Re: [css-d] Strange IE behaviour

2005-07-28 Thread Ingo Chao
Schalk Neethling schrieb: Found the problem. It is not a:hover:visited but a:visited:hover. Stupid me :-[ Schalk Neethling wrote: a:link { color:#000; } a:visited { color:#000; } a:hover:visited { color:#f9bc01; text-decoration:none; } a:hover { color:#f9bc01; text-decoratio

Re: [css-d] Equal-width horizontal nav button

2005-07-28 Thread matt andrews
On 29/07/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Take a look at my horizontal navigation buttons using unordered list at > http://webmarksonline.com/temp/test.htm > > There is no way for me to make these buttons equal-width, is there? > > I had to use display:inline to make them side-b

[css-d] Equal-width horizontal nav button

2005-07-28 Thread artcoder
Take a look at my horizontal navigation buttons using unordered list at http://webmarksonline.com/temp/test.htm There is no way for me to make these buttons equal-width, is there? I had to use display:inline to make them side-by-side. But when I use inline, the no longer respected the width t

Re: [css-d] firefox not positioning a float correctly in a 2 column ...

2005-07-28 Thread Matthew Ohlman
John Haas wrote: the url: http://www.manapedesign.com/clients/pac/test1.html the css: http://www.manapedesign.com/clients/pac/test_styles.css When looking at this side by side, in FF and IE, the IE version appears to be rendering the "right-col" div correctly, right up against the side of the

Re: [css-d] firefox not positioning a float correctly in a 2 column ...

2005-07-28 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
John Haas wrote: the url: http://www.manapedesign.com/clients/pac/test1.html the css: http://www.manapedesign.com/clients/pac/test_styles.css When looking at this side by side, in FF and IE, the IE version appears to be rendering the "right-col" div correctly, right up against the side of the

[css-d] firefox not positioning a float correctly in a 2 column ...

2005-07-28 Thread John Haas
the url: http://www.manapedesign.com/clients/pac/test1.html the css: http://www.manapedesign.com/clients/pac/test_styles.css When looking at this side by side, in FF and IE, the IE version appears to be rendering the "right-col" div correctly, right up against the side of the "left-col" div.

Re: [css-d] Sidenotes v Footnotes

2005-07-28 Thread Paul Novitski
At 05:16 PM 7/28/2005, Beau Hartshorne wrote: It seems to me that your technique requires the author to tweak the markup to accommodate the display to a greater extent than most people wish to do. I don't want to have to move my footnotes from one place to another in the HTML page to position t

Re: [css-d] A CSS image

2005-07-28 Thread matt andrews
On 29/07/05, Angus at InfoForce Services <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to use CSS to create the attached GIF? If so, how? Or Should > I use it as a background image and add text to the fore ground? hi Angus, I presume you attached a .gif image to your email showing a mockup of the l

Re: [css-d] Sidenotes v Footnotes

2005-07-28 Thread Beau Hartshorne
Hi Paul, Oops, there are no SMALL or SPAN tags in your example. You might have meant: No, the extra style is not needed at all. I had started with span/ small, but thought div/p was better. I forgot to remove the selector from my reply. It seems to me that your technique requires the au

Re: [css-d] A CSS image

2005-07-28 Thread Paul Novitski
At 02:30 PM 7/28/2005, Angus at InfoForce Services wrote: Is it possible to use CSS to create the attached GIF? If so, how? Or Should I use it as a background image and add text to the fore ground? Angus, I'm having trouble understanding your question, but let me take a stab at answering what

Re: [css-d] IE navigation positioning/padding/margins

2005-07-28 Thread Michael Landis
Virtuallee wrote (about http://www.alisonbranagan.com/new_website/index.htm): > I've got most of a site working in Firefox, but the navigation is > moving out of alignment in IE. I can't seem to get it right. Does > anyone have any ideas? Not IE mac - haven't thought about mac yet :( Actually, a

Re: [css-d] Background images

2005-07-28 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Olá Abyss, Maybe it's this you want?... body { background-image: url(/images/whatever.jpg); background-position:center; background-repeat:no-repeat; } Hth! Adeus, Roberto -- Abyss Information wrote: Hiya all, does anyone know where I can grab

Re: [css-d] IE navigation positioning/padding/margins

2005-07-28 Thread T Shorrock
Well, actually IE 5.2 came loaded when my OSX 10.2.8 Mac arrived on my desk. I have Firefox and Safari, but still find some larger sites will only work in IE... so I find it very useful sometimes to use IE 5.2. I don't think I'd advise anyone not to code for a browser, after all, it's all good

