Re: [css-d] best way to display multiple columns with odd heights

2007-02-19 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Brian Cummiskey wrote: > ~davidLaakso wrote: > >> See "Any Column Longest" in the CSS-D wiki: >> >> > Perhaps I wasn't clear. :) > > The issue is not with the right column at all. It's with the items > inside the left main column.

Re: [css-d] webkit problems

2007-02-03 Thread Rob O'Rourke
� wrote: > Rob O'Rourke wrote: > >> http://brendan.o-rourke.org/archive/new-website > >> * When you scroll down the content area seems to cover the main >> heading text even though it's in a fixed position header div. I can't >> work it out... >

[css-d] webkit problems

2007-02-03 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Hi everyone, Just been informed that I have got some safari problems with http://brendan.o-rourke.org, in particular if you go to http://brendan.o-rourke.org/archive/new-website there are two problems Im aware of: * When you scroll down the content area seems to cover the main he

Re: [css-d] three element float on header

2007-02-02 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Sami wrote: > Thanks a lot everyone. This list is really AWESOME! > > On 2/1/07, *Rob O'Rourke* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > lo Sami, I've got a couple of suggestions for you... > > > With the me

Re: [css-d] three element float on header

2007-02-01 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Sami wrote: > Hi All, > > I am a beginner of CSS and am frustrated after failing this simple task. > > I am trying to compose a header that has two images one on each side (left > and right) and a site sections menu in between. Here is my test page: > > http://miyav.ath.cx > > (using css http://miy

Re: [css-d] (no subject) - styling readonly input

2007-01-31 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Timothy Martens wrote: > Hi CSSers, > > Anyone know of a way to make a read only input element blend > perfectly in to the background in Safari? Renders properly in > Firefox. See: "Tour Date" field above calendar at: > > https://www.mauimountaincruisers.com/bookings/ > > > Aloha, > > -tim > >

Re: [css-d] Sitegrinder

2007-01-29 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Randal Rust wrote: > Has anyone used this? It is a Photoshop plugin that claims to convert > your Photoshop files to XHTML/CSS. > > http://www.medialab.com/sitegrinder/ > > One of the testimonials mentions 'HTML programming', doesn't exactly fill me with confidence in the product. If you look

Re: [css-d] s inside inline s break free of their containers

2007-01-18 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Jens Brueckmann wrote: > Hi Rob, > > >> No problem, it gets even weirder in IE aswell, they have a display rule >> called 'inline-block' (!?) which is nowhere in the w3c spec. >> > > I would like to draw your attention to the following: > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#value-def-in

Re: [css-d] s inside inline s break free of their containers

2007-01-18 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Barney Carroll wrote: > Rob O'Rourke wrote: >> If they're inline they won't do, the vertical padding doesn't affect >> the line-height which is what you're seeking to extend here. >> >> Have a read of this: >> http://meyerweb.com/eric/css

Re: [css-d] s inside inline s break free of their containers

2007-01-18 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Barney Carroll wrote: > I remember somebody suffering from this in the last 2 months but forgot > the solution and couldn't turn up the thread. > > I have this tree: > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > Everything is unstyled apart from li{display:inline} and the , which > has str

Re: [css-d] Mixed results from browser testing - could you do a quick check and reply findings please.

2007-01-10 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Christopher Blake wrote: > Wow, lots to be getting on with. Thanks for all of that - you > obviously spent a fair bit of time. It is much appreciated. > No problem, i forgot to say nice looking site =] > I have looked at all of the links and they look very useful. I will > follow them up soon.

Re: [css-d] Mixed results from browser testing - could you do a quick check and reply findings please.

2007-01-10 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Christopher Blake wrote: > http://www.neilp.newwavemedia.co.uk/index.html (url) > > http://www.neilp.newwavemedia.co.uk/stylefile/style1.css(css) > > Hey all, > > My own tests are limited to apple mac - > > Safari 2.0.4 > Firefox mozilla 1.5.0.9 > Webkit (safari) > Netscape 7.2 > Opera 9.

Re: [css-d] site check (IE7 please!)

2006-12-13 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Wonderbaby Designs wrote: > I need checks on Macs and in IE7 mainly, but I would love as many checks as > possible. Our CMS software adds some tables and extra code that I am wading > through, but I think it's only affecting styling, hopefully the main layout > is stable. Screenshots would be helpf

Re: [css-d] IE6 and position relative

2006-12-12 Thread Rob O'Rourke
text area that, unless positioned > absolutely, is positioned relatively. > > Diona > > On Dec 11, 2006, at 4:33 PM, Rob O'Rourke wrote: > > > Hi Diona, I've got a hunch that it's something to do with the time it takes to render the page, so it spits out the h

Re: [css-d] IE6 and position relative

2006-12-11 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Diona Kidd wrote: > Hi all, > > I noticed an issue today with IE6. I have an example created at > http://www.studio12a.com/test.html. > > The situation is as follows. I have a wrapper div around all content > with position: relative. Inside of this, exists a form wrapped in a > table. The for

[css-d] Last letter of a line appearing on next row (IE6...)

