[css-d] Struggling with an OL

2014-05-11 Thread Charles Miller
Good morning - My business client donates a website for the Flag Day Parade here in Appleton, WI, USA. Each year the site lists all the participants. I’ve normally done that by converting a docx file to an html table. But with my limited import experience and my limited code skills, that alway

Re: [css-d] Visual styling vs. source order

2013-12-20 Thread Charles Miller
Bet I can make some dearly-departed conscientious types roll over in their graves by mentioning: 1. Begin with an H1 which states the subject matter as directly and plainly as possible -- and which is white on white or placed off the page with negative X margin. Whatever works, if

Re: [css-d] Good HTML / CSS3 books

2013-10-28 Thread Charles Miller
Quick notes: The mention of this list’s moderator prompted my eternally-hibernating memory to suggest that the Eric Meyer I mentioned may be The Moderator hereabouts. I gave mixed comments on his Pocket Reference, from my perhaps idiosyncratic perspective, without any thot that I might be push

Re: [css-d] Good HTML / CSS3 books

2013-10-28 Thread Charles Miller
On Oct 28, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Jon Reece wrote: > HTML5 > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/HTML/HTML5 > > CSS (all versions) > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS This impresses me. I saved the pages for offline viewing on my tablet, but suspect that most of the

Re: [css-d] "Responsive Design" resources

2013-06-01 Thread Charles Miller
On Jun 1, 2013, at 4:58 AM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Don't know if you've found a solution, but I cam across this and thought I'd > share. > Just in case you or anyone else may find it useful for responsive web design. > Haven't worked with it myself, but looks like it is worth a try, and it's

Re: [css-d] "Responsive Design" resources

2013-05-20 Thread Charles Miller
Sorry to Tom for first sending this to him, not the list. On May 20, 2013, at 10:52 AM, "Tom Livingston" wrote: > I recommend "Mobile First" and "Responsive Web Design" from abookapart.com I'd recommend a book with the same title but with Jump Start at the beginning: Jump Start Res

Re: [css-d] Recommended css font settings

2013-02-23 Thread Charles Miller
On Feb 23, 2013, at 7:46 AM, Koen van der Drift wrote: > Check out this article: > http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/20/typographic-design-survey-best-practices-from-the-best-blogs/, > it has a lot of useful info. There are also some good articles on the IA > website on typography. I

Re: [css-d] 'letter-spacing' - pixels only?

2011-10-27 Thread Charles Miller
On Oct 27, 2011, at 8:34 PM, ChrisIzatt wrote: > So you don't agree that letter-spacing should be able to be adjusted on text > that isn't large? Why? When I tried it a year ago, using small amounts on text-size type, it would have no affect as I increased the amount. And then one additional i

Re: [css-d] Banners

2011-10-25 Thread Charles Miller
On Oct 25, 2011, at 9:10 AM, John wrote: >> Can anyone recommend some good tutorials on how to make web banners using >> CSS? As a Sitepoint "customer" I just got an email with this: > As a SitePoint customer, you're invited to join tens of thousands > of students learning PHP, JavaScript, jQ

Re: [css-d] Popout box

2011-06-10 Thread Charles Miller
On Jun 10, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Nazish wrote: > I'd like to create a popout box... Project 7 has a product called Tooltip Magic that quite impresses me. http://www.projectseven.com/products/tools/tooltips/index.htm Chuck M __

Re: [css-d] Recreating the Facebook layout

2011-06-04 Thread Charles Miller
On Jun 4, 2011, at 9:42 AM, David Laakso wrote: > Personal Opinion: > > Play at being a web designer rather than being a type designer. Do not > letterspace text for desktop. Sometimes when used with discretion and > depending on the font letterspacing of a heading /may/ be appropriate. This

Re: [css-d] Recreating the Facebook layout

2011-06-04 Thread Charles Miller
On Jun 4, 2011, at 4:46 AM, Gabriele Romanato wrote: > As always, if you notice anything strange In my Mac's Safari (latest version) and Firefox (latest version), I noticed a small detail I've noticed on sites I'm working on. The letter-spacing for text is IMHO a bit too tight. Reading on

Re: [css-d] Reflection effect

2011-04-15 Thread Charles Miller
On Apr 15, 2011, at 12:16 PM, David Laakso wrote: > Fwiw, some captures... > > ~d Am I right that none of them look like a true reflection would look? That the bottom image is in no cases a vertical flip of the top image? It "challenges"

