Re: [css-d] Font Issues (Was: Color for Three-Column Layout - drk-writing)

2005-12-31 Thread Iorhael
Here are my 'rules of thumb' for font issues. 1. For efficiency's sake declare it on the body and let it inherit through to the rest of the elements on the page. If an element needs a different font family, declare it in a selector for that element only. 2. Set the size to 100% so the user's

Re: [css-d] Color for Three-Column Layout - drk-writing

2005-12-31 Thread Roger Roelofs
Debbie, On Dec 31, 2005, at 8:10 PM, Iorhael wrote: >> David Laakso wrote: >> >>> Iorhael wrote: >> http://www.drk-writing.com/3columnlayout/ >> >>> Either way, setting: >>> body { font: 100.01%/1.2 'Lucida Grande', 'Nimbus Sans', 'Luxi Sans', >>> Arial, sans-serif; } >>> and deleting *each

Re: [css-d] Need help with some class names

2005-12-31 Thread David Laakso
Mike Soultanian wrote: >Kinda goofy question, >Anyone have a good class name for column B? > > Hmm. #suspense God, I love questions like yours ;-) . >Thanks! >Mike > > > Best, ~davidLaakso __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] htt

[css-d] ooops!

2005-12-31 Thread Iorhael
Hi, my apologies to Felix and this list... I responded a few minutes ago to a message that Felix sent and cc'd the list...and totally missed that it was sent privately. My boo-boo. Happy New Year! :) Debbie __ css-discuss [EMAI

Re: [css-d] Color for Three-Column Layout - drk-writing

2005-12-31 Thread David Laakso
Iorhael wrote: http://www.drk-writing.com/3columnlayout/ whoa!! I think I must have majorly missed something here! Let's back it up, shall we? Please? BTW, the original subject of this message...that is, the column layout, has been resolvedit had nothing to do w

Re: [css-d] Font Standards (Was: Color for Three-Column Layout)

2005-12-31 Thread Iorhael
Either way, setting: > body { font: 100.01%/1.2 'Lucida Grande', 'Nimbus Sans', 'Luxi Sans', > Arial, sans-serif; } > and deleting *each and everyone* of those font-families, pixel > font-sizes, pixel line-heights, replacing justify /with/ left, and > changing the headers to percent for font-s

Re: [css-d] Color for Three-Column Layout - drk-writing

2005-12-31 Thread Iorhael
> David Laakso wrote: > >> Iorhael wrote: > >> >http://www.drk-writing.com/3columnlayout/ > >> Either way, setting: >> body { font: 100.01%/1.2 'Lucida Grande', 'Nimbus Sans', 'Luxi Sans', >> Arial, sans-serif; } >> and deleting *each and everyone* of those font-families, pixel >> font-sizes, pixe

Re: [css-d] Color for Three-Column Layout

2005-12-31 Thread David Laakso
Holly Bergevin wrote: >From: "Iorhael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>I am still one column short...the left sidebar image *still *is not coming in >>:( >>http://www.drk-writing.com/3columnlayout/ >> >Remove the background color from #wrapper2, as it is obscuring the image that >is "under" it in #w

Re: [css-d] Need help with some class names

2005-12-31 Thread Ingo Chao
Mike Soultanian wrote: > Kinda goofy question, :) > > I have a 3 column layout, call them columns A, B, and C. > > Column A will be the leftmost column and will always contain navigation > so that's an easy one (sidebar, navbar, etc.). Column C will always > contain content, so that's an ea

Re: [css-d] Browser Check: Mac especially (NTKN)

2005-12-31 Thread Jono
On 12/21/05 10:46 AM, "Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 19:25 20-12-05, Jono wrote: > >>> http://inkworkswell.com/clients/testing/index.html >> >> ...IE/Mac is not displaying the 191px x 250px filler image in the >> center area. > > That's odd, especially since it is the same image being

[css-d] Need help with some class names

2005-12-31 Thread Mike Soultanian
Kinda goofy question, but I'm looking for some help w/ class names. I'm hoping that there might be some good established naming conventions for my css structure. I have a 3 column layout, call them columns A, B, and C. Column A will be the leftmost column and will always contain navigation so

