[css-d] ie7 Suckerfish menu problems?

2006-09-05 Thread D Ross
Anyone else had any problems with the Suckerfish dropdowns in ie7 beta 3? I'll roll over one link which reveals the drop down list for that link but when I roll off the link the list doesnt go away. So if I roll over another link the previous list I had rolled over is still showing. Also, if the l

Re: [css-d] Safari not loading style sheet

2006-05-04 Thread D Ross
Well, it wasnt the shorthand for the background property. It was a couple of unneeded characters. On 5/4/06, D Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ugg...forgot to include a link. But I think I have figured it out. Safari > has problems when the shorthand for the background

Re: [css-d] Safari not loading style sheet

2006-05-04 Thread D Ross
Ugg...forgot to include a link. But I think I have figured it out. Safari has problems when the shorthand for the background property is not written correctly. Although I thought this only affected earlier versions of safari. Looks like it has to be it though as safari loads the link styles and som

[css-d] Safari not loading style sheet

2006-05-04 Thread D Ross
Was just browsing this site in Safari and noticed it's not pulling the style sheet. Firefox is though...Just thought it was strange...any ideas why? __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d

Re: [css-d] Extending repeating bg wrapper to full height of window

2006-02-01 Thread D Ross
I found the answer after googling a little more: http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/50003 On Feb 1, 2006, at 6:16 PM, D Ross wrote: > > Anyways, I need to have my wrapper's repeating bg image extend the > whole length of the page. I know I can just add a bg image to

[css-d] Extending repeating bg wrapper to full height of window

2006-02-01 Thread D Ross
Hi, I've done this before but it's been a while and can't remember which site I did it with... Anyways, I need to have my wrapper's repeating bg image extend the whole length of the page. I know I can just add a bg image to the body but the body will also have a bg image of it's own. I tried

Re: [css-d] Browser Statistics

2006-01-28 Thread D Ross
Google analytics is nice and free...I use it. http://www.google.com/analytics/ On Jan 27, 2006, at 9:07 PM, {tonyFelice} wrote: > Does anyone know of a good resource for browser/platform statistics? > __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROT

Re: [css-d] CSS dropdown IE woes

2006-01-26 Thread D Ross
I received some very useful help for this problem so all should be taken care of now. __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported

[css-d] CSS dropdown IE woes

2006-01-26 Thread D Ross
Hi all, I'm currently working on a build for a client. They want the main navs up top to be dropdown menus. I have them working perfectly in Firefox/Safari ... basically any browser other than IE. In IE the actual navs that you see at all times when hovered over actually change the backgrou

Re: [css-d] problem in mac IE 5.2

2006-01-25 Thread D Ross
FORGET about ie mac - don't worry about..dont waste thought on it. It's gone bye bye. On Jan 25, 2006, at 3:45 PM, Denise Hartmann wrote: > Help, > > I am having a problem in mac IE 5.2 with www.ourtownplayers.org, > the main body of the site won't float. It's ending up below the > content

Re: [css-d] Looking for reasons to use header tags - esp. for ADA

2006-01-21 Thread D Ross
> > *BESIDES* the fact that it's just good practice to use headers or > because the W3C recommends that headers should be used in sequential > order, is there any other reasons to use header tags? > Search engines! __ css-discuss

Re: [css-d] CSS Formatting Issues:

2006-01-20 Thread D Ross
It's probably not the browser. Dreamweaver often times doesn't show css layouts correctly. If you have a link to your site that would probably help. On Jan 20, 2006, at 1:33 PM, Cory Perry wrote: > Hey everyone, I having a problem with my CSS formatting when viewed > in a > browser compared

Re: [css-d] Safari only bug

2006-01-16 Thread D Ross
On Jan 16, 2006, at 2:36 PM, David Mulder wrote: > URL: http://home2006.msu.edu > > > Does anyone know what is going on when Safari drops the left column as > mentioned below? > Try adding a padding-bottom or margin-bottom of about 20px on the bottom navigation that is in the content area. So

Re: [css-d] CSS newbie books

2006-01-05 Thread D Ross
On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:31 AM, ghvyghvy wrote: > I joined this group and I daily receive messages. I am a newbie to > CSS. > I would like to learn CSS. Please give me a set of books with > authors so > that I can learn from start in a step by step way. I know HTML > (almost). > I need to learn

Re: [css-d] strange div issue in IE

2006-01-04 Thread D Ross
This may or may not help but always add display: inline to any element that is floating and has a margin. IE doubles margins of floated elements and adding this will do no harm to anything else. On Jan 4, 2006, at 9:12 AM, jp bouyer wrote: > > > In moz, opera and netscape, my layout stays as i

Re: [css-d] Mozzila: menu weirdness!

