Re: [css-d] Reassurance on site design

2005-05-31 Thread Patrick Mannix
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Try instead. They are slightly more prepared for the future. Also, read them as 'dated' material, as 'search for better solutions' is the only constant you'll find on my site. Thanks Georg. I have just begun to dive into all the g

Re: [css-d] question regarding backgrounds, etc.

2005-05-31 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 1 Jun 2005, at 2:51 am, Paul Seale wrote: #page_content_nf{ position:absolute; width:528px; height:450px; left: 187px; top: 79px; overflow: auto; margin: 0px; background:url(../images/workingpage_03.jpg) no-repeat fixed;

[css-d] Article: Equal Height Columns

2005-05-31 Thread Al Sparber
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/css/pvii_columns/ DOM-Scripted. Also includes a zip archive of layouts. Enjoy. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowledge that re

Re: [css-d] using percentages, paragraph too small within tables

2005-05-31 Thread Felix Miata
Adam Kuehn wrote: > Hopefully, that example makes it more clear. If not, I'm happy to > try again, but it would probably be better to take it off list until > I can come up with an answer that you agree makes sense! :-) I tried for an offlist, but for some reason it bounced: The original mess

Re: [css-d] Site check [divafoundationbg.org] on Mac /not urgent

2005-05-31 Thread Luca Balboni
Hi Michel, I have tested the website with different browsers on Mac. - Ok in Safari 2.0 - Firefox 1.0 does not display the header and the images in the menu. - Internet Explorer 5.2.3 seems ok except for the window title which doesn't show in Cyrillic - In Opera 6.3 there is a lot of blank spa

Re: [css-d] OT When is the next version of CSS?

2005-05-31 Thread Kelly Miller
Peter Williams wrote: We still can't usefully use parts of CSS2. We still can't usefully use parts of CSS1, either. background-attachment? -- http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ - Get Firefox! http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ - Reclaim Your Inbox! _

RE: [css-d] OT When is the next version of CSS?

2005-05-31 Thread Peter Williams
> From: jordan WOLLMAN > > I've heard a lot of rumor of a newer version of CSS on the > horizon with a lot of really neat new features, but can't > find any information on it to save my life. W3C site is a good place to start looking. http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/#specs Browser support (lack of

RE: [css-d] OT When is the next version of CSS?

2005-05-31 Thread Leszek
> I've heard a lot of rumor of a newer version of CSS on the horizon with a > lot of really neat new features Don't forget though, new features are only as good as the amount of browsers supporting them. - Leszek http://leszek.swirski.co.uk ___

Re: [css-d] OT When is the next version of CSS?

2005-05-31 Thread David Dorward
On 5/31/05, jordan WOLLMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've heard a lot of rumor of a newer version of CSS on the horizon with a > lot of really neat new features, but can't find any information on it to > save my life. http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/current-work -- David Dorward

[css-d] Expanding menu

2005-05-31 Thread Geoff Vines
Hi folks, I have a fledgling site, the template for which can be previewed at: http://84.18.198.72/84.18.198.70/rotarydistrict1290.org.uk/ The IP address are there because this domain is not yet live on this server. Everything ok in FF. In IE, when you cursor over the who's who link, which

Re: [css-d] Wrapper won't center in IE

2005-05-31 Thread David Dorward
On 5/31/05, Linda Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This one is really driving me nuts, because I do this all the time and > it usually works fine -- why won't my divWrapper center in IE? > > http://www.seafoodlab.cmast.ncsu.edu/index.html Your XML prolog is putting MSIE into quirks mode. http:/

Re: [css-d] Wrapper won't center in IE

2005-05-31 Thread David Laakso
On Tue, 31 May 2005 16:51:46 -0400, Linda Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This one is really driving me nuts, because I do this all the time and it usually works fine -- why won't my divWrapper center in IE? http://www.seafoodlab.cmast.ncsu.edu/index.html linda Add text-align: center; to body

[css-d] Height issues - pic alignment and width problems

2005-05-31 Thread Christopher Harris
I'm having issues designing a page. The page is: http://www.steeloaklimited.com/houseplantrends/housetest.html . It's a work in progress..anyway. I want the page to be in 3 sections - the header (which I have fine) and the body which is divided into 2 sections - top content and bo

