Re: [css-d] floating list/picture gallery style page

2006-06-01 Thread it
Recommend that you constrain this fluid layout of your shop so that spacing between pics does not grow. Consider adding a main wrapper and setting min and max width immediately after body {} in CSS div#mainwrap { min-width:780px; max-width:880px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; border:1px so

Re: [css-d] wanky meny

2006-06-01 Thread Dave Pierce
Thanks guys, and a big oops! (blush!) It's been a long weekend. Thanks for spotting that. Now, to see if there's any problems in the PC browsers... Dave __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listi

[css-d] Horizontal list issue

2006-06-01 Thread Jonathan Carter
I'm trying to create a horizontal navigation menu where each list item contains an image and descriptive text. I want the image to be centered within the item and also be block so that the text is below it. I haven't been able to get this to work perfectly between IE/FF and I haven't found a go

[css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread Mark Batty
Hi all I have two lines of text (as part of a logo) that are different sizes and I want them to align perfectly on the left. I've tried text-align but that doesn't seem to work to well when the lines are different text sizes. I can achieve this using an estimated negative margin and it seems OK

Re: [css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread Dave Goodchild
On 01/06/06, Mark Batty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all > > I have two lines of text (as part of a logo) that are different sizes and > I > want them to align perfectly on the left. I've tried text-align but that > doesn't seem to work to well when the lines are different text sizes. > > I c

Re: [css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread Mark Batty
> Try enclosing the text in paragraphs - at present the text is contained in anonymous lines boxes and cannot be styled. Thanks Dave, I tried this but it still doesn't align properly without using a negative margin. __ css-disc

[css-d] Why does IE5.5 drop my column of photos?

2006-06-01 Thread david
Inspired by a message Els posted a few days ago, I finally got around to doing a CSS layout to replace my current table layout. My shot at it has a good assortment of problems, I'm sure (and comments or suggestions gladly welcome!), but for now I'm trying to fix just some simple ones ... In F

Re: [css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread Ian Young
> > Try enclosing the text in paragraphs - at present the text is contained > in anonymous lines boxes and cannot be styled. > > Thanks Dave, I tried this but it still doesn't align properly > without using > a negative margin. > > >

Re: [css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread Mark Batty
> Cannot see what the problem is. I have commented out the -ve em > code and it > still lines up on FF1.5 and IE6. > Hi Ian, I've put a couple of screenshots (in FF) with the negative margin here ... http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/010606_1/screen1.jpg I get the same effect

[css-d] IE7 and negative margins

2006-06-01 Thread Andreas Kakanis-Silk
Hi Guys.. I am fairly new to CSS and am working my way through Eric Meyer's "On CSS" books and checking out each design as it progresses in Firefox 1.5.03, Opera 8.54, Netscape 8.1 and IE 7 Beta 2 (7.0.5335.5). There are two projects, Project 12 - Fixing your backgrounds (in EM on CSS), and Proje

Re: [css-d] Broken Layout

2006-06-01 Thread Brian Jones
On 5/31/06, Robert O'Rourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can either do this: > > .float > { > float: left; > width: 190px; > margin: 0; > padding: 0 0 0 10px; > } > > to fix it. Hi Robert I made the changes that you suggested to my CSS and the thread div is

Re: [css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread David Laakso
Mark Batty wrote: > I have two lines of text (as part of a logo) that are different sizes and I > want them to align perfectly on the left. I've tried text-align but that > doesn't seem to work to well when the lines are different text sizes. > > I can achieve this using an estimated negative marg

Re: [css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread David Laakso
> >> RE: >> html: >> http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/010606_1/index.html >> css: >> http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/010606_1/screen.css >> >> Thanks. >> >> Mark. >> Mark, note that the CSS for the header in my previous reply has been revised to: d

Re: [css-d] Broken Layout

2006-06-01 Thread Tom Payne
Hi Brian, It looks like there's about 20px padding on the right hand side of the image - before the "border" - I think getting rid of that should do it. Tom. On 1 Jun 2006, at 00:06, Brian Jones wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem with this layout that I am working on. On the right > side of the

Re: [css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread Mark Batty
> Mark, this is as close as I can come to what I guess you are after: > HTML > > > Blindmice > They all run after the farmer's wife. > > Thanks very much for a working answer David, it seems to work better than the negative margin. I need to look at your css to make sure I understand WHY it w