Re: [css-d] Experiment: CSS post it note

2011-04-08 Thread Charles Miller
On Apr 8, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Venditelli, Daniel - Web Development Administrator wrote: > *Can't even begin to count the number of sites that had some snippet of > useful text just begging to be copied into my research notes only to > discover the text is a graphic. Guilty. Flat out guilty. Not

Re: [css-d] letter spacing difference (FF vs. Safari)

2011-03-04 Thread Charles Miller
On Mar 4, 2011, at 9:11 AM, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > > So the problem would have been had you thought it was "windy." > > I did : I was just too shocked to comment, given that you had > suggested it was overkerned. Remember, please, Goudy's aphorism. Might that be: First do n

Re: [css-d] letter spacing difference (FF vs. Safari)

2011-03-04 Thread Charles Miller
On Mar 4, 2011, at 8:57 AM, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > Here is how I see it, by the way : > > > https://picasaweb.google.com/Chaa006/ScreenCaptures?authkey=Gv1sRgCPLV3Kvwm6zA5QE#5580238912279306258 > > ** P. My fervent hope to get out of this house has been briefly thwart

Re: [css-d] letter spacing difference (FF vs. Safari)

2011-03-04 Thread Charles Miller
On Mar 4, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > But that shews no evidence at all of overtight letter fit > (in my browser, at my preferred settings, at least). Can > you send a screenshot of how it appears at your end, so > we can see where you are getting the feel that it

Re: [css-d] letter spacing difference (FF vs. Safari)

2011-03-04 Thread Charles Miller
On Mar 4, 2011, at 8:24 AM, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > Charles Miller wrote: > >> But the letterfit (there's that word again) of body text in the WordPress >> site I inherited and am reworking, is with no letter-spacing simply too >> tigh

Re: [css-d] letter spacing difference (FF vs. Safari)

2011-03-04 Thread Charles Miller
On Mar 4, 2011, at 4:03 AM, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > In general, setting any kind of letter-spacing on body text is a poor idea - > and font designers do know their job, in general (yes, I know, there are > crappy fonts out there). That may be sound advice. And, thanks to you and others,

Re: [css-d] letter spacing difference (FF vs. Safari)

2011-03-03 Thread Charles Miller
On Mar 3, 2011, at 11:27 AM, David Laakso wrote: > On 3/3/11 11:24 AM, Charles Miller wrote: >> >> http://abcaudiology.com (the home page only) specifies something like >> 0.65ems of letter-spacing. I might like a little less space, but since older >> viewers will

Re: [css-d] letter spacing difference (FF vs. Safari)

2011-03-03 Thread Charles Miller
On Mar 3, 2011, at 9:16 AM, G.Sørtun wrote: > no-one has ever managed to control font-size or letter-spacing or anything > related to text reliable at pixel-level with HTML and CSS Thanks, Georg Clear. But just a trifle disappointing. :) My naiveté thought CSS could do anything! But I also re

Re: [css-d] letter spacing difference (FF vs. Safari)

2011-03-03 Thread Charles Miller
On Mar 3, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Rory Bernstein wrote: > It seems that the letter spacing results I am getting on Safari 5.0.3 on the > Mac are different from what I'm seeing on FF 3.6.14 I see the same in my work, using the latest Firefox beta 4 on my Mac. My trial & errors suggest that increasin

Re: [css-d] Graphic background issue

2011-01-24 Thread Charles Miller
On Jan 24, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: > http://blogs.sitepoint.com/2007/09/18/png8-the-clear-winner/ Thanks a useful link to an interesting article. It appears that Fireworks PNG-8s made with alpha transparency eliminate the need for code hacks, work as intended for variable t

Re: [css-d] Hello to the Group

2011-01-06 Thread Charles Miller
On Jan 6, 2011, at 9:01 AM, David and Vince wrote: >> Hello Everyone, >>I would just like to say that I am new here... > > Welcome to the list! I offer an outlier's welcome. I post here seldom and softly - since the list has requirements that aren't congenial for me. I'll try to list the

Re: [css-d] iPad font rendering in both orientations...

2010-08-24 Thread Charles Turner
alent is : > "jab" ?) on an embedded URL in order to visit it ? Hi tedd- Yes, I'm confused as well: I can tap on the URL and it will take me to the page pointed to by the address. What's up on your end that this isn't working? Best, Charles ___

Re: [css-d] iPad font rendering in both orientations...

