Re: [css-d] Template checks and an annoying little IE6 problem

2006-03-10 Thread ~davidLaakso
J Hodge wrote: > This project is almost wrapped up, but I was hoping > that I could get > some input regarding how it displays in the various > browsers. I'm > particularly interested in how it displays for Mac and > *nix. > > The links are as follows: > Main page: > http://mercury.walagata.com/

Re: [css-d] Website critique

2006-03-10 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Vic Rauch wrote: > For a sample of where I do that, try http://www.ggshows.com then > click on Map (either one). When you are looking at the map, you can > click on any building within the fairgrounds and a detail of that > building will be shown you in another window. Yes, this does require >

Re: [css-d] Website critique

2006-03-10 Thread ~davidLaakso
Keith Cox wrote: > Would appreciate any comments or suggestions on any > aspect of my (first) website design, I have tested > using the most popular browsers on my Mac, but only > IE5, Firefox 1.04 and Opera 8 on windows. > > http://website1.keithcoxdesign.com > > Thanks all! > Nice job. It is s

Re: [css-d] Website critique

2006-03-10 Thread Vic Rauch
Keith wrote >Would appreciate any comments or suggestions on any >aspect of my (first) website design, I have tested >using the most popular browsers on my Mac, but only >IE5, Firefox 1.04 and Opera 8 on windows. > http://website1.keithcoxdesign.com Keith, I really liked your site, but something

Re: [css-d] font-size and forms (input and select)

2006-03-10 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Maziak, Peter (Tek Systems) wrote: > http://www.msu.edu/~maziak/umg/selectInput.html > > How can I get the three instances of the word Westwood (text, select, > input) to be the same font-size? > > > body { > font-size:80%; > font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; > } > .inputTable, .inp

Re: [css-d] Website critique

2006-03-10 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Keith Cox wrote: > Would appreciate any comments or suggestions on any aspect of my > (first) website design, I have tested using the most popular browsers > on my Mac, but only IE5, Firefox 1.04 and Opera 8 on windows. > > http://website1.keithcoxdesign.com If this is your first design, then i

[css-d] Website critique

2006-03-10 Thread Keith Cox
Would appreciate any comments or suggestions on any aspect of my (first) website design, I have tested using the most popular browsers on my Mac, but only IE5, Firefox 1.04 and Opera 8 on windows. http://website1.keithcoxdesign.com Thanks all! _

Re: [css-d] Vertically align a div when height is dynamic

2006-03-10 Thread ~davidLaakso
Aaron Seelye wrote: > Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm after, except the height is obviously much > larger than 380px, and couldn't be locked in to a specific value, and might > at some point be taller than the viewport, so it'd have to be able to adapt > to that. If it can't that's fine, I'm

Re: [css-d] font-size and forms (input and select)

2006-03-10 Thread Maziak, Peter \(Tek Systems\)
http://www.msu.edu/~maziak/umg/selectInput2.html Separated the input and select and set font-size:100%: .inputTable{ font-size: 2em; color:red; } .inputTable input, .inputTable select { font-size:100%; color:red; } font-size:inherit and color:inherit also works, but only

[css-d] font-size and forms (input and select)

2006-03-10 Thread Maziak, Peter \(Tek Systems\)
http://www.msu.edu/~maziak/umg/selectInput.html How can I get the three instances of the word Westwood (text, select, input) to be the same font-size? I would like to use relative sizing (ie, % or EM) as recommended, but keep having cascading issues when I do. I thought that using EM (instead

Re: [css-d] Form buttons covered by div's background-color

2006-03-10 Thread Christina Young
From: Aaron Clasby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Christina Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [css-d] Form buttons covered by div's background-color Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:44:17 -0600 I am curious as to what you did to resolve it. Did you end up having to use a class? Aaron Clasby ph. [ 405 ] 4

Re: [css-d] Vertically align a div when height is dynamic

2006-03-10 Thread Aaron Seelye
Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm after, except the height is obviously much larger than 380px, and couldn't be locked in to a specific value, and might at some point be taller than the viewport, so it'd have to be able to adapt to that. If it can't that's fine, I'm just essentially playing aro