Re: [css-d] Broken Layout

2006-06-01 Thread Robert O'Rourke
Brian Jones wrote: > On 5/31/06, Robert O'Rourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You can either do this: >> >> .float >> { >> float: left; >> width: 190px; >> margin: 0; >> padding: 0 0 0 10px; >> } >> >> to fix it. > > Hi Robert I made the changes that you suggest

Re: [css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread Felix Miata
On 06/06/01 11:00 (GMT-0400) Mark Batty apparently typed: >> Mark, this is as close as I can come to what I guess you are after: >> HTML >> >> >> Blindmice >> They all run after the farmer's wife. >> >> > Thanks very much for a working answer David, it seems to work better than > the negative

Re: [css-d] Horizontal list issue

2006-06-01 Thread David Laakso
Jonathan Carter wrote: > I'm trying to create a horizontal navigation menu where each list item > contains an image and descriptive text. I want the image to be centered > within the item and also be block so that the text is below it. I > haven't been able to get this to work perfectly between

[css-d] band of white at top of page in IE

2006-06-01 Thread Michael Larocque
Hi all, I'm baffled by a 40 pixel band of white which shows up at the top of my pages in Internet Explorer, version 6. I've found something related in the archives from a few years ago, but it doesn't seem to apply. The strange thing is that this didn't happen on our test system, but it do

[css-d] W3C CSS validation failed because of an IE bugfix

2006-06-01 Thread Chris C
Does anyone know how I can achieve the same effect as this line here without using it? * html #main {zoom:1;} /* Fixes bug in IE6 with Table display */ I mean it makes my page look exactly the way I want it, (thanks to the person who contacted me directly with this fix btw), but it causes the W3C

[css-d] compatability problem with floating div

2006-06-01 Thread Marty Martin
Hello everyone, I've done this before but for whatever reason it ain't working now :) I'm trying to float one div up next to the other. You can see the code here-- http://www.mearis.com/ It looks like it should in FF but in IE6 div#right is wrapping beneath div#left... Any ideas? Thanks-- M

Re: [css-d] Broken Layout

2006-06-01 Thread Brian Jones
On 6/1/06, Robert O'Rourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > one big image to create a border. I've had some time today and here's > what i've come up with: > > http://www.sanchothefat.com/css/css-d-brianj.html > (css is in the header) Thank you so much Robert..what would the world be without

Re: [css-d] W3C CSS validation failed because of an IE bugfix

2006-06-01 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Chris C wrote: > Does anyone know how I can achieve the same effect as this line here > without using it? > * html #main {zoom:1;} /* Fixes bug in IE6 with Table display */ Google "Conditional Comment" --- Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com __

Re: [css-d] W3C CSS validation failed because of an IE bugfix

2006-06-01 Thread Chris C
So, by that your saying: ... is my only solution? IE browsers will just have to face the facts that I can't deliver a W3C compatible page to them without redesigning? Chris -Original Message- From: Thierry Koblentz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 1:15 PM To:

Re: [css-d] W3C CSS validation failed because of an IE bugfix

2006-06-01 Thread David Laakso
Chris C wrote: > Does anyone know how I can achieve the same effect as this line here > without using it? > * html #main {zoom:1;} /* Fixes bug in IE6 with Table display */ > > I mean it makes my page look exactly the way I want it, (thanks to the > person who contacted me directly with this fix

Re: [css-d] W3C CSS validation failed because of an IE bugfix

2006-06-01 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Chris C wrote: > So, by that your saying: > > > ... is my only solution? No, you could also try something else to give layout to that element without breaking anything in other browsers; for example, can you set a width?. Google "hasLayout" BTW, you do not need the "* html" hack (filter) since

[css-d] Page footers

2006-06-01 Thread Fernando
I print many divs with style page-break-after: always; so my structure is like this content4 content3 content2 content1 I want to put a page footer in all pages, How to do it? thanks __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] ht

[css-d] list bullets

2006-06-01 Thread Henry Umansky
Hello all, Whenever I have a list with the standard bullets, the list text is flush left with the previous paragraph, but the list bullets are over to the left of the parent container. Is there a way to get the list to automatically flush left with the previous paragraph. I know I can ad

Re: [css-d] W3C CSS validation failed because of an IE bugfix

2006-06-01 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Chris C wrote: > So, by that your saying: > > > ... is my only solution? > This hides the invalid code from the validator, but it's still there. Your only other option is to use a different hasLayout hack, such as width or height. > IE browsers will just have to face the facts that I can't

