[css-d] First post

Just an introductory post folks. Does anyone mind if i have the "reply-to:" feild explicitly set? The rules for the list are not the same as most lists i am on, where "Please reply to the list, not to me direct" is the norm. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of

Re: [css-d] 3 Columns with percentual width

On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:20:31 -0300 Mauro Lages wrote: > Hello; > > I'm looking for a css tech to construct a 3 columns interface, with a > variable width central column. > > Someone can send me some references/urls? > This list has a great Wiki where i found this... http://css-discuss.incutio.

Re: [css-d] First post

ses to the sender > *and* to the list, or I either have to take the time to > strip out the personal email address... > > Rick > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael > > Adams Sent: M

Re: [css-d] Selecting CSS file depending on Server using the HTML Page

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:46:29 -0600 Charlene wrote: [snip type="agressive" /] > > > MOD_REWRITE might work but the other won't because the PHP (cron job - > run once a day) is creating only ONE file. Of course I could have the > PHP create 30+ almost identical files in each of the subdomains.

Re: [css-d] A little border dispute

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:26:27 + Andrew Frazier wrote: > On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:21:03 -, Trevor Nicholls > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What I want is to see a single pale line above the copyright block, > > but the > > black border from a normal "table" appears to be trumping the

[css-d] IE Conditional comments

I have been lurking here for the last month and have a question about the right way to handle IE using CSS. I use a master CSS file with the format as follows. To me, the master file method as well as solving the 'old browser' issue, is easier for another designer to approach my code. /* Master C

Re: [css-d] IE Conditional comments - IE import hack

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:32:39 -0500 Nancy Johnson wrote: [snip] > > Is @import? > > or > > > > a better way? > Conditional comments are by far the safer and generally more preferred method. However, my personal preference is for the @import hack: FOR * The CSS stays in the css files (does

Re: [css-d] IE Conditional comments - IE import hack

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:50:22 -0700 Alan Gresley wrote: > Michael Adams wrote > > > I have been lurking here for the last month and have a question > > about the right way to handle IE using CSS. > > > > I use a master CSS file with the format as follows. To me,

[css-d] font sizing with decimals as opposed to whole numbers

Can anyone tell me why periodically i come across a site that uses: body { font-size: 100.1%; } or: body { font-size: 76.6%; } What browser are they trying to appease here? -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1

Re: [css-d] font sizing with decimals as opposed to whole numbers

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:21:39 -0500 Felix Miata wrote: > On 2008/01/15 17:54 (GMT+1300) Michael Adams apparently typed: > > > Can anyone tell me why periodically i come across a site that uses: > > body { font-size: 100.1%; } > > That was reputedly to appease ancient Oper

Re: [css-d] a couple of questions: dif style sheets and min height??

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:47:13 + Rob freeman wrote: > Hello again everyone.. > > > Just a couple of questions... > > I have built a little site which uses png's. These images sit slightly > off the wrapper div. The image have a drop shadow which all works in > the latest browsers. Now, if I w

[css-d] XHTML 1.0 Transitional and IE6

Am trying my first site using the xml declaration in its correct place. The intent is to throw IE6 and 5.5 into quirks mode and (almost) identical behaviour. This is a template for Joomla and it should be fine before Joomla throws its plethora of tables inside my template. Using a two column neg

Re: [css-d] XHTML 1.0 Transitional and IE6

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:19:37 +0100 Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Michael Adams wrote: > > > Using a two column negative margin layout, only IE5, IE5.5 and IE6 > > all show the sidebar below the main content, though everything looks > > offset correctly in the x direction. First

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control PDF for print

On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:46:35 +1100 Chang Huang wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been reading about how to use CSS to control the layout of a web > for print, I wonder is there's a optimum way to style a web-generated > PDF for print. I've been googling it for a while but with no success. > Can anyone po

Re: [css-d] Noob with float/div problems

On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:11:15 -0800 Ken Davies wrote: > Hello and thanks for letting me join your group, although it's very > intimidating for a novice.I am definitely not a hand coder, but I sure > have changed a lot of code by hand. I built a table oriented image > heavy website no CSS. I strugg

Re: [css-d] start an ordered list at a number > 1

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:50:56 -0800 (PST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > Is there a way to start an ordered list at anything > other than 1? > > I'm having a problem with Q&A type of page that > numbers the questions, but it also needs some blubs > between the questions. Kind of like below:

Re: [css-d] OT start an ordered list at a number > 1

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:44:01 -0500 Tim White wrote: > On Feb 7, 2008 7:57 PM, Jim Nannery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > So much for going off list. > > > *doh* wrong button. Mea culpa. > No, you replied to my post. And to prevent replies off list (This email address is one way = n

Re: [css-d] IE vs FF Textarea Font Size Inconsistent

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:43:00 -0500 Michael B Allen wrote: > The font size in textarea elements on Firefox (on Linux at least) is > about 70% the size of other input and select elements in the same form > whereas in IE the font size is roughly the same across all form > elements. I suspect this has

Re: [css-d] IE vs FF Textarea Font Size Inconsistent

On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:06:56 +0100 Mihai M__nu wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Your problem is typographic. The font used for text area is smaller > than the font used for inputs (default fonts are sans-serif for input > & select, and fixed for text area - on Linux those fonts are > configured syste

Re: [css-d] IE vs FF Textarea Font Size Inconsistent

On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:49:27 -0500 Felix Miata wrote: > On 2008/02/08 23:49 (GMT+1300) Michael Adams apparently typed: > > > If you add helvetica to that font family that caters to most Mac and > > Linux users as well. > > font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser

Re: [css-d] IE vs FF Textarea Font Size Inconsistent

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:38:14 -0500 Felix Miata wrote: > On 2008/02/10 11:35 (GMT+1300) Michael Adams apparently typed: > > > In addition Microsoft released the Core font set to the public and > > though discontinued by Microsoft free distribution was allowed under > > the

Re: [css-d] Request for Comments on this CSS Stylesheet Approach

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:36:11 -0600 Jake Churchill wrote: > I'd set an ID in the body tag for each individual page and divide up > your CSS based on that. body id="index", body id="common", etc. > > Then you've got > > #index ... { > } > > #common ... { > > } > > I do a lot of work with a pr

Re: [css-d] give a solution for font family and size

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:29:26 -1000 david wrote: > Rob Emenecker wrote: > >> No, it is not correct at all. There is no such requirement > >anywhere. > > > > Being "correct" does not mean there "must" exist a requirement, as > > your argument implies. If there is no requirement one way or the > > o

Re: [css-d] Pre-Loaders in CSS

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:57:50 -0500 Christopher wrote: > Anyone know in CSS if you can do a pre-loader effect ? > Also can you do transitions as done by MooTools ? in CSS > and if not does anyone know how you blend in MooTools into your HTML ? > Not really AFAIK, but there are a couple of hacks i

Re: [css-d] Quickly Removing Formatting from an Element

On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:10:57 -0600 Jack Timmons wrote: > Jukka, > > I had a spelling error in "borders"; it is incorrect, but is just an > example. > > And simply put, she wanted an easy method for saying "I don't want > this button to have any of the previous global formatting applied to > it."

[css-d] [OT] IE8 Beta released to developers.

Doesn't look very complete yet. And they have gone to best compliance is standard, you wont have to put the Meta tag in to get standards compliance. Beware the urls will probably wrap. http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/03/05/internet-explorer-8-beta-1-for-developers-now-available.aspx http:/

Re: [css-d] X-UA-Compatible - discrepancies between targeted behaviour in IE8 and actual behaviour

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:50:06 + Alex Robinson wrote: > http://www.fu2k.org/alex/css/cssjunk/ie8/xua > > In a nutshell, IE8's emulation of IE6 and IE5 does not appear to be > off to a flying start. > > 1. Box model not honoured when targeting IE6 and in standards mode > 2. Parsing errors not

Re: [css-d] Site check-- Phoebe Taylor

On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:49:17 -0400 David Laakso wrote: > Phoebe Taylor wrote: > >> re: > >> > >> > >> > > > > Sure, I'd be up for it. :) > > > > Just let me know what the challenge is... > > > > > > > > > > Phoebe > > > > OK. Some random CSS suggestions. >

Re: [css-d] header not at the top

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:41:08 +0100 martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach David Hucklesby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.03.22.2121 > +0100]: > > Pardon me if I am being obtuse, but why would you want to place > > the header anywhere other than at the head of the document? > > Well, isn't it still the c

