RE: [css-d] Unable to line up texture and image

2005-07-16 Thread S.F. Alim
Hi Your Css will be #columnbottom { background: transparent url(../images/columnbottoms.gif) 0 -1px no-repeat; } html>body #columnbottom { background: transparent url(../images/columnbottoms.gif) 0 -2px no-repeat; } and your markup will be   bye ;) -Origi

[css-d] cancelling a float for Netscape

2005-07-16 Thread David Hucklesby
Here's an oddity you may like to know about. I had floated all labels in a form, but wanted to cancel the float on one of them. The label has a class of "mi" so I applied the rule [code] .mi {float: none;} [/code] This seems to work in the browsers I tested, except for NS 7.2 where the label

Re: [css-d] IE6: div refuses to be at top of the page

2005-07-16 Thread Paul Novitski
At 12:37 PM 7/16/2005, Max Timchenko wrote: http://www.maxvt.com/test/testcase.html The #page div refuses to stick to top of the page, although if I place a single character between it and the character sticks to the top. Max, There's a character immediately after the body tag that's

Re: [css-d] CSS validation error in Line 1

2005-07-16 Thread Karen Dec
I do have that exact meta tag in my XHTML code for the page. My XHTML validates with no problems. The error I was mentioning is when I try to validate my external stylesheet with the CSS validator. Thanks, Karen On Jul 16, 2005, at 10:01 PM, David Bailey wrote: I'm not an expert and use BBEdi

[css-d] First Post ;)

2005-07-16 Thread William Bennett
Hi everyone, I've never actually joined a mailing list. We'll see how it goes.. I had a question and was wondering if anyone knew some suggestions. I'm looking to make a contact page and I wanna do it all in CSS. Do you guys know some links for Forms and CSS besides http://jeffhowden.com/cod

[css-d] CSS validation error in Line 1

2005-07-16 Thread Karen Dec
I ran my CSS through the W3C validation and I was able to fix everything but 1 error that I don't understand. Here is the error message: Line: 1 Context : ??? Parse Error - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "UTF-8"; My CSS starts with: @charset "UTF-8"; Is that not correct? Any enlightenment on this would

Re: [css-d] IE absolute positioning problem

2005-07-16 Thread Bob Easton
Shashank Tripathi wrote: Hi, I have a problem with a centered DIV that I want to position absolutely, at the top of my page. The code is here -- http://sniptools.com/test.htm -- and I have prominently commented the problem DIV inside the code. This is the DIV that shows up in stark red. IE sho

[css-d] Unable to line up texture and image

2005-07-16 Thread artcoder
I have ran into this tricky CSS design problem. People who love puzzles, will like this one. My HTML: http://webmarksonline.com/temp/coollines.htm My CSS http://webmarksonline.com/temp/coollines.htm My Problem: http://webmarksonline.com/temp/comp1.gif I am using the CSS method that floats a

RE: [css-d] Firefox vertical overlapping problem

2005-07-16 Thread BJ
"This is the first site I'm trying to build with CSS. :) Firefox is overlapping text and images vertically, and the display looks awful. I wonder, can anyone please help me out here? I would so appreciate your help with my code!! The site is: The CSS is at: http

RE: Re: [css-d] Opera 7.X in winXP refuses to show body background.

2005-07-16 Thread BJ
Ingo said: Opera 7.x (and, when I'm not wrong, some versions of Safari) don't like the mix: was: background: #3A3D2B url(images/horzgrad150.jpg) repeat-y 751px top; fix: background: #3A3D2B url(images/horzgrad150.jpg) repeat-y 751px 0; In CSS2.1, "Combinations of keyword, length and percentag

[css-d] Positioning problem in IE Mac/ Disappearing problem IEWin

2005-07-16 Thread David Bailey
Hi, This is my first foray into css positioning. Problem 1: Positioning on IEMac 5.2 I have a problem with IE Mac not positioning correctly (or rather, as I would like it!). Please look at: http://www.dab-hand.co.nz/testbay/copyquality/index.html View Source for CSS (still in development stage;