Re: [css-d] Css help

2005-05-31 Thread David Laakso
On Tue, 31 May 2005 14:26:32 -0400, Angus at InfoForce Services <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On a web page I am using two different .gifs. One .gif for my header and the other as a background from the top left where My heder ends to the bootom right. Can any one please help? Second I am trying

Re: [css-d] Wrapper won't center in IE

2005-05-31 Thread Pactum web services
From: "Linda Dunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CSS-d List" Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:51 PM Subject: [css-d] Wrapper won't center in IE This one is really driving me nuts, because I do this all the time and it usually works fine -- why won't my divWrapper center in IE? http://www.seafoodlab

RE: [css-d] Indicating external links, negating - SOLVED

2005-05-31 Thread Pringle, Ron
bject: Re: [css-d] Indicating external links, negating > > > #topnav a[href^="http://www.";] { > padding-right: 0; > background: none; > } > > might work Thanks to all who replied. My brain is obviously disengaged today :-) I ended up using: #topNav a[href^="http://www.";] { paddi

RE: [css-d] Hardcore CSS problems - http://testdrive.whatcanido.com.au/

2005-05-31 Thread Tatham Oddie
Ingo, > hmm, do you expect this to work in IE ever ;) ? All working in IE6 and FF1.0.4 now Ingo (should still work in Safari and Opera but I haven't retested yet). :) Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. The mark-up isn't perfect anymore, but I'm on a deadline so it's going to have to

RE: [css-d] Css help

2005-05-31 Thread Steven Costello
I am sorry, instead of text-align:text-bottom it should be vertical-align:text-bottom. Sorry about that. Steven Costello __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http:/

Re: [css-d] using percentages, paragraph too small within tables

2005-05-31 Thread Adam Kuehn
Felix Miata wrote: And so my question seems to remain unanswered by the mud above. Let me rephrase my question: html body {font-size: 80%} p.one {font-size: 80%} p.two {font: 80% sans-serif; } ... From reading the CSS spec, I expect this to be 64% of the browser default. From reading the CSS s

Re: [css-d] Problem Centering a DIV

2005-05-31 Thread Pactum web services
- Original Message - From: "Steven Costello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CSS is fairly new to me as I have just designed my first web site making 100% use of CSS. With that in mind, I am having trouble getting a div element to be centered on a specific page. Here's a very brief tutorial: http:

Re: [css-d] Indicating external links, negating

2005-05-31 Thread jack fredricks
#topnav a[href^="http://www.";] { padding-right: 0; background: none; } might work On 5/31/05, Pringle, Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the following code to add a small graphic after an external link (in > compliant browsers): > > a[href^="http://www.";] { >padding-right: 16px;

[css-d] Position menu with elastic design

2005-05-31 Thread Mr. Kim Siever
Hi all, I am developing a website design that has a main column in the centre of the page with a maximum width of 700 pixels. If the window is resized to under 700, the content simply narrows or drops further down the page. I have a menu that is semantically at the bottom of the page (in the code

[css-d] OT When is the next version of CSS?

2005-05-31 Thread jordan WOLLMAN
I've heard a lot of rumor of a newer version of CSS on the horizon with a lot of really neat new features, but can't find any information on it to save my life. Anyone got any idea when/who/where/anything else relevant? Sincerely, JordanWOLLMAN _

[css-d] Wrapper won't center in IE

2005-05-31 Thread Linda Dunn
This one is really driving me nuts, because I do this all the time and it usually works fine -- why won't my divWrapper center in IE? http://www.seafoodlab.cmast.ncsu.edu/index.html linda -- Linda Dunn Purplegenie Design {web+graphics} [EMAIL PROTECTED] 252.422.9393 __

RE: [css-d] Css help

2005-05-31 Thread Steven Costello
I assume that you are wanting "MacKinnon Name history" to be the . If my assumption is correct then you need to place that text inside the tag. Currently you have it placed inside a separate tag. As far as getting the to line up with the bottom of your flag image, try something like this: M

Re: [css-d] Css help

2005-05-31 Thread Matthew Ohlman
Angus at InfoForce Services wrote: Matthew What I am trying to do Is: 1. get the "mackinnondress.gif" to extend from the left margin to the right margin, 2. Get the font in the "h1 {" to display, and 3. Move the document text to beneath the flag. Angus, 1. If you make the following

