Re: [css-d] Layout-problem

2009-01-09 Thread Ib Jensen
2009/1/9 Holly Bergevin ho...@communitymx.com: From: Ib Jensen ibkjen...@gmail.com Link : url: http://ikjensen.dk/test/ Second problem. The menu in the left sidebar works ok on the Index-page, but not on a second page. Menu : Genealogy - Kings of Denmark Can you explain what you mean when

Re: [css-d] question about combining descendant selectors

2009-01-09 Thread Rees, Mark
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:31:13 -0500 From: Brett xba2...@zoominternet.net Subject: [css-d] question about combining descendant selectors To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Message-ID: 496670a1.9060...@zoominternet.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I'm wondering if

Re: [css-d] Differences between Firefox Windows and Firefox MAC OS

2009-01-09 Thread David Laakso
Erik Zettersten wrote: How can I go about making my font-size more appropriate for the web? I appreciate your input - This has saved me a lot of hassle. Erik. RE: http://turnaroundllc.com/beta/ Good question :-P , Erik. Your current page

Re: [css-d] Firefox layout issue, works fine in IE7, Safari etc.

2009-01-09 Thread Graham Cox
Hi Mark Thank you very much indeed...that did the trick. Cheers...Graham Mark Wheeler wrote: Hi Graham, That's a collapsing margin issue. Adding this: *{margin-top:0} into your style sheet. Can't say which element has margining at the top, but adding that (generally as the first rule

Re: [css-d] Firefox layout issue, works fine in IE7, Safari etc.

2009-01-09 Thread Graham Cox
Thanks Bill, that fixed it. Cheers...Graham Bill Brown wrote: Graham Cox wrote: The header in the page below displays incorrectly in Firefox v3.0.5 and I'm struggling to work out the cause. http://www.ultimatefooterad.com/salespage/index.htm Hi Graham, That's a collapsing margin

Re: [css-d] Font stack article

2009-01-09 Thread Cristian Palmas
Dejan Kozina wrote: For all those in search of sensible values for font-family: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/eight-definitive-font-stacks/ djn Thanks for the link, Dejan. It's a really interesting point of view to know about typography. In my opinion, though, the author would have

Re: [css-d] Background:transparent in IE7

2009-01-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Mary Ellen Curtin wrote: Alan Gresley wrote: I don't know why it happens but floating the list fixes the bug in IE7 and doesn't seem to effect other browsers. .menu ul, .menu li { list-style:none;margin: 0;padding: 0; float:left; /* ADD */ } Thanks, Alan. I've updated the test

Re: [css-d] Problem with float drop on pages with a 3-column CSS layout that are generated by Movable Type

2009-01-09 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Pabini Gabriel-Petit wrote: I haven't got a great deal of experience when it comes to creating complex CSS layouts, so please don't assume too much knowledge. Ok, but it looks like you're trying to hack the livin' daylight out of poor IE...

Re: [css-d] Differences between Firefox Windows and Firefox MAC OS

2009-01-09 Thread Erik M. Zettersten
That was a mighty fine response. Thank you for your insight. I will study this area more and take a look at the resources provided. Thank you David and Brian for your quick help. Erik __ css-discuss

Re: [css-d] Differences between Firefox Windows and Firefox MAC OS

2009-01-09 Thread Brian Funk
Erik M. Zettersten wrote: Thank you David and Brian for your quick help. My apologies to the list, I didn't mean to exclude you. I had simply pointed Erik to Georg's page [1]. I've probably read it 10+ times now and I still understand something new from it every time. Thanks George! 1.

