Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-25 Thread Arlen Walker
On Feb 22, 2008, at 5:50 PM, Rick Faircloth wrote: > However, I've been wondering lately, if I shouldn't code the HTML > content, > without any design applied, then start applying design. Yep. Andy Clarke, "Transcending CSS" is a terrific book espousing this. Have Fun, Arlen

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-23 Thread Rick Faircloth
Thanks for those thoughts and links, Georg. I will check them out and run up on your philosophical perspectives. Rick > -Original Message- > From: Gunlaug Sørtun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 10:28 AM > To: Rick Faircloth > Subject: Re: [cs

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-22 Thread david
Rick Faircloth wrote: > However, I've been wondering lately, if I shouldn't code the HTML content, > without any design applied, then start applying design. That's exactly what you should do, because that is how screen readers and search engines see it. They don't pay attention to CSS (except po

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-22 Thread Rick Faircloth
hodology rather than the technical aspects. Links, anyone? Thanks, Rick > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Highpowered > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:29 PM > To: 'CSS Discussion' > Subject: Re: [css-d] F

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-22 Thread Highpowered
Thierry Koblentz wrote: >>> It is about semantic markup, we should use HTML elements for the >>> information they convey, not for how they display. >>> >> Yes, it's all about semantic markup - the very base for conscious web >> development. >> >> However, a general problem here on css-d is t

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-22 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> > It is about semantic markup, we should use HTML elements for the > > information they convey, not for how they display. > > Yes, it's all about semantic markup - the very base for conscious web > development. > > However, a general problem here on css-d is that "semantics" is pretty > much "o

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Thierry Koblentz wrote: > It is about semantic markup, we should use HTML elements for the > information they convey, not for how they display. Yes, it's all about semantic markup - the very base for conscious web development. However, a general problem here on css-d is that "semantics" is pret

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-21 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > discuss.org] On Behalf Of Rick Faircloth > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:47 PM > To: 'CSS Discussion' > Subject: Re: [css-d] Float list items > > Your example below is imp

Re: [css-d] Float list items [medium]

2008-02-21 Thread Rick Faircloth
Hi, Peter, and thanks for the reply! :o) Rick > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Peter Hyde-Smith > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:55 PM > To: 'CSS Discussion' > Subject: Re: [css

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-21 Thread Rick Faircloth
Thanks for the explanation, Georg! :o) Rick > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Gunlaug Sørtun > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:34 PM > To: 'CSS Discussion' > Subject: Re: [css-d] Float list ite

Re: [css-d] Float list items [medium]

2008-02-21 Thread Rick Faircloth
Not boring at all! Thanks for the explanation, Rafael! :o) Rick > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rafael > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:32 PM > To: Rick Faircloth > Cc: 'CSS Discussion' > Subjec

Re: [css-d] Float list items [medium]

2008-02-21 Thread Peter Hyde-Smith
- Original Message - From: "Rafael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rick Faircloth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'CSS Discussion'" Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] Float list items [medium] > Rick Faircloth wrot

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-21 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Rick Faircloth wrote: > Your example below is impressive, Georg, for sure. > > But just look at the CSS hoops you had to jump through just to get > what looks like a simple table. > > Why go to so much trouble avoid using ? Just because you can > or is there a more compelling reason? > > I'm

Re: [css-d] Float list items [medium]

2008-02-21 Thread Rafael
Rick Faircloth wrote: > Your example below is impressive, Georg, for sure. > > But just look at the CSS hoops you had to jump through > just to get what looks like a simple table. > > Why go to so much trouble avoid using ? > Just because you can or is there a more compelling reason? > > I'm relat

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-21 Thread Rick Faircloth
argin-top: 6px!important;} } > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Gunlaug Sørtun > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:53 PM > To: 'CSS Discussion' > Subject: Re: [css-d] Float list items > > Rick Faircl

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-21 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Rick Faircloth wrote: > What difference does it make? The difference is (already made) at the most basic level: what it is, and what it can be made to look as when we add a bit of styling. - An HTML table will always be a table and nothing but a table, no matter how it's styled. - Some text in a

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-21 Thread Rick Faircloth
What difference does it make? Rick > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Gunlaug Sørtun > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 1:35 PM > To: Usamah M. Ali > Cc: Brian Jones; CSS Discuss > Subject: Re: [css-d] Float lis

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-21 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Usamah M. Ali wrote: > My normal approach would be using a table. ;~) For tabular data - yes, but not if it was just a visual effect I were after. Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://w

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-21 Thread Usamah M. Ali
> > My normal approach would be something like... > > > item 1 price1 > item 2 price2 > item 3 price3 > > > li {text-align: right;} > li span {float: left;} > > ...as CSS can only target elements, not the content within them ... at > least not yet. > My normal approac

Re: [css-d] Float list items

2008-02-21 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Brian Jones wrote: > I have a list > How can I contruct my css so that the 'item' is to the left of the > div and the 'price' floats to the far right of the div My normal approach would be something like... item 1 price1 item 2 price2 item 3 price3 li {text-align: right;} l

[css-d] Float list items

2008-02-21 Thread Brian Jones
Hi, I have a list item 1 price1 item 2 price2 item 3 price3 How can I contruct my css so that the 'item' is to the left of the div and the 'price' floats to the far right of the div -- -Bdot "There are only 10 kinds of people in thi