2010-08-23 Thread Charles Turner
ne simulator doesn't rotate the display, it rotates a frame around a simulated screen. Doh! ;-) Odd also that I have a mockup on an iPhone 3G/iOS4 that doesn't seem to have this problem. If anyone had further comments about t

[css-d] iPad font rendering in both orientations...

2010-08-23 Thread Charles Turner
, or need to do to fix this? I haven't yet found anything that addresses the issue on the Internet, but I can't imagine this hasn't been observed/addressed. Thanks so much! Charles Turner __ css-discuss [cs.

Re: [css-d] Help. How to override background image from local page?

2010-04-23 Thread Charles Liu
Christian, Thank you for the explanation. Per instruction, I used short version as (images/newimg.gif). It works. Thanks again, Charles __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo

[css-d] Help. How to override background image from local page?

2010-04-23 Thread Charles Liu
mages/newimg.gif) no-repeat left top; } The browser removes the default image but does not show the new image. Where did I do wrong? Can anyone help? Or is there a better way to achieve that? Thanks, Charles __ css-discus

Re: [css-d] Re the non-secure login code...

2010-04-12 Thread Charles Miller
On Apr 12, 2010, at 11:08 AM, Reese wrote: > I'd be happy to take a look, I'm always on the lookout for good > login scripts and I'd be happy to provide any feedback I can. Here's what I've been sending out. > After making the offer, it occurred that it's been so long since I started > usin

[css-d] Re the non-secure login code...

2010-04-12 Thread Charles Miller
Three good people have now requested and received copies of the code we're using for a simple login page. I have no problem sharing it, but if, bottom line, I am being helpful or if I'm "luring" folks into flawed practice. If one of the sage veterans on this list would care to review what we're

Re: [css-d] how to make a password-protected page?

2010-04-09 Thread Charles Miller
On Apr 9, 2010, at 2:01 PM, John wrote: > I would like to create a page or section of my website which requires > a password for the user to gain access to. For 8 years a client and I have been using a simple chunk of code for password access to half of his website. It's worked fine, with ze

[css-d] Fwd: Send a new message to the list (was: Die focus, die!)

2010-03-25 Thread Charles Miller
That's the other thing I need to wrap my brain around. Reply going to OP. Begin forwarded message: > On Mar 25, 2010, at 6:11 PM, Brian Funk wrote: > >> So, what happens when you click on the list's email address which is the >> first item in every list signature at the bottom of each email? >

Re: [css-d] Die focus, die!

2010-03-25 Thread Charles Miller
I have two questions about protocol, or whatever it might be called. 1. Is it considered "proper" to put the reply after the quote? I personally much prefer the reply first. If I'm reading a thread, I have the quote already in mind, and like it when I don't have to manually scroll down to see

Re: [css-d] Books for webdesign

2009-12-30 Thread Charles Miller
On Dec 30, 2009, at 12:49 AM, Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy wrote: > Could somebody suggest me resources (sites,books as well) for > web design?? If you use Dreamweaver, I personally can warmly recommend "Dreamweaver CS4, The Missing Manual" by David Sawyer McFarland. It doesn't just pr

[css-d] hello this is my first post i just can get this to look right in IE-any

2009-10-31 Thread Charles Miller
(this was initially sent to the individual, not the list. sorry.) Begin forwarded message: > From: Charles Miller > Date: October 31, 2009 9:23:46 AM CDT > To: David Dorward > Subject: Re: [css-d] hello this is my first post i just can get this > to look right in IE-any > &

[css-d] Amazing CSS

2009-09-15 Thread Charles Miller
On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Shawn Lawler wrote: > I think this what you're looking for mate: > http://www.scottjehl.com/v7/index.php/process/html_text_drop_shadows The Matas text comes off to my eye with much more finesse. Don't think it's just white vs dark blue. The example on the Jehl sit

[css-d] My nomination for hero of the moment...

2009-08-05 Thread Charles Miller
I needed a link in the tfoot part of a table to be white, while links in the body were black. So I defined a rule for tfoot a:link. That did it in Dreamweaver. But Safari showed the link in default blue. Blue on red is a mess. Intermediate practitioner that I am, I spent two hours trying to

Re: [css-d] How to select an element combining nth-of-type() and a class/ID?

