[css-d] Impossible layout?

2006-04-23 Thread John Lockerbie
David and Gunlaug. Thank you for the suggestions. I have to admit that I'm not sure my site is best for the amount of content I'm introducing, but can't for the moment work out a better way of doing it other than using a fixed menu to visit sub-heads immediately. I'll continue to see what I can ge

Re: [css-d] css layout issues [was--Does anyone use css with SSI?]

2006-04-23 Thread smithj7
This article was great. I had been reading up and still can't get the footer to work. I need to try the .clearing { height: 0; clear: both; } Maybe that will work. The page I was on was saying I need to adjust for the height and add a container. Suggested using javascript to figure the hei

Re: [css-d] Centring problem in IE5.5

2006-04-23 Thread David Laakso
Bojana Lalic wrote: > I am having some display problems in IE5.5. > http://www.bojana.jumbahost.com/index.html > Bojana > > Adding text-align:left:to div.generalbox {...} should center the box. However, in order to center the text, you'll need to run the file through Tidy Online

Re: [css-d] css layout issues [was--Does anyone use css with SSI?]

2006-04-23 Thread David Laakso
smithj7 wrote: > Now by footer works but content overlaps header. > http://dbsdev.myflorida.com/job_seeker/template.shtml > http://dbsdev.myflorida.com/newstyle.css > Best bet may be to start with a layout that is known to work, and then plug your content into it. I'd suggest that you read, fol

Re: [css-d] top banner image and link - Loosing css on back click - trisms

2006-04-23 Thread Felix Miata
On 06/04/23 22:18 (GMT-0400) MaryES apparently typed: This link will take you to my new work up. http://www.trisms.com/New/Max.html CSS: http://www.trisms.com/New/2column.css > I have downloaded Web Developer and made adjustments and saved them to my > css. I am baffled, that t

Re: [css-d] Full Height Column?

2006-04-23 Thread Schalk
Jeff Chastain wrote: > > Okay, I have actually managed to get pretty close on this. It works in > FireFox, but not IE of course. So, can anybody give this a look and provide > any suggestions on fixing it for IE? In IE, the "modePane" won't drop to > the bottom of the left column and the mid

Re: [css-d] top banner image and link - Loosing css on back click

2006-04-23 Thread MaryES
>>> This link will take you to my new work up. >>> http://www.trisms.com/New/Max.html >>> CSS: http://www.trisms.com/New/2column.css > > Current view: http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/SS/maryes2.jpg > > Needs #leftnav & #rightnav widths and margins on #content changed from > px to ems. Try around 9-10 to s

Re: [css-d] IE6 supports white-space: pre; Not.

2006-04-23 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
David Hucklesby wrote: >>Sadly, I could not get IE to recognize the white-space: pre; I tried >>putting it on the LI, even adding "display: block;" to the LI. Nada. > > I'd still like to know why so many references agree that IE supports this > property though. Do they just take Microsoft's word

Re: [css-d] Full Height Column?

2006-04-23 Thread Jeff Chastain
Okay, I have actually managed to get pretty close on this. It works in FireFox, but not IE of course. So, can anybody give this a look and provide any suggestions on fixing it for IE? In IE, the "modePane" won't drop to the bottom of the left column and the middle and right columns are not app

[css-d] Centring problem in IE5.5

2006-04-23 Thread Bojana Lalic
Hi all I am having some display problems in IE5.5. The purple box and the Apply heading are not centred on the page. Here is my test page: http://www.bojana.jumbahost.com/index.html Here is a screenshot of how the page displays in IE 5.5: http://www.bojana.jumbahost.com/ie55.gif A

[css-d] Full Height Column?

2006-04-23 Thread Jeff Chastain
I am trying to put together a layout similar to Microsoft Outlook where the left column of the page is full height and has a series of links at the bottom of that column. I have found plenty of examples of using background colors to make a column "appear" full height, but I need one that actually

Re: [css-d] IE6 supports white-space: pre; Not.

