Re: [css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

2008-04-07 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:21:26 +0200 Ingo Chao wrote: > Michael Adams wrote: > > ... > > Then you have four factors involved which should be taken into > > account in the following order: weight, origin, specificity, sort > > order. But you didn't ask about them > > > > > > CSS 2.1:6.4.1 -4 says

Re: [css-d] Broken negative-margin layout

2008-04-07 Thread Alan Gresley
Richard Grevers wrote: > I'm not sure which of several changes did it, but the 2-column > negative margin layout at > > http://www.vine.org.nz/index.php/services > > suddenly has a disappeared left column (in IE, firefox, Opera) > HTML and CSS both validate. All browser seem to be showing the s

Re: [css-d] Help -- Tab Menu not working in IE6/IE7?

2008-04-07 Thread bj
>I'm a newbie to the CSS-discuss list, and have searched the archives >for an answer to this question but have not found one. Forgive me if >it is there and I didn't see it. I would consider my self to be an >intermediate-level CSS web designer, but IE6/IE7 always seem to hang > >I have built a ne

Re: [css-d] Help -- Tab Menu not working in IE6/IE7?

2008-04-07 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Heidi Hackler wrote: > I have built a new site with a "Tab" style menu (I got the code from > Dan Cederholm's "Bulletproof Web Design" book), and it works > perfectly in Firefox and Safari, but not well at all in IE6/IE7. > > The add

Re: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-07 Thread bj
>http://www.tuningsinthirds.com/cytre/ > >and the CSS: > >http://www.tuningsinthirds.com/cytre/new.css > >I can't get the wrapper div to wrap around everything - the header, >mainNav, content and footer divs. The markup looks very basic but in FF >the wrapper is only wrapping the header. I see

Re: [css-d] styling

2008-04-07 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Apr 8, 2008, at 6:16 AM, Alan K Baker wrote: > Depending on the browser, there are different methods needed to > address the actual color of horizontal line in . My test results > are below: > > hr { > background-color:#d00; /* Firefox */ Implies that the 'line' > is entirely constr

[css-d] Help -- Tab Menu not working in IE6/IE7?

2008-04-07 Thread Heidi Hackler
Hello all, I'm a newbie to the CSS-discuss list, and have searched the archives for an answer to this question but have not found one. Forgive me if it is there and I didn't see it. I would consider my self to be an intermediate-level CSS web designer, but IE6/IE7 always seem to hang me up!

Re: [css-d] styling

2008-04-07 Thread Rafael
Alan K Baker wrote: [···] > If one of these methods is the de-facto standard, then must be classed > as a special case, where some rules of block styling do not apply, or at > least one of the browsers is breaking the rules. > As far as I'm concerned (which doesn't mean anything), HR ar

Re: [css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

2008-04-07 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Ingo Chao wrote: > CSS 2.1:6.4.1 -4 says: "if two declarations have the same weight, > origin and specificity, the latter specified wins." > > This sounds clear, but ... what exactly is meant by "weight"? Weight itself is a conceptual thing in the cascade, and a weight is only larger, smaller

Re: [css-d] Broken negative-margin layout

2008-04-07 Thread Richard Grevers
On 4/8/08, Richard Grevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure which of several changes did it, but the 2-column > negative margin layout at > > http://www.vine.org.nz/index.php/services > > suddenly has a disappeared left column (in IE, firefox, Opera) > HTML and CSS both validate. > Nev

Re: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-07 Thread Peter Hyde-Smith
- Original Message - From: "Stuart Walsh" Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 5:21 PM Subject: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping! >I must be making a clumsy, beginner's, mistake somewhere but I just > can't figure out what is the problem. > The CSS validates but isn't working as it should. Here i

[css-d] Broken negative-margin layout

2008-04-07 Thread Richard Grevers
I'm not sure which of several changes did it, but the 2-column negative margin layout at http://www.vine.org.nz/index.php/services suddenly has a disappeared left column (in IE, firefox, Opera) HTML and CSS both validate. -- Richard Grevers, New Plymouth, New Zealand Dramatic Design www.dramatic

Re: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-07 Thread Jim Davis
Hi again, Note: the instrument composers music gallery links contact *<< wrote: > I must be making a clumsy, beginner's, mistake somewhere but I just > can't figure out what is the problem. > > The CSS validates but isn't working as it should. Here is the page: > > > http://www.tuningsint

Re: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-07 Thread Jim Davis
Stuart, In #wrapper add display: table; and you will see the border on the left side of the page in FF. Jim On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Stuart Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I must be making a clumsy, beginner's, mistake somewhere but I just > can't figure out what is the problem. > > T

