Re: [css-d] 'textured bckgrnd' layout

2005-11-08 Thread David Laakso
Patrick Roane wrote: Resently, I took a look at: http://www.tirolskaizba.sk/en/ The site is image dependant. View the page with images disabled. I wish I could view the css file for this site! You can view the CSS files for any site using the FF Web Developer Toolbar Extension. In

Re: [css-d] Controlling text spacing: margin, padding or line-hei ght

2005-11-08 Thread Pringle, Ron
I want to control the spacing of my text but I'm not too sure whether I should use margin, padding, line-height or a combination of these three. You may want to remove that first-line class and just style all ps with top padding. Or, if you want extra space between the h1 and the first

[css-d] Style Sheet Link in Body Tag?

2005-11-08 Thread Robin Whitman
Hello, I've just noticed a strange line of code: Can someone please help me by explaining this: style type=text/css @import url(savedstyles/newstyle.css); /style 1. This appears in the BODY of the XHTML page, is that OK to be in the BODY and not in the HEAD? 2. Does this affect (apply

[css-d] Preventing the 'drop to the bottom if it doesn't fit' issue.

2005-11-08 Thread Austin, Darrel
I have a typical two column layout using floats. The problem I am having is that in IE, if the right column is narrower than an object within it, the contents of the column is pushed down below the left float in IE. I've seen this before so am hoping it's a common problem (and, really hoping

Re: [css-d] Controlling text spacing: margin, padding or line-hei ght

2005-11-08 Thread Adriano Castro
You may want to remove that first-line class and just style all ps with top padding. Or, if you want extra space between the h1 and the first paragraph, keep the class in place and just define extra padding for it, but still define top padding for all the paragraph elements. However, the key

Re: [css-d] Preventing the 'drop to the bottom if it doesn't fit' issue.

2005-11-08 Thread Mark Canlas
overflow: hidden? I've seen that used in contexts where designers really really don't want child elements to break out of their prescribed containers. Untested. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] discuss.org] On Behalf Of Austin, Darrel Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [css-d] Controlling text spacing: margin, padding or line-hei ght

2005-11-08 Thread Justin Reid
Many thanks for your suggestion. A question why use padding? Why not margin? Margins can collapse into each other. So if something has a 10px margin bottom, and the following element has a 10px margin top you would expect there to be a 20px space between the elements. However there will only be

[css-d] safari users site check please

2005-11-08 Thread Jan Milz
I am developing the following site: http://service.mrinfo.de When i look at it with safari / osx tiger a cannot see the left navigation and the header. Its white. you can smear over it and then parts become visible. Do other users experience the same strange behavior? Thx Jan -- Belt+Sund

Re: [css-d] Another try: Flickering in Firefox

2005-11-08 Thread webmaster
Thanks for your response, Roger. The class you sited (.dateline) was an orphaned rule - I wrote it (incorrectly, as you pointed out) at some phase of the design and then changed; it wasn't called anywhere in the html so wasn't effecting the page; I've removed it now :). I played with the

Re: [css-d] first-encounter-design.com

2005-11-08 Thread bill
Thanks Carol. The other buttons are bigger than the home button because 'home' is the shortest word and the button should resize to accommodate the length of the word inside. The rest of the buttons were bold, though and the 'home' button wasn't. That was an oversight and I corrected it. The other

Re: [css-d] min-height and IE

2005-11-08 Thread Jay Loden
Thanks! I particularly like the doxdesk solution, it's a lot cleaner and won't invalidate my CSS with MS cruft Thanks again, -Jay On Monday 07 November 2005 7:06 pm, David Laakso wrote: [..] These are some methods to achieve min-max width in IE.

Re: [css-d] Preventing the 'drop to the bottom if it doesn't fit' issue.

2005-11-08 Thread David Laakso
Austin, Darrel wrote: The problem I am having is that in IE, if the right column is narrower than an object within it, the contents of the column is pushed down below the left float in IE. -Darrel A link to the page in question is always helpful. You may find some answers to the particular IE

Re: [css-d] Controlling text spacing: margin, padding or line-hei ght

2005-11-08 Thread Adriano Castro
Margins can collapse into each other. So if something has a 10px margin bottom, and the following element has a 10px margin top you would expect there to be a 20px space between the elements. However there will only be a 10px space. Maybe this

[css-d] Radio Buttons and Opera

2005-11-08 Thread Adrienne Latimer
I know this is a known issue, but I am not aware of the workaround. I have web forms such as this one - http://www.florida-agriculture.com/conf.htm - that when viewed in Opera, some of the radio buttons don't line up properly. Funny thing is that it only appears to be happening on the first

Re: [css-d] Another try: Flickering in Firefox

2005-11-08 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
At any rate, since you aren't seeing the flickering, it's probably difficult to know what I'm referring to. I'm seeing it and what happens is: 1. The page is laid out; 2. The images start arriving in the protfolio container; 3. Firefox increases the height of the container to accomodate the

Re: [css-d] Style Sheet Link in Body Tag?