2009-03-30 Thread Charles
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > > On Mar 30, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Charles wrote: > >> I understand your rationale. Now, what if, among the list items that >> have a "new" class, I want to select the second item? Please note in >> m

Re: [css-d] How to select an element combining nth-of-type() and a class/ID?

2009-03-29 Thread Charles
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:10 AM, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > > On Mar 30, 2009, at 1:27 AM, Charles wrote: > >> How can I select an element combining nth-of-type() and a class/ID? >> I tried for instance li.new:nth-of-type(2) but it doesn't work. You >> c

[css-d] How to select an element combining nth-of-type() and a class/ID?

2009-03-29 Thread Charles
Hello, How can I select an element combining nth-of-type() and a class/ID? I tried for instance li.new:nth-of-type(2) but it doesn't work. You can't combine both pseudo classes... See: http://www.adsweep.org/nth-of-type-class-id.html Any idea? Thanks

[css-d] CSS editing coolness (E Text Editor)

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Roper
g. Here are a few more screencasts: http://snipr.com/3u24w http://snipr.com/3uxp5 http://snipr.com/3uxpc Does anyone have any further ideas for snippet pipes? If you do, post them here and I'll see if I can create them. Charles _

Re: [css-d] Safari on Windows has a nifty CSS debugger

2008-09-25 Thread Charles Roper
ee if they're being given layout. IE8 beta 2 also has developer tools built in: http://snipr.com/3tva8 [blogs_msdn_com] This is possibly the most useful of the lot, especially the rendering switcher for testing compatibility between 7 and 8. Charles __

[css-d] Floating Footers

2008-06-18 Thread Charles Haynes
Is it possible with CSS to control a footer, in a three column format, which will float up or down below the changing vertical height of the three columns? Charles Haynes Mighty Jams LLC 712 Boulevard SE Atlanta GA 30312 (404) 310-7161 [EMAIL PROTECTED

[css-d] Floating Divs of Unequal Height

2008-03-30 Thread Charles Stuart
/float-unequal-heights/ The only workaround I can think of is to have all the divs be of equal height, but have the content of the floated divs be of variable height. However, this workaround can quite easily create a large vertical space between 'rows'. bes

[css-d] IE overflow problems with horizontal scrolling gallery

2007-04-03 Thread charles
adds the extra "feature" of an additional scrollbar at the bottom of the page, ignoring any overflow:hidden set in the page. I've spent far too much time tossing hasLayout triggers around, applying position:relative, and removing position:relative, all to no avail. Any ideas

Re: [css-d] Dealing with browser incompatibilities

2007-03-20 Thread Charles Marcus
>> Is there a good beginner explanation for how to deal with browser >> tests and incompatibilities? Ie, proper syntax for how to provide >> some CSS code that would only be applied to IE5 (or IE6 - or IE7) >> for example? >> >> I've seen a few examples, but didn't understand how they worked, >> a

[css-d] Dealing with browser incompatibilities

2007-03-20 Thread Charles Marcus
One more question before I crawl back into my cave for a few weeks... ;) Is there a good beginner explanation for how to deal with browser tests and incompatibilities? Ie, proper syntax for how to provide some CSS code that would only be applied to IE5 (or IE6 - or IE7) for example? I've seen a

Re: [css-d] Total newby question - linked/external css vs embedded

2007-03-20 Thread Charles Marcus
e when I'm ready for another dose of humility... :) Thanks again! Charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?pa

[css-d] Total newby question - linked/external css vs embedded

2007-03-20 Thread Charles Marcus
evelopment right the first time, as opposed to learning a bunch of bad habits that I later have to unlearn. :) Best regards, Charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 informatio

Re: [css-d] Background image black in Konqueror

2007-03-12 Thread Charles A. Landemaine
yes I could do that, but loading just one image file is faster (less 3-way TCP/IP connections). -- Charles A. Landemaine. __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 informatio

[css-d] Background image black in Konqueror

2007-03-12 Thread Charles A. Landemaine
ould I circumvent this problem? Thanks, -- Charles A. Landemaine. __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/

[css-d] Background image black in Konqueror

2007-03-12 Thread Charles A. Landemaine
ould I circumvent this problem? Thanks, -- Charles A. Landemaine. __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/

