Re: [css-d] BG doesn't cover desired area

Here's another way of explaining my problem: I want a plain blackbg #0E0F0F to sit behind .spacedps and .content and I thought I'd coded my page to work this way but it doesn't work. The blackbg appears behind .spacedps but not .content. The reason I don't put it in the bigcol div is that I wan

[css-d] Tricky 3-col layout issue

Hello, This may be a simple fix, but I think I have familiarity blindness at this point. I have a templat layout that I have been customizing and I almost have it working here: http://testblog.jennmearswebdesign.com As you can probably tell, I'm trying to squeeze a third column in on the righ

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

The site giving me trouble is: http://www.edi-cp.com/homepage2009_sandbox/edi-index.shtml Crop the header image on the left side so the black > rule abuts its wrapper and crop the overall width of the image so it > will not break right. Set it as a foreground image: width.. height.

Re: [css-d] Floated column invades content area

Inês Teles wrote: > The site is at http://www.gofair.org with some dummy content. > > > > There's a #skip-to-nav which I've used to put a background photo on the > right corner of the header. Whenever I add the CSS to add this background > image, the right-sidebar floats into the content area. If I

Re: [css-d] testing layouts

On Wednesday 04 February 2009 5:42:43 pm David Laakso wrote: > David McGlone wrote: > > It bugs me to no end when positioning something and it isn't exact in > > none of the browsers, some a little off, some way off. > > Forgot-- > > Code to compliant browsers, among them-- Opera, Firefox, Safari.

Re: [css-d] Floated column invades content area

Inês Teles wrote: > There's a #skip-to-nav which I've used to put a background photo on > the right corner of the header. Whenever I add the CSS to add this > background image, the right-sidebar floats into the content area. Yes, the #skip-to-nav occupy space downwards into #main, where #sidebar

Re: [css-d] CSS Two Levels Deep

Keith Kaiser wrote: > I have a scenerio as follows; > > > > I want to control the amount the items of the second are > imbedded. The "tabbed in 2px or so" part is what I'm talking about. > Can some some give me a clue how to do that? > > Thanks.. > Setting a nested list can be tricky if y

Re: [css-d] IE problem with menu

Yep I cleared my cache and it's corrected itself. Nice website by the way (: ~Mx http://www.mxdx.co.uk 2009/2/6 Jody Levinson : > Thank you both. Oddly, the code I pasted below was an exact copy/paste > of what I was seeing on view source, but I went in later and found the > problem you were se

Re: [css-d] IE problem with menu

Thank you both. Oddly, the code I pasted below was an exact copy/paste of what I was seeing on view source, but I went in later and found the problem you were seeing. It seems fixed now. Thanks again for your help. Jody On Feb 5, 2009, at 4:28 PM, Martyn Merrett wrote: > What Kamil said is

Re: [css-d] IE problem with menu

What Kamil said is correct... this is a paste of the source: Prospective Students Parents [snip] You'll notice the http://www.mxdx.co.uk 2009/2/6 Jody Levinson : > I've looked at the source and it looks closed to me: > > >Prospective > Students >Parents >Alumni & Fr

Re: [css-d] IE problem with menu

I've looked at the source and it looks closed to me: Prospective Students Parents Alumni & Friends Visitors CurrentStudents Faculty & Staff Are you seeing something different? On Feb 5, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Kamil Saiyed wrote: > Try closing you

Re: [css-d] CSS Two Levels Deep

whatever tabbed in 2 px or so some more more Make sure to move that . The li is not a direct decendent of the li. Would this work? ul li ul li { padding-left: 2px; } - Keith _

Re: [css-d] centering a jquery slideshow

On 05/02/2009, at 11:49 PM, Daniel Kessler wrote: > In another test page, I had changed it out for p tags like you but > that hadn't helped it center. The major difference seemed to be > width:100%. For educational reasons, why did that work? Without the width specified the p tag block will

Re: [css-d] Is there a way to get lists to use decimal points?

Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Sandy wrote: > >> Is there a way to get lists to use decimal points? > > > Think so, but it has been a while since I tested it... > > > > > ...and I can't remember w

[css-d] Floated column invades content area

Hello all I haven't done any CSS for a while now and I must be a bit rusty as I can't figure this out: I'm using a Drupal theme (that's why there are loads of extensions to div names and such) and modifying it to look like a design I drew up in photoshop. The site is at http://www.gofair.org wit

Re: [css-d] IE problem with menu

Try closing your s in . Kamil Saiyed Rhapsody Solutions Application Developer 281-668-9177 -Original Message- From: css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org [mailto:css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org] On Behalf Of Jody Levinson Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:12 PM To: CSS-D Subject: [

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

David Laakso wrote: > Del Wegener wrote: >> >> http://www.edi-cp.com/homepage2009_sandbox/edi-index.shtml >>> >> David; >> When you come back, please explain what you mean by "broken". >> We have tested on several different computers, with different >> browsers. with different r

Re: [css-d] CSS Two Levels Deep

If it's only two levels, try ul li li { padding-left: 2px; } (also, you'll probably want to include the nested inside of its parent , so don't close that so soon.) Best, -JR On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Keith Kaiser wrote: > > I have a scenerio as follows; > > >whatever >

[css-d] CSS Two Levels Deep

I have a scenerio as follows; whatever tabbed in 2 px or so some more more I want to control the amount the items of the second are imbedded. The "tabbed in 2px or so" part is what I'm tal

[css-d] IE problem with menu

Hi all, On this site: http://web536.fog.plainblack.net/ the menu on the left works in FF but not IE7 or IE8. Other pages work fine. Just not this one. In IE7, I see the text "[if lte IE 7]>" in the upper left and I'm assuming the problem lies there. I checked all the other page templates a

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

Del Wegener wrote: > > >> Del Wegener wrote: >> >>> Good Morning; >>> The site giving me trouble is: >>> http://www.edi-cp.com/homepage2009_sandbox/edi-index.shtml >>> >>> In FF and others it looks exactly like I and my client want, >>> >> I rather doubt that as it is easily broken i

Re: [css-d] Is there a way to get lists to use decimal points?

Sandy wrote: > Is there a way to get lists to use decimal points? Think so, but it has been a while since I tested it... ...and I can't remember where I left those tests :-) Won't work in IE7

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

On 2009/02/05 12:22 (GMT-0600) Del Wegener composed: > David Laakso wrote: >> Del Wegener wrote: >>> The site giving me trouble is: >>> http://www.edi-cp.com/homepage2009_sandbox/edi-index.shtml >>> In FF and others it looks exactly like I and my client want, >> I rather doubt that as it is ea

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 06:40:41 -0600, Del Wegener wrote: > Good Morning; > The site giving me trouble is: > http://www.edi-cp.com/homepage2009_sandbox/edi-index.shtml > > In FF and others it looks exactly like I and my client want, but in IE 5, 6, > 7 one of > the floats does not behave. > The BAD BO

[css-d] Is there a way to get lists to use decimal points?

Hey All, Is there a way to get lists to use decimal points? I need the sub-points in point 1 to be 1.01 1.02 and the sub points in point 2 to be 2.01 2.02 2.03 etc. The list in question goes to 18.05 thanks! Sandy __ css-discu

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

Del Wegener wrote: > Do you foresee any problems with using display:none for this purpose? None at all. I only used another solution because I had no idea what that div was there for, and therefore only wanted to get it out of the flow. Many ways to do that. regards Georg -- http://www

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

> Del Wegener wrote: >> Good Morning; >> The site giving me trouble is: >> http://www.edi-cp.com/homepage2009_sandbox/edi-index.shtml >> >> In FF and others it looks exactly like I and my client want, > > > I rather doubt that as it is easily broken in compliant browsers. I'll > be back. > David

