Re: [css-d] New website

30 jan 2016 kl. 11:42 skrev D'Arcy J.M. Cain : > Have you considered checking your database access? WP sites basically > get all their content from a MySQL database.If the database is slow > that will slow down your site. Well, this shouldn’t be true for server cached URL’s, would it? With a pr

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello

jan 4 2016 20:38 GJim : > I much prefer the mailing list rather than forums. I’d like to point out that you can have a mailing list, a news group and a web site all mirroring each other. If that is practical from an installation, resource and maintenance viewpoint is a different question. >Fr

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello

dec 30 2015 Micky Hulse : > Now my mind goes back to why. Why is there a lack of activity? This > thought brings me back to the death of older browsers and the advent > of browser support for new/easier ways of doing things related to CSS > and HTML. Nah, it’s stackoverflow. Only answers, little

Re: [css-d] iPhone difference 5 & 5c ?

okt 14 2015 01:28 Crest Christopher : > What if you don't have an iPhone or a Mac to begin with, there is no other > options besides Chrome, or am I wrong ? Xcode has iphone emulation . I haven’t applied it recently, but I think you can run it separately from the coding in Xcode. I did this at

Re: [css-d] CSS solution for a "curly" apostrophe

12 okt 2015 kl. 02:01 skrev Chris Williams : > Yeah, well whatever. I'm using Outlook on the Mac, which is not set to > Korean, as Philip seems to believe. When Philip quoted your letter, he didn’t think anything else beyond the fact that your message had among it message headers the character

Re: [css-d] css for Android only?

7 sep 2015 kl. 21:07 skrev Philip Taylor : > > > MiB wrote: > >> sep 3 2015 16:16 marie-ange.demeulemees...@bnpparibasfortis.com: >> >>> The only way to detect Android is [J]avaS[c]ript. >> >> It’s kinda pointless attempting to do this yourse

Re: [css-d] css for Android only?

sep 3 2015 16:16 marie-ange.demeulemees...@bnpparibasfortis.com: > The only way to detect Android is javaSript. It’s kinda pointless attempting to do this yourself as there are frameworks for this, also commercial. __ css-dis

Re: [css-d] Adaptive Background images ?

n’t do as a designer. /MiB __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported

Re: [css-d] Putting an image before list item text

jun 27 2015 00:54 Angela French : > I'm trying to put a recycle bin icon before the text "Recycle Bin" on a > SharePoint menu list item. Is there a way to conditionally put the icon > when the list item text is "Recycle Bin”? Sounds like a server side problem to me.

Re: [css-d] how to time table on small screens

27 maj 2015 kl. 05:47 skrev Chad Lundgren : > I like CSS Tricks's method of dealing with this issue: > > https://css-tricks.com/responsive-data-tables/ Me too. One of the better approaches. __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-disc

Re: [css-d] make site suitable for mobile/small screens

May 25 2015 12:31 Erik Visser : > How does it behave at your (smaller) screens/browsers? Wider displays makes Logomap to fall down, which may not be your focus right now. If this isn’t replaced or something I’d place it with absolute positioning. I guess it’s not supposed to move anywhere wher

Re: [css-d] making a site responsive - first step: making it all fluid

21 maj 2015 kl. 11:31 skrev Erik Visser : > This is the result so far: http://beta.utrechtsyogacentrum.nl > > How does this look on your different systems? Looks sort of alright on the computer. That the left column overlaps into the main column at more narrow widths, like on a modern iPhone is

Re: [css-d] thoughts on bootstrap and is bootstrap a good approach to setting up a website that fits in different viewport sizes?

may 10 2015 01:57 Al Sparber : > On 5/9/2015 4:37 PM, Erik Visser wrote: >> > >> It has been a while since i was working on a regular basis on websites. >> But I'am quite familiar with css and html/php/and more. > > If you understand CSS, then all you need to create a responsive site is > und

Re: [css-d] correct way to code in a toggle menu?

4 feb 2015 kl. 01:16 skrev John : > > I think I’d want to put that toggle-menu code inside the nav tag, but I can’t > see how to make the toggle menu icon display when I’m hiding the nav-main.. > > Am I looking at this wrong? If you hide #nav-main only then #toggle-menu should be visible. Non

Re: [css-d] Media Queries break points/ reducing CSS bloat?

jan 27 2015 17:39 Nancy Johnson : > two questions: > 1. What are the best practices 2015 for media query breakpoints? In my case working content out and Mobile First. Then just go upwards and decide break points. To start with a little list of typical ones can be a good shortcut. > 2. Wha

Re: [css-d] Helvetica Light

jan 23 2015 09:13 Jukka K. Korpela : > important enough to justify the added complexity. The poodle's core, if I may. Sometimes designers or the implementor of a design err on failing to make clear what amount of effort can be justified in relation to the objectives of the project. Simplify

Re: [css-d] Helvetica Light

jan 23 2015 03:36 gpalz : > I have a client who wishes to have body copy as Helvetica Light. And the client is willing to pay for the proper licensing? Or for your time to dig up free alternatives? $font-face as have been suggested works then, but make sure to supply alternatives in your fon

Re: [css-d] Changing Visibility on Just One Element

dec 17 2014 22:34 Gates, Jeff : > Jukka and Joergen, I’ve already tried #cart-contents legend { visibility: > hidden; } and it didn’t work. Actually, that was the first thing I tried. Use the web developer tools in here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/ and you can be *certain*

Re: [css-d] MQ Fall Back

dec 17 2014 03:39 Isabel Santos : > Nowadays though, with Windows XP dead since last April, if I recall it > well, most users will have media queries supporting browsers ( > http://caniuse.com/)… :-) This is WYSIWYH all over again. And again. Well, what are a designer going to do? ___

Re: [css-d] Large Screen Compatibility Dilemma

dec 1 2014 02:07 Crest Christopher : > Am I thinking from a designer POV, not completely putting forward of all > possibilities with CSS ? First of all, you seem to have sidestepped the reason why a background image needs to be high-res. Secondly, when I’ve received a requirement akin to this

Re: [css-d] Rotating along Z

28 nov 2014 kl. 07:40 skrev Crest Christopher : > I need some help, why this doesn't rotate > along the Z, I know it's flat but instead it's rotating along the Y instead > of the Z, which should give the appearance it's shrinking ? You have the wrong expectation

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

nov 25 2014 17:49 Barney Carroll : > A task runner like Gulp would be useful for this kind of thing. This guy > wrote an excellent introduction (and starter kit) [0] that covers automated > SASS & Browserify code compilation and filesystem-browser synchronisation. > > I've used Gulp for my las

[css-d] validating CSS when?

As I often feel inclined to use vendor-prefixes in order to meet business requirements, my CSS typically don’t validate fully. I always know why and using SASS have shielded me somewhat from seeing this issue, as I can postpone any prefixes to the final phase. Are you developers handling this d

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

nov 25 2014 07:38 Karl DeSaulniers : > In regards to what you asked here, If they are using these plugins and > actually fixing any errors they find, then yes I know (without pretension) > their code will be valid. It's the reason these plugins were created. lol So your inference here is that

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

nov 25 2014 07:38 Karl DeSaulniers : > However, if your going to be putting together a CMS for others to use and > advertise it as a solid CMS, then I would have to say those Dev's need to be > on top of their game. No room for mistakes. At the very least make sure the > home page has no flaws

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

nov 25 2014 00:39 Jon Reece : > ​Apparently, even the W3C have trouble keeping all of their pages passing > validation ;) Unless it’s intentional. Maybe they’re just not using Wordpress? __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.o

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

nov 25 2014 00:03 Karl DeSaulniers : > Laughable maybe, invalid NO. > Whole reason for my post. OK, but I find it a tad pretentious to argue you know the specific code of hundreds of thousands of web sites built with Word press. You obviously do not know this and neither do I. We just have d

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

nov 24 2014 12:26 Karl DeSaulniers : > Hi Guys, > Pardon me while I interject, but if your using Wordpress, CSS Javascript > toolbox (CJT) wont let you get away with bad code. :) > They even have an advanced theme and plugin editor that will show you if > someone's plugin has bad code and give

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

nov 24 2014 07:25 Crest Christopher : > This version of the Developer Tools seems ten times more better then the > version I have in 33.1 (33.1.1) just released, literally at the time of me > writing this message/email. I also like Chrome tools and the Developer Tools add-on for both Chrome an

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

nov 24 2014 07:00 MiB : > Are you a man or a mice? I most certainly meant to ask ”Are you a man or a mouse”? My apologies for that grammatical error. You see how easy we mere mortals can make an error like that? A code god like you, Philip, surely would have a field day with me. C’mon

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

On Nov 23, 2014, at 8:21 AM, Philip Taylor wrote: > MiB wrote: > >> I think that might be why Perch http://grabaperch.com/ was invented. > > Assuming that Perch was used to generate its own landing page, it would not > be for me : > >> Line 43

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

24 nov 2014 kl. 02:26 skrev Karl DeSaulniers : > With firefox, you can set different screen sizes in their responsive layout > mode. VERY helpful. We have mentioned the new Firefox Developer Edition, right? https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/ IMHO the Firefox tools is all I need.

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

nov 23 2014 17:58 Crest Christopher : > Target / Context = Result So if your max page width is 960 and your container > is 650 then: 650/960=.677 (x100) so 67.7% > > How do I find my page max width, if the page width can be adjust at any time, > right now I don't know what my page width is so

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

nov 23 2014 13:40 David Laakso : > Just getting Drupal to work at default is enough to tax even Leonardo… I think that might be why Perch http://grabaperch.com/ was invented. __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http:

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

23 nov 2014 kl. 03:14 skrev Crest Christopher : > Percentage values scale the width of the viewport unlike pixel values. > > Tom / I assume when you say use max-width you mean; > > img { > max-width: 123px > } > > If so why do that, if you know the image size just give the container the > siz

Re: [css-d] Screens overload

nov 17 2014 05:45 Crest Christopher : > When you have a comp to work from you can tell the client, look this is the > comp you signed off on, hopefully both you and him are in agreement, It’s just that it’s very seldom you are in actual mutual agreement because a modern web site will not look

Re: [css-d] Screens overload

nov 16 2014 03:36 Crest Christopher : > I would hate to think what kind of mess or "sameness" you could develop > without something to work from. It may be a validated, responsive site but it > will be bland, similar to having thirty Starbucks in a large radius. That risk is not dependent on

Re: [css-d] Screens overload

nov 13 2014 16:39 Tom Livingston : > A sheet/styles for base styles. No MQ. > > A sheet/styles that kicks in with an MQ of min-width: 30em to make any > necessary tweaks to the content. > > A sheet/styles that kicks in with an MQ of min-width: 37em to make any > necessary tweaks to the content

Re: [css-d] Screens overload

13 nov 2014 kl. 16:23 skrev Philip Taylor : > and having to do a complete re-write tomorrow ? and every three months. __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ

Re: [css-d] Screens overload

nov 13 2014 15:06 Tedd Sperling : > > This is not all, but it's a good start: > > http://mydevice.io/devices/ Not to forget most devices also have the height/width flipped in addition when holding it on the side. __ css-dis

Re: [css-d] Screens overload

nov 12 2014 19:43 Crest Christopher : > I have a general question, how many screens are there ? There’re more different types that you even practically can handle individually. That’s why media queries have size points and why pixel-perfect design on the web is dead.

Re: [css-d] 3 elements side by side

nov 11 2014 00:09 Tom Livingston : > > What's your favorite, most reliable way to get 3 elements (block or > inline-block) side by side (no gap between) to span the full width of > their parent? And hopefully not leave a gap at all… If I have a fixed height of the subelements my fav is to posit

Re: [css-d] Font Size for fluid responsive on touch devices ?

nov 10 2014 05:04 Felix Miata : > ATM I cannot fathom the right words to share in public describing any > recommendation of use of an 8px font size. It's hard enough to find sharable > words for recommending px for font sizing in any context. By definition, px > font sizes disregard whatever size

Re: [css-d] Font Size for fluid responsive on touch devices ?

nov 10 2014 04:33 Crest Christopher : > You don’t consult user groups in your projects, Crest? They’d know. > > What ? A user group is a stratified group of people that are giving you feedback on your design. Legibility is one of the basic questions I always ask about. Users normally know wh

Re: [css-d] Font Size for fluid responsive on touch devices ?

nov 9 2014 21:35 Crest Christopher : > When using font sizes for mobile development, is there a limit to the > smallest size you can go before the responsiveness by the user becomes a > struggle then a pleasure to navigate ? You don’t consult user groups in your projects, Crest? They’d know.

Re: [css-d] Responsive Images

nov 7 2014 23:32 Crest Christopher : > which is faster IIS or PHP ? IIS is a server, PHP is a language that can run on servers. You're trying to compare apples to baskets. I haven’t looked at the Watermark code, but likely this is something in ASP.NET? If so that of course runs in IIS and po

Re: [css-d] Responsive Images

nov 7 2014 14:28 MiB : > When you do this, you typically will realize that content, its structure and > presentation is a design problem. Depending on your clients it may also > involve teaching your them about their content. Talking about fluff, that ”your” wasn’t supposed to

Re: [css-d] Responsive Images

nov 7 2014 00:38 Crest Christopher : > Why do you recommend building mobile first ? The main reason as I see it, is that mobile first methodology forces you to take a hard look at your content and prioritize it after what the users actually need to see first, second and so on. All fluff has to

Re: [css-d] Wild Design or Restrict myself ?

2 nov 2014 kl. 01:59 skrev Crest Christopher : > I have one concern when designing a responsive site, should I, as primarily a > designer but unlike many designers not restricted to design and know how to > code, be wild with my design, or is there restrictions I should set on myself > when de

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 20 2014 12:57 MiB : > If it’s 978 px, the element width will be based on that and if it’s 500px or > 1200px it will be base on those numbers. I should have used plural ”widths” here, as the width property is of course only a part of the width an element will t

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 20 2014 13:02 Tom Livingston : > Even given that, mixing units is going to cause issues, especially for those > just learning. I recommend using percentage for all, as in David L's example. That’s a good start, but percentage values does have to be controlled to not yield silly results in

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 20 2014 12:56 Philip Taylor : > Make context explicit as a part of your assertions, don't rely on others > inferring it. Study the pragmatics of discourse. Yes Philip, I’ll assume you don’t read all relevant posts in the thread you’re posting in, in the future. ___

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 20 2014 12:32 Tom Livingston : > I have to agree with Philip here. If you don't know context you can use the > formula you referenced. That, I believe, is his point. Viewport width is not > something you will know. Agree on the obvious, you mean? In the given example, the context was know

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 20 2014 12:20 Philip Taylor : > On the contrary, I want to challenge your assertion that "you can translate > from px sizing to percentages" for all but the most trivial of cases. If > /everything/ was originally expressed in pixels, then of course you can > translate from px sizing to p

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 20 2014 11:25 Philip Taylor : > > MiB wrote: > >> What part of ”will explain it all” did you not like? > > The part where you consistently avoid my question. So you admit being a troll? You’re not here to learn and share knowledge, like the a majority of the other

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 20 2014 11:17 Philip Taylor : > But when your context is 100% and your target is 16px (or any other number of > px), what then ? I refuse to answer any more questions like this one form you until you have read the article I linked to. What part of ”will explain it all” did you not like?

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 20 2014 01:14 Crest Christopher : > You can use pixels instead of percentages for a fluid layout ? You can use pixels for the parts of the grid you want to be inflexible, like gutters. This will break relative relationships so must be handled with care. ___

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 20 2014 11:08 MiB : > Grids are not hocus locus. Grids are not hocus pocus either. OS X’s canning ability to invisibly (erroneously) correct me is very irritating. Probably solveable, but no time. :P __ css-discuss [

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 20 2014 10:49 Philip Taylor : > MiB wrote: > >> you can translate from px sizing to percentages >> I’ll answer specific questions, not your erroneous assumptions. > > Fine, here's a specific question : "How would you translate from 16px to a > percen

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 20 2014 10:49 Philip Taylor : > MiB wrote: > >> you can translate from px sizing to percentages >> I’ll answer specific questions, not your erroneous assumptions. > > Fine, here's a specific question : "How would you translate from 16px to a > percent

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 20 2014 09:12 Philip Taylor : > MiB wrote: > >> That’s not what I said. Try again. > > You said "you can translate from px sizing to percentages." > I pointed out that, in general, you cannot. I am still waiting > for you to demonstrate how you can. An

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 19 2014 23:38 Philip Taylor : > MiB wrote: > >> That’s irrelevant as you can translate from px sizing to percentages. > > How ? How can you know (for example) what percentage of a full-width element > 16px represents ? Since you have no way of knowing the width of

Re: [css-d] Grid System

okt 19 2014 17:40 GJim : > I should have mentioned that I don't use px for column layouts - instead, I > use > percentages. That’s irrelevant as you can translate from px sizing to percentages. You can keep gutters in px or ems, depending on content and within what media query they exist. __

Re: [css-d] Grid & Columns and Frustrations

okt 9 2014 08:03 Karl DeSaulniers : > Just found this too. > > http://thisisdallas.github.io/Simple-Grid/ > > Its a grid. not a framework. no bloat. > Might be exactly what you need. :) Well, it got my attention so must be good then! I haven’t got the time to investigate it right now, but it

Re: [css-d] Grid & Columns and Frustrations

okt 8 2014 11:59 MiB : > find one you like and learn to work use within your methodology. well, find one you like and learn how to use it within your methodology. __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.

Re: [css-d] Grid & Columns and Frustrations

okt 8 2014 03:24 Crest Christopher : > Would anyone be willing to create a video on when they are using a grid frame > work how they begin, up to atleast half way of the development process ? You tried youtube? I found a few with "using grid framework” (sans citation): http://goo.gl/wkFXkU W

Re: [css-d] Grid & Columns and Frustrations

7 okt 2014 kl. 16:18 skrev Crest Christopher : > MiB your message seems to go into your development process rather then on > grids and columns and understanding them ! It does. My apologies. It should be clear though my grids are always different when the content is different. To me &

Re: [css-d] links not working smartphone - tablet

7 okt 2014 kl. 10:16 skrev Barney Carroll : > The specifics in Bootstrap's CSS are legacy IE hacks > and vendor-prefixed CSS3. Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water. Those are irrelevant errors that you can ignore as you know you’re using vendor-prefixes and IE hacks. That’s not what I

Re: [css-d] Grid & Columns and Frustrations

7 okt 2014 kl. 05:50 skrev Crest Christopher : > I want to know, is this the method you use grids or is my starting point > completely off the rails ? That really depends on your objective. I don't use a grid framework but use my own basic layouts, that I evolve further in every project, and

Re: [css-d] links not working smartphone - tablet

okt 6 2014 20:20 Barney Carroll : > So 'validate your markup', as much as it may be good advice, wouldn't have > caught this particular fish. In fact, I might assert that 'validate your > markup' hasn't taught us anything with regards to this particular problem. > The reason people come to this l

Re: [css-d] Grid & Columns and Frustrations

okt 6 2014 07:18 Crest Christopher : > know what is possible Side-note: It’s useful to know what’s possible, but we all still have to do one page design at a time to really make it possible. Anything’s possible more or less. The real questions are commonly more like "what’s needed?", "what ans

Re: [css-d] Grid & Columns and Frustrations

okt 4 2014 14:04 patrick : > You will really benefit by just trying it. Start (relatively) easily with a > popular framework/grid and try to build one page of your design -- the > simplest component (say the mobile version of your simplest page). Developing > mobile first can make it easier, s

Re: [css-d] Grid & Columns and Frustrations

3 okt 2014 kl. 02:31 skrev Crest Christopher : > you cut up your graphics You don’t. You do sprites or use CSs. > and now how do you translate the design from the PSD to your grid, You don’t translate. You use PS for creating some graphics and perhaps treating photos. You design in the browser

Re: [css-d] First-Child

sep 26 2014 23:33 Rick Gordon : > A useful additional angle on this is that if include some JavaScript to add a > class to , for example, a class called "owner" when you are logged in, > then you can have all that debugging stuff only seen by yourself. (WordPress > sites, or other sites where

Re: [css-d] First-Child

sep 26 2014 15:36 Crest Christopher : > And are there any tools that aid in helping you know what is the first child, > decedent children for FireFox or Chrome, as a helper tool in the beginning ? I don’t know any that can do that specifically, but I’d imagine a javascript plugin could yield i

Re: [css-d] First-Child

sep 26 2014 15:36 Crest Christopher : > Hi, I've been understanding the pseudo-class elements, I like their > functionality. I have a question, here is an code example > , which is the first-child ? > > And are there any tools that aid in helping

Re: [css-d] can't see why text is going outside box -- OFFTOPIC

sep 26 2014 17:14 Alex M : > Hey yeah, just realised it was a plugin done by a shortcode. > > Wordpress wraps shortcode outputs with so you might need to use a > str_replace or preg_replace to remove it. And people wonder why I refuse to do wordpress. I never have problems like that, that’s

Re: [css-d] rem units and %

sep 18 2014 22:47 Felix Miata : > The natural talent of every modern web browser to adapt content to the user's > environment is usurped by CSS attempting to make every page look like > Photoshopped image, and at an arbitrary size bearing no predictable > relationship to the physical characterist

Re: [css-d] a img tag being overwritten?

sep 11 2014 13:33 Tom Livingston : > I guess you would if the images wasn't found. Alt text would get decorated? > Can't check right now. That is what is happening and is on spec as far as I know. __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.c

Re: [css-d] a img tag being overwritten?

sep 11 2014 13:26 Philippe Wittenbergh : > > Le 11 sept. 2014 à 18:56, MiB a écrit : > >> sep 11 2014 05:19 Tom Livingston : >> >>> Reading this over again, wouldn't >>> have any text-decoration anyway. >> >> >> If you write

Re: [css-d] a img tag being overwritten?

sep 11 2014 05:19 Tom Livingston : > Reading this over again, wouldn't > have any text-decoration anyway. If you write compliant code it would, at least in a non webkit browser like Firefox: __ css-discuss [css-d@lists

Re: [css-d] CSS code - is this right?

aug 14 2014 23:19 John D : > Not sure I understand your post but span can be given a class and the code is > attributing to that class. Is this what your view is about Joomla? If you have a span element, that is a type of element already in the HTML language, then there’s no need to specify t

Re: [css-d] CSS code - is this right?

14 aug 2014 kl. 18:21 skrev Tom Livingston : > [class*="span”] I guess those semantics (using elements as class names) sums up my view of Joomla very well. __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.o

Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

11 aug 2014 kl. 17:45 skrev Tim Dawson : > Now it's become a 'Grid System' that I should have. Well, a grid framework is obviously a grid system. Your own concocted grid approach is potentially hopefully also a a grid system of sorts. I thought that was evident. My apologies. Worry? I’m not

Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

aug 11 2014 14:32 Tom Livingston : > I'm more or less in the same boat as you. Though, designers I work > with use a grid, but I see a page differently and can recreate it in > html with out the need of a million classes for columns. Again, this is a feature of (some) Grid Frameworks and not of

Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

ations for these regions. But all of them being placed on the same grid and therefore maintaining an invisible order and coherency to all content. You also have the connection between font sizes and vertical rhythm that may very well influence the actual chosen grid. 11 aug 2014 kl. 13:27

Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

erall vision of that website.” It’s the last two that may give you an insight in why choosing a specific grid could be very fruitful. (Page 20 of ”Ordering Disorder, Grid Principles for Web Design” (Khoo Vinh 2010) 11 aug 2014 kl. 13:15 skrev Tim Dawson : > On 11/08/2014 11:12, MiB wrote: &

Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

11 aug 2014 kl. 12:25 skrev Tim Dawson : >> One word: Flexibility with contained order. > But I think I can already do that with floated , which are even more > flexible since they > can be any % of the container width (must add to 100%, of course). 'Contained > order' suggests a > bit more, bu

Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

aug 11 2014 11:04 Tim Dawson : > is it just the current buzz-word ? I don’t think so, no. To me that’s like saying ”design" is a buzz word. Grids are everywhere in any design profession. Look att architecture: Grids, Cars: Grids, Papers: Grids. Grids are pretty much ubiquitous.

Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

11 aug 2014 kl. 10:02 skrev Tim Dawson : > what I'd do with an eight or twelve column design (or why I'd need it, > really). One word: Flexibility with contained order. The best design book for grids IMHO is "Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design” by Khoi Vinh (2010 Voices That M

Re: [css-d] Web fonts

jul 31 2014 04:20 Stuart King claimed: > I an using Century Gothic No, you’re using 'Century Gothic W01’. Is that the actual name of the font you’re referencing? __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-di

Re: [css-d] why are ems rendering large?

jul 26 2014 01:24 Karl DeSaulniers : > I usually go px on the body and % everywhere else. Why does px on body seems like a good idea for users? __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/list

Re: [css-d] @Font-Face Not Working in IE/FF, What Are Best Practices?

jun 13 2014 Elli Vizcaino : > Also, while on the topic wanted to know what are some best practices, > especially for fall back fonts. I am using the standard: "Arial", > "Helvetica", "sans-serif" but these fonts don't necessarily have the same > proportions as my chosen web fonts, so they woul

Re: [css-d] @Font-Face Not Working in IE/FF, What Are Best Practices?

jun 13 2014 Elli Vizcaino : > Also, while on the topic wanted to know what are some best practices, > especially for fall back fonts. I am using the standard: "Arial", > "Helvetica", "sans-serif" but these fonts don't necessarily have the same > proportions as my chosen web fonts, so they woul

Re: [css-d] Equal height script not working on some pages

30 jun 2014 kl. 06:54 skrev J.C. Berry : > Hello all, > We are having an issue of content running off some pages past the > footer-even though we are using an equal height script. Here is one of the > pages: You don’t specify which browsers have an issue. Looks OK in Safari 7.0.4 __

Re: [css-d] Right col jumps to next line

jun 18 2014 19:10 Hahnel, Fred (DET-MRM) : > You need to use inline css with all your code. Don't use either. Or > floats. > > Think 1999. > For help: http://www.emailology.org/ Good ideas there I’m sure. You can also forego HTML email and just use plain text or Rich Text and just Communi

Re: [css-d] Having trouble adding video to web page. (Off topic)

jun 5 2014 22:06 Philip Taylor : > God preserve me from those who would embed video in e-mail. > It is bad enough having video inflicted on me when I visit > a web site, but to have it arrive in an e-mail would indicate > to me that the sender had no concern whatsoever for the > civilities of ele

Re: [css-d] Select by descendant?

may 16 2014 13:59 Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh : > X-Path in XML Is this viable for browser solutions with HTML5? I’m not familiar with X-path outside of Java, which I only use at the server. __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discus

Re: [css-d] Select by descendant?

may 16 2014 14:25 Brian Kardell : > If you only, need this in script, jQuery has had :has from the beginning > (it was a proposal from CSS3 a decade and a half ago), and if you need it > in CSS you might have a look at hitchjs which has it I suppose that if you are already using jQuery you coul

Re: [css-d] Select by descendant?

may 16 2014 11:53 BPJ : > is it possible to select an element based on the presence or absence of a > descendant with some attribute? AFAIK it’s not possible to select a parent element based on its descendant, no. Can you describe a specific example? Do you control the HTML source? ___

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