2005-11-08 Thread !!blue
I believe the only time you use style within the body tag is when sending html emails. At work, we create html emails like so: html body style type=text/css !--- style {foo:bar;} -- /style h1header/h1 pparagrah text/p /body /html Then we use an online app to send the html emails out. ciao,

Re: [css-d] Radio Buttons and Opera

2005-11-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Adrienne Latimer wrote: I have web forms such as this one - http://www.florida-agriculture.com/conf.htm - that when viewed in Opera, some of the radio buttons don't line up properly. Lack of defined containment. .radio {overflow: hidden;} ...will fix that. Some weak points in Opera,

Re: [css-d] Another try: Flickering in Firefox

2005-11-08 Thread Ingo Chao
bill wrote: http://www.first-encounter-design.com I think its the gecko flicker of overflown areas. I can reproduce it on a local copy and live in Fx 1.0.5 (but not in Fx 1.5b2): - unpin the window to allow resizing - resize the window vertically or horizontally by dragging the edges The

Re: [css-d] Another try: Flickering in Firefox

2005-11-08 Thread webmaster
Thanks so much, Nick. Your suggestions definitely give me a direction to head in and hope that this can be remedied! I'll take a shot at some of those and report back. Cheers Bill scheider -Original Message- From: Nick Fitzsimons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 08,

Re: [css-d] Another try: Flickering in Firefox

2005-11-08 Thread bill
Oh, I love this list! Someday, I may know enough about this stuff to actually be able to help others. I've got enough things to try to get me through the evening and I'll be happy to report what worked (and what didn't, if it comes to that :). Thanks Ingo, Bill Scheider -Original

[css-d] Opacity filter backgrounds

2005-11-08 Thread Vicki Stebbins
Hi everyone, I've successfully got the opacity filter working okay for a background that displays an image. The problem is the image is also made transparent, see http://www.explorerexperience.com.au/gallery.shtml CSS: here http://www.explorerexperience.com.au/styles/image.css Anyone know

[css-d] Content jumping a couple of pixels in Firefox

2005-11-08 Thread Luke Mackenzie
Hi, I'm having a problem with the following page: http://www.loopfruit.co.uk/content/blogsection/0/4/ In firefox (1.0.7 on XP), if you click 'home', you should notice that the positioning of the links at the bottom moves by a pixel or two. This doesn't happen in IE6. However, in IE 6, the

Re: [css-d] Opacity filter backgrounds

2005-11-08 Thread Derek de Jong
Hi everyone, I've successfully got the opacity filter working okay for a background that displays an image. The problem is the image is also made transparent, see http://www.explorerexperience.com.au/gallery.shtml CSS: here http://www.explorerexperience.com.au/styles/image.css Anyone

Re: [css-d] min-height and IE

2005-11-08 Thread Kelly Miller
Actually, if you just need min-height, it tends to be somewhat cleaner just to feed IE a height value. But for max-height, expressions are especially useful. Only one thing; has anyone figured out how to use em values in expressions? clientHeight and clientWidth return pixels. --

[css-d] Is a browser compatibility in .asp question okay? :)

2005-11-08 Thread Catherine Post
Hi Everyone, I'm just learning CSS but have an .asp question. I'm kind of hoping that someone here may know the answer, and be willing to possibly just send me your thoughts or advice offlist. I apologize if this is not okay to ask. :) Anyway, here is my question, and thanks so much in advance...

Re: [css-d] Is a browser compatibility in .asp question okay? :)

2005-11-08 Thread Jonathan Carter
Catherine Post wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm just learning CSS but have an .asp question. I'm kind of hoping that someone here may know the answer, and be willing to possibly just send me your thoughts or advice offlist. I apologize if this is not okay to ask. :) Anyway, here is my question, and

[css-d] Rounded edges

2005-11-08 Thread Jonathan Carter
Does anyone have a good article on the best/easiest way to implement rounded edges on a div? I'm aware of multiple ways of how to do it, but I'd like to see some other viewpoints on it. -- Jonathan Carter Writer/Developer/Music Fanatic * Lambgoat (http://www.lambgoat.com) * Skratch Magazine

Re: [css-d] Content jumping a couple of pixels in Firefox

2005-11-08 Thread Stuart Homfray
Luke Mackenzie wrote: In firefox (1.0.7 on XP), if you click 'home', you should notice that the positioning of the links at the bottom moves by a pixel or two. Can anyone offer a fix or an explanation as to why this is happening?

