Re: [css-d] different sizes between FF and IE

2011-02-15 Thread Martin
Ok, thanks guys. I'll read on it and then try redo the site. regards Martin __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List polic

Re: [css-d] different sizes between FF and IE

2011-02-13 Thread David Hucklesby
On 2/13/11 4:12 PM, Martin wrote: [...] Here's the website: www.slackword.net/pastel Could you advise me how to standardise the height of divs so that I can safely included that kind of background image? If I were you, I'd make two full-width wrappers for the page - one for the upper part, a

Re: [css-d] different sizes between FF and IE

2011-02-13 Thread David Laakso
On 2/13/11 7:12 PM, Martin wrote: www.slackword.net/pastel Could you advise me how to standardise the height of divs so that I can safely included that kind of background image? Martin Generally it is not a good idea to set a fixed height on text bearing divisions. Sometimes min-hei

Re: [css-d] different sizes between FF and IE

2011-02-13 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Mon, 14 Feb 2011, Martin wrote: On 14/02/11 01:41, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2011, Martin wrote: ... Could you advise me how to standardise the height of divs so that I can safely included that kind of background image? You cannot know what font size your viewers are us

Re: [css-d] different sizes between FF and IE

2011-02-13 Thread Martin
On 14/02/11 01:41, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2011, Martin wrote: ... Could you advise me how to standardise the height of divs so that I can safely included that kind of background image? You cannot know what font size your viewers are using, so it is impossible to do wha

Re: [css-d] different sizes between FF and IE

2011-02-13 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Mon, 14 Feb 2011, Martin wrote: ... Could you advise me how to standardise the height of divs so that I can safely included that kind of background image? You cannot know what font size your viewers are using, so it is impossible to do what you want: . --

[css-d] different sizes between FF and IE

2011-02-13 Thread Martin
Hi all, I'm playing with this website and stumbled upon a problem. The height of the website is different across browsers (IE/FF). This wouldn't be a big problem but I included a backgound image (a vertical strip) and depending in which browser I open the site from it looks different. The gray