Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles [solved]

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Bradley
Many thanks to everybody who replied and helped with this. I've re-written the page, using floats instead of absolute positioning, and ems instead of percentages: http://www.peredur.net/swanwick It now doesn't need any conditional styles. It's not going to win any design awards, but it'll

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles [solved]

2010-01-22 Thread Bill Braun
Peter Bradley wrote: Many thanks to everybody who replied and helped with this. I've re-written the page, using floats instead of absolute positioning, and ems instead of percentages: http://www.peredur.net/swanwick It now doesn't need any conditional styles. It's not going to win any

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles [solved]

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Bradley
Bill Braun wrote: Congrats, Peter. BTW, those writers sure look happy. Bill B Probably drunk. :) The presentation I'm doing is for their summer school this August, and is about Web pages for authors. Hopefully I'll be able to get them to approach their Web presence just as

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-21 Thread Alan Gresley
David Hucklesby wrote: (snip) Phew! That's a relief. Many thanks for that, James. You learn something every day. I was beginning to doubt IETester, but clearly it's getting it right. Regarding the conditional comments, I thought that this issue had been fixed? There was a discussion

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-21 Thread Peter Bradley
Troy Harshman wrote: I played with your code for a few minutes and it appears that the IE6 conditional comments are working. I think your issue is related to browser resolution. It looks fine in IE6 at 1280x1024, but not at 1024x768. Firefox, it looks fine regardless of screen resolution. You

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-21 Thread Peter Bradley
Bill Braun wrote: Peter, I created a template that holds a whole bunch of pieces and parts for a site I am working on. You can include or exclude the different pieces/parts on each page as you wish. It should fit what you are doing, at least as a start. It plays nicely with IE5.5, 6, 7,

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-21 Thread Peter Bradley
Alan Gresley wrote: My Multiple IE version sectors (conditional comments) were broken when I allowed IE8 to write over IE7. Not knowing much the registry I assume one fix is to uninstall and reinstall Multiple IE. I think that's my problem. Installing IE8. I may try reinstalling

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-21 Thread Peter Bradley
Troy Harshman wrote: I played with your code for a few minutes and it appears that the IE6 conditional comments are working. I think your issue is related to browser resolution. It looks fine in IE6 at 1280x1024, but not at 1024x768. Firefox, it looks fine regardless of screen resolution. You

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-20 Thread James White
It's an issue with multipleIE, basically IE6 thinks that it's whatever version your native IE installation is when evaluating conditional styles because multiple IE doesn't change the IE version that's stored in your system registry. On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Peter Bradley

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-20 Thread Peter Bradley
James White wrote: It's an issue with multipleIE, basically IE6 thinks that it's whatever version your native IE installation is when evaluating conditional styles because multiple IE doesn't change the IE version that's stored in your system registry. Phew! That's a relief. Many thanks

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-20 Thread Troy Harshman
I happen to have IE6 on my computer at work. I'm going to be leaving shortly, but I took a look at your page and code quick. The page doesn't look the same in IE6 as it does in Firefox. The left and right navigation menus are both pushed a ways off the screen. Based on your IE6 conditional

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-20 Thread Peter Bradley
Troy Harshman wrote: I happen to have IE6 on my computer at work. I'm going to be leaving shortly, but I took a look at your page and code quick. The page doesn't look the same in IE6 as it does in Firefox. The left and right navigation menus are both pushed a ways off the screen. Based on

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-20 Thread Troy Harshman
Well, I also so happen to have IE6 still on my XP install (I dual-boot Vista and XP), which I didn't upgrade to use for testing. I'm still seeing the same behavior. However, I notice you're using absolute positioning for your navigation and such, which may be making things more difficult than

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-20 Thread Peter Bradley
Troy Harshman wrote: Well, I also so happen to have IE6 still on my XP install (I dual-boot Vista and XP), which I didn't upgrade to use for testing. I'm still seeing the same behavior. However, I notice you're using absolute positioning for your navigation and such, which may be making

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-20 Thread Troy Harshman
I played with your code for a few minutes and it appears that the IE6 conditional comments are working. I think your issue is related to browser resolution. It looks fine in IE6 at 1280x1024, but not at 1024x768. Firefox, it looks fine regardless of screen resolution. You also have another issue

Re: [css-d] IE6 doesn't see styles

2010-01-20 Thread David Hucklesby
On 1/20/10 1:20 PM, Peter Bradley wrote: James White wrote: It's an issue with multipleIE, basically IE6 thinks that it's whatever version your native IE installation is when evaluating conditional styles because multiple IE doesn't change the IE version that's stored in your system registry.