[css-d] Aligning text

2005-11-08 Thread Angus at InfoForce Services
Can anyone tell me why my name and contact information at the following will not center? HTML: http://infoforce-services.com/personal/generalresume.php CSS: http://infoforce-services.com/css/ifsmain.css Also, if someone wants to give a simple two column layout example for my date and text, I

[css-d] Headers Footers

2005-11-08 Thread Forest Gloomwood
Joseph L. Hodge wrote on September 19, 2005 ... asking a question about creating a Dreamweaver-like template for headers and footers that don't change from page to page. I was not on the list, but viewed the archives (which did not supply Joe's e-mail address). Since I have a similar

Re: [css-d] Opacity filter backgrounds

2005-11-08 Thread Vicki Stebbins
At 09:55 AM 9/11/2005, Derek de Jong wrote: Hi everyone, I've successfully got the opacity filter working okay for a background that displays an image. The problem is the image is also made transparent, see http://www.explorerexperience.com.au/gallery.shtml CSS: here

Re: [css-d] Aligning text

2005-11-08 Thread Adie Hart
In your style sheet you have specified 'generalresume_name' and 'generalresume_address' as classes (they have a '.' before the name) and not ID's. Replace the '.' with a '#' and it works. I'd recommend checking your ID's and classes in 'ifsmain.css' with your 'generalresume.php' page.

Re: [css-d] Aligning text

2005-11-08 Thread Peter Williams
From: Angus Can anyone tell me why my name and contact information at the following will not center? HTML: http://infoforce-services.com/personal/generalresume.php CSS: http://infoforce-services.com/css/ifsmain.css Angus, You have markup like: div id=generalresume_nameAngus D.F.

Re: [css-d] Rounded edges

2005-11-08 Thread Ian Williamson
Jonathan Carter wrote: Does anyone have a good article on the best/easiest way to implement rounded edges on a div? I'm aware of multiple ways of how to do it, but I'd like to see some other viewpoints on it. -- Jonathan Carter Writer/Developer/Music Fanatic * Lambgoat

[css-d] FW: Webstock Conference

2005-11-08 Thread Rebecca Cox
http://www.webstock.org.nz Web Standards New Zealand is extremely pleased to announce the launch of Webstock - a web experience and conference - to be held 23-23 May 2006 in Wellington, New Zealand. Among the speakers appearing with an accessibility focus Joe Clark and Darren Fitler. We

[css-d] z-index doesn't work with relative items in FF?

2005-11-08 Thread Graham Reeds
Page: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/graham.reeds/space/ CSS: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/graham.reeds/space/styles/space_styles.css Platform: Windows Problem: The dropdown menus (#nav-...) appeared under the title graphic (#content-title). So I placed a z-index: 10 in the #nav which fixed the

[css-d] PIE's One True Layout - scrolling bug

2005-11-08 Thread Thomas Bukowski
This is a duplicate/continuation of the bug noticed by Donna Casey in: http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/64904 The fix mentioned in that thread, by removing the position: relative of an element inside the column, doesn't work. The fact that there is only one line of text (a h2) in

[css-d] Footer not sticking to bottom

2005-11-08 Thread Shawn Ferguson
Using this model: http://www.jardsenterprises.com/ska/layout3 I am having trouble making the footer stick to the bottom, instead it rises to the end of the content and there is a white background below the footer. Any clues on why it functions this way and how to avoid it? Shawn M.

Re: [css-d] Footer not sticking to bottom

2005-11-08 Thread Thomas Bukowski
http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2005/08/29/ This involves you knowing exactly how high your footer is. Basically, you absolutely position your footer just below the bottom of the page, then use a negative margin to make it visible. thomas. Shawn Ferguson wrote: Using this model:

Re: [css-d] Content jumping a couple of pixels in Firefox

2005-11-08 Thread David Laakso
Luke Mackenzie wrote: Hi, I'm having a problem with the following page: http://www.loopfruit.co.uk/content/blogsection/0/4/ In firefox (1.0.7 on XP), if you click 'home', you should notice that the positioning of the links at the bottom moves by a pixel or two. Luke Mackenzie - UK Life is

Re: [css-d] PIE's One True Layout - scrolling bug

2005-11-08 Thread Al Sparber
From: Thomas Bukowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a duplicate/continuation of the bug noticed by Donna Casey in: http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/64904 The fix mentioned in that thread, by removing the position: relative of an element inside the column, doesn't work. The

Re: [css-d] Another try: Flickering in Firefox

2005-11-08 Thread Big John
Nick Fitzsimons wrote: I'm seeing it and what happens is: 1. The page is laid out; 2. The images start arriving in the protfolio container; 3. Firefox increases the height of the container to accomodate the newly-arrived image; 4. This causes the top of the container to poke out over the

Re: [css-d] Another try: Flickering in Firefox

2005-11-08 Thread bill
Nick gave me five different things to try here to fix this flickering. One was to 'take a trip bsck to 1996 and set 'WIDTH' and 'HEIGHT' attributes -- which he was sure to note was NOT what I wanted to do. But, for the time being, that's what I did do. And it seems to have worked! Maybe he or Big

Re: [css-d] Another try: Flickering in Firefox

2005-11-08 Thread bill
Big John, I didn't see any horizontal flicker on my page! Are you seeing this here, or you've seen it on other sites? I came across it on two different sites a couple days ago, but those were single, static images on a page. No scrolling or multiple images. I didn't think of going in to see if a