Re: [css-d] Opera - missing div

2006-12-17 Thread Charles
is fine but Opera 9.02 is a problem (just > downloaded the 9.02 after it not working in 8.0). > > What's happening is the footer with an image of brown grass isn't showing. > I've tried all sorts of things to no avail. I can see the brown

Re: [css-d] IE7 is starting to hit me

2006-12-07 Thread Charles Blaquière
Andy Mosmiller wrote: > I don't know anything about the issues with IE7. My health is poor, > so my research on such issues is extremely limited. I'd love any > help you could offer, both for fixing the site above and for handling > IE7 generally. Is there a comprehensive site dedicated to hack

Re: [css-d] html, body {min-height: 100%} fails in Firefox & IE7

2006-11-25 Thread Charles Blaquière
. Thanks to you and Ian for your interest in this. Now that the site is live, I'd like to fix this IE7 bug ASAP. I really feel exposed. Charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/cs

Re: [css-d] Padding in Firefox - Horizontal navigation menu sits too far to left

2006-11-24 Thread Charles
e's > padding to the left. Basically to remove the left padding on the menu you would need to change the padding in #menuh ul { padding-right: -2em; } into something like #menuh ul { padding: 0 2.5em 0 0; } Cheers, -Charles- _

Re: [css-d] Help with some minor browser compatibility issues

2006-11-24 Thread Charles
nu width works in opera 9, set the width of div.navigation not less that the required spaces of the menu content .navigation { width: 200px; } Setting the width will also makes the menu appears like a block element in IE. -Charles- __

Re: [css-d] first list-item inside definition description is out of line in IE6

2006-11-24 Thread Charles
On 11/24/06, francky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dimpie, > It is the "IE Three Pixel Text-Jog", described in the special "Position > Is Everything" IE-compartment: Wow this is better solution, add height: 1% t

Re: [css-d] first list-item inside definition description is out of line in IE6

2006-11-24 Thread Charles
olid red; } div#text dt { position: absolute; } -Charles- __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css

Re: [css-d] Lists and menus colliding

2006-11-24 Thread Charles
ft: 171px; /* Set 9px less than menu width to offset padding*/ border-top: 2px solid #eef3f8 ; display: none; z-index: 1000; overflow: hidden; } -Charles- __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [css-d] building css buttons

2006-11-23 Thread Charles
On 11/24/06, Mario Merino (gmail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello I want to include several CSS buttons on a site Im building. I have > looked at the following article > http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/css/rollover-buttons.sh > tml but I would have to build the same amount

Re: [css-d] expanding submenu

2006-11-23 Thread Charles
developer.yahoo.com/yui/menu/ YUI is great, both in quality and "size" :D (136K menu.js, 41K menu-min.js). -Charles- __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7

Re: [css-d] Site aligning centre in WinIE

2006-11-23 Thread Charles
On 11/23/06, Richard Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I want this site to sit to the left of the screen but in WinIE it is > aligning centre. Could someone tell me why please? > > > Clearly beca

Re: [css-d] expanding submenu

2006-11-23 Thread Charles
/css/cssmenus The demo http://solardreamstudios.com/_img/learn/css/cssmenus/index-horiz.html -Charles- __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.inc

Re: [css-d] Quick question : how do you text-indent right aligned text ?

2006-11-23 Thread Charles
On 11/23/06, Lee Bettridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NEWS > > and this bit of css > > #titleBar > { > position: absolute; > left: 167px; > top: 0px; > width: 473px; > height: 32px; > background-color: #121212; > color: #DCDCDC; > fo

Re: [css-d] html, body {min-height: 100%} fails in Firefox & IE7

2006-11-22 Thread Charles Blaquière
k for IE6 and the better browsers. I'm hoping for a pixel-free solution, to work at all browser sizes. 550px is still too little for #wrapper-main to cover the entire height of the window on my screen. > This is nice site - but need to get the basics right. Thanks for the compliment. C

[css-d] html, body {min-height: 100%} fails in Firefox & IE7

2006-11-22 Thread Charles Blaquière
ve soon. Any help is much appreciated. Charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.in

Re: [css-d] Padding on inline elements

2006-11-21 Thread Charles
ipt would only duplicates elements with a class name and assign the duplicates another class name. -Charles- __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.in

[css-d] Peekaboo bug in header - can't find solution

2006-11-19 Thread Charles Blaquière
. I don't know how else to prevent this from happening in IE. (All's fine in Firefox.) The site is slated to go live within the week, and having this problem right on the header is a real show-stopper. Thanks for your help

Re: [css-d] Which IE bug is this -- fieldsets and legend weirdness.