2006-04-23 Thread David Hucklesby
> On 21.04.2006 07:17, David Hucklesby wrote: >> I am using an ordered list to display some code, like this: >> >> HTML >> ...(some escaped HTML or CSS) ... >> CSS >> ol {margin-left: 2em;} >> code { >>font: 100%/1 "Lucida Console", "American Typewriter", "Courier New", >> Courier, monospace;

[css-d] the pieces work.. but I can't get the puzzele together

2006-04-23 Thread smithj7
Please look and point me in the right direction as far as what I should be working on. http://dbsdev.myflorida.com/job_seeker/template2.shtml http://dbsdev.myflorida.com/newstyle.css __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.

[css-d] Extra whitespace in IE

2006-04-23 Thread Tim Owens
I have an image gallery menu using left-floated imgs within a div. Seems that in IE the first row does not catch the background color and instead displays white. Here's the link: http://www.owensdesigns.com/jwilliams/work This bug does not show up with FF or Safari. Any help is appreciated. Tim __

[css-d] Vertical deviders in hoizontal lis tnav bar

2006-04-23 Thread Appalaches Web
Hi, I want to apply vertical dividers in my horizontal side bar between links. I want to achieve these dividers looks like transparent and about 2px large. How could I insert this kind of dividers between list elements? http://awreferencement.com/site1/ http://awreferencement.com/site1/web.cs

Re: [css-d] Does anyone use css with SSI?

2006-04-23 Thread Ricky Zhou
> I'm not sure if my template page should have the for example the id="mainmenu">or if the included text should contain this. Where this > div tag is may not be the issue. I don't use the z index anywhere. > Maybe I should be using this. Personally, I base include placement on how clean I can ke

Re: [css-d] Impossible layout?

2006-04-23 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
John Lockerbie wrote: > http://catnaps.org/islamic/gulfarch.html > In order to improve this I am attempting to reorganise the site so > that the vertical menu is fixed with, below it, a 'go to the top of > the page' instruction, and with the vertical menu being fly-out so > that it will be eas

Re: [css-d] Does anyone use css with SSI?

2006-04-23 Thread Evert | Collab
OT: I didnt know people still used SSI. Evert smithj7 wrote: > I stongly believe that everyone that can get css to work great, deserves > to have a college degree in the same. > > Using great tools like listomatic and tutorials, I have working > pieces... nice looking footer, menus, header >

Re: [css-d] Block element width

2006-04-23 Thread Ed Seehouse
On 4/23/06, Shmulik Flint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I define a block element that exceeds the window width, IE and > FF seem > to interpret its width differently. Of course they do, since your DTD does not put any browser into standards mode. In Quirks mode, in which browsers will rende

Re: [css-d] Does anyone use css with SSI?

2006-04-23 Thread David Laakso
smithj7 wrote: > He..he.. my footer ended up on > top of the main content. Please put your page on a public server and provide a clickable link to it from your post to the list. This is the easiest way to get assistance. It is too hard, and there are too many variables, to guess what the specifi

Re: [css-d] Impossible layout?

2006-04-23 Thread David Laakso
John Lockerbie wrote: > If you have a look at my site at: > http://catnaps.org/islamic/gulfarch.html > you will see that I have long lengths of content. > [...] > I'm wondering: am I trying to do something that's inherently impossible, > particularly in > Win IE? > Anything is possible. The q

Re: [css-d] styles not working in Opera? - SOLVED

2006-04-23 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Jeniffer C. Johnson wrote: > Thanks for this little piece of info at the very least. I was > seriously starting to think I'd lost what little mind I have left. I > am on Opera 8.54. I've already lost all I ever had. No big deal, IMO :-) > I was stumped, and resorted back to validation checks. CS

Re: [css-d] Does anyone use css with SSI?