Re: [css-d] Page footers

2006-06-01 Thread Dave Goodchild
On 01/06/06, Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I print many divs with style page-break-after: always; > so my structure is like this > > > content4 > > > content3 > > > content2 > > > content1 > > > I want to put a page footer in all pages, How to do it? > > thanks > > __

Re: [css-d] W3C CSS validation failed because of an IE bugfix

2006-06-01 Thread Chris C
Thank you... and everyone else who replied I was reading a lot of the content from http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html (given to me by a previous reply) and trying to grasp the "hasLayout" concept. What you say is right, that I don't really need it to validate... Its just one of

[css-d] help with my left-hand nav

2006-06-01 Thread Barbara Dozetos
Hello all, Can anyone tell me how I can make the second line (when there is one) of the lefthand navigation copy align with the first line? In this example: http://www.pcc.com/clients/contact.php the 6th, 7th, and 8th links illustrate my problem. Thanks in advance. Barb _ Bar

Re: [css-d] help with my left-hand nav

2006-06-01 Thread Glenn E. Lanier, II
> From: Barbara Dozetos > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 1:15 PM > Can anyone tell me how I can make the second line (when there > is one) > of the lefthand navigation copy align with the first line? In this > example: http://www.pcc.com/clients/contact.php the 6th, 7th, > and 8th > links

Re: [css-d] help with my left-hand nav

2006-06-01 Thread Barbara Dozetos
Thanks for the help, Glenn. I'll give the display:block a try. As for this: > As an aside, I noticed you have each li marked with a different > class, but > didn't see any styling for those classes. You can probably safely > remove > them and reduce the page size. > > > > > > If you leave t

[css-d] overflow and z-index

2006-06-01 Thread Christy Collins
I have a page with overlapping elements that work properly until I apply overflow: auto to one of the elements. Then it seems to throw the z-index off. This is happening in Firefox but not Safari. Any suggestions? Thanks! -Christy _

Re: [css-d] compatability problem with floating div

2006-06-01 Thread Dave Pierce
Marty said: > I've done this before but for whatever reason it ain't working now :) > > I'm trying to float one div up next to the other. > > You can see the code here-- http://www.mearis.com/ > > It looks like it should in FF but in IE6 div#right is wrapping beneath > div#left... Marty, I think

Re: [css-d] band of white at top of page in IE

2006-06-01 Thread francky
Michael Larocque wrote: >Hi all, > >I'm baffled by a 40 pixel band of white which shows up at the top of >my pages in Internet Explorer, version 6. I've found something >related in the archives from a few years ago, but it doesn't seem to >apply. The strange thing is that this didn't happen

Re: [css-d] W3C CSS validation failed because of an IE bugfix

2006-06-01 Thread Stuart Homfray
Chris C wrote: > I will try to figure out why "hasLayout" isn't kicking in. Is there a > tool you can use where you find out what areas of the page have the > "hasLayout" flag set and which ones don't? I'm using Liquid Columns, so > I don't know what I can play with yet to avoid breaking them. >

[css-d] More on 100% height - 50px via CSS

2006-06-01 Thread Stephen Cunliffe
Hi all, I posted a while back, about trying to get an element to be 100% height - 50px; Subject: "[css-d] CSS options for 100% - 50px;" Unfortunately, although all the info was helpful, I couldn't figure out a solution for this. I've decided to attach a quick snippet here, to explain my situa

Re: [css-d] band of white at top of page in IE

2006-06-01 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Michael Larocque wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm baffled by a 40 pixel band of white which shows up at the top of > my pages in Internet Explorer, version 6. I've found something > related in the archives from a few years ago, but it doesn't seem to > apply. The strange thing is that this didn't hap

[css-d] left justified UL

2006-06-01 Thread Dave Pierce
Hi group, On this site... http://www.lorettosedgwick.org/ ...which many of you have helped me create through your expert knowledge, the client has now requested that the list be flush left with the heading, no margins/padding. So I did that but now the overflow wraps down and to the left to

Re: [css-d] More on 100% height - 50px via CSS

2006-06-01 Thread Glenn E. Lanier, II
> From: Stephen Cunliffe > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 3:13 PM > What I want, is for the lower "body" section to be 100% of > the browser window height, minus the 50px at the top. > What I've posted, exceeds the vertical browser window, as it > is 100% of > the window height, not the remain

Re: [css-d] left justified UL

2006-06-01 Thread Dave Pierce
Don rapidly wrote: > Why not just make a list with no symbol in front? That way you > automatically get a 2 line link to line up. Don, I'd love to. But the client wants that "special" diamond there. They asked me to design these links with three different symbols, didn't like what they wanted,