2006-11-16 Thread charles
Responding to my own message with an update... if anybody cares. =} charles wrote: > I've recently run into a new (to me) bug in IE6 and IE7 regarding > fieldsets and legends. I've been bashing my head against my desk for a > couple days now and would appreciate it if a

[css-d] Which IE bug is this -- fieldsets and legend weirdness.

2006-11-15 Thread charles
o give IE5win and IE5mac the finger... Thanks, -charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.

[css-d] CSS popup doesn't work in IE

2006-10-14 Thread Charles Blaquière
At http://03.infocopa.com/programmes/efficacite.html , you'll find a little "note" icon in the second paragraph, right after "dans le monde". In Firefox, hovering over the icon displays a footnote, as a block positioned right next to the icon. In IE, unfortunately, the hover doesn't work. I kno

[css-d] IE: DIVs don't extend the whole desired width

2006-10-01 Thread Charles Blaquière
At http://02.infocopa.com/test.html is a page describing my problem, with screen shots and everything. The problematic test document is at http://02.infocopa.com/toto.html . It's an IE problem where divs don't extend the whole desired width. (Two versions of the problem, each affecting a differ

[css-d] Giving body 100% height, for short *and* long pages

2006-09-21 Thread Charles Blaquière
Please have a look at the test page at http://00.infocopa.com/apropos/toto2.html . I'm testing in FF 1.5.0.7 at first. I can't get the (beige, red border) body to span the entire height of the page. Works fine if the text is shorter than the viewport (zoom font size down to see), but if the te

Re: [css-d] background-repeat:no-repeat support in Opera 9?

2006-07-28 Thread charles
any references to such a bug. Image has been edited, bizarre display is gone, and I'm suitably red-faced. Thanks, list! -charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testin

[css-d] background-repeat:no-repeat support in Opera 9?

2006-07-27 Thread charles
There's an incredibly simple test case here: http://www.spiritone.com/~charlesd/testcase.html I can't seem to find this listed as a known bug, nor can I find a workaround. Any suggestions? -charles __ css-discuss [E

[css-d] Cross browser compatibility

2006-06-30 Thread Charles
How can i make this webpage display same thing in all browser. It seem fine in IE but doesnt look good in other browser since the navigation bar on top always spans to the right. www.e-creationz.co.uk/eye4film/index.htm I would require help to this one fron anyone. Thanks Charles

Re: [css-d] Fire Fox drop down nav issue

2006-06-21 Thread charles
#x27; is position:absolute, just drop the top below the links in the bar and it will work fine (in FF, at least). -charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 tes

[css-d] Cleared div is affected by a float outside its ancestor tree

2006-05-27 Thread Charles Blaquière
I hate having to ask this question in public, but I have no choice. You know how sometimes, everything you thought you knew seems wrong? This is one of those times. Here's a beginner question from a not-so-beginner. Have a look at this demo page: http://blaqzone.com/Temp/toto.html I'm crea

[css-d] Floated tab menu with imageless rounded corners. IE goes berserk.

2006-05-10 Thread charles
l its embryonic glory, can be found here: http://www.spiritone.com/~charlesd/newsite/funkylist.html Code below. Thanks all! -charles Relevant CSS (note that the colors for the rounded divs aren't right in this snippet below. Just ignore that... along with the fact that the page has n

[css-d] IE: 2 out of 4 corner images invisible

2006-04-13 Thread Charles Blaquière
New member here, impressed with the congenial atmosphere of the list. (Truth in advertising dept.: I have posted this problem to another list 6 days ago, and to Usenet 2 days ago; no usable answers have been received. I hope this is a long enough delay to warrant posting to CSS-D.) My latest pr

Re: [css-d] Best "best practices" CSS layout foundation

2006-01-13 Thread Charles
later, am I still better off doing that, compatibility-wise? (I'd hoped to avoid a hybrid layout so that savvy users could make dramatic changes by just editing the CSS.) It's important to me to try to make the right decisions early on, since this theme will be eventually be used by tens o

[css-d] Best "best practices" CSS layout foundation

2006-01-11 Thread Charles
* browser sniffing, reorderable, etc. *** I'd really appreciate more feedback before I dive into this. I'd love to here some "yes, definitely base your theme on this", but I suspect there m

Re: [css-d] CSS help for WordPress theme?