2006-04-23 Thread smithj7
Radomly started change things and got the menu and context to work. Don't have a clue why. -Original Message- From: smithj7 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:59 PM To: 'Arno @ Raketnet'; 'CSS Mailinglist' Subject: RE: [css-d] Does anyone use css with SSI? Thanks.

Re: [css-d] Does anyone use css with SSI?

2006-04-23 Thread smithj7
Thanks. I was afraid you would say that. I am really ready to pull out all my hair. Here is an example of a page excluding include header or footer. Just the menu and context. http://dbsdev.myflorida.com/job_seeker/template.shtml I just can't get a handle on how to place css sections. -Or

Re: [css-d] styles not working in Opera? - SOLVED

2006-04-23 Thread Jeniffer C. Johnson
Georg, Thanks for this little piece of info at the very least. I was seriously starting to think I'd lost what little mind I have left. I am on Opera 8.54. I was stumped, and resorted back to validation checks. CSS still validated, but in rechecking the html I discovered that a search/replace a

Re: [css-d] styles not working in Opera?

2006-04-23 Thread David Laakso
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Jeniffer C. Johnson wrote: > >> SITE: http://iwfoundation.org/ >> > Opera 9 beta renders it perfect - exactly like Firefox 1.5.0.2. > Opera 8.5 is lost, with all the failures you mentioned, so I don't think > there's anything wrong with your browser-settings. > regar

[css-d] Impossible layout?

2006-04-23 Thread John Lockerbie
If you have a look at my site at: http://catnaps.org/islamic/gulfarch.html you will see that I have long lengths of content. In order to improve this I am attempting to reorganise the site so that the vertical menu is fixed with, below it, a 'go to the top of the page' instruction, and with the

Re: [css-d] styles not working in Opera?

2006-04-23 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Jeniffer C. Johnson wrote: > SITE: http://iwfoundation.org/ Quick report before I delve deeper into that Opera-failure (or whatever it is) :-) Opera 9 beta renders it perfect - exactly like Firefox 1.5.0.2. Opera 8.5 is lost, with all the failures you mentioned, so I don't think there's anything

Re: [css-d] Block element width

2006-04-23 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Shmulik Flint wrote: > When I define a block element that exceeds the window width, IE and > FF seem to interpret its width differently. > http://www50.brinkster.com/splintor/widthtest.html > 1.Who is right on this - FF or IE? It seems like a bug in Firefox, > but I couldn't find a bug for

[css-d] styles not working in Opera?

2006-04-23 Thread Jeniffer C. Johnson
SITE: http://iwfoundation.org/ CSS: http://iwfoundation.org/includes/style_main.php Okay, I know this was working at one point in time. I use Opera to check a site once I've got it pretty much set. I know I checked this site early in development, and it was fine. But I haven't looked at the site

Re: [css-d] Does anyone use css with SSI?

2006-04-23 Thread Arno @ Raketnet
> But I use SSI for footer, header, menus. He..he.. my footer ended up on > top of the main content. I don't think SSI has any influence on the positioning of the items of your webpage. Your footer ending up on the top of the main content must be problem in the css. You position the div in

[css-d] Does anyone use css with SSI?

2006-04-23 Thread smithj7
I stongly believe that everyone that can get css to work great, deserves to have a college degree in the same. Using great tools like listomatic and tutorials, I have working pieces... nice looking footer, menus, header But I use SSI for footer, header, menus. He..he.. my footer ended up on

[css-d] Block element width

2006-04-23 Thread Shmulik Flint
Hi, When I define a block element that exceeds the window width, IE and FF seem to interpret its width differently. See for example http://www50.brinkster.com/splintor/widthtest.html, where I define object with long lines, and sets it background color and border. It seems the Firefox thinks

Re: [css-d] List nav bar problem

2006-04-23 Thread Appalaches Web
Bill wrote: > On Line 189 of your web.css, you have this declaration: > > .menu ul li a, a:visited > > Changing that to read > > .menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited > > should solve the problem. > > Hope it helps. > Bill Brown I did not expect that a rule in my other nav bar is the cause of