Re: [css-d] Sidenotes v Footnotes

2005-07-28 Thread Paul Novitski
At 03:50 PM 7/28/2005, Beau Hartshorne wrote: Paul, Ben: To address the issue of overlapping elements, and very long sidenotes, it might make sense to catch these exceptions and do something like this: 1. Note one. 2. Note two. Body copy.1 More body copy.2 And a style rule like this:

Re: [css-d] absolute div growth problem

2005-07-28 Thread Michael Landis
Zoe wrote (about http://www.westga.edu/~www/projects/library/index2.html): > Don't use absolute positioning for any of those blocks. Instead, use a > two-column float layout. Leave your quickLinks div floated left, but > then add a new div after it that wraps around all the stuff in the right >

Re: [css-d] IE navigation positioning/padding/margins

2005-07-28 Thread D Ross
Don't code your site for ie mac. ie mac has been abandoned by microsoft and hasnt been updated in 3 or so years and never will be. More importantly, don't code for ie mac for the simple fact that your catering to people who havent updated their browsers and computers in a VERY long time. The

Re: [css-d] Background images

2005-07-28 Thread Harlene Finn
Try http://www.dellwebsites.com. Dell has some great samples with code on placing background graphics. I tried accessing the site to get a url to the tutorial page for you but I couldn't connect. He may be having server problems (or I'm having connection problems). If you're interested

Re: [css-d] Background images

2005-07-28 Thread David Laakso
Abyss Information wrote: Hiya all, does anyone know where I can grab some css code to display a background image right in the center of the page regardless of the screen resolution? Regards, Abyss I'm not sure of anything, much less whatever it is you're looking for. FWIW:

[css-d] problem with background-position in IE

2005-07-28 Thread martin f krafft
Dear all, I have been working on http://ailab.ch/new today and it looks like I want it in FF. However, in IE things go haywire as expected. I am using a simple technique to get the left column extend all the way down: the page background is the dark blue, and the light blue content background is

Re: [css-d] Sidenotes v Footnotes

2005-07-28 Thread Beau Hartshorne
Paul, Gunlaug, Ben: thank you for your thoughtful replies. Gunlaug, that's an excellent idea. I had tried using relative widths (ems) to make this work, but that turned into a cross-browser mess. Your method is perfect. Paul, Ben: To address the issue of overlapping elements, and very lon

[css-d] Mysterious gaps, undesired box punch in IE6

2005-07-28 Thread Mark Holden
I'm having two display headaches in IE6 with a site I'm working on. It's available for viewing here: http://www.us-risk.com/new/ems.html When viewed in Firefox, Netscape, Opera, whatever, it looks great. But IE is doing two things that are really annoying me. First, in the section navigation m

Re: [css-d] weird Safari-only layout issue?

2005-07-28 Thread John Haas
I've figured it out. It's an open that is generated automatically by the CMS. Thanks. John Haas wrote: Yeah, this only seems to happen in Safari 1.x browsers. Anyone every hear of that specific version having problems? __

[css-d] Background images

2005-07-28 Thread Abyss Information
Hiya all, does anyone know where I can grab some css code to display a background image right in the center of the page regardless of the screen resolution? Regards, Abyss __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss

Re: [css-d] weird Safari-only layout issue?

2005-07-28 Thread John Haas
Yeah, this only seems to happen in Safari 1.x browsers. Anyone every hear of that specific version having problems? Karen Dec wrote: Checked it in Safari (under OS X 10.3), Firefox, and IE5 Mac. Looks fine to me! I don't see the issue you are talking about... I even tried resizing the windo

Re: [css-d] Strange IE behaviour

2005-07-28 Thread Schalk Neethling
Found the problem. It is not a:hover:visited but a:visited:hover. Stupid me :-[ Schalk Neethling wrote: Greetings All I would appreciate it very much if someone can have a look at the following URL using IE 6: http://www.volume4.com/dmp/login.html You will see that there are two text stri

Re: [css-d] Strange IE behaviour

2005-07-28 Thread ebednarz
> Schalk Neethling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://www.volume4.com/dmp/login.html > > You will see that there are two text string that are color a yellowish > color. These should be black and then change to that color only on > hover. In Firefox it is all fine but IE does not play along. Clear y

[css-d] IE navigation positioning/padding/margins

2005-07-28 Thread Virtuallee
Hi I've got most of a site working in Firefox, but the navigation is moving out of alignment in IE. I can't seem to get it right. Does anyone have any ideas? Not IE mac - haven't thought about mac yet :( http://www.alisonbranagan.com/new_website/index.htm Thanks Lee -- No virus found in t