[css-d] iCab/Safari Filter

2005-07-16 Thread David Laakso
The more I look at the filter charts the more confused I get. For example, how can I feed this to iCab & Safari: #foo {line-height: 3;} and this to all other browser: #foo {line-height: 2;} Thanks, David Laakso -- David Laakso http://www.dlaakso.com/

[css-d] IE absolute positioning issue

2005-07-16 Thread Shashank Tripathi
Hi, I have a problem with a centered DIV that I want to position absolutely, at the top of my page. The code is here -- http://sniptools.com/test.htm -- and I have prominently commented the problem DIV inside the code. This is the DIV that shows up in stark red. IE shows it way off the page despi

[css-d] IE absolute positioning problem

2005-07-16 Thread Shashank Tripathi
Hi, I have a problem with a centered DIV that I want to position absolutely, at the top of my page. The code is here -- http://sniptools.com/test.htm -- and I have prominently commented the problem DIV inside the code. This is the DIV that shows up in stark red. IE shows it way off the page desp

Re: Font size increase - how to avoid it? Re: [css-d] Getting CSS to look good on Mac

2005-07-16 Thread David Laakso
Moira Ashleigh wrote: So my question to other designers and CSS gurus here is - what does it take to make a website work well with font size increase? Is it not using fonts on a background image? Not setting hard coded widths for columns? Not trying to lay text on tab images? Other things? Rega

[css-d] Firefox vertical overlapping problem

2005-07-16 Thread Catherine Post
Hi Everyone, I have posted the beginnings of my new site, and it looks fine in all the major browsers except Firefox. This is the first site I'm trying to build with CSS. :) Firefox is overlapping text and images vertically, and the display looks awful. I wonder, can anyone please help me out h

[css-d] IE6: div refuses to be at top of the page

2005-07-16 Thread Max Timchenko
Hello css-d, This IE6 will drive me crazy. I've a problem distilled into this test case (the original is at http://www.fee.co.il/ ): http://www.maxvt.com/test/testcase.html The #page div refuses to stick to top of the page, although if I place a single character between it and the cha

Re: [css-d] font family?

2005-07-16 Thread Paul Novitski
At 09:35 AM 7/16/2005, Felix Miata wrote: Another possibility is to specify no font family at all, thus allowing visitors to see their actual preference. Or, specify merely sans-serif or serif as your basic preference, which allows visitors to see their sans-serif or serif preference. CSS is supp

Re: [css-d] font family?

2005-07-16 Thread Paul Novitski
At 03:18 AM 7/16/2005, designer wrote: I was 'brought up' to believe that, when specifying fonts, one should quote a family such as 'Verdana, Arial, Sans Serif'. This means, of course, that if a user doesn't have Verdana, the page will select the next available font on his/her system. Howev

Re: [css-d] font family?

2005-07-16 Thread Felix Miata
designer wrote: > I was 'brought up' to believe that, when specifying fonts, one should > quote a family such as 'Verdana, Arial, Sans Serif'. This means, of > course, that if a user doesn't have Verdana, the page will select the > next available font on his/her system. > However, when I valid

FW: FW: [css-d] IE spacing problem

2005-07-16 Thread S.F. Alim
Hi, Use following code and then test your site: html, body { margin:0; padding:0; background-color:#999; font: normal .8em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#000; } Recommendation (if you like it then use it): use em instead of px for font-size. And I

Re: [css-d] font family?