Re: [css-d] styling

On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:49:26 +0100 Alan K Baker wrote: [snip] > > Without me looking up specifications, if color has no meaning, then > how do you propose to change the color of a horizontal rule? It is > not a border, neither is it a background, so how else would you > style its color p

Re: [css-d] Bullet list without paragraph break

On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:33:49 +0100 Andrew Doades wrote: > remove the from start and end! > > This will give you just the bullet points! > [snip] But will not be valid code. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 134

Re: [css-d] IE bug with background images on multi-line inline links

On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:46:10 -0700 (PDT) Adi Palazova wrote: > I know that many people don_t like justified text on web sites. I will > be very grateful for more opinions about this. It spoils readability. If you are reading late at night and read the same line of text three times you know you ar

Re: [css-d] IE bug with background images on multi-line inline links

On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:20:55 +1200 Michael Adams wrote: > On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:46:10 -0700 (PDT) > Adi Palazova wrote: > > > I know that many people don_t like justified text on web sites. I > > will be very grateful for more opinions about this. > > It spoils read

Re: [css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:13:52 -0700 John wrote: > I have been using CSS for a couple years now, but most of what I've > done is emulate code I've seen and bang it into the form I need it to > be. > > Any suggestions on a spot on line with a good explanation of the > cascading relationship(s)?

Re: [css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:21:26 +0200 Ingo Chao wrote: > Michael Adams wrote: > > ... > > Then you have four factors involved which should be taken into > > account in the following order: weight, origin, specificity, sort > > order. But you didn't ask about them

Re: [css-d] Most popular fonts for browsers

On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:09:51 +0200 Cristian Palmas wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm creating a CSS layout for my personal website, divided into six > subdomains, that each has its own layout. In literature section I want > to use a banner with a particular typeface that reminds the act of > writing (Mist

Re: [css-d] Font Sizes

On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:43:14 -0500 Alan Gutierrez wrote: > I'm noticing that when I specify font sizes using em, they are > slightly smaller in Firefox than in Safari. This becomes a problem > when the font sizes get smaller. In Safari they are the right size, > but in Firefox they are almos

Re: [css-d] How do you feed IE versions different css than w3c compliant browsers?

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:27:20 +0200 Manfred Staudinger wrote: > On 15/04/2008, Bill Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can use this syntax to target all NON-MSIE browsers: > > > > @import url("css/fix/non_msie.css"); > > > > Thats definitely an unnecessary hack. The correct (although >

Re: [css-d] CSS background image not showing up

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:41:56 +0200 Ingo Chao wrote: > Carol Huddleston wrote: > > ..., > > http://home.comcast.net/~prairiedream/beginning/faux.html > > ... > > My problem right now is that the background image isn't showing at > > all. I have faux.gif in a folder titled "images" like this: > >

Re: [css-d] Abstracting CSS from HTML for Reusable UI Components

On Sat, 03 May 2008 15:01:39 -0400 Michael B Allen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm exploring the idea of using modules of code to emitting reusable > HTML UI elements like postal addresses, login forms, linked images > and in turn more sophisticated elements such as invoices, forum posts, > etc. Because the

Re: [css-d] Abstracting CSS from HTML for Reusable UI Components

On Sun, 04 May 2008 12:48:57 +1200 Michael Adams wrote: Errata inline > On Sat, 03 May 2008 15:01:39 -0400 > Michael B Allen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm exploring the idea of using modules of code to emitting reusable > > HTML UI elements like postal

Re: [css-d] Abstracting CSS from HTML for Reusable UI Components

On Sat, 03 May 2008 21:07:53 -0400 Michael B Allen wrote: > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Michael Adams > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But the same code is much cleaner without the table > > Ahh, I knew that was coming. I've tried creating forms without table

Re: [css-d] Lost in positioning masthead image

On Sat, 03 May 2008 19:46:25 -0700 Robert Lane wrote: > Maybe I should be putting the gif in the background? > Definitely, text readers don't see background images. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 __

Re: [css-d] Implementing "float: center;"

On Mon, 05 May 2008 15:22:33 -0400 Michael B Allen wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way to float a div into the center of a page and have > elements wrap around it on either side? If I use "margin: 0 auto" to > center a div or a float + margin to center a div, then I don't get > content in one or bo

Re: [css-d] Site check please...