2006-01-01 Thread D Ross
I think it's a Firefox 1.5 thing. At least that's where I've noticed it happening on my site. I don't think Firefox did this before 1.5. > > Patrick Roane wrote: >> Please take a peek at the following menu: >> >> www.pdrsolution.com/waters/index.html >> >> >> If you actually click on any of the

Re: [css-d] Block element wrapping tightly around content

2005-12-26 Thread D Ross
Don't think this has been mentioned but you could also use something like: h1 strong { background: #00; } This is your heading Then, only the words will have the background and not the whole line. On Dec 25, 2005, at 9:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to make an H1 element to ha

Re: [css-d] IE 6 Body Element - More Woes

2005-12-24 Thread D Ross
I'd probably just make the background of the body black then put everything inside a containing div that is set to 99% or whatever you want it to be. Try that. On Dec 24, 2005, at 11:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings all, > > I'm having trouble getting IE 6 to read my background co

Re: [css-d] Myspace

2005-12-21 Thread D Ross
This guy used to have an amazing myspace page but it appears they deleted it for some reason...I saw it before they did and was in awe that he could make all that table junk look like what he had it to. I checked out his code and he had used display: none and replaced table cells with divs

Re: [css-d] another margin problem?(IE) - mac users plz sitecheck

2005-10-30 Thread D Ross
Add display: inline to the #container in the css. It will fix ie's double margin and not hurt anything else. > > Now my problem is in IE you see like 20 or more pixels to the margin(i > think?) of the #container, the image is not lining up with the redish > background, > and it does in Firefox.

Re: [css-d] background image on text/search box?

2005-10-12 Thread D Ross
Awesome - thanks fellas. On Oct 12, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Pringle, Ron wrote: How is it sacrificing accessibility? Actually, if you provide borders for your input box as well as a background image, you can have an input (search) box that shows up whether the images are turned off or not. A

[css-d] background image on text/search box?

2005-10-11 Thread D Ross
Is it possible to use a background image as a search box? If so, will the search box outline still be there or can the image be the actual box? Thanks __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listin

Re: [css-d] IE Win won't display margins correctly

2005-08-03 Thread D Ross
Try adding display: inline to all floated elements that have margins. On Aug 3, 2005, at 3:34 PM, patrick mattison wrote: I'm sure this is a common problem but I can't seem to figure it out. in IE for Windows #container and #bricks seem to have an inherent left margin. I tried adding an IE

Re: [css-d] Invisible text inside a a-Tag

2005-07-31 Thread D Ross
Just a quick look at your question but you should be able to add the class to the span or the a tag. David On Jul 31, 2005, at 10:36 AM, joa ebert wrote: The problem is: I've got a footer, all the text is displayed by a background-image. Now I want to have some clickable areas (from th

Re: [css-d] IE navigation positioning/padding/margins

2005-07-28 Thread D Ross
Don't code your site for ie mac. ie mac has been abandoned by microsoft and hasnt been updated in 3 or so years and never will be. More importantly, don't code for ie mac for the simple fact that your catering to people who havent updated their browsers and computers in a VERY long time. The

[css-d] Another font sizing question

2005-07-02 Thread D Ross
I've been sizing fonts by specifying 100.01% on the body (the .01% helps safari and maybe IE for those wondering). I've been seeing, quite frequently, people specifying body font size as 76%. Any advantages or disadvantages to this besides probably not having to specify basic font sizes suc

Re: [css-d] What display bug is this in IE?

2005-06-17 Thread D Ross
Try adding display: inline to anything that has a float with margins. Sorry, I posted this earlier, but the site was moved to a test folder until it goes live - http://www.yachadindustries.com/test/ The right column is floated over, and in IE 6 there's extra padding being shown there - I

[css-d] Favorite image replacement technique?

2005-06-14 Thread D Ross
Hi all, Just wondering on your personal favorite image replacement technique or which one you think is best... I'm designing and coding a site where we're using nice typographic headlines. Normally I would use sIFR but in this case it wont work. The headlines all consist of 2 words. The fi

Re: [css-d] Specificity problem

2005-06-05 Thread D Ross
Try background: transparent or background: none on the li link navs http://www.seafoodlab.cmast.ncsu.edu/index.html [xhtml] http://www.seafoodlab.cmast.ncsu.edu/styles/sflabstyles.css [css] I have a specificity problem. The last thing I added were the default link styles at the very botto

Re: [css-d] IE 5 Mac craziness- Please help!

2005-06-02 Thread D Ross
1 person out of 10,000 uses ie mac - and that's their problem dont worry about it, dont code for it,,,it's a waste of time and thought. On Jun 2, 2005, at 9:24 PM, Bruce Gilbert wrote: in IE 5 Mac, my nested table structure is appearing layered over the paragraph above it. This isn't

Re: [css-d] Kicking and screaming

2005-06-01 Thread D Ross
On Jun 1, 2005, at 8:15 PM, Heather Haggerty wrote: I do have that ... the leather strap on the left is a div with it repeating vertical same with rightside, different container repeating background vertically. The content div in the very center of it call also has a repeating pattern. h

Re: [css-d] Kicking and screaming

2005-06-01 Thread D Ross
.I also can't seem to understand how to get the divs to stretch as long as the longest content. http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/ To have the image stretch with the content you should use a vertically repeating background image in your container. Check this article for mo