[css-d] Site check esp. IE5/Mac & Safari please.

2006-07-13 Thread Mark Batty (Gmail)
Hi all I've made a few changes and I think this all works on XP with IE6, IE55, FF 1.5 and Opera 9 (with some minor issues if zoom is not 100%, very strange?). If anyone has the time (or inclination) could you confirm this and/or check on W2K in case I've missed something. I'm especially inte

[css-d] Page check please.

2006-07-07 Thread Mark Batty (Gmail)
Hi all I've made some changes since my last post, I think it now works in the following: FF1.5, IE6, IE5.5, Opera 9 (XP) I believe there are issues in Netscape, Mozilla, Safari and IE5 Mac, would anyone be able to check these and any other platforms/browsers for me please. I think ideally I

Re: [css-d] site check

2006-07-06 Thread Mark Batty (Gmail)
> On a Mac it renders ok in Firefox 1.5.0.4. But in Safari 1.3.2 all > content below the header and navigation appears in one continuous left > column, roughly 200px wide. In IE5, the latest news etc column to the > left, a long way below the main body text, and the lorem logo is > sticking out

Re: [css-d] Site check please, esp. Mac & UNIX.

2006-07-06 Thread Mark Batty (Gmail)
> This is due to the overflow:hidden; I am not sure if this is a bug. I > think Safari needs a width in #cwrap. A problem, regarding your > em-padding on these elements. A better understanding of the bug would > give us a better solution. Do you think that setting #col1 to 99.9% or hiding the ov

[css-d] Site check please, esp. Mac & UNIX.

2006-07-06 Thread Mark Batty (Gmail)
Hi all, would you be able to check the following for me please, especially on Mac and UNIX. The portfolio link (main nav at the top) has a page to check the 'you are here' effect, all other pages don't exist yet.

[css-d] Need help from you - with peekaboo? and arrows too :)

2006-07-05 Thread Mark Batty (Gmail)
Hi all I think I've got a peekaboo bug I can't fix, everything seems OK in FF and Opera but not IE. After loading the homepage below, go to portfolio in the main nav at the top the scroll down so you can see the footer, then roll over the useful links at the bottom of the sidebar. The space b

Re: [css-d] FF/Safari absolute footer

2006-07-04 Thread Mark Batty (Gmail)
> Can someone with safari & FF please confirm? > The green bar stays on the bottom in FF 1.5.0.4 XP SP2, can't check Safari. Mark. __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing

[css-d] IE shifting problems

2006-07-03 Thread Mark Batty (Gmail)
Hi all I have the following page that works OK in FF, I've made a start with an IE version of the CSS but I've got myself confused with all the hacks that may be possible. The two main problems at the moment are the #hnav top navigation shifting and loosing text colour and the #fwrap footer b

[css-d] Liquid equal height columns

2006-06-28 Thread Mark Batty (Gmail)
Hi all, I got an error from my mailer so I am re-sending this post, hope its OK ... So far I've been using the one true layout technique for equal height columns using the extra large negative margin [1], however the advice has been updated to say it can be dangerous [2]. I've also seen an art

[css-d] Liquid equal height columns

2006-06-26 Thread Mark Batty (Gmail)
Hi all So far I've been using the one true layout technique for equal height columns using the extra large negative margin [1], however the advice has been updated to say it can be dangerous [2]. I've also seen an article by Zoe to modify faux columns for liquid layouts [3] as well as other ad

Re: [css-d] Image not loading on first load: IE6 CSS problem?

2006-06-13 Thread Mark Batty
> Not sure what the problem is then! I also see the stamp OK, and the link works on the following (on XP) Opera 8.5 Netscape 8.1 Firefox 1.5 IE6 Mark. __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread Mark Batty
> Mark, this is as close as I can come to what I guess you are after: > HTML > > > Blindmice > They all run after the farmer's wife. > > Thanks very much for a working answer David, it seems to work better than the negative margin. I need to look at your css to make sure I understand WHY it w

Re: [css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread Mark Batty
> Cannot see what the problem is. I have commented out the -ve em > code and it > still lines up on FF1.5 and IE6. > Hi Ian, I've put a couple of screenshots (in FF) with the negative margin here ... http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/010606_1/screen1.jpg I get the same effect

Re: [css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread Mark Batty
> Try enclosing the text in paragraphs - at present the text is contained in anonymous lines boxes and cannot be styled. Thanks Dave, I tried this but it still doesn't align properly without using a negative margin. __ css-disc

[css-d] Align different size text lines

2006-06-01 Thread Mark Batty
Hi all I have two lines of text (as part of a logo) that are different sizes and I want them to align perfectly on the left. I've tried text-align but that doesn't seem to work to well when the lines are different text sizes. I can achieve this using an estimated negative margin and it seems OK

Re: [css-d] [RE-POST] anchor focus in opera and IE

2005-12-09 Thread Mark Batty
> :focus is not implemented in IE6, one workaround is the use of the > :active pseudo-class > Thanks Ingo, that seemed to work. If anyone is interested, I had to do this ... /* IE doesn't use focus so we use active instead. */ * a:active { text-decoration: none; color: #c60; } #announc

[css-d] [RE-POST] anchor focus in opera and IE

2005-12-09 Thread Mark Batty
Hi all, I've re-posted to hopefully get some information. If no-one has a solution to my problem below would you be able to tell me if anchor focus normally works in Opera and IE? Thanks. Original post follows: My query is about an accessibility feature I'm trying to do with css. This post is

[css-d] anchor focus in opera and IE

2005-12-08 Thread Mark Batty
Hi all My query is about an accessibility feature I'm trying to do with css. This post is not about accessibility pros and cons, etc (which I know is off-topic) but about css techniques. Example page and code: html: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/081205_1/index.html css: h

Re: [css-d] [RE-POST] IE page flicker (not rollover)

2005-12-02 Thread Mark Batty
> At least on my end, Georg's -1px margin fix does stop the flicker. > > As a side note, I wonder why I only could see the bug when cache > settings were changed from "Every visit to page" to "Never"? The -1px fix does stop the click/hold vanishing logo problem which was the biggest headache. I'v

Re: [css-d] modified dropdown flashing in ie - need expert help

2005-12-01 Thread Mark Batty
> Therein lies your problem. This just came up on the TheList as well. Below > is a link to a post regarding this very same problem with links to some > possible workarounds. > > http://lists.evolt.org/archive/Week-of-Mon-20051128/178184.html > > Regards, > Ron Sorry Ron, I replied to YOUR respons

Re: [css-d] modified dropdown flashing in ie - need expert help

2005-12-01 Thread Mark Batty
> Not seeing any flashing on my IE6/Win2K. Did you fix this? If not, can you > let us know what version of IE and what platform? I see the headers of each menu flash in IE6 WinXP SP2, but only when IE options are set to check pages on every visit. Mark.

Re: [css-d] [RE-POST] IE page flicker (not rollover)

2005-12-01 Thread Mark Batty
> You may try adding: > > #logo a {margin: -1px;} > > ...in your IE-stylesheet, or in the ordinary one. This "fix" doesn't > disturb other browsers. > > No more flickering in IE6 no matter what I do and where I click/hold, on > a copy of your page. I can not test across your site, so can't check >

[css-d] [RE-POST] IE page flicker (not rollover)

2005-12-01 Thread Mark Batty
I've re-posted this to hopefully attract a different audience and because I'm still having problems understanding this. I double-checked again on google and other sources without joy. My problem 'sounds' like the IE flicker problem with rollovers and images, however my problem is not with rollove

Re: [css-d] page check please/question about firefox 1.5 and "one truelayout"

2005-11-30 Thread Mark Batty
> I'd appreciate people taking a look and letting me know if there are > problems in browsers I haven't been able to test in (opera 7/9, > linux/konquerer, safari 1.3/1.2/1.0, anything else non-standard). I > think PDA's will be a disaster until I make a separate style sheet, > because they won't l

[css-d] IE page flicker (not rollover)

2005-11-30 Thread Mark Batty
Hi all I've noticed two (possibly related) issues with flicker in IE. I've done some searching but I don't think it's the 'normal' IE flicker problem with rollovers. If I hold the mouse over the logo and press the button to select (but not release the button), the logo image disappears; when the

Re: [css-d] lateral page shift in opera

2005-11-28 Thread Mark Batty
> If that shift is too disturbing at your end, then try: > > html {height: 100%; overflow-y: scroll;} > body {min-height: 100%; padding: 1px;} > > ...that should cover some browsers. Adjust padding as needed. Thanks Georg, I tried this but got inconsistent results. I have an existing bottom margi

