Re: [css-d] collapsing vertical margins

2007-07-29 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Michael Leibson wrote: > (With all the workarounds necessary for noncompliant browsers, are > you really any further ahead than you were before CSS?) (definitely! I can create a bigger and more complex mess _with_ CSS, than anyone could do before CSS... :-) ) > I've found that giving a box elem

Re: [css-d] collapsing vertical margins

2007-07-30 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
>> (definitely! I can create a bigger and more complex mess _with_ CSS, >> than anyone could do before CSS... :-) ) > The humour helps! ; - ) Sometimes humor is all we can throw at weak and buggy browsers. The fact remains though: we can be much more creative with CSS than without it - even in

Re: [css-d] div height in IE6 smaller than FireFox

2007-08-01 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Ian Young wrote: > http://www.iyesolutions.co.uk/templates/trossachs/test.html > Looks fine in compliant browsers but the heights are nowhere near > matching up in IE6. 1: Add 'display: block' to all images that aren't supposed to be inline (default). That means all but a few "arrows" in the l

Re: [css-d] Float problem in IE

2007-08-01 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
bill scheider wrote: > In IE, the box floats to the right but the text doesn't flow around > it. > http://tinyurl.com/3anvnc Delete the width on those paragraphs - at least for IE, as the width acts as a 'hasLayout' trigger, making each paragraph a rigid block in IE. There's no way around thi

Re: [css-d] Zen Garden as a model and my printing issues

2007-08-01 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Ling, Luke C wrote: > . . . Would working in a web standards compliant way, lead me > to the path of enlightenment when it comes to my end users being able > to print my pages, stripped of graphics? Or do I really only require > a simple print version for the CSS that will override all my web > re

Re: [css-d] css opacity

2007-08-01 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://free.of.pl/r/ramirez/x/rmz_test2.htm > This works good in ff2, opera9 and even safari, but in ie6 and 7 the > transparent box is misplaced. > Could anyone help me to correct this css or propose a better solution? You forgot to even out browser defaults, and to es

Re: [css-d] Pop-up menu with overlapping text

2007-08-02 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Ivan Taylor wrote: > http://passkeys.org/fl_articles/2007/fl337_what_is_the_moral_courage_workout.html > In Firefox, the text displays correctly between the Menu and a News > box on the right side. My problem involves IE and Opera users. In IE6 > and Opera9.23 the display text overlaps the News

Re: [css-d] yet another ie problem

2007-08-03 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
JGardner wrote: > http://webtech.tstc.edu/students/gardnerj/cns/index.htm > The menu is really a little to large in Firefox and to small in IE. If you want the menu cross-browser and font-resizing stable, set width in pixels. There's plenty of space and short words, so fixed width won't create a

Re: [css-d] P7 menu -- drops behind div

2007-08-05 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Peggy Coats wrote: > I'm having a problem with the P7 CSS menu on this page: > > http://ambientglow.com/garage/floorguy/Web/sample.html > > The drop-down menu (which only drops down on "Your Floor > Choices"), seems to want to go behind the #content div. Layer the entire navigation on a higher

Re: [css-d] IE6 adds extra space before paragraph

2007-08-06 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Seona Bellamy wrote: > Can someone please have a look at > http://www.dairyfarmers.com.au/df/ournews/latestnews/2007/07/25/from-rock---n-roll-to-rolling-hills > in IE6 and tell me: > > a) are the first two lines indented slightly (a couple of pixels-worth) more > than the rest of the article,

Re: [css-d] 3px IE bug with images

2007-08-07 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Travis Killen wrote: > Hi - I'm having some 3px bug in IE. The images are floated left, but > are off by 3px, only in IE. I don't know which hack to use. > > http://936webdesign.com/env/ None. Just trigger 'standard mode' by adding a doctype to the document. ...will do just fine. regards

Re: [css-d] simple stop wrapping

2007-08-07 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Amy Drayer wrote: > I have an image floating to the left and an h4 and p/ul I want sitting next > to it. Right now it's wrapping under the image if the paragraph or list is > longer than the image. > > http://new.jocolibrary.org/research (need it quick box) Add... #needitquick div img {margin

Re: [css-d] problem with opera and moved div

2007-08-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Tomasz Tybusz wrote: > I made a theme for php-nuke based on css and divs. This is sample > page http://www.nsst.pl/wakacje/modules.php?name=ZClassifieds I have > problem with Opera Browser. Other browsers like IE or Firefox display > this page correctly. In Opera div named tres is moved on the l

Re: [css-d] Site check Major blow out in IE6 and 7

2007-08-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Terri Chicko wrote: > Hi Friends I'm ready to pull my hair out. My new site works great in > FF and mac programs, but it's really on the fritz with IE 7 and 6 > www.hotniniz.com Before you start pulling your hair out, I'd advise a revision of the source-code. It's too messy at the moment to both

Re: [css-d] Tables problem in a two columns layout.