On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:22:49 -0700 (PDT) Raven Gildea wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > May I request a site check please? It all looks okay > on my own Mac > and PC > > browsers, but I'd like to hear of any weirdness you > might see that I > don't: > > > > http://www.sweetlorrainebakeshop.com/ > > > >

[css-d] layout robustness

Using negative margins and fluid layout in a CMS template and just wondering how others handle robustness issues. If one of the authors places a large image in content which looks good on their browser, but it is to big for 800x600 how do you handle the overflow. At present if i use "overflow: hi

Re: [css-d] layout robustness

On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:34:48 -0400 David Laakso wrote: > Michael Adams wrote: > > Using negative margins and fluid layout in a CMS template and just > > wondering how others handle robustness issues. If one of the authors > > places a large image in content which looks

Re: [css-d] layout robustness

On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:26:34 -0700 Thierry Koblentz wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] discuss.org] On Behalf Of Michael > > Adams Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 12:28 PM > > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.o

Re: [css-d] Lightweight HTTP server for beginner's http://localhost/ ?

On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:58:49 -0400 Jerod Venema increased personal carbon footprint by exciting electrons the world over with these memorable words: > I'd also recommend checking out some from this list: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_web_servers > Lighty http://www.lighttpd.net/ and ngi

[css-d] [Slightly OT] Font sizes

Does anyone have a good article, and/or a reference to WCAG, that i can use to support the idea that default text size should not be less than the browser default. An article that at the same time discusses font units would be acceptable but less desirable. This is to present to artists, for them

Re: [css-d] [Slightly OT] Font sizes

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:12:01 -0400 David Laakso increased personal carbon footprint by exciting electrons the world over with these memorable words: > Michael Adams wrote: > > Does anyone have a good article, and/or a reference to WCAG, that i > > can use to support the idea th

Re: [css-d] [Slightly OT] Font sizes

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:12:01 -0400 David Laakso increased personal carbon footprint by exciting electrons the world over with these memorable words: > Michael Adams wrote: > > Does anyone have a good article, and/or a reference to WCAG, that i > > can use to support the idea th

Re: [css-d] Safari Page Break below header

On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:46:36 +1200 Karl Hardisty increased personal carbon footprint by exciting electrons the world over with these memorable words: > > Does anyone else have the page break below the header, and dance from > left to right in Safari when reloading? Something I've not seen >

Re: [css-d] [Slightly OT] Font sizes

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:13:45 -0400 Felix Miata increased personal carbon footprint by exciting electrons the world over with these memorable words: > On 2008/09/12 08:41 (GMT+1200) Michael Adams composed: > > > On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:12:01 -0400 > > > David Laakso incr

Re: [css-d] block box alignment

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:31:31 +0800 Came this utterance fomulated by ray to my mailbox: > Hi, > > If I set a width for a block box within a containing block, for > example 30%, the block box will be aligned with the left edge of the > containing block. Is it possible to align it with the right edg

[css-d] CSS Browser Hacks

I am currently using the @import browser hack for IE that i first read about here: http://annevankesteren.nl/2005/10/ie-import-hack I have grown so fond of this technique that i have thought of extending both it and @media in a new direction. If browsers were seen as a type of media you could leg

Re: [css-d] CSS Browser Hacks

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:32:45 +0900 Came this utterance fomulated by Philippe Wittenbergh to my mailbox: Thanks for your worthwhile reply. > > On Oct 9, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Michael Adams wrote: > > > I have grown so fond of this technique that i have thought of > > exte

[css-d] Apologies - OT

Sorry folks, just read the Off Topic page David Laakso referred Hedley Finger to and saw the following. http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=OffTopic * Some topics are off-topic for css-d, for example:- * mark-up questions * the future direction of CSS * comments on and critici

Re: [css-d] CSS Browser Hacks

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:52:43 +1300 Came this utterance fomulated by Michael Adams to my mailbox: [snip] Sorry folks, just read the Off Topic page David Laakso referred Hedley Finger to and saw the following. http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=OffTopic * Some topics are off-topic for

Re: [css-d] CSS Browser Hacks

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:46:10 +0200 Came this utterance fomulated by Ingo Chao to my mailbox: Thanks for your useful reply > > The debate about hacking is mostly about hacking IE lte 7. We have > sufficient methods to hack IE, though. Because of its market share, we > have the knowledge about th

Re: [css-d] i thought styling some quote images around text can be quite simple but how wrong!

