[css-d] font problem in Contribute

2007-07-26 Thread kdavis
Hi- I have a page with a font size display problem: http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/childrensroom/index.html Here's the style sheet attached to it: http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/childrensroom/styles/children-styles2.css The problem: font size displays fine in browsers and DW as far as I can tell, b

Re: [css-d] expandable menu woes again

2007-06-21 Thread kdavis
Thanks for the great links! __ 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.incutio.com/ Supported b

Re: [css-d] expandable menu woes again

2007-06-21 Thread kdavis
If you wanted to talk about *how* > to hide styles from certain browsers, instead of *if* you should, that > would certainly be on topic. In general terms, how does one go about hiding styles from a aprticular browser? I've not attempted to do it yet, but would like to know what is generally invo

Re: [css-d] Selectors Confusion

2007-06-20 Thread kdavis
I thought this question was so *clearly* phrased and I too am confused about it. I was hoping that someone could attempt an equally concise reply, line by line... Could any of the big brains > Can someone please explain how to tell when the following should be > used: > > a:link or a.link > a:ho

[css-d] submenu li hover

2007-06-17 Thread kdavis
Hi all- Please excuse if this is a half-baked question. I'm definitely learning as I go here. I have a draft page with a submenu that changes color on hover (see left, middle of page): http://www.kdwebstudio.com/ccaz.html I want the first li to not hover, i.e. not chage to light yellow. Is it

[css-d] Opera 9 display bug?

2007-06-08 Thread kdavis
I have a page which displays fine in FF and IE, but in Opera 9 the border around the comment field is missing (see lower right of page): http://www.kdwebstudio.com/contact.html style sheet: http://www.kdwebstudio.com/styles-GREEN.css (Note: this is only a 4.01 transitional draft page and the cs

Re: [css-d] Opera 9 display bug?

2007-06-08 Thread kdavis
I listed the wrong style sheet, it's http://www.kdwebstudio.com/styles2.css sorry! Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I have a page which displays fine in FF and IE, but in Opera 9 the > border around > the comment field is missing (see lower right of page): > > http://www.kdwebstudio.com/contact.html

Re: [css-d] font size when page first opens

2007-06-05 Thread kdavis
> I'm going to hazard an educated guess here and say: > 1) Your stylesheet > 2) If your stylesheet has percentages for font-size, the browser then comes > in to play. good point about the percentages, thanks! __ css-discuss [EMAIL

[css-d] font size when page first opens

2007-06-05 Thread kdavis
I'm not sure how to phrase this question, but here goes: when a page opens in a browser the first time during a session, what governs the size of the font displayed--the style sheet specification or the browser font setting or some combination of both? _

Re: [css-d] page loading in 2 visible steps

2007-05-07 Thread kdavis
Quoting Blake Haswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> The first step can display for as long as a second or two. The sylesheet is >> @import. Is this something I need to tweak or do they? > > This is something you can fix. It is known as the Flash of Unstyled > Content (FOUC). You can find out more about

[css-d] page loading in 2 visible steps

2007-05-07 Thread kdavis
I'm having a problem with my pages loading at my new ISP (BlueHost). They tell me the problem is not on their end, that it is a coding problem. I've checked at home and at work and I'm seeing the problem both places: The pages load in the browser (the first time) in TWO steps (sort of "ba-dink"):

[css-d] Sane CSS Sizes strategy

2007-04-05 Thread kdavis
I found an article (Sane CSS Sizes, by Owen Briggs) which looks great to me and like it's the solution I should follow: http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/typography/ It basically recommends setting p at 1em and body at 76%, but the article is dated 2002 and I'm wondering: is this approac

[css-d] css and DW MX 2004 Styles Panel

2007-03-30 Thread kdavis
I'm trying to apply what I am learning from this list (which is a lot!), but having to use Dreamweaver MX 2004. I can't seem to find how to create the list selector rules suing their CSS styles panel in Deamweaver MX 2004. I'm wondering; would you advise me to code my style sheet *by hand* and s

