Re: [css-d] Custom CSS resets

2012-08-14 Thread Philip TAYLOR
Andrew Cunningham wrote: if you consider and elements to be purely presentational, then I guess you can leave browsers to their own devices. But I work on sites that are multilingual and where user generated content could be in any language, so if these elememts are purely presentational the

Re: [css-d] Custom CSS resets

2012-08-14 Thread Gabriele Romanato
We're going a little off-topic here. ;-) My point is not about tags, but about how a CSS reset should be used. Eric's reset is a general-purpose tool that should be always tailored to your specific needs and not copied and pasted without knowing exactly what it does (as many authors do). Since CSS

[css-d] arranging horizontally

2012-08-14 Thread John
I am trying to learn how to arrange things horizontally, the way tables makes almost effortless, but in css instead. Here's a screengrab of what I'm trying to do: http://coffeeonmars.com/testing/checkout.png Using a tutorial suggesting floats to get things horizontal, I can get started but I

Re: [css-d] arranging horizontally

2012-08-14 Thread David Hucklesby
On 8/14/12 5:53 AM, John wrote: I am trying to learn how to arrange things horizontally, the way tables makes almost effortless, but in css instead. Here's a screengrab of what I'm trying to do: http://coffeeonmars.com/testing/checkout.png Using a tutorial suggesting floats to get things horiz

Re: [css-d] arranging horizontally

2012-08-14 Thread John
On Aug 14, 2012, at 7:32 AM, David Hucklesby wrote: > In addition, you can get a block to snuggle up to floats, taking up whatever > room is left at the side, by giving it a "new block-formatting context." > Thierry shows you how: > > Thank yo