Re: [css-d] Gap Around Input Box In IE

2006-03-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ingo Chao wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> ... I have tried applying 0 padding and 0 margin to the various >> elements on and around it, but it doesn't budge anything. What else >> can I try? >> >> http://www.girlscantwhat.com > > > > margin:0 applied to the FORM removes the gaps here. >

Re: [css-d] Vertically align a div when height is dynamic

2006-03-10 Thread David Gee
Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote: > Aaron Seelye wrote: > >> I'm trying to vertically align a div when the height is unknown (as the >> subject alluded to), and all the examples I've found deal with a static >> height div. Even pointing me at a site that does this and I can backtrack >> what was don

Re: [css-d] Vertically align a div when height is dynamic

2006-03-10 Thread ~davidLaakso
Aaron Seelye wrote: > Sorry about the lack of details, I'll try to do better. I'm looking at > aligning the div in relation to the viewport. > http://template006.pixelsoftfilms.com/ is what I'm working on, I'd like the > actual content to be in the middle of the viewport, rather than bumping up

Re: [css-d] Vertically align a div when height is dynamic

2006-03-10 Thread Aaron Seelye
Sorry about the lack of details, I'll try to do better. I'm looking at aligning the div in relation to the viewport. http://template006.pixelsoftfilms.com/ is what I'm working on, I'd like the actual content to be in the middle of the viewport, rather than bumping up on the top. Thanks, -Aar

Re: [css-d] Gap Around Input Box In IE

2006-03-10 Thread Ingo Chao
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... I have tried applying 0 padding and 0 margin to the various > elements on and around it, but it doesn't budge anything. What else can > I try? > > http://www.girlscantwhat.com margin:0 applied to the FORM removes the gaps here. colorful page ... maybe my site

[css-d] RH Column flickers in IE

2006-03-10 Thread 2geedesign
Hi Website address is http://www.abglazing.co.uk/ CSS is http://www.abglazing.co.uk/stylesheets/main-style.css In IE6/Win the right hand column flickers as you navigate around the site. This doesn't happen in FF or Netscape. Cause and solution would be very much appreciated. Thanks Ian W Geddes

Re: [css-d] FW: Newbe issues with IE

2006-03-10 Thread Jim Nannery
Morning Brent You wrote > > Newbie Here. > > http://www.sandstormranch.com/check_shadow.htm > > I intended for "Sold" in the image caption to have a red color instead > of the blue. Page looks fine in Mozilla, but doesn't work in IE or > konqueror. > > I tried to design a universal style sheet th

Re: [css-d] Vertically align a div when height is dynamic

2006-03-10 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Aaron Seelye wrote: > I'm trying to vertically align a div when the height is unknown (as the > subject alluded to), and all the examples I've found deal with a static > height div. Even pointing me at a site that does this and I can backtrack > what was done is fine, but I'm just at a loss cur

Re: [css-d] Vertically align a div when height is dynamic

2006-03-10 Thread Design Groups
I've recently run unto this issue, myself (and I'm going to have to see what I can do to work with CJ's idea there! Thanks!) The closest I have come to doing this is by putting the text within its own little div, and setting the margins for it at 50%. Thus: stuff here #box height is undeter

Re: [css-d] Vertically align a div when height is dynamic

2006-03-10 Thread cj
On 3/10/06, Aaron Seelye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to vertically align a div when the height is unknown (as the > subject alluded to), and all the examples I've found deal with a static > height div. Even pointing me at a site that does this and I can backtrack > what

[css-d] Vertically align a div when height is dynamic

2006-03-10 Thread Aaron Seelye
Hello all, I'm trying to vertically align a div when the height is unknown (as the subject alluded to), and all the examples I've found deal with a static height div. Even pointing me at a site that does this and I can backtrack what was done is fine, but I'm just at a loss currently, and woul

Re: [css-d] z-index and IE

2006-03-10 Thread Ingo Chao
Julie Angarone wrote: > http://www.being-a-mom.com/ > > In Firefox the blocks and block headings are exactly the way I want > themnot in IE Z-index doesn't seem to help at all. #areas h1 {position:relative} This should help placing the h1 ov

[css-d] FW: Newbe issues with IE

2006-03-10 Thread Brent Schmidt
Newbie Here. http://www.sandstormranch.com/check_shadow.htm I intended for "Sold" in the image caption to have a red color instead of the blue. Page looks fine in Mozilla, but doesn't work in IE or konqueror. I tried to design a universal style sheet that would work with all of the pages on

[css-d] Gap Around Input Box In IE

2006-03-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do I remove the gap on the top/bottom of my search box in IE? It displays properly in Firefox, but in IE the search box seems to push the three text links (about/contact/site map) down too far which causes an unwanted gap underneath the 'forget your password' text link on the right side.