[css-d] Problem Centering a DIV

2005-05-31 Thread Steven Costello
Hello All, CSS is fairly new to me as I have just designed my first web site making 100% use of CSS. With that in mind, I am having trouble getting a div element to be centered on a specific page. I am viewing this in IE6. The page can be found at http://www.trinityinfo.org/Missions/Guyana-2004-M

Re: [css-d] Css help

2005-05-31 Thread Barbara Dozetos
Angus - Here's what we're seeing directly from the source. There is no text there -- only an image tag. Angus at InfoForce Services wrote: Barbara Thank you for the reply. The text is in my HTML file between . HTML: http://infoforce-services.com/personal/mackinnon_namehistory.ht

Re: [css-d] Reassurance on site design

2005-05-31 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Patrick Mannix wrote: Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: ...Proportional pages don't break--they just become less accessible. Good point. Accessibility is highest among my priorities. I did like the "not breaking" part though. Even the "non breaking" part can be messed up in a proportional design, if th

Re: [css-d] using percentages, paragraph too small within tables

2005-05-31 Thread Felix Miata
Adam Kuehn wrote: > Felix Miata wrote: > >But then I noticed use of not font-size, but font, and I thought > >about this: "All font-related properties are first reset to their > >initial values" http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/fonts.html#font-shorthand. So > >where is the "initial" font-size value c

Re: [css-d] Css help]

2005-05-31 Thread Barbara Dozetos
Angus, I'm not seeing any actual text in the tag. So, that's probably why it isn't showing up. Only your image is inside the tags. Barb Angus at InfoForce Services wrote: I am also lost why the h1 tag will not show. HTML: http://infoforce-services.com/personal/mackinnon_namehistory.ht

[css-d] List navigation width problems

2005-05-31 Thread Grady Kelly
I took a few list navigation systems from Listamatic and merged them to make a tebbed interface with tabs and secondary navigation. They look great in Firefox, but in IE they get all jacked up. I found that the reason to be setting the width to 750px. When I took out the width, (see the comm

Re: [css-d] Content not allowd in prolog validation error

2005-05-31 Thread Denise Craven
Quoting Prabhath Sirisena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: What could the reason be for this error? (I/O Error. Stream closed). The site is: http://nidahas.com Try validating the CSS. The content is served as application/xhtml+xml. Thanks, Prabhath http://nidahas.com > I/O Error: Stream closed. > > Loo

Re: [css-d] Css help

2005-05-31 Thread Matthew Ohlman
Angus at InfoForce Services wrote: On a web page I am using two different .gifs. One .gif for my header and the other as a background from the top left where My heder ends to the bootom right. Can any one please help? Second I am trying to get the .gif in the header to end with the bottom of t

Re: [css-d] using percentages, paragraph too small within tables

2005-05-31 Thread Adam Kuehn
Felix Miata wrote: But then I noticed use of not font-size, but font, and I thought about this: "All font-related properties are first reset to their initial values" http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/fonts.html#font-shorthand. So where is the "initial" font-size value coming from to make the inherited

[css-d] IE6 png alpha transparency filter on ap element: links don't work

2005-05-31 Thread Ingo Chao
While I was trying to find a workaround for another thread, I stumbled into a png problem I never was aware of: links don't work when the filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader is used. So what? People seem to use this filter for ambitioned projects. On http://www.dalto

[css-d] Css help

2005-05-31 Thread Angus at InfoForce Services
On a web page I am using two different .gifs. One .gif for my header and the other as a background from the top left where My heder ends to the bootom right. Can any one please help? Second I am trying to get the .gif in the header to end with the bottom of the flag. I am also lost why the h1 ta

Re: [css-d] using percentages [ADDENDUM]

2005-05-31 Thread David Laakso
On Tue, 31 May 2005 13:21:36 -0400, David Laakso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 31 May 2005 11:28:17 -0400, Bruce Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/31/05, Martin Heiden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bruce, To scale the font-size, you have to declare a value > 100%. thanks, but

Re: [css-d] using percentages, paragraph too small within tables

2005-05-31 Thread Felix Miata
Martin Heiden wrote: > Bruce Gilbert wrote: > > scroll down until you see the paragraph 'directions', and underneath > > that you will see 'from I-85...below that you will see really tiny > > text that says 'why am I so small?'. This is the text I am referring > > to. > .content table { >

[css-d] Indicating external links, negating

2005-05-31 Thread Pringle, Ron
I have the following code to add a small graphic after an external link (in compliant browsers): a[href^="http://www.";] { padding-right: 16px; background: url("icn_externallink.png") no-repeat center right; } Works fine. However, I have a div named "topnav" on each page that contains a

Re: [css-d] General cascade question

2005-05-31 Thread Thomas Livingston
On May 31, 2005, at 1:27 PM, Adam Kuehn wrote: Does that help? Yup! Thanks. Tom Livingston Senior Multimedia Artist Media Logic www.mlinc.com --- www.browsehappy.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discus

[css-d] question regarding backgrounds, etc.

