Re: [css-d] Menu problems in IE7

2010-04-02 Thread David Laakso
Matt Fielding wrote: > However, in IE7 the > menu on the left hand side floats over > the content area. > > Matt Fielding > *:first-child+html #sidelinks {position: relative; float: left; } Best, ~d -- desktop http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ mobi

Re: [css-d] Menu problems in IE7

2010-04-02 Thread Claude Needham
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Matt Fielding wrote: > Hello all, > > I am almost 100% done writing the code for a client, but they have > discovered an issue and despite my efforts I cannot figure out what it is. > In Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and IE8, everything works fine. However, in IE7 > the

Re: [css-d] doctype

2010-04-02 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> #WeKnowJSisAvailable .widgetPanel {display:none;} > > This is much better than using a class or ID on body as it will prevent > a > reflow. > > --- > Hmm, this wouldn't reflow? No, it would not -- Regards, Thierry www.tjkdesign.com | articles and tutorials www.ez-css.org | ultra light CSS f

Re: [css-d] Menu problems in IE7

2010-04-02 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Fri, 2 Apr 2010, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > On Fri, 2 Apr 2010, Matt Fielding wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I am almost 100% done writing the code for a client, but they have > > discovered an issue and despite my efforts I cannot figure out what it is. > > In Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and

Re: [css-d] Menu problems in IE7

2010-04-02 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Fri, 2 Apr 2010, Matt Fielding wrote: > Hello all, > > I am almost 100% done writing the code for a client, but they have > discovered an issue and despite my efforts I cannot figure out what it is. > In Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and IE8, everything works fine. However, in IE7 > the > menu

[css-d] Menu problems in IE7

2010-04-02 Thread Matt Fielding
Hello all, I am almost 100% done writing the code for a client, but they have discovered an issue and despite my efforts I cannot figure out what it is. In Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and IE8, everything works fine. However, in IE7 the menu on the left hand side flo

Re: [css-d] liquid image frame

2010-04-02 Thread David Hucklesby
On 4/2/10 2:48 PM, jeffrey morin wrote: > does anyone know where i can find some examples on how to frame a photo > using css and images? i want it to be liquid so that it can expand to > different size photos. > > here is an example of one using images but it's not liquid. you can get the > idea f

Re: [css-d] Ditching table-based layouts - need help with IE6

2010-04-02 Thread David Laakso
> Here is the site: http://trixmeauj.webuda.com/ > The CSS file is here: http://trixmeauj.webuda.com/styles.css > > Alison > > > Adding this hack should start to bring IE/6 on board: * html #main { margin-left: 0; float: right; } /*for IE/6.0*/ refer

[css-d] liquid image frame

2010-04-02 Thread jeffrey morin
does anyone know where i can find some examples on how to frame a photo using css and images? i want it to be liquid so that it can expand to different size photos. here is an example of one using images but it's not liquid. you can get the idea from it though. http://ltfeatures.com/ any info wo

Re: [css-d] footer not following content

2010-04-02 Thread David Hucklesby
On 4/1/10 1:42 PM, Rob Emenecker wrote: > > I'm trying to implement a sticky footer that anchors to the bottom of the > viewport on pages whose content does not fill the viewport, and then have it > follow the content on pages that overflow the viewport. > > I've been noodling with the implementati

Re: [css-d] Ditching table-based layouts - need help with IE6

2010-04-02 Thread Matthew
As fellow CSS newbie brought up in the era of table-based layouts, I'd suggest going to Lynda.com and getting a membership (if you don't have one already). Even if you just join for a month, you will get access to very encompassing CSS tutorial videos that you could focus on. I'm just finishing

Re: [css-d] Divitus?

2010-04-02 Thread Climis, Tim
> I'm not familiar with the '8 div flexy box'. Could someone provide a URI? That's not it's official name, and I'm not sure what is, but you can see an example I did a few weeks ago here: http://sunapsis.iu.edu/ Essentially, you have a relatively positioned content box (my #container), and then

Re: [css-d] footer not following content

2010-04-02 Thread Rob Emenecker
>> Sorry, I'm a bit behind on sleep, so my brain is crawling this morning. I see what you're after now. CSS doesn't do those types of things alone; you'll need some scripting also. Perhaps it's possible to test for the presence of a vertical scrollbar with JavaScript and load the appropriate CSS.