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

> Get rid of the unused div#caption completely, or style it out of the way > without triggering more IE bugs. > > #caption2 {float: right;} > > ...will do. > > > BTW: a 'margin-top' in 'em' on '.text_start' gives an effect under the > influence of font resizing I am sure you do not want. > > regar

Re: [css-d] Background extended by border property

Cristian Palmas wrote: > Hi all, > > I have noticed a CSS behaviour that seems strange to me, so I thought of > asking to someone for some explanation. > I have this snippet of XHTML 1.0 strict code: > > > > Not sure I understand what you are getting at. Or is it that I am not sure what I

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

Del Wegener wrote: > Good Morning; > The site giving me trouble is: > http://www.edi-cp.com/homepage2009_sandbox/edi-index.shtml > > In FF and others it looks exactly like I and my client want, I rather doubt that as it is easily broken in compliant browsers. I'll be back. > Del > > Arno

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

Del Wegener wrote: > http://www.edi-cp.com/homepage2009_sandbox/edi-index.shtml > What kind of fix do I need ? Get rid of the unused div#caption completely, or style it out of the way without triggering more IE bugs. #caption2 {float: right;} ...will do. BTW: a 'margin-top' in 'em' on '.text

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

I would recommend you put the left hand text in it's own DIV. HTML: search bit menu bit Electrochemical Devices Inc., founded in 1986, specializes in the design and manufacture of products for monitoring and controlling... image bit ... Then float:left on that di

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

I would recommend you put the left hand text in it's own DIV. HTML: search bit menu bit Electrochemical Devices Inc., founded in 1986, specializes in the design and manufacture of products for monitoring and controlling... image bit ... Then float:left on that div. You may also want to

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

I would recommend you put the left hand text in it's own DIV. HTML: search bit menu bit Electrochemical Devices Inc., founded in 1986, specializes in the design and manufacture of products for monitoring and controlling... image bit ... Then float:left on that div. You may also want to

Re: [css-d] centering a jquery slideshow

On Feb 4, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Kathy Wheeler wrote: > Replacing the ul li with a p and the following css: > > #slide_images p { > width: 100%; > text-align: center; > color: rgb(255,255,255); > } > In another test page, I had changed it out for p tags like you but that hadn't h

Re: [css-d] bg image not showing up on link

Hi Kris, I've had a look at your HTML code and for example: http://frank.mtsu.edu/~achcs/programs.shtml";>Affiliated Academic Programs Should this not be changed to to include the arrow? The sub menus inside this have the arrows. ~Mx (: On Feb 5, 2009 4:13am, "AK Allen" wrote: > Hello A

[css-d] Float trouble in IE

Good Morning; The site giving me trouble is: http://www.edi-cp.com/homepage2009_sandbox/edi-index.shtml In FF and others it looks exactly like I and my client want, but in IE 5, 6, 7 one of the floats does not behave. The BAD BOX should float right, beneath the Menu box, and text should appear t

Re: [css-d] BG doesn't cover desired area

Hi Kim, I can't explain why it's not working on your design but here simple example of a two column layout with a specific background which may help. HTML: Right column Left column content Left column footer CSS: .wrap { width: 755px; margin: 0 auto; } .rightcol { width: 150px; float: r

Re: [css-d] WebSite IE Debugging Help

WEZ! wrote: > Heya David and Co, > > http://www.avize.com.au/avize13.html > > > Hold Opera, Firefox, and Safari. IE 6 and IE 7 will more or less follow suit... -- A thin red line and a salmon-color ampersand forthcoming. http://chel

Re: [css-d] testing layouts

David Laakso wrote: > --There's no such thing as too much testing... > > Usability, functionality, accessibility and the accommodation of user > preferences, whatever they may be, are more reasonable reality goals > than pixel-perfect cross-browser rendering... I also use a FF extension called

Re: [css-d] Newbie question

Mark Blondin wrote: > > My question is, would it be easier to start from scratch or convert > the existing site to CSS? Definitely better, although not necessarily easier - especially if it is your first attempt on CSS layouts, to start from scratch. You have what looks like a 2 column solutio