Re: [css-d] Color for Three-Column Layout

2005-12-31 Thread Holly Bergevin
From: "Iorhael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I am still one column short...the left sidebar image *still *is not coming in >:( > >http://www.drk-writing.com/3columnlayout/ >#wrapper1 { > background: #fff url(images/sidebar1.gif) repeat-y left; >} > >#wrapper2 { > background: #fff url(images/sidebar2

Re: [css-d] Color for Three-Column Layout

2005-12-31 Thread David Laakso
Iorhael wrote: >I had posted on my process last night last night just *before* I got this >message of course ;o! I have fixed the declarations...in fact, the color for >the right column came in just fine after that. >However, I am still one column short...the left sidebar image *still *is not >

Re: [css-d] position: absolute; width: 100%, IE width not 100%

2005-12-31 Thread francky
@Paul: You wrote: >> "... I have split up the submenu into another div: http://www.paulwalker.tv/tabs.htm. Please take a look and offer advice. I've only tested on IE and Firefox." - In general: now it is cross-browser, enlarging-proof and looks fine! Some details: - I tried Opera: functionali

Re: [css-d] Color for Three-Column Layout

2005-12-31 Thread Iorhael
the right column has a bad declaration: background-image: #fff url(images/sidebar2.gif) repeat-y top right; should be background: #fff url(images/sidebar2.gif) repeat-y top right; and IIRC you can't declare a position for a repeating element... the left column has no height beyond the navigati

Re: [css-d] footer problems in firefox/safari

2005-12-31 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Stuart King wrote: > In firefox / safari (mac) the footer id will not drop below the c > right div, while on ie windows it is perfect. Please help. > http://www.1stoplighting.com/new/Landscape-Lighting.aspx The usual suspect: IE6 is saved by its own layout-bugs[1]. Standard compliant browsers nee

Re: [css-d] menu problem

2005-12-31 Thread David Laakso
Patrick Roane wrote: >Thanks for the demo! This is a great help. According >to the the 'font-increase' problem described below. >I'm not sure there is anything I can do about that. >Does anyone have an idea of how I can avoid the >'font-increase' problem in firefox/IE? > > > Adding font-size: 10

[css-d] footer problems in firefox/safari

2005-12-31 Thread Stuart King
In firefox / safari (mac) the footer id will not drop below the c right div, while on ie windows it is perfect. Please help. url: http://www.1stoplighting.com/new/Landscape-Lighting.aspx Thank you. Sincerely, Stuart __ css-disc

Re: [css-d] menu problem

2005-12-31 Thread Patrick Roane
Thanks for the demo! This is a great help. According to the the 'font-increase' problem described below. I'm not sure there is anything I can do about that. Does anyone have an idea of how I can avoid the 'font-increase' problem in firefox/IE? Thanks- Patrick --- Patrick Mannix <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [css-d] CSS and PNG - still not KISSING (in IE)

2005-12-31 Thread francky
Ingo Chao wrote: >> A "degradation without grace" would be appropriate for IE6, I think. I think you are right! :-) On the other hand, still lots of people don't know there are other things to see a webpage: that they call it 'browsers', and that these other browsers are mostly better. I agree

[css-d] Happy New Year.

2005-12-31 Thread t94xr.net.nz webmaster
Even though this is wayyy off topic, and is probably going to stopped by the admins... Happy New Year everyone, may your year be free of crashed drives, viruses and have lots of good times :) WIth any luck the admins will say Happy New Year and let this topic end when it does. And a big Happy

Re: [css-d] LI Padding IE & Firefox

2005-12-31 Thread David Laakso
Thomas Hall wrote: >No matter what I try I can't get this list to look the same on IE and >Firefox. Any help would be appreciated. (I really messed this project up as >I designed in IE but should have done so in Firefox. I am in the process of >going page by page fixing little bugs like this. Les

Re: [css-d] overflow strategy for a fixed width table?