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:53:15 -0700 Came this utterance fomulated by liketo findoutwhy to my mailbox: > to simply add two quote images around some text. seems quite simple at > first but turns out all the obvious solutions are not as desirable as > a perfect solution: > > please see > http://www.0

Re: [css-d] how to get rid of scroll bar?

On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:01:19 -0600 Came this utterance fomulated by Peter Hyde-Smith to my mailbox: > [snip] > > IMO, you've got a ton of CSS; maybe want to more distinctly separate > basic layout CSS from fiddley-bits. Also, recommend setting font-size > in % instead of fixed pixels, for browse

Re: [css-d] The 1 px terror - Help.

On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:36:46 + Came this utterance fomulated by MEM to my mailbox: > Gunlaug Sørtun Wrote: > "When you don't declare font-size and/or line-height, all browsers > will use their own default values." > > I see... so it's default BUT we have to give him same values so he > can't"

Re: [css-d] how to get rid of scroll bar?

On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:19:31 -0600 Came this utterance fomulated by Peter Hyde-Smith to my mailbox: > > - Original Message - > From: "Michael Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:12 PM > Subject: Re: [css-d] how to g

Re: [css-d] Default % values - newbie question.

On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:44:08 +0100 Came this utterance fomulated by Gunlaug Sørtun to my mailbox: [snip] > Line-height defaults differ slightly, so it often makes sense to level > them with a mid-range value that makes reading easy, and that helps > with styling of other in-text elements we may u

Re: [css-d] Centre an image

On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:08:50 + Came this utterance fomulated by Peter Bradley to my mailbox: > Ysgrifennodd Estelle Weyl: > > Give the parent a width of 100%, then give the image a display of > > block and margin auto. > > > > > > > > Doesn't seem to work for me. But adding 'text-align: c

Re: [css-d] http://validator.w3.org can not validate a page

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:23:39 +0100 Came this utterance fomulated by Paul Jung to my mailbox: > Hello there, > > > > I used http://validator.w3.org to check a page: > http://www.europeeurope.net/index.php but it returned with such erroe: > > "Sorry, I am unable to validate this document becaus

Re: [css-d] IE 6 strikes again .....

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:07:03 -0800 Came this utterance fomulated by Ambient Glow to my mailbox: > I had a number of CSS issues with IE on this draft page, but, thanks > to Gunlaug's help, most of them are worked out. The page is > displaying fine for in IE7, but client says it is splitting in two

Re: [css-d] can apply style inline but not in style sheet

On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:40:56 -0800 Came this utterance fomulated by Angela French to my mailbox: > > Angela French wrote: > > Benjamin - I am trying your approach to just style my h2 with a > > background color. It is definitely get there, but it makes the > > height > of > > the color block too

Re: [css-d] New to List First question.

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:58:25 -0800 Came this utterance fomulated by Ryan Little @ Gusto to my mailbox: > > > > Not really sure how relevant browser statistic are regarding the > > practical application of CSS. Nevertheless, there was a very long > > thread > > last month, on somewhat related mat

Re: [css-d] [OT] Opera causing images...

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:54:38 -0500 Came this utterance formulated by David McGlone to my mailbox: [snip] > > Thank you Georg, You hard coded every image, but I stuck with the php. > :-) I wasn't about to hard code every picture for that page because, > there could be hundreds more in the future.