2006-12-11 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Hi all, I found the PIE explanation and fix for this bug a while ago but I can't seem to find it now. I had the last letter of some floated form elements appearing on the next line. I've managed to get rid of the letter itself with position: relative; on the form input but there's still a 'phan

Re: [css-d] fckeditor and CSS

2006-11-28 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Les Mizzell wrote: > I'm having some issues getting the fckeditor "edit" window display to > match what's output on a display page. > > One issue I think I'm having is that the display page CSS is interfering > with the material that's output from the editor. I'm trying to use a > "reset" CSS fi

Re: [css-d] line-height issue with floated elements

2006-11-23 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Rafael Holt wrote: > Hi, > > I have a div whose children (some spans and another div) are floated left > inside it. This is the site: http://raffles.awardspace.com/G/misc/ > > I am currently testing this in Firefox 1.5 only. It won't work in IE > (probably will in Opera and Safari). > > Please sele

Re: [css-d] Advanced CSS layout problem

2006-11-23 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Mathias Vejerslev wrote: > Hi! > > I have 'inherited' a website layout that has a few CSS problems I hope you > can help me with. I've tried all I can think of, but I still have the > problem. > > Here's the layout: http://www.96ppi.net/ibooks/ > > This is the main (front) page. Looks fine in IE, b

Re: [css-d] styling a select menu

2006-11-10 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Bob Meetin wrote: > see Stu's example: http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menu/form.html > > scroll down to Options - The arrow which activates the drop-down, how do > I style it? It appears to inherit a desktop color property. I found > some properties related to scrollbar-arrow-color, etc, but can't fi

Re: [css-d] Form submit button background image through CSS - Safari

2006-11-09 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Stephan Wehner wrote: > With HTML like this > > > > and CSS like this > > .submit { > background-image: url(login.png); > width: 62px; > height: 25px; > text-indent: -999em; > border: none; > } > > I find it displays well in Firefox 2.0 and IE 6. > > But not in Safari 2.0.4 > > > Any hi

Re: [css-d] handheld css

2006-11-07 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Rob O'Rourke wrote: > Justin Thorp wrote: > >> My siemens phone uses Windows Mobile 2003 with Pocket IE. Yeah it seems to >> take forever to load the logo. >> >> Cheers >> -justin >> >> >> >> ** >> Justi

Re: [css-d] handheld css

2006-11-06 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Justin Thorp wrote: > My siemens phone uses Windows Mobile 2003 with Pocket IE. Yeah it seems to > take forever to load the logo. > > Cheers > -justin > > > > ** > Justin Thorp > Web Services - Office of Strategic Initiatives > Library of Congress > e - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > p - 202

Re: [css-d] handheld css

2006-11-04 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Cem Meric wrote: > Would people mind sharing their experiences? Have they found handheld css > useful? Is it just not implemented enough among phones for it to be worth > any time? > > I use Opera Mini on my mobile and show customers how their web sites look on > a handheld device after our desig

Re: [css-d] handheld css

2006-10-31 Thread Rob O'Rourke
I find the best way to get your site looking nice on a mobile is to separate your generic element styles into a global css file with absolutely no reference to layout. The elements will look like they do on the main website but will be linearised (if that makes sense). This way you can serve th

[css-d] yui css grids documentation

2006-10-25 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Christian Heilmann wrote: >> Shelly's spot on. I know a lot of developers who're just baffled at the >> concept of CSS (style? developers? hehehe), but if you read through >> w3c's glossaries and write to standard (ie Firefox) - afterwards the >> logic employed by IE is an interesting challenge :).

Re: [css-d] centering elements in IE

2006-10-23 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Rimantas Liubertas wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> In most browsers, I can do things like >> >> img.logo { margin: 0 auto; } >> >> which results in the element centred within its parent container. >> >> Of course, this does not work with IE. Short of adding >> a text-align:center to the parent (which is

Re: [css-d] Lowest Z index not at back

2006-10-23 Thread Rob O'Rourke
ed gooddy wrote: > Hi all, > The navimager div > #navimager { > z-index: 9; left: 250px; float: left; width: 186px; position: relative; top: > 0px; height: 90px > } > > in this page http://www.villa-corti.com/menus.htm has the highest z index > but it overlaps the other divs. Why? How

Re: [css-d] IE7 release

2006-10-19 Thread Rob O'Rourke
Kenoli Oleari wrote: > Amazing, they finally installed tabs. Isn't Microsoft extraordinary! > > Does anyone know anything about the relationship between this version > and CSS and other web standards? There is nothing I could see on the > Microsoft introductory site that mentions this. I gue