[css-d] request for general guidance on simple css layout

2008-05-21 Thread snak detek+0r
hello, friends. i posted a project here the other day that was full of tables & now i have a sec & thought i'd play around with making an equivalent css layout. it's looking a lot harder and less intuitive than the tables, so i thought i'd run some questions by y'all about my general tactics. my

[css-d] How to align list numbers?

2008-05-21 Thread David Jones
Is there a way to align roman numeral list numbers left, instead of right-aligned on the period? Example: I. List item 1 II. List item 2 Instead of: I. List item 1 II. List item 2 Thanks in advance. And apologies for whatever corporate-mandated disclaimer that might appear below. David Jon

[css-d] extra pixels in image IE float

2008-05-21 Thread Travis Killen
Hello, I am having problems in IE ( no surprise ) My images are not floating all the way to the window border. There seems to be a margin around the img even though I have set it to 0. Thanks for the help. site link: http://forestry.sfasu.edu/download/agweb/index.html Travis Killen http://9

Re: [css-d] Broken borders in IE 6 and the third column placement

2008-05-21 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Sohail Aboobaker wrote: > The question I have is that if we need to keep the panel sequence > i.e. panel1, content, panel2, what do we need to sacrifice? Will it > need to be fixed positions? Absolute positioning is an option, but not one I'd promote. The most cross-browser reliable solution

Re: [css-d] Broken borders in IE 6 and the third column placement

2008-05-21 Thread Sohail Aboobaker
Thanks Gunlaung, I modified the CSS based on your suggestions and your magic works :) The question I have is that if we need to keep the panel sequence i.e. panel1, content, panel2, what do we need to sacrifice? Will it need to be fixed positions? Regards, Sohail On 5/20/08, Gunlaug Sørtun <[E

Re: [css-d] Site Check please

2008-05-21 Thread David Laakso
Karl Hardisty wrote: > http://mothership.co.nz/blog > > > All feedback greatly accepted. > > > > Karl > > It looked fine to me cross-browser, Karl. Couple of trivial CSS errors to correct. Aside: The title of the document does not seem to appear in the text. Font-scaling breaks the long word "

[css-d] Nested floats

2008-05-21 Thread Satyam
I searched the archives looking for a fix to this problem and found that I had to create a new "block formatting context", which I did by adding overflow:hidden to the container of the nested float, which I did and it did change something, but nothing relevant. Furthermore, the issue is differe

Re: [css-d] Block elements blooey

2008-05-21 Thread Christian Kirchhoff
Kim Brooks Wei schrieb: > I've gotten myself in trouble with this layout, and I can't figure my > way out of it, although I've been trying for a while. > > This is what I want the layout to be: > > * Textured body borders right and left and ivory content box centered > between them > This

[css-d] Site Check please

2008-05-21 Thread Karl Hardisty
http://mothership.co.nz/blog Our blog uses GridFocus from 5thirtyone.com with some custom modifications. Just now I've swapped the first and second columns around as I prefer the larger column to be in the centre, as (to me) it looks more proportioned. I've checked it in OS X: Safari 3+,