Re: [css-d] Table of Contents with flexible dotted lines

2005-07-28 Thread Jared Stein
Admittedly true. Check for a 'fixed' version in about 5 minutes. As to the practicality of the exercise, well, of course its not really practically suited for hypertext environment in the book-like form, but the visual appearance does have applications. J. Stein Director of Development D

Re: [css-d] Table of Contents with flexible dotted lines

2005-07-28 Thread Christian Heilmann
On 7/28/05, Jan Brasna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd still welcome anyone's alternative approaches or experiences. > > Maybe ? Sexy, however starting a new DL for every item does not make it much of a list, but as the DT does not include the DDs

[css-d] Newbie seeking help

2005-07-28 Thread Lorelei Gilmore
Hi, I'm a newbie to CSS design and trying to solve a problem. If anyone can point me to tutorial on doing what I describe below I'd be so appreciative. I've tried to search google but it's a bit hard to describe to google exactly what I'm trying to do. If what I want to do is possible, but no goo

Re: [css-d] Table of Contents with flexible dotted lines

2005-07-28 Thread Jan Brasna
I'd still welcome anyone's alternative approaches or experiences. Maybe ? -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:

Re: [css-d] Table of Contents with flexible dotted lines

2005-07-28 Thread Christian Heilmann
On 7/28/05, Jared Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, I've come up with this work-around to deliver a typical book-like > table of contents entry appearance (with dashes/dots between toc entry and > page number) and while it seems fully flexible, pretty reliable, and not too > trashy in

[css-d] Strange IE behaviour

2005-07-28 Thread Schalk Neethling
Greetings All I would appreciate it very much if someone can have a look at the following URL using IE 6: http://www.volume4.com/dmp/login.html You will see that there are two text string that are color a yellowish color. These should be black and then change to that color only on hover. In

[css-d] A CSS image

2005-07-28 Thread Angus at InfoForce Services
Is it possible to use CSS to create the attached GIF? If so, how? Or Should I use it as a background image and add text to the fore ground? Angus MacKinnon MacKinnon Crest Saying Latin - Audentes Fortuna Juvat English - Fortune Assists The Daring Choroideremia Research Foundation Inc. 2nd Vice

[css-d] Table of Contents with flexible dotted lines

2005-07-28 Thread Jared Stein
Hey all, I've come up with this work-around to deliver a typical book-like table of contents entry appearance (with dashes/dots between toc entry and page number) and while it seems fully flexible, pretty reliable, and not too trashy in terms of coding, I'd still welcome anyone's alternative app

[css-d] Troubles with 3column layout (only in ie6)

2005-07-28 Thread Pierre Meyer
Hy I really hope to get help here in these english list. Sorry for my bad english i hope it's good enough, that you can understand my problem. I work on an intranet solution that only must run under IE6. On a special layout i got a big problem with the float of my 3 column layout. The prob

[css-d] alignment problems not working in IE

2005-07-28 Thread Tech U-nique
Hey I have a design that I got to work in firefox and about 90% in IE... Any one got any ideas? Page -- www.allgoodwear.com/index.php Style Sheet -- www.allgoodwearcom/styles/main.css I couldn't think of a way to descirbe the problem but if you open in IE and firefox you will see that the bottom

Re: [css-d] faux columns need a border and curved look

2005-07-28 Thread Steve Clay
Thursday, July 28, 2005, 4:02:09 PM, Scot Schlinger wrote: > This is how I would like it to look: > http://www.rell.com/test/index1.html > This is how it looks currently: > http://www.rell.com/test/index.html Place another wrapper DIV inside #wrapper, let's call it #wrapper-inner. Now a background

Re: [css-d] Sidenotes v Footnotes

2005-07-28 Thread Paul Novitski
At 09:08 AM 7/28/2005, Beau Hartshorne wrote: I thought of a way to build sidenotes in well-supported and valid CSS. I posted details on my log: Basically, I'm using absolute positioning to take a (or a ) out of flow, and to move it outsi

[css-d] Import alternate stylesheet

2005-07-28 Thread Mr. Kim Siever
Hi all, Is there a way to indicate in an import statement that a particular style sheet is and alternate style sheet. I know how to do it using a link tag. I want to know if it can be down using import statements. Thanks. -- Mr. Kim Siever http://www.hotpepper.ca/ ___

Re: [css-d] Time to deprecate IE5, don't you think?

