Netscape or Firefox and it has blown up.  This has been my personal nemesis.
>  Until I SWITCHED TO FIREFOX.  It really is a better browser.  Now I develop
> my CSS using Firefox and then "tweak" it to work with IE's quirks.
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> Good luck,
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> Dan Kaufman
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>  ________________________________
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 1:12 PM
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>  Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] css - a little off topic
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>  I believe that you have to use margin: auto (or at least right and left)
> for it to play nice in IE.  You may also have to put a container around your
> div with text-align:center.  Or you can add that to your BODY tag. (I'm a
> little rusty on this myself)
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> Dusty Hale < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject [ACFUG Discuss] css - a little off topic
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>  Does anyone know how to center a div using css? I should know this and
> maybe just forgot. Google search only produces reference to the text-align
> property. I want to center the box on the page not the content inside the
> box. For example
>
>  <div id="mydiv">
>
>  Hello World
>
>  </div>
>
>  -----------
>
>  /* css code */
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>  #mydiv {  What goes here to make the div box centered on the page.  }
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>  Many thanks,
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>  Dusty
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