Re: [css-d] band of white at top of page in IE

2006-06-01 Thread Michael Larocque
On 2006-Jun-01, at 14:15, Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote: > Michael Larocque wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm baffled by a 40 pixel band of white which shows up at the top of >> my pages in Internet Explorer, version 6. I've found something >> related in the archives from a few years ago, but it doesn't see

Re: [css-d] IE7 and negative margins

2006-06-01 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Andreas Kakanis-Silk wrote: > www.vakalis.edu.gr/aks/ch02proj.html (corrected address) > In Project 2, the use of the child selector: > > html>body div.pic ul {background: #BB; border: 3px double > #22;} > > is to not confuse poor IE6 which Eric says "will get hopelessly > mud

Re: [css-d] More on 100% height - 50px via CSS

2006-06-01 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Stephen Cunliffe wrote: > Hi all, > > I posted a while back, about trying to get an element to be 100% > height - 50px; > > Subject: "[css-d] CSS options for 100% - 50px;" > > Unfortunately, although all the info was helpful, I couldn't figure > out a solution for this. Probably because there a

Re: [css-d] Page footers

2006-06-01 Thread Roger Roelofs
Fernando, On Jun 1, 2006, at 1:48 PM, Fernando wrote: > I print many divs with style page-break-after: always; > so my structure is like this > > > content4 > > > content3 > > ... > I want to put a page footer in all pages, How to do it? The css way is to include the footer once in source a

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

2006-06-01 Thread Roger Roelofs
Christy, On Jun 1, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Christy Collins wrote: > I have a page with overlapping elements that work properly until I > apply overflow: auto to one of the elements. Then it seems to throw > the z-index off. This is happening in Firefox but not Safari. Any > suggestions? We will nee

[css-d] IE's comical blinking nav links

2006-06-01 Thread Steve Tyron
As much as I enjoy a good laugh, I'm pretty tired of trying to track down why my inline UL links (say it with me...) work fine in FF, Safari, Opera, and Camino, but produce an amusing shell game in MSIE 5.5/Mac. Shell game? Yes. Visit http://www.floralore.com/ with MSIE and roll the mouse over

Re: [css-d] left justified UL

2006-06-01 Thread Roger Roelofs
Dave, On Jun 1, 2006, at 4:39 PM, Dave Pierce wrote: > On this site... http://www.lorettosedgwick.org/ ... the client has > now requested that the list be flush left with the heading, but now > the overflow wraps down and to the left to line up with the bullet > image. Can this be fixed? You

Re: [css-d] IE's comical blinking nav links

2006-06-01 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Jun 2, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Steve Tyron wrote: > As much as I enjoy a good laugh, I'm pretty tired of trying to track > down why my inline UL links (say it with me...) work fine in FF, > Safari, > Opera, and Camino, but produce an amusing shell game in MSIE 5.5/Mac. > > Shell game? Yes. Visit h

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

2006-06-01 Thread Christy Collins
On Jun 1, 2006, at 7:51 PM, Roger Roelofs wrote: > Christy, > > On Jun 1, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Christy Collins wrote: > >> I have a page with overlapping elements that work properly until I >> apply overflow: auto to one of the elements. Then it seems to throw >> the z-index off. This is happening

Re: [css-d] Broken Layout

2006-06-01 Thread francky
Brian Jones wrote: >On 6/1/06, Robert O'Rourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>You have to be pretty careful when using one big image >>to create a border. I've had some time today and here's >>what i've come up with: >> >> >>>http://www.sanchothefat.com/css/css-d-brianj.html >>>

Re: [css-d] floating list/picture gallery style page

2006-06-01 Thread Roger Roelofs
Skye, On May 31, 2006, at 4:54 PM, skye estes wrote: > in firefox it works great, thanks to the idea of wrapping the pictures > in > lists in order to drop the text under them, > but in i.e./win some of the pictures seem like they've randomly grown > huge > margins! > the url is http://heli.cx/

Re: [css-d] band of white at top of page in IE

2006-06-01 Thread Holly Bergevin
From: Michael Larocque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> I'm baffled by a 40 pixel band of white which shows up at the top of >>> my pages in Internet Explorer, >>> URL: http://trinaread.com/ >>> CSS: http://trinaread.com/css/style.css Try the following changes to your style sheet - body { /* position: