Re: [css-d] IE 5 and 6-- main content div drop

2008-12-22 Thread David Jones
dbing...@mac.com > 760806 7699 Valid HTML and CSS would help: HTML http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ruthinstitu te.org%2F CSS http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?profile=css21&warning=0&uri =http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ruthinstitute.org%2F

Re: [css-d] resetting global font size

2008-12-09 Thread David Jones
ascade down to all the other > font size settings? What's wrong with simply trusting that the visitor has their preferred font setting already set - and not setting a font size on body at all? David Jones, Content Coordinator, Information and Technology Management, Customer Relat

Re: [css-d] [OT] Need Screenshot Please

2008-12-05 Thread David Jones
CD version) and look at your site using Konqueror. You don't have to pay big bucks and put up with slow performance to test websites under Linux browsers like Konqueror. David Jones, Content Coordinator, Information and Technology Management, Customer Relations - KL PS, (808) 948

Re: [css-d] Row of Images Position Problem IE6

2008-09-23 Thread David Jones
robably did the images in some weird, convoluted > way, but it's the only way I could figure out how to do it. > > Thanks in advance, Hmmm, W3C validator reports 10 errors in your "XHTML 1.0 Strict" document: http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.

Re: [css-d] a great CSS experiment: how to build it

2008-09-18 Thread David Jones
in the Reality Browser's CSS implementation - causing floated elements to overlap when they're not supposed to. The process of porting it from The Matrix has been very rough on testers - we should all applaud Gabriele's courage in testing it! David Jones, Co

Re: [css-d] Possible to install multiple versions of IE?

2008-09-17 Thread David Jones
a virtual Windows PC on your existing one, and install the older IE version on it. You can have a separate virtual machine for each different browser version. Each browser set up this way responds to IE conditional comments as its own version. Want an older version of a browser? Try evolt.org: http:/

Re: [css-d] Lightweight HTTP server for beginner's http://localhost/ ?

2008-09-05 Thread David Jones
gt; makes it very lightweight. Lightweight enough that I used to run it on my old desktop Windows98 PC ... Apache2Triad is very easy for novices (and when it comes to configuring a web server, that's pretty much exactly where I am!) David Jones, Cont

Re: [css-d] Trouble with line-height and overflow:hidden

2008-08-22 Thread David Jones
t tested this, but I think that would make the 10th line of text be right at the bottom of the box, not partially cut off by falling outside the fixed height of the box. Plus the box height would still be usable for visitors who've increased or decreased their font size (another fea

Re: [css-d] background works for one page, not for other

2008-08-08 Thread David Jones
much larger than it needs to be and is being scaled down in CSS/HTML? The throbbing stars are cute but very annoying ... Not nauseating, but like a spoiled child jumping up all the time shouting "Look at me, look at me!" David Jones, Content Coordinator, Information and Technology Managemen

Re: [css-d] a:hover vs images with alpha chanel

2008-08-04 Thread David Jones
een before? Joshn, hmm, not sure what you mean by disabling background-color on hover? Other than to specify what color you want used. David Jones, Content Coordinator, Information and Technology Management, Customer Relations - KL PS, (808) 948-5830 "MMS " made the following annotations. --

Re: [css-d] BETTER! much reduced code, should be a lot easier to see

2008-07-28 Thread David Jones
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of good one > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:52 PM > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: [css-d] BETTER! much reduced code, should be a lot > easier to see > > Hi sorry about the last post that ma

Re: [css-d] Who is this person ?

2008-07-25 Thread David Jones
mplate for me? > > http://www.chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/cssd/chris.html Hmmm, if you go to the parent domain and scroll down a bit, you'll see his name listed under Contact ... David Jones, Content Coordinator, Information and Technology Management, Customer Relations - KL PS, (808) 948-5830 &q

Re: [css-d] IE margin, padding, and .png issues

2008-07-14 Thread David Jones
ning=0&uri =http%3A%2F%2Fwww.objectivedesigns.com%2Famittius%2Fwhite%2Findex.htm IE6 doesn't support PNG's 256-levels of transparency. Other folk on the list know what to do about that ... David Jones, Content Coordinator, Information and Techn

Re: [css-d] image background question

2008-07-09 Thread David Jones
rgin: 10px; > background-image: url(images/arrow.png); > background-repeat: no-repeat; > } > > 2. something here > > any ideas? Hmmm, perhaps try using padding instead of margin? David Jones, Content Coordinator, Information and Technology Management, Cust

Re: [css-d] EM based layout issue between Firefox and Safari on Mac

2008-07-09 Thread David Jones
expecting. Of course, if you can accidentally change your default font setting, your visitor can deliberately change his or her default font setting, too, and upset all your design calculations. Perhaps it's better to think in terms of a 1em grid than a "10px" grid ... David Jones, Conten

Re: [css-d] relative positioning

2008-05-28 Thread David Jones
out I removed all the styling from the > form and its fieldsets. All ok. Then I added just > > fieldset { position: relative; } > > and there was the crazy offset. It doesn't even seem to be > related to any other screen element. My guess is that IE6 has a diffe

Re: [css-d] How to align list numbers?

2008-05-27 Thread David Jones
> -Original Message- > From: Richard Grevers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 1:32 PM > To: David Jones > Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: Re: [css-d] How to align list numbers? > > On 5/23/08, David Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [css-d] Browser compatibility with basic background formats?

2008-05-22 Thread David Jones
g one and let them know that there's no point in their scripts injecting ads into CSS files - they only mess up the CSS file and aren't seen by anyone. (Be interesting to know if they're also injecting ads into ex

Re: [css-d] off-left technique and width

2008-05-22 Thread David Jones
27; could also be added to prevent > this on scaling. The thought occurred to me that without a width, IE's autoexpansion bug might decide that the off-left item really needed to be wide enough to hold its content and widen the element enough for part of it to appear in the viewport?

Re: [css-d] How to align list numbers?

2008-05-22 Thread David Jones
tline-tables. David Jones, Content Coordinator, Customer Relations - KL PS, (808) 948-5830 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of snak detek+0r Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:39 AM To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d] How to align

[css-d] How to align list numbers?

2008-05-21 Thread David Jones
Is there a way to align roman numeral list numbers left, instead of right-aligned on the period? Example: I. List item 1 II. List item 2 Instead of: I. List item 1 II. List item 2 Thanks in advance. And apologies for whatever corporate-mandated disclaimer that might appear below. David