2006-01-05 Thread Charles Wiltgen
xes for IE (on PC BTW) Any pointers on the right way to do this, or to links that cover best-practices for 2- and 3-column layouts, would be /very/ much appreciated. I just started Zeldman's Designing with Web Standards, but I'd love to be able to help solve this before the style is

[css-d] CSS help for WordPress theme?

2006-01-04 Thread Charles Wiltgen
benefit from your time. I'm using the current beta release at <http://playbacktime.com/>. Thanks for listening! -- Charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki

Re: [css-d] Why small gap between images?

2006-01-02 Thread Charles Dort
your style sheet... That fixed it -- MANY thanks!!! Charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org --

[css-d] Why small gap between images?

2006-01-02 Thread Charles Dort
t, but I just haven't. I tried putting the images in divs with and without paragraphs, I tried setting margin, padding, and even border on everything I could find to zero, but none of it removed the gap. Can anyone tell me what I'm

Re: [css-d] risks of using p.initial:first-letter?

2005-11-23 Thread Charles Dort
border. I may experiment some more. Thanks again! Charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http:

Re: [css-d] risks of using p.initial:first-letter?

2005-11-23 Thread Charles Dort
er difference before in Opera and Safari, and this "tuning" makes them closer to FF and IE. Is that right? Thanks again!!! Charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List w

[css-d] risks of using p.initial:first-letter?

2005-11-22 Thread Charles Dort
x27;ve used them on, at least so far: www.allsaintsofamerica.org/new_site/index.html www.allsaintsofamerica.org/new_site/css/allsaints.css Thanks! Charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/

[css-d] CSS validator warnings on color vs. background and "redefinition of padding"

2005-11-21 Thread Charles Dort
correct them, or are these things that I can ignore, and correcting which will only add unnecessary lines to my CSS? Thanks! Charles __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ

Re: [css-d] Site check please?

2005-11-10 Thread Charles Dort
ty lousy at a wide width. I'll probably nudge the width down a few pixels. Thanks again to all! Theophan (Charles) __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http

[css-d] Site check please?

2005-11-10 Thread Charles Dort
st BARELY did not seem to cause float problems. Maybe they do on someone else's system. MANY thanks! Theophan (Charles) Dort __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d L

RE: [css-d] CAN ANYONE HELP ME?: Display of image causes the following div's top margin to disappear in Firefox

2005-10-24 Thread Charles Dort
something out, but if you have any ideas about how to move that line back to the bottom, I'd be grateful. (It's supposed to give the illusion of the current page being "attached" to the tabs and the other tabs not so. Thanks! Charles

RE: [css-d] CAN ANYONE HELP ME?: Display of image causes the following div's top margin to disappear in Firefox

2005-10-24 Thread Charles Dort
t, the #main div. A top margin in #main works fine in IE6 but it disappears in Firefox. While fooling around I discovered that if the is absent in the #header div, all of a sudden I get my white space (but I want the image). I don't know if that's a clue or not, but it&#x

RE: [css-d] quirks mode question

2005-10-21 Thread Charles Dort
recommendations in this book I won't have too many problems. May I ask for more details on what might happen if I use this in my site, how likely or frequently that might happen, and what I should consider as a better alternative? Thanks! Charles

RE: [css-d] Display of image causes the following div's top margin to disappear in Firefox

2005-10-21 Thread Charles Dort
two, and it's there as I look at it in Dreamweaver's environment, and it's there in IE6, but not in Firefox. I'm sorry that I haven't presented this problem very clearly, and I would be most grateful for any help. Thanks again! Charles ___

[css-d] Display of image causes the following div's top margin to disappear in Firefox

2005-10-21 Thread Charles Dort
e, that white space disappears. Without image: http://www.allsaintsofamerica.org/test/without.htmlWith image: http://www.allsaintsofamerica.org/test/with.html CSS: http://www.allsaintsofamerica.org/test/assets/temp.css Thanks! Charles _

RE: [css-d] Beginner Q: Aligning left and right on same line?

2005-10-18 Thread Charles Wiltgen
dback! -- Charles -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Wiltgen Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 8:37 PM To: 'CSS' Subject: [css-d] Beginner Q: Aligning left and right on same line? Hello, I've been reading lots about CSS

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