2007-08-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Ahmed Essam wrote: > I'm making a two columns layout for my website... > I face a problem in internet explorer when I used tables in the contents > column (the right one) > As the left column is floating to the left, the tables clears the right side > of that column, although all other > contents

Re: [css-d] Z-index problem in Internet Explorer

2007-08-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Francois Jordaan wrote: > http://www.fjordaan.net/tests/z-index.html > > It seems that position: relative puts an element higher than any absolutely > positioned elements earlier in the DOM tree. > Is there a solution for this problem in IE? Sure. Layer the relative positioned _container_ for

Re: [css-d] image replacement techniques and CSS

2007-08-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Michael Leibson wrote: >>> I've a question about image replacement techniques and CSS. For >>> details, please see: >>> http://members.distributel.net/~leibson/Gilder-Levin.htm > From the many well-written (and well-presented) web-sites on the > subject, I'd gotten the impression that image rep

Re: [css-d] IE6 spacing and white border issue

2007-08-09 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Pat wrote: > > I've created my web site and it seem to work fine in Safari and > Firefox but has a spacing issue in IE6 (surprise.) There is a space > between two divs and I can't seem to figure out the cause. > Also, if anyone knows how to eliminate the white border on the main > pages and the

Re: [css-d] text not wraping - help please

2007-08-10 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Melinda Odom wrote: > http://www.designhosting.biz/test3b.html > The text is suppose to wrap around the quote box. Your styles says that the paragraphs shall clear the quote box. Delete... #content p {clear: both;} ...and add... #content {overflow: hidden;} * html #content {overflow: visible;

Re: [css-d] My background disappeared!

2007-08-13 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Amy Drayer wrote: > http://new.jocolibrary.org/ > > I was trying to fix the position of the #content div in the > #maincontent div so the light blue had equal pixels on the left and > right (#content is the white area). It looks okay in IE6 (*sigh*), > but in all other browsers the left is large

Re: [css-d] problems with absolute positioned DIV in IE 6

2007-08-13 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Christian Kirchhoff wrote: > http://www.digitale-bibliothek.de/Maschinentechniker/METS2/index.htm > Anyway the slider does not appear in IE 6. IE6 doesn't understand / support absolute positioning for opposite edges of an element, so 'bottom: 0' is simply ignored. Give IE6 a height and overflo

Re: [css-d] IE 7 issues, some fixed, some not

2007-08-14 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Andy Mosmiller wrote: > The site: http://www.kipke.com/ > I have not figured out what is up with the blockquote not wrapping on > the news page, nor have I ever had a bead on how to repair the > semi-broken dashed borders wherever they may be. > > Any help? Are there any bugs I'm missing? Fo

Re: [css-d] Safari 3 display:inline issue in standards mode

2007-08-15 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Mark Richards wrote: > [...] A minimal test-case with inline CSS is attached. The expected > result is that all the elements are in a row on the right side of the > screen. Attachments don't survive onto this list, so we need a link to an online example in order to debug those browsers. Not sure

Re: [css-d] Site Check and advice please!

2007-08-15 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Mark Finney wrote: > http://helpusmarry.co.uk/jessie/ > Also comments on the CSS would be appreciated since I am just > learning it. Non-valid nesting - paragraphs in links is no good.

Re: [css-d] IE6 Float right placement issue

2007-08-17 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Christopher McComas wrote: > I have the following code on a site, it displays properly in Firefox > and IE7, but in IE6 it doesn't display the main content where it > should be ... > www.getherdnews.com/test.html IE6 is running out of space. The "whitespace bug" and the "auto expansion bug" are a

Re: [css-d] Please check menu with different browsers

2007-08-19 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Terri Houston wrote: > I've made a horizontal dropdown menu; you can see it at > www.ttcollectiblegifts.com/dynamicdrive.html. I would really > appreciate it if some of you would go there with different browsers > to check it out, and let me know if it isn't looking good. All help > is apprec

Re: [css-d] Reposting: Absolute & Floated Layout

2007-08-20 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Elli Vizcaino wrote: > http://www.nj.com/news/ > The company I work for would like the content area (FEATURED > STORY/ALL STORIES FROM [DATE]:) column to appear at the top of the > HTML document, right after the body tag for SEO purposes. While still > retaining the look of the current layout.