Re: [css-d] lateral page shift in opera

2005-11-25 Thread Mark Batty
[CUT] > html: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/251105_1/index.html > css: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/251105_1/css/good_brows ers.css > ie: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/251105_1/css/ie_fix.css Still can't get a fix for opera but

Re: [css-d] lateral page shift in opera

2005-11-25 Thread Mark Batty
> >This is caused because a vertical scrollbar is shown when a page > is long but > >the scrollbar is not shown when another page is short, the effect is that > >pages appear to shift left and right. > > > >I've been using the following to force a permanent scrollbar on > all pages: > > > >html { >

[css-d] lateral page shift in opera

2005-11-23 Thread Mark Batty
Hi all David Laakso gave me advice off-list, following up on this I want to force a vertical scroll bar. This is to prevent lateral page shifting when one page is very short and one page is very long. This is caused because a vertical scrollbar is shown when a page is long but the scrollbar is n

[css-d] Page check & feedback please

2005-11-18 Thread Mark Batty
Hi all, would you be able to check the following for me (especially Mac and Unix): html: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/181105_1/index.html css: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/181105_1/css/good_brows ers.css The 'components, 'products' and 'slas' links

[css-d] RE-POST:default list image markers

2005-11-15 Thread Mark Batty
Hi all I'm really stumped by this so I posted again at a different time of day to try and 'catch' a different audience ... I made a minimal test case here: html: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/141105_1/list_tst.html css: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/1

[css-d] default list image markers

2005-11-14 Thread Mark Batty
Hi all I made a minimal test case here: html: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/141105_1/list_tst.html css: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/141105_1/css/good_list. css The objective is to use an image marker for the list items and if images are not availabl

[css-d] Alignment after sizing window

2005-11-02 Thread Mark Batty
Hi all I have a couple of issues in both Firefox and Opera. Ignore IE for now as I'm still working on the IE style sheet. html: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/021105_1/index.html css: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/021105_1/css/good_brows ers.css (Not

[css-d] Site check mac/unix please.

2005-10-27 Thread Mark Batty
t sidebar and slogan top right support from 'SUPPORT' left sidebar privacy from 'Privacy' at bottom html: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/261005_1/index.html css: http://public.softectra.com/dev

[css-d] Site check - esp. Mac & UNIX

2005-10-26 Thread Mark Batty
m 'SUPPORT' left sidebar privacy from 'Privacy' at bottom html: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/261005_1/index.html css: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/261005_1/css/modern.css Thanks all. Mark. -- Mark Batty __

RE: [css-d] Site Check

2005-10-21 Thread Mark Batty
> I use 100.01% and can't remember the exact reason for the > fraction. I believe to work around an earlier Opera problem ... I found a brief explaination at the end of this page (Listing 16) http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=FAF76&print=true Mark.

RE: [css-d] Rollover list border disappears

2005-10-21 Thread Mark Batty
> I'm pretty sure that's behavior of Opera zoom-out... If it zooms to > 80% of your layout, and calculates 80% of 1px, it most likely reduces > that to 0. I mean, if you zoom to 20%, a lot of stuff dissappears. Thanks, I thought that may be the case but wanted to check in case I missed something.

[css-d] Rollover list border disappears

2005-10-21 Thread Mark Batty
c.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/211005_1/index.html my css: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/211005_1/css/modern.css Any ideas? Thanks. Mark. -- Mark Batty __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://w

[css-d] missing borders and list markers?

2005-10-21 Thread Mark Batty
has been resolved now? Thanks). If anyone is interested the original problem has been moved: html: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/181005_1/index.html css: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/181005_1/css/modern.css Thanks all Mark. -- Mark Batty

RE: [css-d] Site test and questions.

2005-10-19 Thread Mark Batty
Georg (and thanks to Susan Welter for suggestions and Mac testing) Thanks for the feedback. > Just so that you know; poor old IE6 is forced to run in quirks mode, > similar to IE5+ (see link below). That's fine with me, as I always do > that on purpose anyway :-) > I've heard the phrase before bu

[css-d] Site test and questions.

2005-10-18 Thread Mark Batty
Hi guys and girls - and Gentlemen and Ladies :) I'm new to the list and new to css (and new to all things graphical really - I'm an old-ish back-end UNIX programmer just starting on front-end work). It may sound corny - but this is one of the friendliest lists I've ever seen; and I'm not saying t