Re: [css-d] Fallback font specific sizes

2006-03-10 Thread ~davidLaakso
Paul Annett wrote: > I'd like to use Garamond as my main font to match with wedding > stationary, but many people won't have it installed so I'm specifying > Times New Roman as my main fallback font. > > font:italic 100%/140% Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif; > > > The problem is that Garamond

[css-d] Template checks and an annoying little IE6 problem

2006-03-10 Thread J Hodge
Good morning, everyone. This project is almost wrapped up, but I was hoping that I could get some input regarding how it displays in the various browsers. I'm particularly interested in how it displays for Mac and *nix. Also, there is an annoying little display issue in Win IE6. I am using N

Re: [css-d] Fallback font specific sizes

2006-03-10 Thread Felix Miata
On 06/03/10 07:20 Paul Annett apparently typed: > I'd like to use Garamond as my main font to match with wedding > stationary, but many people won't have it installed so I'm specifying > Times New Roman as my main fallback font. > font:italic 100%/140% Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif; > The

Re: [css-d] Clearing in IE6

2006-03-10 Thread cj
On 3/9/06, Bruce MacKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some IE 6 users of one of my sites are experiencing problems with the > following page http://107writing.massey.ac.nz/test.htm > > Specifically, the yellow "column" is extending past the bottom of > their browser and they cannot scroll to read th

Re: [css-d] Clearing in IE6

2006-03-10 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Bruce MacKay wrote: > Some IE 6 users of one of my sites are experiencing problems with the > following page http://107writing.massey.ac.nz/test.htm > > Specifically, the yellow "column" is extending past the bottom of > their browser and they cannot scroll to read the missing material. > > I can

Re: [css-d] [IE6] Problem with background-image

2006-03-10 Thread Ingo Chao
Eike Jordan wrote: > I already considered such a Javascript-DOM solution but the aspects > on http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/wrappinglinkbg.html inspired me to > play around with some CSS settings. I found a semi optimal solution > whereas it is not less weird. Just add a defined height to the affec

Re: [css-d] Navigation Woes

2006-03-10 Thread Don - htmlfixit.com
Richard Brown wrote: > I am trying to build a navigation for this site: > Following up on my earlier answer where your menu was dropping ... it is a total width issue that triggers the problem in ie6. You can easily fix the width issue: #sidebar{ /*width: 20

Re: [css-d] Navigation Woes

2006-03-10 Thread Don - htmlfixit.com
> As you can see it is a bit of a mess! What I would like to do is to > produce a small photo with a word underneath. The whole to be contained > within a border and to be the link. Is it possible to do this please > and if so how? > Here is the right direction ... perhaps. I note that the

Re: [css-d] [IE6] Problem with background-image

2006-03-10 Thread Eike Jordan
Ingo Chao wrote: > Eike Jordan wrote: >> recently i ran into a problem concerning background-images. In some cases >> the image has a really weird position that doesn't fit to the given >> CSS-settings: >> >> a.link_ext { >> background-image: url(/images/smarticons/link_ext.gif); >>

Re: [css-d] Fallback font specific sizes

2006-03-10 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Mar 10, 2006, at 9:50 PM, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: >> font:italic 100%/140% Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif; >> >> >> The problem is that Garamond is significantly smaller than Times New >> Roman. >> >> Is it possible to fallback to Times, but at a smaller specified size? >> > It should have b

Re: [css-d] Fallback font specific sizes

2006-03-10 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Paul Annett wrote: > I'd like to use Garamond as my main font to match with wedding > stationary, but many people won't have it installed so I'm specifying > Times New Roman as my main fallback font. > > font:italic 100%/140% Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif; > > > The problem is that Garamo