Re: [css-d] styling a ul

2007-03-30 Thread kdavis
> http://www.tizag.com/cssT/class.php > http://www.tizag.com/cssT/cssid.php > might be helpful for example. Thanks for these links! They clarify this topic. I can see I need to take the tutorials there and will do so. Thanks again. Karen ___

Re: [css-d] styling a ul

2007-03-30 Thread kdavis
>> (Should I create a class to attach to the ul?) > > The short answer is "yes", but a better (longer) answer is you should > use an ID, since there's only likely to be one instance of it per page. Thank you, so then it would be (for instance) and .sub-menu-page { border: none;

[css-d] styling a ul

2007-03-30 Thread kdavis
Hi, all- I'm trying to style a sub-navigation list on my pages using DW MX 2004 and have found good information about how to do it by styling the ul element (A List Apart- Taming Lists); but I still have a question (which is probably stupid), but I'm hoping to be enlightened here- Question: if I

Re: [css-d] font-size advice

2007-03-27 Thread kdavis
I just wanted to add a link to an article which was posted by Ed Seehouse on the previous thread "perfect font sizes- any sample solutions?"- http://pages.prodigy.net/chris_beall/TC/ (then choose Font size from the list on that page) It sums up well, I thought, and in clear, simple language I

Re: [css-d] perfect font sizes- any sample solutions?

2007-03-26 Thread kdavis
> O gentlemen and ladies, > Read the thread, read the whole thread, and read not only the thread. :-) > > There are links given to good explaining pages why/when fontsizing the > body , there are links to example pages... > Otherwise, we will circle in circles. And as we know, circles are round > (

Re: [css-d] perfect font sizes- any sample solutions?

2007-03-26 Thread kdavis
> Moreover, some might say, this thread has nothing to do with with the > mission of this list. I'm sorry, I don't understand why this is off-topic since it's about how css works. regards, karen __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [css-d] perfect font sizes- any sample solutions?

2007-03-26 Thread kdavis
> Exactly. I've never understood why some people set a base font size in > percentages, and then duplicate it with ems. I set a base font size in a > percentage, then use percentages throughout to size other elements > relative to that base. Of course, the base is going to be different for > every

Re: [css-d] perfect font sizes- any sample solutions?

2007-03-26 Thread kdavis
> Your question has already been answered. Read the thread. > ~dL I did. __ 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

[css-d] perfect font sizes- any sample solutions?

2007-03-26 Thread kdavis
I, too, am struggling with the issue of optimum font sizes in css and would love to know if anyone has hit on keyword or em solution they are happy with? My goal is for everything to be resizeable and so I need to avoid pixels, obviously. Currently, my solution is body medium h1-3 medium weight

Re: [css-d] default box margins for tags

2007-03-21 Thread kdavis
> Set only what is necessary to set. That's my goal! > Learn just exactly what controls what and for whom. Hence, my question: where can I see a description of the defaults for boxes around tags? > Keep the CSS lean, mean, and on-target. > It will be far easier to maintain and revise. > And it

[css-d] default box margins for tags

2007-03-21 Thread kdavis
Hi all- I want to set up a new style sheet which will rely on default h, p and li rendering as much as possible (no tinkering with the box margins, that is). However, in trying to do this, it looks to me as if list items have a different line height than paragraphs :-( Question: does anybody kno

Re: [css-d] tag

2007-03-16 Thread kdavis
> I totally agree, I haven't used tags for a couple of years myself,\ Jim- I'm wanting to get away from using tags too and would be very interested to know what you do in place of using the tag! karen davis __ css-discuss [EMAI

[css-d] different logo for a print.css version

2007-03-08 Thread kdavis
Hi all- I've been using css to style just text for a while now, and want to move to the next level and begin using it for layout. My site design has a logo in the upper left corner: http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/ That logo image (logo.gif) is on a dark blue background which works fine for the sc