Re: [css-d] Problem with float drop on pages with a 3-column CSS layout that are generated by Movable Type

2009-01-09 Thread David Laakso
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Pabini Gabriel-Petit wrote: http://new.uxmatters.com/aboutus/ http://new.uxmatters.com/index.php No use looking for the cause of one specific failure among all the others in such a case. Better start from scratch and pay attention to web

Re: [css-d] Font stack article

2009-01-09 Thread Lesley Binks
2009/1/9 Cristian Palmas cristian.pal...@gmail.com: Dejan Kozina wrote: For all those in search of sensible values for font-family: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/eight-definitive-font-stacks/ djn Thanks for the link, Dejan. It's a really interesting point of view to know about

[css-d] Retrieving info from a contact form

2009-01-09 Thread Stacie Pearson
Here is the question: how do I retrieve the info that is submitted to me in a contact form on my website? Via email of some other way? I understand that this is a basic, and possibly a stupid question. I have been teaching myself web design from some fantastic web standards books. All of them

Re: [css-d] Retrieving info from a contact form

2009-01-09 Thread Shawn Lawler
Stacie Pearson wrote: Here is the question: how do I retrieve the info that is submitted to me in a contact form on my website? Via email of some other way? If you're teaching yourself Web-dev, one of your top resources should be mining the Web for answers via Google. For your above question,

Re: [css-d] Retrieving info from a contact form

2009-01-09 Thread Joseph Sims
I understand that this is more of a code question than a css question, but I could really use the help. You should join Web Design List to ask questions like this. http://webdesign-l.com/ __ css-discuss

Re: [css-d] Retrieving info from a contact form

2009-01-09 Thread Nancy Johnson
Another group that may help you is web weavers webweav...@googlegroups.com Forms require a combination of Front End html/CSS and a back end interactive component to make the form work. Nancy On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Joseph Sims metronom...@yahoo.com wrote: I understand that this is

[css-d] handling IE and Opera button:active offset

2009-01-09 Thread Anonymous
Hi all. I'm having some issues with styling the button element when its active. In IE 6-7 and Opera 9 the button offsets a pixel downwards when pressed. Is there anyway to keep it in place? You can see my attempts here: http://remoulademad.dk/component-center/ Click on Telia Submit Component in

[css-d] how to make columns equal?

2009-01-09 Thread Ambient Glow
How can I make the column lengths equal on leftcolumn1 and content on this page? (e.g. so the left column is not visibly shorter?) http://ambientglow.com/garage/w-w/web/about-crew.html css: http://ambientglow.com/garage/w-w/web/_css/ww-main.css Thanks, Peg ambientglow

Re: [css-d] how to make columns equal?

2009-01-09 Thread David Laakso
Ambient Glow wrote: How can I make the column lengths equal on leftcolumn1 and content on this page? (e.g. so the left column is not visibly shorter?) http://ambientglow.com/garage/w-w/web/about-crew.html Peg ambientglow Faux column (an image) [1] or the pure CSS method of equal

[css-d] the correct way to declare textarea width

2009-01-09 Thread Eric Cash
I hate form elements... I've run into this problem before, I don't think I've ever actually understood it. On this page http://scotaganda.com/work/MineKey/opinionsBoard.html the Express your opinion textarea is fine in firefox, but both safari and ie place control on the right hand side of the

Re: [css-d] the correct way to declare textarea width

2009-01-09 Thread Virgilio Quilario
hi Eric, actually on my ff 3.0.5, it breaks and it worked when padding set to 0 for textarea. screen.css at line 244 textarea { height:250px; padding:0; /* set to 0 */ width:390px; } padding of 5px actually pushed the textarea out of bounce. cheers, virgil http://www.jampmark.com On Sat,

Re: [css-d] the correct way to declare textarea width

2009-01-09 Thread Paul Wampler
Adding style=overflow:hidden; to the textarea tag will get rid of the control, but I think you'll still have the same problem w/the width. Paul C. Wampler Webmaster College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) 1811 Commons Point Drive Knoxville, TN 37932 (865)

Re: [css-d] handling IE and Opera button:active offset

2009-01-09 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Anonymous wrote: I'm having some issues with styling the button element when its active. In IE 6-7 and Opera 9 the button offsets a pixel downwards when pressed. Is there anyway to keep it in place? Yes. Modify the margins/paddings. I prefer to let browsers do their things as long as they