[css-d] Fallback font specific sizes

2006-03-10 Thread Paul Annett
I'd like to use Garamond as my main font to match with wedding stationary, but many people won't have it installed so I'm specifying Times New Roman as my main fallback font. font:italic 100%/140% Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif; The problem is that Garamond is significantly smaller than Ti

Re: [css-d] site check please

2006-03-10 Thread WV Mike
At 04:15 PM 3/9/2006 , Michael Clayton wrote: >>Menu DIV needs to be the length of the number of thumbs or to the bottom >>border. >>ht >>tp://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/onetruelayout/equalheight >>should have the

Re: [css-d] getting weird application of classes in safari

2006-03-10 Thread Ian Young
> the design works well in firefox and everything except the rollover > on a link is working ok in IE6, also fine in opera > > Doesn't look the same in IE6 as in FF. Spacing on menu is way out and spacing around top image is much larger. The rollover certainly doesn't work in IE. Sorry not got ti

[css-d] getting weird application of classes in safari

2006-03-10 Thread ben scott
have tested this site on most browsers and i am getting strange results on the rollovers and also the footer in safari in particular http://www.chineseculturalcentre.org.uk/ the design works well in firefox and everything except the rollover on a link is working ok in IE6, also fine in opera

Re: [css-d] [IE6] Problem with background-image

2006-03-10 Thread Ingo Chao
Eike Jordan wrote: > recently i ran into a problem concerning background-images. In some cases > the image has a really weird position that doesn't fit to the given > CSS-settings: > > a.link_ext { > background-image: url(/images/smarticons/link_ext.gif); > background-r

[css-d] [IE6] Problem with background-image

2006-03-10 Thread Eike Jordan
Hi, recently i ran into a problem concerning background-images. In some cases the image has a really weird position that doesn't fit to the given CSS-settings: a.link_ext { background-image: url(/images/smarticons/link_ext.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat;

Re: [css-d] 1 px offset in IE

2006-03-10 Thread francky
Cam wrote: >[...] http://www.camnem.com/newfrog2/events.html > >You can see that the lime green frame around the text content is 1 px lower >than frame around the top thumbnail image, in IE6. They line up perfectly in >FF and Opera (and on the homepage which has a header at the top of both >si

Re: [css-d] was wondering if text can be angled at 45 degrees

2006-03-10 Thread Christian Heilmann
> Was wondering if there is any technique to create text at an angle > from what I see on my searches this is only possible with very old > and obsolete IE4 properties Yes, that. Quoting myself some weeks back: MSIE has a proprietary matrix selector (sans Kung Fu sadly enough) for that kind of st

[css-d] was wondering if text can be angled at 45 degrees

2006-03-10 Thread ben scott
Was wondering if there is any technique to create text at an angle from what I see on my searches this is only possible with very old and obsolete IE4 properties I imagine the best options are to use the dave shea sprite technique www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites and use some sort of image

Re: [css-d] Navigation Woes

2006-03-10 Thread Els
Richard Brown wrote: > Hi > > Could anybody help me please or maybe send me in the right > direction? > > I am trying to build a navigation for this site: > > style.css> > > As you can see it i

[css-d] Navigation Woes

2006-03-10 Thread Richard Brown
Hi Could anybody help me please or maybe send me in the right direction? I am trying to build a navigation for this site: As you can see it is a bit of a mess! What I would like to

Re: [css-d] Vertical Drop down css- submenu shifts right in IE

2006-03-10 Thread Els
Jade True wrote: > Hello! > > I'm working on a new layout for a site, at > http://www.tweedlebumz.com/ newindex.htm > > I'm using a css drop down menu. > > In IE, the submenu shifts to the right, yet all other browsers > don't seem to do this. All other browsers must mean excluding Opera then? In

Re: [css-d] 1 px offset in IE

2006-03-10 Thread Els
Cam wrote: > A niggling issue in IE for our local community web site. On > the page: > > HTML: http://www.camnem.com/newfrog2/events.html > CSS: http://www.camnem.com/newfrog2/css/Froghollow.css > > You can see that the lime green frame around the text content > is 1 px lower than frame around th