Re: [css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

2008-04-07 Thread tedd
John wrote: > I have been using CSS for a couple years now, but most of what I've > done is emulate code I've seen and bang it into the form I need it to > be. > Often this works mostly, but then a certain situation or another's > computer will reveal embarrassing rookie mistakes. > > In addi

[css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-07 Thread Stuart Walsh
I must be making a clumsy, beginner's, mistake somewhere but I just can't figure out what is the problem. The CSS validates but isn't working as it should. Here is the page: http://www.tuningsinthirds.com/cytre/ and the CSS: http://www.tuningsinthirds.com/cytre/new.css I can't get the wrappe

Re: [css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

2008-04-07 Thread Ingo Chao
Michael Adams wrote: > ... > Then you have four factors involved which should be taken into account > in the following order: weight, origin, specificity, sort order. But you > didn't ask about them > > CSS 2.1:6.4.1 -4 says: "if two declarations have the same weight, origin and specificity, th

Re: [css-d] styling

2008-04-07 Thread Alan K Baker
Hi Manfred. With thanks to you, Georg, Michael and Philippe. To clear up a few possible misunderstandings: Yes, I should have taken time to read the 'standard'. I have no issue with the concepts of Margin and padding. Sorry if I gave the wrong impression. I also have no problem with the concep

Re: [css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

2008-04-07 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:13:52 -0700 John wrote: > I have been using CSS for a couple years now, but most of what I've > done is emulate code I've seen and bang it into the form I need it to > be. > > Any suggestions on a spot on line with a good explanation of the > cascading relationship(s)?

Re: [css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

2008-04-07 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > John wrote: >> Any suggestions on a spot on line with a good explanation of the >> cascading relationship(s)? > > For a complete picture I think "the source" is best... > > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#cascade I'm afraid specifications (or draft specifications)

Re: [css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

2008-04-07 Thread Alan Gresley
John wrote: > I have been using CSS for a couple years now, but most of what I've > done is emulate code I've seen and bang it into the form I need it to > be. > Often this works mostly, but then a certain situation or another's > computer will reveal embarrassing rookie mistakes. > > In add

Re: [css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

2008-04-07 Thread Jack Timmons
John, >From my personal experience, I first always recommend others take a look over at HTMLDog (1) and get to know the tutorials going on there. Second thing I always aim for is consistent markup through your pages. If you're building each webpage with a different naming structure, you can't ful

Re: [css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

2008-04-07 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
John wrote: > Any suggestions on a spot on line with a good explanation of the > cascading relationship(s)? For a complete picture I think "the source" is best... regards Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no __

[css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

2008-04-07 Thread John
I have been using CSS for a couple years now, but most of what I've done is emulate code I've seen and bang it into the form I need it to be. Often this works mostly, but then a certain situation or another's computer will reveal embarrassing rookie mistakes. In addition to simply racking up

[css-d] dynamically expanding center section

2008-04-07 Thread Rob Emenecker
Hi all, This would seem like something straightforward, but I'm starting to look at the brick wall and considering beating my head into it. I have a very basic page layout that has a header, body, and footer. The body has a repeating background pattern, and I want to get that DIV to expand verti

Re: [css-d] IDs' or Classes

2008-04-07 Thread David Dorward
On 07/04/2008, Amrinder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could anyone please let me know when (and where) to use ID and when to use > class. http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ClassesVsIds -- David Dorward

[css-d] IDs' or Classes

2008-04-07 Thread Amrinder
Hi Could anyone please let me know when (and where) to use ID and when to use class. Thanks and Regards, Amrinder Freelance Web Designer www.awayback.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listi

Re: [css-d] Bullet list without paragraph break

2008-04-07 Thread Alan Gresley
Andrew Doades wrote: > Yes, I understand it may not be the correct way to go about this > problem, but it was a simple solution that with almost every modern > browser will work. [...] > Andrew Hi Andrew. For list you can use. float:left; float:right; display:inline; display:inline-block; dis

Re: [css-d] IE bug with background images on multi-line inline links

2008-04-07 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:20:55 +1200 Michael Adams wrote: > On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:46:10 -0700 (PDT) > Adi Palazova wrote: > > > I know that many people don_t like justified text on web sites. I > > will be very grateful for more opinions about this. > > It spoils readability. If you are reading l

Re: [css-d] IE bug with background images on multi-line inline links

2008-04-07 Thread Michael Adams
On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:46:10 -0700 (PDT) Adi Palazova wrote: > I know that many people don_t like justified text on web sites. I will > be very grateful for more opinions about this. It spoils readability. If you are reading late at night and read the same line of text three times you know you ar