2005-05-31 Thread Paul Seale
I have a problem in which the background image to a div is showing how I want it to in IE, but is messed up in fire fox/mozilla. Here is the code: #page_content_nf{ position:absolute; width:528px; height:450px; left: 187px; top: 79px; overflow: auto

Re: [css-d] General cascade question

2005-05-31 Thread Adam Kuehn
Thomas Livingston wrote: div#stylea{foo} p.styleb{foo} bar styleb was not being applied until I did this: div#stylea p.styleb{foo} why? I admit I'm not entirely sure what you're asking. You may need to get more specific in your question. Let's say you have this: div#stylea{ font

Re: [css-d] using percentages, paragraph too small within tables

2005-05-31 Thread David Laakso
On Tue, 31 May 2005 11:28:17 -0400, Bruce Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/31/05, Martin Heiden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bruce, To scale the font-size, you have to declare a value > 100%. thanks, but I tried that, and it didn't seem to work. here is a link to the page I was r

Re: [css-d] Reassurance on site design

2005-05-31 Thread Patrick Mannix
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Patrick Mannix wrote: ...I have tentatively decided that the fluid (?) design seen at http://www.mhcug.org/members.htm which seems to fit my requirements the best. I think that layout-method is best described as 'proportional', as it isn't really fluid. Thanks, I was

Re: [css-d] conditional comments in css

2005-05-31 Thread David Laakso
On Tue, 31 May 2005 12:16:10 -0400, anthony croshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When ever I try and use conditional comments to get rid of a problem in IE, I get the text of the comment at the top of the page - anyone know why this is? Feed CSS from an external file: or enclose declaration

[css-d] Website Check

2005-05-31 Thread Matthew French
Hi, At Brightview we have recently developed the website http://www.ic24.net . We have tried to make the site as accessible as we can and would really appreciate your comments. The site was created using the following resources: CSS Discuss http://css-discuss.inc

[css-d] General cascade question

2005-05-31 Thread Thomas Livingston
This was happening to me in a project, but lends itself to a general question. With this css: div#stylea{foo} p.styleb{foo} and this html: bar styleb was not being applied until I did this: div#stylea p.styleb{foo} why? I know I need to get this specific to _over-ride_ the original

[css-d] conditional comments in css

2005-05-31 Thread anthony croshaw
When ever I try and use conditional comments to get rid of a problem in IE, I get the text of the comment at the top of the page - anyone know why this is? Also, I have started to use child selectors instead, as IE ignores these, is this considered worse practice than a conditional comment? Thank

Re: [css-d] using percentages, paragraph too small within tables

2005-05-31 Thread Michael Wilson
Bruce Gilbert wrote: scroll down until you see the paragraph 'directions', and underneath that you will see 'from I-85...below that you will see really tiny text that says 'why am I so small?'. This is the text I am referring to. Hi, You have .content p set to 70%. Change this to 1.0em or 100

Re[2]: [css-d] using percentages, paragraph too small within tables

2005-05-31 Thread Martin Heiden
Bruce, > scroll down until you see the paragraph 'directions', and underneath > that you will see 'from I-85...below that you will see really tiny > text that says 'why am I so small?'. This is the text I am referring > to. .content table { color: #333; background:transparent;

[css-d] center a table inside a specific area with XHTML 1.1

2005-05-31 Thread Pedro Santos
Hi, I'm having a hard time trying to get this one. I have made and interface for a small intranet, the interface is composed by a header, content and a footer area (div's), all of them inside a main container that is used to place margins around the pages. I'm trying to make this application to