Re: [css-d] IE6 and older float problem

2007-08-20 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Lyn Williams wrote: > I have a problem with floats when using IE 6 and older. > http://www.ragonline.co.uk/news/story/8 Under certain conditions IE6 has problems with selectors like this... #maincontent.mainlayout { width: 679px; } ...but will work fine if given the following, simplified

Re: [css-d] Footerstick, and transparent absolute background

2007-08-20 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Arnold Gregory wrote: > I am trying to combine the "footer stick" technique with "faux > columns" and opacity on this page: > > http://sandboxv3.erau.edu/pr/0pr-dev/index.html > > Code borrowed from: > http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2005/08/29/ You haven't copied it properly -

Re: [css-d] Floated Images disappear in IE6

2007-08-21 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Scott Povlot wrote: > I recently redesigned one of my websites. Now some images (floated > right) are no longer showing on Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). I think > this may be a box model issue. But the hacks I have tried haven't > fixed it. > http://www.piedmont-div.org/pilgrimage/layouts/layout_t

Re: [css-d] Floated Images disappear in IE6

2007-08-21 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Scott Povlot wrote: > Just wondering how you determined this (so that I can learn a little > for next time). Sounds like I simple enough question, but I'm not sure if I can give you a good answer. The fact is: I see such 'stacking' bugs so often that I usually just apply one of a few "normal" f

Re: [css-d] Content is being pushed outside container in FireFox

2007-08-21 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Michael Stevens wrote: > http://nancyray.accountsupport.com/ > You can see the content outside of the "page". Try adding... table#ads {clear: both;} regards Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [css-d] IE Filters: valid or no?

2007-08-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Rick Lecoat wrote: > A real quickie here: Does the IE Filter property (eg. filter: > alpha(opacity=50) validate under CSS 2.1? No. Would be even quicker to "ask" the validator directly though :-) regards Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no ___

Re: [css-d] Beginner layout suggestions?

2007-08-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Allison Kelly wrote: > http://www.skeetrbeatronline.com/testpage.html > > Does anyone have any suggestions of how to tackle this? I am a bit > confused as to what the "best practice" would be here and what I can > actually do with CSS, or if I will need to use some simple tables as > well. No

Re: [css-d] 3-col liquid layout problems in ie 6 and 7

2007-08-23 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Scott Demontluzin wrote: > Hi list, This is my first post. Welcome. > I have a three column liquid layout, > http://www.scottdemontluzin.com/pelex.htm > In ie 6 and 7 when i expand the window the right column drops under > the left column and then will come back to the correct position. > Doe

Re: [css-d] css frames problem [2nd attempt]

2007-08-23 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
vwf wrote: > My first posting may not have been clear. The problem is still there, > so I give it another try. > When I view my new CSS version using Firefox and Opera it looks as > intended. On IE6 things go wrong (IE7 is reported to be OK). > new: http://www.umantec.nl/test/producs.html For

Re: [css-d] Beginner layout suggestions?

2007-08-23 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Allison Kelly wrote: > background: transparent url(test_07_082205_files/nav.jpg) 0 0 > no-repeat;} > > I decided to do it the way you did it, in the cover-up way, as > opposed to text-indent or the others. But in my perusing, I didn't > see the "transparent" anywhere. What does that do specifi

Re: [css-d] Request: Help with IE6 issues with :hover gallery

2007-08-23 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
J Hodge wrote: > http://www.lostinxlation.net/sandbox2/gallery1a.html > It works fine in IE7, FF2, Opera, and SafariPC, but fails to yield a > large image on hover in IE6. An old IE bug: IE6 won't re-render the link and open up for the pop-up span, unless certain[1] property-values are changed

Re: [css-d] positioning guidance

2007-08-25 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
JGardner wrote: > I want three boxes lined up next to each other (the light blue > boxes). > You're back to floats now, so you can use one of the "equal height columns"[1][2] solutions. I have used [1] in a copy of your page...

Re: [css-d] why does main content float to bottom in IE?

