Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-24 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
John D wrote: You will only succeed in wasting your time because it is not useful anymore. Delphi will be more useful if you want to learn something new. Responded to off-list. Philip Taylor __ css-discuss

[css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Robin Chapple
This is my first attempt at CSS for control of page display. Previously I used tables and CSS for the text, How do I set a width limit for anything that appears on a page. I tries this which does not work: body { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Robin Chapple
: Robin Chapple Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 8:45 AM To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page. This is my first attempt at CSS for control of page display. Previously I used tables and CSS for the text, How do I set a width limit for anything that appears

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
Robin Chapple wrote: How do I set a width limit for anything that appears on a page. Do you mean setting a width limit, or setting width? I tries this which does not work: body { [...] width: 800px } That's setting the width. To set the width limit, use max-width instead. What do you

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Lesley Lutomski
On 23/04/11 07:45, Robin Chapple wrote: This is my first attempt at CSS for control of page display. Previously I used tables and CSS for the text, How do I set a width limit for anything that appears on a page. I tries this which does not work: body { font-family: Verdana, Arial,

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Lesley Lutomski wrote: You've missed the semi-colon after width: 800px - I don't know if that might be causing problems in whichever browser you're using. It's not missing, it is omitted; as in Algol-68, semi-colon is a separator in CSS, not a terminator. Philip Taylor

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Lesley Lutomski
On 23/04/11 15:02, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: You've missed the semi-colon after width: 800px - I don't know if that might be causing problems in whichever browser you're using. It's not missing, it is omitted; as in Algol-68, semi-colon is a separator in CSS, not a

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread David Hucklesby
On 4/23/11 12:56 AM, Robin Chapple wrote: G'day, Thanks. I can understand that in theory but I do not know how to put it into practice. Robin Chapple At 23/04/2011 05:34 PM, you wrote: Hi I think you have to create a div inside the body tag and assign the width attribute to it. Manuel

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Eric A. Meyer
At 15:02 +0100 4/23/11, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: You've missed the semi-colon after width: 800px - I don't know if that might be causing problems in whichever browser you're using. It's not missing, it is omitted; as in Algol-68, semi-colon is a separator in CSS, not a

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread John D
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:27:50 +0100 From: c...@islaywebdesign.co.uk To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page. Thank you - I stand corrected. Now I shall go and look up Algol-68 to improve my education still further! You will only

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Robin Chapple
Many thanks to all those who replied to my question. I have learned a lot. In the event I did use the Gala templates. Regards, Robin Chapple At 24/04/2011 01:34 AM, you wrote: On 4/23/11 12:56 AM, Robin Chapple wrote: G'day, Thanks. I can understand that in theory but I do not know how to