Re: [css-d] using percentages, paragraph too small within tables

2005-05-31 Thread Bruce Gilbert
On 5/31/05, Martin Heiden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bruce, > > To scale the font-size, you have to declare a value > 100%. > thanks, but I tried that, and it didn't seem to work. here is a link to the page I was referring to: http://206.211.80.55/Schools/schools_details.php you will be p

Re: [css-d] using percentages, paragraph too small within tables

2005-05-31 Thread Martin Heiden
Bruce, > table td p{font-size:100%;} > but that isn't working. Any suggestions? To scale the font-size, you have to declare a value > 100%. The p inherits the font-size of td, td of tr and tr of table and table of body. So if you resize the font-size for body by 62.5% with browser standard set

[css-d] using percentages, paragraph too small within tables

2005-05-31 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I have my site set up using font size in percentages,starting with the body tag. I am having some trouble with a declaration within tags. The font appears really small. I tried to rectify this by doing table td p{font-size:100%;} but that isn't working. Any suggestions? -- ::Bruce::

[css-d] Re: Layering Problem (2nd Post)

2005-05-31 Thread Yazmin Media
Never mind, I was able to fix the problem. -- Yazmin Wickham Contractor - Internet Development http://www.yazmin.net __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-d

Re: [css-d] Layering Problem (2nd Post)

2005-05-31 Thread Martin Heiden
Yazmin, > With 2 problems: Nope, the validator says that you got 48 problems ;) http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.imaging-resource.com/index-test.html > 1. The gif (in Firefox) or Flash (in IE) are not lining up with the > logo. They are actually displaying under the logo.

[css-d] An alternative to FIR (Fahrner Image replacement)?

2005-05-31 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Hi all, I think I may have found a new way to enhance the original idea: The demo (scalable image): http://www.TJKDesign.com/articles/tip_5.asp The article: http://www.TJKDesign.com/articles/tip.asp Please report any error you may find. -- Thierry | http://www.TJKDesign.com __

[css-d] Flyout menu & IE Win

2005-05-31 Thread Ric Glass
Hello List, I'm having problems with a vertical flyout menu in IE Win. I have tested in 6 current/recent Mac browsers and found no significant problems. I'm using a javascript menu system that I found at: http://www.onlinetools.org/tools/yadm/flyout.html In some cases when a parent menu item

[css-d] Website check - Problem with horizontal menus in IE/Win

2005-05-31 Thread Luca Balboni
Hi everyone, here I am again with another website to check and another problem. I am finishing a second website and the horizontal menus seem to go all over the place when rolled over or "active" in IE windows. I have tried to understand why but it is extremely difficult to fix the code wi

[css-d] Layering Problem (2nd Post)

2005-05-31 Thread Yazmin Media
Hi, This is a question I posed back on May 17th and I got no answer to it. It is still a problem that I would like to fix: - I have the following page: http://www.imaging-resource.com/index-test.html With 2 problems: 1. The gif (in Firefox) or Flash (in IE) are not lining up wi

Re: [css-d] Re: Website check on Windows [worldadventurer.net]

2005-05-31 Thread Luca Balboni
Hi all, I would like to thanks those who have replied to my email on the list and in private, sending me screenshots of the website from different browsers/configurations and to those who, with their suggestions, help me to fix the problem. Everything seem to work fine now (even if I stil

[css-d] drop down menu

2005-05-31 Thread Virtuallee
Hi Thanks, Schalk, for recommending the Suckerfish drop down menu. The menu drop down seems to be disappearing behing the large image below. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? http://www.virtuallee.co.uk/client_area/Neptune/index_test_nav.htm Thanks! Lee -- No virus found in

RE: [css-d] Problem under MAC IE 5.0 and 5.5

2005-05-31 Thread jérôme coupé
Hello Philippe, Thanks for replying. I tried what you suggested (you can see it online) but it doesn't correct the problem. Maybe I am doing something wrong ? Here is the code I used. /*The following is read by IE5 MAC only http://www.stopdesign.com/log/2004/07/06/filtering-css.html*/ /*\*//*/ di

Re: [css-d] Need workaround for Firefox rendering bug of LIR

2005-05-31 Thread Bob Easton
Chris Hardie wrote: Hi, I've run into a bit of a wall trying to use the Leahy Image Replacement technique to develop a horizontal menu. I've mirrored an example Dan Cederholm presented for an article on Simplebits, but I have removed most of the extraneous HTML. http://www.nextdesigns.ca/menu_t