2005-07-28 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Haoshiro wrote: I really don't see how it is off topic as it is relative to CSS and CSS-hacks in general. From: http://www.css-discuss.org/policies.html#offensensitivity "We encourage discussion and debate, and don't mind if it gets a bit heated. However, this does not mean you can flame othe

[css-d] faux columns need a border and curved look

2005-07-28 Thread Scot Schlinger
Hi all, I want to say thank you to everyone that has given their input and shown patience so far, it is greatly appreciated! I am trying to use faux columns so that my columns will have the same height in the body section of the page. I have part of it working, but now I wish to get a bord

Re: [css-d] Sidenotes v Footnotes

2005-07-28 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Beau Hartshorne wrote: I'd appreciate feedback on the technique, and to know if anyone has any trouble with it in any browser. No problems with fixed width on container. I would use something like: .sidenote { position: absolute;

Re: [css-d] Sidenotes v Footnotes

2005-07-28 Thread Ben Curtis
On Jul 28, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Beau Hartshorne wrote: I thought of a way to build sidenotes in well-supported and valid CSS. I posted details on my log: Basically, I'm using absolute positioning to take a (or a ) out of flow, and to m

Re: [css-d] Time to deprecate IE5, don't you think?

2005-07-28 Thread Haoshiro
I really don't see how it is off topic as it is relative to CSS and CSS-hacks in general. From: http://www.css-discuss.org/policies.html#offensensitivity "We encourage discussion and debate, and don't mind if it gets a bit heated. However, this does not mean you can flame other list members. If

Re: [css-d] weird Safari-only layout issue?

2005-07-28 Thread Jan Brasna
I've been told that the first blog teaser "Teamsters, SEIU..." runs longer than it should and then after that all of the blog teasers after that are all sorts of screwed up. Confirmed (Saf 1.2.4 /125.12/, OSX 10.3.8) See PS: Validate it, validator reports som

Re[2]: [css-d] BIR Bob Image Replacement - (z-index & stack order probs)

2005-07-28 Thread Steve Clay
Thursday, July 28, 2005, 12:26:11 PM, Chris Vannoy wrote: > To get it to work with other backgrounds, I just set a z-index of 1 > to the body and the wrap that surrounds the fixed-width, centered > layout and a z-index of -1 to the H1 span. I made a test page for this: http://wd.mrclay.org/tests

Re: [css-d] Two different sets of hyperlink rules

2005-07-28 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Joanne wrote: And this is what I have (below) for the hyperlinks in the address bar, but it's not working. I've just taken a wild guess and it didn't work. Can anyone help me? a.addressbar { text-decoration:underline; background-color:#0303ce; color:#FF; } Joanne, Steve already explai

Re: AW: [css-d] Question concerning use of 0px

2005-07-28 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Daniel Doesburg wrote: medial | André Huf schreef: After a zero length, the unit identifier is optional. http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-CSS21-20050613/syndata.html#length-units Yes they (W3C) know that, but do all browsers know that? I would not be surprised if there where differences betwee

Re: [css-d] weird Safari-only layout issue?

2005-07-28 Thread Karen Dec
Checked it in Safari (under OS X 10.3), Firefox, and IE5 Mac. Looks fine to me! I don't see the issue you are talking about... I even tried resizing the windows and stuff and it seemed to respond appropriately! Karen On Jul 28, 2005, at 12:04 PM, John Haas wrote: Would you Mac users be able

image backgrounds not showing in Firefox and Opera [WAS Re: [css-d] help please]

2005-07-28 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: please have a look here: http://www.haroldauto.com/edit:1:43t243 please tell me what I must change for the image buttons that are visible in ie to show up in opera and ff. The reason the image backgrounds don't show is because you've applied them to a element, whic

Re: [css-d] weird Safari-only layout issue?

2005-07-28 Thread Missy Koos
In Safari 2 it looks fine. :) Missy On 7/28/05 12:04 PM, "John Haas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would you Mac users be able to verify something for me? > > http://www.buyblue.org/stg/ > user/pass: buyblue/letmein > > I've been told that the first blog teaser "Teamsters, SEIU..." runs > long

Re: [css-d] BIR Bob Image Replacement - (z-index & stack order probs)

2005-07-28 Thread Chris Vannoy
I've been experimenting with BIR for a while now with little problems. It's especially good for the sites I work on that are likely to be visited by people on dial-up connections. With BIR, the actual text sits there while heading graphics load. To get it to work with other backgrounds, I j

Re: [css-d] absolute div growth problem

2005-07-28 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
madison wrote: ...but I would like the "News and Events" div to grow without overlapping the footer... http://www.westga.edu/~www/projects/library/index2.html the problem is that particular div is position:absolute, because I can't figure a good way of setting up this layout without it. D

Re: [css-d] one more for list of IE CSS nastys ?