Re: [css-d] doctype

2010-04-02 Thread cFA
#WeKnowJSisAvailable .widgetPanel {display:none;} This is much better than using a class or ID on body as it will prevent a reflow. --- Hmm, this wouldn't reflow? _clint __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.cs

Re: [css-d] Ditching table-based layouts - need help with IE6

2010-04-02 Thread Troy Harshman
It's likely the hasLayout issue. This should help: http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html Also, it would be best to focus your efforts on hand-coding rather than a specific program. You may find that once you're comfortable doing it by hand, using menus to change properties is more work

Re: [css-d] Printing issues [SOLVED]

2010-04-02 Thread Alan Chandler
Alan Chandler wrote: > I now come to try and format the content for printing and I am suffering > from what might be (from what I have been able to google) a bug in > firefox in which one of my fields disappears on a page boundary (and the > others in the same row shift to the left). Given thi

Re: [css-d] doctype

2010-04-02 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> > That's another mystery to me. Could you unpack a few details? > > As a supplementary question to this, I agree that the > spec. for XHTML permits this (whilst the spec. for > HTML does not) but in what circumstance(s) do you > believe it to be useful ? I ask because there can > (and must) be

Re: [css-d] footer not following content

2010-04-02 Thread Troy Harshman
Sorry, I'm a bit behind on sleep, so my brain is crawling this morning. I see what you're after now. CSS doesn't do those types of things alone; you'll need some scripting also. Perhaps it's possible to test for the presence of a vertical scrollbar with JavaScript and load the appropriate CSS.

[css-d] Ditching table-based layouts - need help with IE6

2010-04-02 Thread A cOLEMAN
Hi all - I tried to send this a few days ago, but I think I inadvertently sent it as rich text. D'oh. Anyway... So, I've finally decided to take the plunge and leave my beloved table-based layouts behind in favor of CSS based layouts. I'm also trying to learn Dreamweaver at the same time, so

[css-d] Remove Inactive Vertical Scrollbar in IE7 (Resend)

2010-04-02 Thread Hans Lodder
Hi! I am giving my website an overhaul: http://results2match.com Unfortunately, in IE8, compatibility mode, I have an inactive vertical scrollbar. I searched with Google and came up with 2 similar approaches: 1. Simple html { overflow: auto; } 2. More complex div.code { overflow: auto;

Re: [css-d] footer not following content

2010-04-02 Thread Rob Emenecker
Thanks Troy, Using "fixed" anchors it to the bottom, but I want it to be on the bottom on short pages, and then to follow after the content on longer pages. That is why I was going with a method trying to absolutely position it at the bottom of a relatively positioned div. ...Rob _

Re: [css-d] controlling the positioning of an image...

2010-04-02 Thread Alan Gresley
Matthew wrote: CC to list. > Thank you Alan! [snip] > Coming from a print-design background, I was happy to discover a way to > create layers on a website. [snip] Hello Michael This is just a short reply. I will reply in more detail later when I can think about what you are desiring. Also I n

Re: [css-d] doctype

2010-04-02 Thread Philip TAYLOR
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > html.is-ie-6 body { display: none; } > or something like that... :-) Oh, if only html.ishtml5 {visibility: hidden} :-))) ** Phil. __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discus

Re: [css-d] doctype

2010-04-02 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Apr 2, 2010, at 9:14 PM, Philip TAYLOR wrote: > As a supplementary question to this, I agree that the > spec. for XHTML permits this (whilst the spec. for > HTML does not) but in what circumstance(s) do you > believe it to be useful ? I ask because there can > (and must) be exactly one instan

Re: [css-d] footer not following content

2010-04-02 Thread Troy Harshman
It looks like you're using position:absolute, try using position:fixed. Although, IE6 does not support fixed positioning, so if you need to support IE6, you'll need to also deal with that. __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.or

Re: [css-d] doctype

2010-04-02 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Apr 2, 2010, at 8:23 PM, Bill Braun wrote: > Thierry Koblentz wrote: >> As a side note, one advantage of XHTML over HTML is that XHTML allows >> authors to use an ID on (which can be handy). >> > > That's another mystery to me. Could you unpack a few details? In html4 strict, the only attr

Re: [css-d] doctype

2010-04-02 Thread Philip TAYLOR
Bill Braun wrote: > That's another mystery to me. Could you unpack a few details? As a supplementary question to this, I agree that the spec. for XHTML permits this (whilst the spec. for HTML does not) but in what circumstance(s) do you believe it to be useful ? I ask because there can (and mu

Re: [css-d] doctype

2010-04-02 Thread Bill Braun
Thierry Koblentz wrote: > As a side note, one advantage of XHTML over HTML is that XHTML allows > authors to use an ID on (which can be handy). > That's another mystery to me. Could you unpack a few details? Thank you, Bill B

Re: [css-d] controlling the positioning of an image...

2010-04-02 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan Gresley wrote: > This should be. Please be aware that Opera, IE7, IE6 must be given different styles to make sticky footers work. FF, Safari and IE8 can handle the basic CSS. --

Re: [css-d] controlling the positioning of an image...

2010-04-02 Thread Alan Gresley
Matthew wrote: > Hi everyone! This is my first post. > > I am new to CSS and find that I am fumbling around in the dark quite a bit. > Therefore I was very pleased to discover this mailing list and hope that some > experienced people will be able to help along the way. My hope is that I can >

[css-d] Printing issues

2010-04-02 Thread Alan Chandler
I have a simulated table in one of my internal web sites based around a div representing the row, and then floated divs inside used to generate the cells. It is essentially a personal application for me to manage my finances, with each row of this psuedo table being a transaction within an acc