Re: [css-d] Absolutely Positioning an object in a div

2011-01-07 Thread Gabriele Romanato
Sorry for the delay. Here are a couple of tests that might be useful for that purpose: http://www.css-zibaldone.com/test/css21/object/object1.html http://www.css-zibaldone.com/test/css21/object/object2.html http://www.css-zibaldone.com/test/css21/object/object3.html

[css-d] CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread Giles, Sarah
I love using CSS Sprites (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites) But I hate making them in Photoshop. I happen to have one of those essential attributes of a programer (I am lazy). Does anyone know of a program that can take a list of files(say 4) let you define the offset values for the

Re: [css-d] CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread David Laakso
On 1/7/11 10:57 AM, Giles, Sarah wrote: I love using CSS Sprites (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites) But I hate making them in Photoshop. I happen to have one of those essential attributes of a programer (I am lazy). Does anyone know of a program that can take a list of files(say 4) let

Re: [css-d] CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Giles, Sarah wrote: I love using CSS Sprites (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites) But I hate making them in Photoshop. I happen to have one of those essential attributes of a programer (I am lazy). Does anyone know of a program that can take a list of files(say 4)

Re: [css-d] CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread Thierry Koblentz
I love using CSS Sprites (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites) But I hate making them in Photoshop. I happen to have one of those essential attributes of a programer (I am lazy). http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sprites+generator -- Regards, Thierry @thierrykoblentz www.tjkdesign.com |

Re: [css-d] CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread Kevin Rodenhofer
Hahahahahahahahaha On 1/7/2011 11:36 AM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: I love using CSS Sprites (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites) But I hate making them in Photoshop. I happen to have one of those essential attributes of a programer (I am lazy).

Re: [css-d] CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread Giles, Sarah
The Reason I didn't just google it. (actually I did google it before I decided to ask the list) I was hoping one of you might have used one or more then one before and might already know what is good or bad. I'm more then willing to learn from other peoples mistakes. That and I am a little leery

Re: [css-d] CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread Ville Viklund
Another alternative: How to generate CSS positions in Photoshop for CSS Sprites http://bit.ly/gCPRTI (from Smashing Magazine) On 7.1.2011 18:44, Giles, Sarah wrote: The Reason I didn't just google it. (actually I did google it before I decided to ask the list) I was hoping one of you might

Re: [css-d] CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread David Laakso
On 1/7/11 11:44 AM, Giles, Sarah wrote: I was hoping one of you might have used one or more then one before and might already know what is good or bad. --Sarah I have found this generator [1] helpful but your mileage may vary [and top-posting, among other trivia, screws up the list

[css-d] Link Style Not Showing Up in IE

2011-01-07 Thread Gates, Jeff
I'm having a problem getting the CSS to work in an unordered list in IE7 (but probably other versions of IE as well). Of course, they show up correctly in FF. And, I¹m only having this problem in the footer of the site, no place else. Here¹s a link to a sample page:

Re: [css-d] CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread Chetan Crasta
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Thierry Koblentz thie...@tjkdesign.com wrote: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sprites+generator On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:58 PM, David Laakso da...@chelseacreekstudio.com wrote: Fwiw, Google : subject line: css sprites generator-- turns up these among others:

Re: [css-d] Link Style Not Showing Up in IE

2011-01-07 Thread Chetan Crasta
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: Here¹s a link to a sample page: http://americanartinvites.com/omeka/explore In the footer at the bottom I have two unordered lists to the right of the logos. (One is a set of links, the second will be links but aren¹t at the

Re: [css-d] CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Chetan @Thierry, @David I think the way you answered Sarah's question was insulting and condescending. I think the question was a perfectly valid one. Sure, a Google search would partially provide a solution to Sarah's query, but she asked the question on this list to get *recommendations*

Re: [css-d] CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread Giles, Sarah
On 1/7/11 1:12 PM, Thierry Koblentz thie...@tjkdesign.com wrote: Chetan @Thierry, @David I think the way you answered Sarah's question was insulting and condescending. I think the question was a perfectly valid one. Sure, a Google search would partially provide a solution to Sarah's query,