2005-12-31 Thread Ingo Chao
Rolf Mortenson wrote: > Cool technique! I don't think (on first glance) it will work in this > particular case - the programmers on the back end will cringe if I > suggest a jump to another page for the full details. You might promise this kind of "longdesc" technique would allow for adding a

Re: [css-d] LI Padding IE & Firefox

2005-12-31 Thread Roger Roelofs
Tom, On Dec 31, 2005, at 2:37 PM, Thomas Hall wrote: > No matter what I try I can't get this list to look the same on IE and > Firefox. Any help would be appreciated. > > http://www.thomashall.com/discover-northern-california.asp > > div#local ul{ > float:left; > margin:25px 0 0 0; >

Re: [css-d] Difference between onLoad n Window.onload

2005-12-31 Thread Christian Heilmann
> Hello, this kinda OOT, > i'm currently experimenting with some css drop downs, css javascript toggle > tab. > > I'm curious bout the diference between using onLoad into the Body tag and > using Window.onload. Can anyone give me the best situation using onload and > window.onload ? Nothing "ki

Re: [css-d] P float:left; makes P jump out of containing Div in Firefox

2005-12-31 Thread David Dorward
On 31/12/05, Thomas Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.thomashall.com/real-estate-listings.asp?county=Sonoma > Look at this page in Firfox. If I put the float:left on the paragraph of > description it causes the p to jump out of the containing div altogether, > might someone please expla

Re: [css-d] overflow strategy for a fixed width table?

2005-12-31 Thread Rolf Mortenson
Cool technique! I don't think (on first glance) it will work in this particular case - the programmers on the back end will cringe if I suggest a jump to another page for the full details. But this example: http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/tmp/dropitII.html gives me an idea for letting users know

[css-d] P float:left; makes P jump out of containing Div in Firefox

2005-12-31 Thread Thomas Hall
http://www.thomashall.com/real-estate-listings.asp?county=Sonoma Look at this page in Firfox. If I put the float:left on the paragraph of description it causes the p to jump out of the containing div altogether, might someone please explain, it looks ok in IE. _

Re: [css-d] Pure CSS Image Map Tooltips

2005-12-31 Thread Jesper Brunholm
Yazmin Media wrote: >>In case you mean a self-styled tooltip, I'm afraid I don't know a >>solution with pure css. >> > I like this solution, but I do need self-styled tooltips. I tried this with > what I needed (a long section of text) and it chopped off the majority of > the text. It looks like th

[css-d] LI Padding IE & Firefox

2005-12-31 Thread Thomas Hall
No matter what I try I can't get this list to look the same on IE and Firefox. Any help would be appreciated. (I really messed this project up as I designed in IE but should have done so in Firefox. I am in the process of going page by page fixing little bugs like this. Lesson learned. http:/

Re: [css-d] Color for three-column layout

2005-12-31 Thread Iorhael
> Hi I faced the same problem this week, David Laakso pointed me here > http://www.alistapart.com/articles/negativemargins/ > It describes a two column layout first but then goes on to add a third > column. It might be just what your looking for... > > Best Regards > > Chris Well, I'm half-way the

Re: [css-d] Color for three-column layout

2005-12-31 Thread Tony Crockford
Iorhael wrote: > Hi, I working on a three-column layout but having trouble setting > the color for the left and right columns. I have been looking at > several online tutorials and it appears that I'm doing the CSS > right, but the images aren't coming in for the column backgrounds. > When I put th

Re: [css-d] Pure CSS Image Map Tooltips

2005-12-31 Thread Tony Crockford
Yazmin Media wrote: > I like this solution, but I do need self-styled tooltips. I tried this with > what I needed (a long section of text) and it chopped off the majority of > the text. It looks like the display of the title attribute has a limit on > the number of characters it can display. You c

[css-d] jumpy scrollbar in FF and Opera

2005-12-31 Thread Iorhael
Has anyone had a problem with the scrollbar being very jumpy and rough when scrolling in Firefox and Opera? I have a site where this is a real problem in Opera...it does it in Firefox too though not nearly as badly...and there's no problem at all in IE. www.drk-writing.com/northwesternesse.com

Re: [css-d] Color for three-column layout

2005-12-31 Thread Samatason Ltd
> Hi, I working on a three-column layout but having trouble > setting the color for the left and right columns. I have been > looking at several online tutorials and it appears that I'm > doing the CSS right, but the images aren't coming in for the > column backgrounds. When I put the backgroun