Re: [css-d] Font size dilemma

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:42:06 -1000 Came this utterance formulated by david to my mailbox: > Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > > Michael Stevens wrote: > > > >> Calibri I have but do not have installed all the time and use it > >maybe a> couple times a month. And I've never heard of Vrinda. > > > > I pic

Re: [css-d] Size calculations

On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:12:39 +0100 Came this utterance formulated by Gunlaug Sørtun to my mailbox: > Ib Jensen wrote: > > > That means roughly, that a "developer" should have at least three > > screens with different resolutions and X number of browsers > > installed, on different systems, to i

Re: [css-d] Font size dilemma

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:19:42 -0400 Came this utterance formulated by Felix Miata to my mailbox: > On 2009/03/16 14:41 (GMT+0900) Philippe Wittenbergh composed: > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > >> I haven't figured out where Vrinda came from, other than it's a M$ > >font> NAICT originally from mid-20

Re: [css-d] [OT] EMs vs. PERCENTs

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:03:15 -0700 Came this utterance formulated by Kenny Leu to my mailbox: > D'oh! > > I should've read that link above before posting... > > To redeem myself: > EM: > - always relative to font size > - fonts affect absolute widths of things set with EM! (e.g. could > cause ho

Re: [css-d] [OT] EMs vs. PERCENTs

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:28:08 + (GMT) Came this utterance formulated by Bobby Jack to my mailbox: > > --- On Thu, 3/19/09, Michael Stevens wrote: > > > So, is it uncommon, or bad practice, to use both in this > > situation? > > > > {height: 7.2em; width: 20%;} > > More and more, I find mys

Re: [css-d] EMs vs. PERCENTs

Ignoring later posts and replying inline. On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:52:22 -0400 Came this utterance formulated by Theophan Dort to my mailbox: > > i generally supply a fixed width on > > the wrapper div, in a seperate style sheet which works for 800px > > screens > > How do you serve different CS

Re: [css-d] double borders. A different story in IE?

On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:16:29 -0700 Came this utterance formulated by Divya Manian to my mailbox: > On 4/2/09 6:30 AM, "Jon Wickström" wrote: > > > The look I'm after is a "double border" with the inner border the > > same color as the parent bg, and the outer the element bg. This I > > get in al

Re: [css-d] double borders. A different story in IE?

On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:30:07 +0300 Came this utterance formulated by Jon Wickström to my mailbox: > Hi, > > I'm trying to style a horizontal menu with double borders on the > active LI menu item. There is some use of nested floating, as I want > to use blocks for the LI to get them an even width.

Re: [css-d] double borders. A different story in IE?

On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:44:04 -0700 Came this utterance formulated by Divya Manian to my mailbox: > On 4/9/09 1:37 PM, "Michael Adams" wrote: > > > Divya - I disagree. IE7 handles the XML declaration fine in > > standards mode[1]. Although i see it on line 8 when it

Re: [css-d] page-break-inside:avoid; not working

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:43:27 -0400 Came this utterance formulated by Yvan Daneault to my mailbox: > I am a web-design teacher who's in the process of putting his > documentation online, but I also want my students to occasionnally > print the pages. The situation is as follows: > > I do not want

Re: [css-d] OFF TOPIC (webpage size)

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:01:24 -0600 Came this utterance formulated by Brian Hazelton to my mailbox: > Just out of curiosity, if i had a page with a width of 768px total, > and the rest is a subtle bg, would that be too small of a width? > For a phone that can view 400px wide or a 2400px wide moni

Re: [css-d] double borders. A different story in IE?

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:44:27 +0300 Came this utterance formulated by Jon Wickström to my mailbox: > > Fix the errors in your xhtml first. > > http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekebodagis. > > fi%2Fekebo%2Ftest.html&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doct > > ype=Inline&group=0 >

Re: [css-d] double borders. A different story in IE?

On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:11:32 +0300 Came this utterance formulated by Jon Wickström to my mailbox: > > And yet you have a fake XML declaration in line 9 which does nothing > > that i can see. Still would validate though. > > It's a HTML-comment. I can't see what difference it would make. It was >

Re: [css-d] Number click Photo Gallery

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:52:44 -0400 Came this utterance formulated by Brian Curran to my mailbox: > Hi All, > I'm a beginner at web design, so What I'd like to do on one web > page is to display a portfolio of pictures of buildings. I envision: > On the left hand side of the page to have a list

Re: [css-d] "Posting 101" [OT]

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:31:21 -0400 Came this utterance formulated by Brian Curran to my mailbox: > Can someone give me the "Posting 101" on why my > post was one long run-on line of text? I use Outlook, > if that impacts anything??? > This is way off topic for this list. General discussions of t

Re: [css-d] [OT] SEO links

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:09:07 -0400 Came this utterance formulated by Bob Rosenberg to my mailbox: > At 20:47 -0500 on 07/18/2009, Reese wrote about Re: [css-d] Problem > with all Mac browsers according to Brow: > > >It isn't asnSEO-friendly as text links and SEO-friendliness is > >important. >

