Re: [css-d] tags

2010-03-05 Thread david
Atkinson, Sarah wrote: > I know these tags are considered to be Presentational in type and > there for avoided in semantic markup but I still like to use them in > a semantic way. To me it seems practical is some content is important > or different from content around it it should have different m

Re: [css-d] How to set equal widths on an unknown number of items?

2010-03-05 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Mar 6, 2010, at 6:16 AM, John Beales wrote: > So is there a pure-CSS way, (as opposed to having the CMS calculate > widths and set them inline), that we all know of to get this done? Assuming you are using an unordered list, you can try display:table ul {display: table, table-layout:fixed;}

Re: [css-d] Combining :only-of-type with :before?

2010-03-05 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Mar 6, 2010, at 12:04 AM, Sjur Moshagen wrote: > The other thing i missed was the need to use double colons, like ::before - I > tried only ':before'. What's the reason? When used directly with an element > only a single colon (like :before) is needed. CSS2.1 vs CSS3 notation as Tim pointed

Re: [css-d] css-sound joomla templates?

2010-03-05 Thread bill scheider
Templates from Joomlashack (among others) are css-based and standards compliant. Something to be aware of is that some of the joomla core output is table-based so check out this in the documentation: http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_override_the_output_from_the_Joomla!_core. Beyond that I think would

Re: [css-d] How to set equal widths on an unknown number of items?

2010-03-05 Thread David Laakso
John Beales wrote: > I have an interesting CSS challenge. > > I am making a set of tabs that will go across the top of a web page, > but they're going to be used in a CMS so I don't know how many tabs > there will be. I would like to have all of the tabs be of equal > width, and fill their contain

Re: [css-d] tags

2010-03-05 Thread Atkinson, Sarah
When I use the the idea is that I would never want to just change some of their appearance. I would want all of them to appear different in the same manner unless maybe they were inside something else that conflicted with that style. So my CSS just looks like Em{ some-property: something; }

Re: [css-d] css-sound joomla templates?

2010-03-05 Thread nancy
> Can anyone recommend some sound css-layoutoriented Joomla templates out > there? I'd rather buy something sound than learn Joomla template > editing. Being a Java guy myself I'd rather spend my time doing that, > but it seems I might have to do this one. > > Naturally I want to be able to swiftly

Re: [css-d] tags

2010-03-05 Thread David Laakso
haveboard.com wrote: > i and b are deprecated tags. > i and b are *not* deprecated. And they are also alive and well in html5. Best, ~ -- desktop http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ mobile http://chelseacreekstudio.mobi/ __ css

Re: [css-d] tags

2010-03-05 Thread Skip Knox
So is presentation of a foreign language phrase strictly presentational? I don't think so. And if not, then I argue that is the best markup choice available to us. But let's hold here, lest we rouse ListMom, who must surely have a standard library of Scold messages by now. Skip Knox Boise State

[css-d] How to set equal widths on an unknown number of items?

2010-03-05 Thread John Beales
I have an interesting CSS challenge. I am making a set of tabs that will go across the top of a web page, but they're going to be used in a CMS so I don't know how many tabs there will be. I would like to have all of the tabs be of equal width, and fill their container. If I knew how many tabs t

Re: [css-d] tags

2010-03-05 Thread Mark Wonsil
Skip after Sarah: > I do consistently use for emphasis and reserve for foreign language > words. And for book titles. But since this is a CSS list, all I'll > say is that CSS offers little here unless you decide you prefer to boldface > book titles or something like that. This really is about ma

Re: [css-d] tags

2010-03-05 Thread haveboard.com
i and b are deprecated tags. em is for emphasis and strong is for strong emphasis typically an em is styled with css as italic and strong is styled as bold. Emphasis(em) and strong emphasis(strong) are not presentational markup. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Skip Knox wrote: > I use regul

Re: [css-d] tags

2010-03-05 Thread Skip Knox
I use regularly to italicize foreign words and phrases. I guess to be technically correct I should embed the Latin language code as well as a span that is styled to use italics, but that's just too danged much work. I do consistently use for emphasis and reserve for foreign language words. And

[css-d] tags

2010-03-05 Thread Atkinson, Sarah
I know these tags are considered to be Presentational in type and there for avoided in semantic markup but I still like to use them in a semantic way. To me it seems practical is some content is important or different from content around it it should have different markup around it regardless of

[css-d] NiceForms CSS Issues in FF / Chrome / IE8, but not IE7

2010-03-05 Thread Jeff Chastain
I am using the NiceForms JavaScript library to style the form fields on a basic contact form. All of the form fields are working correctly except for the textarea field. I have done this in the past and had it work, but in this case I have run into a wall. In IE7 and IE8 Compatibility mode, e

Re: [css-d] Combining :only-of-type with :before?

2010-03-05 Thread Climis, Tim
> The other thing i missed was the need to use double colons, like ::before - I > tried only ':before'. What's the reason? :before is CSS2. ::before is CSS3. In CSS3, double colons go before pseudo-elements (first-line, first-letter, before, after), while single colons go before pseudo-classes

Re: [css-d] A fonts, font-replacement, standards, and accessibility question

2010-03-05 Thread Reese
Thank you for the URLs David, Philippe, and Thierry. I'm wondering why I haven't encountered @font-face sooner. Reese __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -

Re: [css-d] Combining :only-of-type with :before?

2010-03-05 Thread Sjur Moshagen
Den 5. mar. 2010 kl. 15.52 skrev Philippe Wittenbergh: >> What I want to achieve is: >> * multiple children of the same type should be displayed as a numbered list >> * lone children of the above type should be displayed as inline text, >> *without* any numbering >> >> Since i'm not able to comb

Re: [css-d] ADMIN: Web Development Conference in Raleigh, NC NCDevCon

2010-03-05 Thread Eric A. Meyer
At 7:46 PM -0500 3/4/10, Roger Austin wrote: > We are having another free web development conference this year in >Raleigh, NC at the NC State University Centennial Campus. I just want to pop in here to say that this post has the Chaperone's blessing, and to include a reminder that anyone

Re: [css-d] Combining :only-of-type with :before?

2010-03-05 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Mar 5, 2010, at 7:18 PM, Sjur Moshagen wrote: > I'm trying to style XML with CSS. I have successfully used the :only-of-type > pseudo-class to let single instances of an element become inline, and > multiple instances of the same be block elements. > > What I am NOT able to do is to combine

Re: [css-d] Funeral for IE6

2010-03-05 Thread David McGlone
David McGlone wrote: > > By the way David, did I ever thank you for the help? If not, then I thank you. > If so, then I just thanked you again. :-) > > >Give credit where credit is due. >on having layout > >position is every thing >

[css-d] Combining :only-of-type with :before?

2010-03-05 Thread Sjur Moshagen
Hello, I'm trying to style XML with CSS. I have successfully used the :only-of-type pseudo-class to let single instances of an element become inline, and multiple instances of the same be block elements. What I am NOT able to do is to combine this pseudo-class with the :before pseudo-class. W