[css-d] Image on submit button

2009-01-09 Thread Del Wegener
Good Evening; The Submit button (to the right of the search field) displays correctly with a green arrow (a background image) in FF. However, in IE 7 the button is the wrong size and the background image does not show. What am I doing wrong? Thanks. Del

[css-d] (no subject)

2009-01-09 Thread Del Wegener
Good Evening; The Submit button (to the right of the search field) displays correctly with a green arrow (a background image) in FF. However, in IE 7 the button is the wrong size and the background image does not show. What am I doing wrong? Thanks. Here is the link

Re: [css-d] Problem with float drop on pages with a 3-column CSS layout that are generated by Movable Type

2009-01-09 Thread Pabini Gabriel-Petit
Hi David and Georg and Everyone Thanks for your input, but unfortunately, starting from scratch is not an option. I'm already almost a week late getting the magazine out, so if I can't fix this in the next couple of days, I'll have to generate all of the Movable Type pages and publish with the

Re: [css-d] Problem with float drop on pages with a 3-column CSS layout that are generated by Movable Type

2009-01-09 Thread Pabini Gabriel-Petit
Hi Everyone I should have mentioned that this problem occurs only with Movable Type 4.2. The CSS was working fine with Movable Type 3.1. I'm seeing this problem in both Safari and Firefox on a Mac. I hope there are some CSS/Movable Type experts on the list who can help. Thanks! Regards, Pabini

Re: [css-d] Font stack article

2009-01-09 Thread Dejan Kozina
What caught my eye in the proposed font stacks is that the author paid attention to Linux - most similar stacks one finds googling around just care to compare Windows vs. Mac default fonts. The size differences might be a good chance to try out the font-size-adjust property[1]. Last time I've

Re: [css-d] Problem with float drop on pages with a 3-column CSS layout that are generated by Movable Type

2009-01-09 Thread Pabini Gabriel-Petit
Hi again I'm now seeing the float drop only in Safari, but there's a different problem in Firefox on the Mac. The background color for the right sidebar is overlapping the main content area. The one layout change I made from the original version was to take a new approach to get the main

Re: [css-d] Background:transparent in IE7

2009-01-09 Thread Mary Ellen Curtin
Ooooh noo, not hasLayout! I've tried adding an explicit width, width and height, and zoom:1 to the li elements. So far, no dice: http://datagnostics.com/test/transparent.html Only float:left has worked so far. Should I be trying to force the a elements to have layout? Or something else?

Re: [css-d] Font stack article

2009-01-09 Thread Richard Mason
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Dejan Kozina wrote The size differences might be a good chance to try out the font-size-adjust property[1]. Last time I've heard about it was on this list in 2007 ([2] and [3]), but except for Firefox[4] I'm unsure about the browser support today... Reference [1] says The

Re: [css-d] Background:transparent in IE7

2009-01-09 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Mary Ellen Curtin wrote: http://datagnostics.com/test/transparent.html Only float:left has worked so far. Should I be trying to force the a elements to have layout? Or something else? You've found the bug we (or I at least) usually cures by faking a background-image. a {background-image:

Re: [css-d] Font stack article

2009-01-09 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Jan 10, 2009, at 1:02 AM, Dejan Kozina wrote: The size differences might be a good chance to try out the font-size-adjust property[1]. Last time I've heard about it was on this list in 2007 ([2] and [3]), but except for Firefox[4] I'm unsure about the browser support today...

Re: [css-d] Problem with float drop on pages with a 3-column CSS layout that are generated by Movable Type

2009-01-09 Thread David Laakso
Pabini Gabriel-Petit wrote: I should have mentioned that this problem occurs only with Movable Type 4.2. The CSS was working fine with Movable Type 3.1. I'm seeing this problem in both Safari and Firefox on a Mac. No problem. Go to: http://forums.sixapart.com/