Re: [css-d] Colors in PShop vs. browser

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:34:04 -0500 Came this utterance formulated by Lalena to my mailbox: > Hi, has anyone else experienced seeing colors somewhat differently in > Photoshop vs. a web browser? Everything looks significantly darker in > Photoshop. It certainly adds an unnecessary obstacle to the

Re: [css-d] Removing the Blank Line/Space between Paragraphs

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:22:59 -0400 Came this utterance formulated by Bob Rosenberg to my mailbox: > At 16:13 +0900 on 07/26/2009, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote about Re: > [css-d] Removing the Blank Line/Space between Paragraph: > > >On Jul 26, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Bob Rosenberg wrote: > > > >> I use

Re: [css-d] An easier way?

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:24:59 -0400 Came this utterance formulated by David McGlone to my mailbox: > Hi everyone, > > I know everyone here prefers that when a question is asked, that the > poster upload an example on the web. > > Well is there any other way this could be accomplished? In order fo

Re: [css-d] Where do I make a suggestion for the "Policies" page?

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:28:49 -0700 Came this utterance formulated by Theresa Mesa to my mailbox: > Having refreshed my memory by reading the policies - so I don't > continually get my hands slapped - I have a suggestion for a snippet > of text to be added so that no one is surprised that the C

Re: [css-d] validating CSS

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:57:36 -0400 Came this utterance formulated by jeffrey morin to my mailbox: > I was discussing some CSS techniques the other day and someone brought > up a point of a certain "fix" that I use not validating in the CSS > validator. I have never really been overly concerned wit

Re: [css-d] alpha opacity filter in FF

On Wednesday 10 February 2010 11:42, Supita wrote: > Hello to all: > > I'm working on some panels. We need that, when the text doesn't fit > in one line, the text be cutted at the end of the line, and it looks > like it is fading. > > I can do that effect using filter: > progid:DXImageTransform.Mi

Re: [css-d] "CSS3 Please" code and Explorer support

On Monday 29 March 2010 17:14, David Hucklesby wrote: > On 3/28/10 8:59 PM, Dave M G wrote: > > CSS-d, > > > > I got some code from the "CSS3 Please" web site: > > > > http://css3please.com/ > > > > For the box-shadow effect, it indicates that it can be used in IE 6, 7, > > and 8. However, when I l

Re: [css-d] tiny font in Safari and Chrome

On Saturday 29 May 2010 08:50, Angela French wrote: > I'm building a new site and I just discovered that Safari and Chrome render > the font very small. > > My css looks like this: > > body { font-size:100%; } > > p {font-size: .8em;} > Read this before continuing: http://informationarchitects.jp/

Re: [css-d] tiny font in Safari and Chrome

On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:58, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > Have you had a look at your page with the WebKit Inspector ? It would immediately tell you that WebKit based browsers (Safari, Chrome) load a stylesheet '/Styles/safari.css' with only one rule: > > body { > > font-size: 10px; > >

Re: [css-d] character encoding?

On Wednesday 09 June 2010 03:50, r...@catjuggling.com wrote: > I apologize if this is considered off-topic, but it's here that I find > people talking most about validating pages. I am trying to find out why my > documents are validated as "Tentatively checked as HTML 4.01 Strict" with > warnings a

[css-d] IE hacks - css conditions

A few years back i dropped conditional comments in favour of the CSS IE @import hack[1][2][3]. Now i find myself in a position where i want to send one thing to ie7 & ie8 and another to all other browsers. What i want to do is give CSS rounded corners and opacity to all browsers that support i

Re: [css-d] IE hacks - css conditions

On Saturday 26 June 2010 20:31, Alan Gresley wrote: > Michael Adams wrote: > > A few years back i dropped conditional comments in favour of the CSS IE > > @import hack[1][2][3]. Now i find myself in a position where i want to > > send one thing to ie7 & ie8 and anot

Re: [css-d] Fonts, fall-backs & Unicode

On Tuesday 13 July 2010 20:57, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > If I have a page such as the following : > >"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd";> > > > Armenian test > > BODY {font-family : "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif} > >

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