2005-07-16 Thread Bob Easton
designer wrote: I was 'brought up' to believe that, when specifying fonts, one should quote a family such as 'Verdana, Arial, Sans Serif'. This means, of course, that if a user doesn't have Verdana, the page will select the next available font on his/her system. However, when I validate CS

Re: Font size increase - how to avoid it? [css-d] Getting CSS to look good on Mac

2005-07-16 Thread Felix Miata
Moira Ashleigh wrote: > >My website http://webmarksonline.com looks fine in pretty much all the > >browsers that I have tested on the PC. > You have other problems when you increase the font size in any > browser. The design doesn't play well. > There have been several sites I have looked at

Re: FW: [css-d] IE spacing problem

2005-07-16 Thread Schalk Neethling
Thanks! It works perfectly. Now, another small issue. In all browsers the centered body of the site is flush to the top, in all browsers except Opera 7.54. In Opera there is a 10px space between the top of the browser window and the start of the 'site'. Any one know what causes this? Thanks!

FW: [css-d] IE spacing problem

2005-07-16 Thread S.F. Alim
Hi again, Erroto: add float:left as well as margin-left:1px; to your all id [ #red-block, #green-block, #chorcoal-block ]. So now your css will like ... #red-block { float:left; background-color:#C00; width:229px; height:60px; padding-top:40px; } #green-block { float:left; margin-left:1px; back

RE: Re: [css-d] Opera 7.X in winXP refuses to show body background.

2005-07-16 Thread BJ
I'd appreciate additional browser checks to make sure, but it appears, Uwe, that your fix has worked! Thanks! Uwe Kaiser wrote: BJ schrieb: page here: http://kickasswebdesign.com/wptest/ css here: http://kickasswebdesign.com/wptest/wp-content/themes/kickass-convergence/style.css Now,

FW: [css-d] IE spacing problem

2005-07-16 Thread S.F. Alim
I aint expert but I change your style lil bit and it worked on my IE6/Win #red-block { float:left; background-color:#c00; width:229px; height:60px; padding:40px 0 0 0; } #green-block { /* position:relative; clear:left; top:-100px;

Re: [css-d] IE spacing problem

2005-07-16 Thread Karen Dec
In IE 5.2.3 Mac (OS X), there is not only the white space you mentioned, but also the Publishing box is sitting higher up than the other 2 boxes (covering part of the picture above). I wish I knew how to fix it, but I'm a newbie so I'll have to let the experts respond! Karen On Jul 16, 2005

[css-d] IE spacing problem

2005-07-16 Thread Schalk Neethling
Greetings All! Please have a look at the following page: http://www.volume4.com/caradvisory/ In Firefox, Opera and Netscape all is well but as usual IE does not want to play along. As you will see in IE between the top three 'boxes' and the start of content there is a huge white space. Any ide

Re: Font size increase - how to avoid it? Re: [css-d] Getting CSS to look good on Mac

2005-07-16 Thread 4css!!!!
A great technique for working with fonts, I believe that BigJohn even posted this on here about a month ago. html, body { font-size: 100.01%; } The rest of your elements that you need to style through your page you can use ems. If you need to have your fonts work with reszing you need to u

Font size increase - how to avoid it? Re: [css-d] Getting CSS to look good on Mac

2005-07-16 Thread Moira Ashleigh
My website http://webmarksonline.com looks fine in pretty much all the browsers that I have tested on the PC. You have other problems when you increase the font size in any browser. The design doesn't play well. There have been several sites I have looked at in the last week that have blown

[css-d] font family?

2005-07-16 Thread designer
I was 'brought up' to believe that, when specifying fonts, one should quote a family such as 'Verdana, Arial, Sans Serif'. This means, of course, that if a user doesn't have Verdana, the page will select the next available font on his/her system. However, when I validate CSS, it tells me th

Re: [css-d] Opera 7.X in winXP refuses to show body background.

2005-07-16 Thread Ingo Chao
BJ schrieb: http://kickasswebdesign.com/wptest/ ...Help! Opera 7.x (and, when I'm not wrong, some versions of Safari) don't like the mix: was: background: #3A3D2B url(images/horzgrad150.jpg) repeat-y 751px top; fix: background: #3A3D2B url(images/horzgrad150.jpg) repeat-y 751px 0; In CSS2