[css-d] Right column drooping

2011-01-07 Thread Kim Brooks Wei
Hi People, I don't remember what will make my right column slide up to sit side by side with the left one. What am I failing to do? http://bit.ly/ad7AEl Kimi -- [ Kimi Wei thewei.com @kimiwei (t) 862.203.8814 p o box 626 fair lawn, nj 07410 ]

Re: [css-d] Right column drooping

2011-01-07 Thread Tim Arnold
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Kim Brooks Wei kimi@kimbwei.com wrote: Hi People, I don't remember what will make my right column slide up to sit side by side with the left one. What am I failing to do? http://bit.ly/ad7AEl Kimi I assume that you want the rightcopy and leftcopy divs

Re: [css-d] Right column drooping

2011-01-07 Thread Chetan Crasta
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Kim Brooks Wei kimi@kimbwei.com wrote: Hi People, I don't remember what will make my right column slide up to sit side by side with the left one. What am I failing to do? http://bit.ly/ad7AEl You can try Tim's suggestion, or if you don't want to change

Re: [css-d] ADMIN: CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread Eric A. Meyer
Folks, This thread needs to end now. If the various parties wish to take their disagreements to private e-mail, that's obviously fine, but the several thousand members of the list don't need to be subjected to an argument in which they have no part. I will reiterate the passage Chetan

Re: [css-d] ADMIN: CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Eric, I will reiterate the passage Chetan quoted from the list policies, as well as the text that follows it, because it is always relevant: Above all, if you can't answer with a modicum of respect, or without feeling somehow annoyed by the question, then DO NOT ANSWER AT

Re: [css-d] ADMIN: CSS Sprite Generator

2011-01-07 Thread Eric A. Meyer
At 12:08 PM -0800 1/7/11, Thierry Koblentz wrote: That same section says: My philosophy is that there are two kinds of questions: good questions and unasked questions. Unless I misunderstand the above (which is totally possible), I'd say the original post fell into the latter category.

[css-d] Javascript and CSS Strict?

2011-01-07 Thread Dagmar Noll
Hi, all. I'm almost done converting a table site to CSS, but I am having a problem. The problem involves a piece of javascript appearing and disappearing when I fiddle with the CSS. I don't think I'm doing anything dramatic with the CSS, but clearly my changes effect it. I also know nothing

Re: [css-d] Javascript and CSS Strict?

2011-01-07 Thread Chetan Crasta
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Dagmar Noll dag...@wincog.org wrote: 1. The javascript is a dropdown menu you can see working here, before I did a lot of tweaking: http://www.theroute6hoprivercorridor.com/links.html 2. Here is the same page after I stripped it of most of its tables and

Re: [css-d] Right column drooping

2011-01-07 Thread Kim Brooks Wei
Tim, thanks for pointing out my structural error. I did put both columns inside the same div, where they ought to be. Floating both columns left doesn't work though because the columns won't respect the boundaries of my green box anymore. Chetan, the positioning you suggest is a good idea but

Re: [css-d] Right column drooping

2011-01-07 Thread Kevin A. Cameron
Guess I should send this to the list, not just the individual... rightcopy and leftcopy both need to be floated; either both left, or one left and the other right. And get rid of the margin on rightcopy. But then the container div wont clear. Two simple ways to accomplish this. One way is to

Re: [css-d] Right column drooping

2011-01-07 Thread Kim Brooks Wei
OK, everybody, thanks for the guidance. Kevin, the clear-fix method you provided worked although the exact code you sent wasn't a fit. I found alternative code here http://perishablepress.com/press/2008/02/05/lessons-learned-concerning-the-clearfix-css-hack/ . It works great and my page is

[css-d] Font-face, alignment issue similar to images

2011-01-07 Thread Nancy Seeger
Hi All, Please pardon my newness, have been lurking for a while trying to get a feel for what the accepted practices are for the list. So if I err, please just let me know, I will don the sack cloth accordingly. In my enthusiasm to embrace font-face, I have run into an issue I'm not quite