2005-07-28 Thread Michael Landis
On 7/27/05, Rebecca Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Grr IE, you know how you can use an ID & class selector together on same > element? > > Eg > > .resources .stories#banner { > background: #666; > } > > .resources .know#banner { > background: #ccc; > } > > All fine & valid

[css-d] Sidenotes v Footnotes

2005-07-28 Thread Beau Hartshorne
I thought of a way to build sidenotes in well-supported and valid CSS. I posted details on my log: Basically, I'm using absolute positioning to take a (or a ) out of flow, and to move it outside of some containing block where it can

Re: AW: [css-d] Question concerning use of 0px

2005-07-28 Thread Daniel Doesburg
medial | André Huf schreef: After a zero length, the unit identifier is optional. http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-CSS21-20050613/syndata.html#length-units Yes they (W3C) know that, but do all browsers know that? I would not be surprised if there where differences between 0, 0px and 0em in so

[css-d] weird Safari-only layout issue?

2005-07-28 Thread John Haas
Would you Mac users be able to verify something for me? http://www.buyblue.org/stg/ user/pass: buyblue/letmein I've been told that the first blog teaser "Teamsters, SEIU..." runs longer than it should and then after that all of the blog teasers after that are all sorts of screwed up. It looks

Re: [css-d] IE Win Drawing Problems

2005-07-28 Thread Michael Landis
On 7/27/05, patrick mattison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (about http://www.thecooperativemusic.com): > Thanks Michael, your solution worked great for IE Win, but now I have > issues with the #textBody displaying at the top of the page in IE Mac. > Any Ideas? I haven't tested this, but I noticed tha

Re: [css-d] Problem in Firefox on initial page load only

2005-07-28 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
AntonyG wrote: regarding http://www.trisalford.info Thanks to all who've replied. I added the following code to my .clear class earlier and it may have rectified the problem: font-size: 0; height: 1px; If anyone else is kind enough to try using Firefox, could they confirm the display of the

Re: [css-d] Content too large

2005-07-28 Thread David Laakso
Fletcher Chambers wrote: [...] Question: Does anyone see any other technique, fix, layout change, or something, that I could do to make it so Explorer doesn't give me the huge amount of white space at the top of the right column. Code: http://www.toopractical.com/temp/index.htm http://www.t

Re: [css-d] BIR Bob Image Replacement - (z-index & stack order probs)

2005-07-28 Thread Steve Clay
Wednesday, July 27, 2005, 4:54:21 PM, Rebecca Cox wrote: > involves giving a negative z index to the text you want to hide behind a > background image. > I have found it OK as long as you don't want to specify a background color > - see samples at http://www.reb.net.nz/csstests/ This was propose

[css-d] Content too large

2005-07-28 Thread Fletcher Chambers
The setup: Simple 2 column layout. The left column is floated for navigation, the right column is the content. The problem: I sometimes have content that is too wide for the right column. Therefore, in Explorer the content jumps below the floated navigation leaving a huge gap at the top of my rig

[css-d] How should I do this, PNG?

2005-07-28 Thread Weyert de Boer
Hello! I am working on moving a PhotoShop design into a HTML+CSS which should be compatible with IE5.5+ and later. Only I am not sure how I should do this, because the design of the website has some issues, which I don't know how to solve otu of my head. My question would be if anyone would kn

RE: [css-d] BIR Bob Image Replacement - (z-index & stack order probs)

2005-07-28 Thread jérôme coupé
Hello there, Here is the link to the BIR example Regarding Image Replacement techniques, here are resources for checking the pros and the cons of various methods

Re: [css-d] positioning in IE

2005-07-28 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
> > 2 - Is it true that "font-weight" really doesn't show up? I tried > specifying actual weights, like 450, but it seems to display only regular > font up to 500 and "bold" font from 550 upwards. > One point to remember is that your browser is displaying on a screen that is only capable of res

Re: [css-d] Questions about new clanjones.org website

2005-07-28 Thread david
Mimi Huang wrote: Thanks for the link. I really like having the left column staying in place, that's why I used fixed. But I certainly don't like having parts of the menu off screen and useless! That's the tradeoff with using "position: fixed;". It's a good CSS replacement for the frames effec