Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread David Laakso
John wrote: > > > I can't have the faces I really want, so I use what I hope others > will actually have... > > Is there another way? > > thanks! > > J > > We are off- topic with this [nothing to do with CSS] and I accept full responsibility and blame for that. Best, ~d -- desktop ht

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread John
On May 19, 2010, at 3:21 PM, David Laakso wrote: > Verdana was ditched because it is pug ugly -- particularly at > default or > greater than default. Thanks for shining a light on that..I had no idea those other measurement systems would cause such issue with IE users...seems IE is a usua

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
David Laakso wrote: > Verdana was ditched because it is pug ugly -- particularly at default or > greater than default. How do you feel about Tahoma ? I prefer it to Verdana, and normally work at greater-than-default sizes. Philip Taylor

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread David Laakso
John wrote: > > On May 19, 2010, at 12:00 PM, David Laakso wrote: > >> body {font: /*11px Verdana,*/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; >>margin: 0; padding: 0;background: rgb(200,200,200); color: black;} >> >> img {border: 1px solid fuchsia; display : block; max-width: 96%; height: >> auto;} >>

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread John
On May 19, 2010, at 12:00 PM, David Laakso wrote: > body {font: /*11px Verdana,*/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; >margin: 0; padding: 0;background: rgb(200,200,200); color: black;} > > img {border: 1px solid fuchsia; display : block; max-width: 96%; > height: > auto;} > > Best, > ~d t

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> >> body {font: /*11px Verdana,*/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; > >>margin: 0; padding: 0;background: rgb(200,200,200); color: > black;} > >> > >> img {border: 1px solid fuchsia; display : block; max-width: 96%; > >> height: > >> auto;} > >> > > > > Max-width is a nice touch but it does no

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread David Laakso
Thierry Koblentz wrote: >>> thank you for any insight! >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.coffeeonmars.com/dez.html >>> >>> and >>> >>> http://www.coffeeonmars.com/two.html >>> >>> >> >> >> >> body {font: /*11px Verdana,*/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; >>margin: 0; padding:

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> > thank you for any insight! > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > http://www.coffeeonmars.com/dez.html > > > > and > > > > http://www.coffeeonmars.com/two.html > > > > > > > > body {font: /*11px Verdana,*/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; >margin: 0; padding: 0;background: rgb(200,200,200);

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
To save your visitors from having to horizontal-scroll (which most of them will hate), why not stack the last two images vertically instead of horizontally ? Philip Taylor John wrote: > http://www.coffeeonmars.com/dez.html _

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> > That's because your last image on that page is 1279 pixel wide > > > yeah...it's a big boy, isn't it? ;-) > > > so, is the remedy to ammend the code on that page, or is a 1279 pixel > wide image just plain ridiculous? I don't know if it's ridiculous or not, but it is what triggers the scro

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread David Laakso
John wrote: > thank you for any insight! > > John > > > > > http://www.coffeeonmars.com/dez.html > > and > > http://www.coffeeonmars.com/two.html > body {font: /*11px Verdana,*/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 0;background: rgb(200,200,200); color: black;} img {bor

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread Climis, Tim
> so, is the remedy to ammend the code on that page, or is a 1279 pixel wide > image just plain ridiculous? > In marsB.css, line 27 Delete the width: 600px; (or change to min-width: 600px). That will let the paragraph expand to fit your image, which will in turn make the page expand to fit the

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread John
On May 19, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: > That's because your last image on that page is 1279 pixel wide yeah...it's a big boy, isn't it? ;-) so, is the remedy to ammend the code on that page, or is a 1279 pixel wide image just plain ridiculous? feel free to be frank in you

Re: [css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> on both the pages below, the top menu bar (thick gray with thinner > gray bar underneath it) are meant to extend to the right to infinity, > but on the first of the two links below, Safari gets a horizontal > scroll bar and scrolling to the right shows the menu bar visibly > ending. Not so on pag

[css-d] Problem with menu bar

2010-05-19 Thread John
on both the pages below, the top menu bar (thick gray with thinner gray bar underneath it) are meant to extend to the right to infinity, but on the first of the two links below, Safari gets a horizontal scroll bar and scrolling to the right shows the menu bar visibly ending. Not so on page

Re: [css-d] (no subject)

2010-05-19 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> I want to have a visible indicator that a field is valid or invalid > (easy > enough) as follows: > > CSS: > > > > input:valid + span::after { content: "\2713 "} > > input:invalid + span::after { content: "\2717 "} > > > > but to no avail. It would appear that Firefox and Chrome

Re: [css-d] ADMIN: My Services

2010-05-19 Thread Eric A. Meyer
Hello all, Just a reminder from your neighborhood list chaperone that commercial solicitations are still, as they have always been, off-topic and generally verboten on css-d. This is explicitly one of the list policies: "No solicitations of employment or requests for applications." Pl

Re: [css-d] Fix for float breaking layout

2010-05-19 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> At http://bit.ly/ad7AEl please compare the headings in the Green > Drinks section. I just noticed that viewed links seem to be the size > of other headings, but the a links aren't behaving this way. Replace this: h4, h4 a:link {} With this: h4 {} and go from there > > > Also, on the contac

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2010-05-19 Thread Peter Coates
I'm playing around with CSS3 form elements, which are really rather delightful (don't you wish that IE6 and 7 would creep off into a corner and quietly die) I want to have a visible indicator that a field is valid or invalid (easy enough) as follows: CSS: input:valid + span::after { co

[css-d] My Services

2010-05-19 Thread Alex Thomas
Hi I was wondering if anyone knew of any projects that require any CSS work? I would like to offer my services for a very low price, possibly free. The reason for this is i want to build up my portfolio, to start doing some paid freelance work. Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Thank

Re: [css-d] Right column dropping

2010-05-19 Thread David Laakso
Brian M. Curran wrote: > Hello, > Does anyone know why my is dropping in IE5? > > www.draftingservices.com > > Sincerely, > Brian > Brian, Support for IE/5 and IE/5.5 is basically an exercise in ancient history and futility, nowadays. In plain English: I think you can safely forget both

[css-d] Right column dropping

2010-05-19 Thread Brian M. Curran
Hello, Does anyone know why my is dropping in IE5? www.draftingservices.com Sincerely, Brian __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incu

Re: [css-d] Fix for float breaking layout

2010-05-19 Thread Kim Brooks Wei
At 5:23 PM -0700 10/05/18, Thierry Koblentz wrote: > > Thank you Thierry. Now I'm trying to solve two link issues: > >You're welcome > >> I'm trying to figure out how to make my h4 and h5 headings the same >> size whether they are links or not. These headers render at different >> sizes when th

Re: [css-d] Multi-column layout with only one flexible-width column

2010-05-19 Thread Tom Livingston
Thanks all for the links on this. Sent from my iPod On May 17, 2010, at 11:41 PM, David Laakso wrote: > Tom Livingston wrote: >> I have a sinking feeling that this approach is asking for trouble. > > > > Such is life. On or off the web. > Explore some alternatives: > > [1] >

Re: [css-d] Nav Issue in IE

2010-05-19 Thread Duane Nelson
On 5/18/2010 3:36 PM, David Laakso wrote: > IE/6.0 supports height but not min-height. I had several of these to correct. I think I may also have to address several other websites. Thanks for the insight. > Delete all this stuff and the menu should appear: > /* Fix IE. Hide from IE Mac \*/ >