2007-08-27 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
H. Dean Hua wrote: > ... main content floats to the bottom in IE. You're experiencing a few IE bugs. Two things: 1: the comment above the doctype keeps all versions of IE/win in quirks mode. Delete that comment - as it says - and things will improve. 2: too tight in IE/win in quirks mode, so you

Re: [css-d] typical cross-browser trouble

2007-08-27 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
j s wrote: > http://www.jenstrickland.com/genericom/ > > What am I doing wrong with my tabs? The height varies from safari to > firefox on the mac, and on win ie, it tends to be similar to firefox > on the mac. I'm not sure what line-up you want, so I've given a copy of your page the correcti

Re: [css-d] Flexible width in IE.

2007-08-28 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Richard Grevers wrote: > http://www.wildcatcoffee.co.nz/template.html > > The layout is centered with a maximum width of 60ems. In addition, > the body has a padding so that some of the body background always > shows. > > The CMS template I used as a starting point uses a javascript to > emulate

Re: [css-d] Firefox 2.0.0.6 printing issue

2007-08-28 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Brian Walk wrote: > www.niu.edu/phys_plant/departments/maintenance.shtml > does anyone know if there has been a change in how Firefox interprets > a print style sheet that might cause it to preview and output as I > described above, and if so, can you suggest a remedy. Have no idea what they'v

Re: [css-d] space under logo and left column height

2007-08-29 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Cynthia Page wrote: > I am working on a page and have been going round and round with the > layout to get it browser compliant > http://hoengerlab.colorado.edu/b3d/indexe.html This is one of those cases where I'd rather see standard compliant source-code first...

Re: [css-d] Links within UL not clickable

2007-08-30 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Pete Harrison wrote: > > click on the 'out team' link then look at the 5 white links starting > 'Steve & Richard' I can't do that in Firefox - see below. Other browsers do give me working links - at both levels, but I have no idea if they wor

Re: [css-d] Site Check and advice please!

2007-09-01 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Mark Finney wrote: > Comments on the way i coded it and improvements/problems... > particulary any cross browser issues as i have only tested FF, would > be greatly appreciated... > > http://helpusmarry.co.uk/jessie/ Give the "aboutme" page a few steps up on font resizing in Firefox, and/or test

Re: [css-d] inline element that could be sized ?

2007-09-02 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Fabien Meghazi wrote: > I would like to make a staring system that can be "inline" so it > would look like this : > > Please rate this : * * * * * * [button] > > I'm trying to work with ul and li both "display: inline" but once the > li are inline, I can't set a width for them. An unordered l

Re: [css-d] Center liquid thumbnail gallery div

2007-09-02 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Scott Demontluzin wrote: > http://www.scottdemontluzin.com/test/sdpaintings_1.htm > I'm trying to center the #gallery div within the parent #main div and > keep them both liquid. First: floats can not center, and auto-margins won't work on liquid elements. Inline-elements can be centered though.

Re: [css-d] different browsers

2007-09-03 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Terri Houston wrote: > www.ttcollectiblegifts.com/dynamicdrive.html > I was told the menu was large, and I hope I've fixed it, but can't > see it with IE6. All help is appreciated. There's nothing wrong in IE6 that isn't just as wrong in any other browser, so you can test in any of today's brow

Re: [css-d] IE6 float Bug?

2007-09-03 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Scott Johnson wrote: > http://datastream.irregulara.org/ > As you can see, I've been experimenting with the YUI GridBuilder. > (Weirdness #1: The YUI CSS doesn't seem to validate. The page > validates, however.) > Page renders properly in Firefox2 (Mac/Win), Safari, and IE7 (with a > few tweak

Re: [css-d] Website page needs css validation and cross-browser help

2007-09-03 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Beth Lee wrote: > http://www.callibeth.com/galleries/gallery1/evelyn.php > > The HTML validates, and the CSS validates except for two instances of > this rule: > * html div#__ { overflow-x:hidden; /* hide horizontal overflow in > IE5.x - 6 */ } > > First, can I get a reminder hint as to w

Re: [css-d] Help Me Obi Wan: Son of IE6 Float Problems

2007-09-03 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Daniel Talsky wrote: > This is an IE6 float problem. Works in everything else under the sun > (FF 2.x, IE7, Opera, Safari, etc.) but the floats don't sit side by > side in IE6. I assume this is some kind of auto-expand issue but > nothing I've tried has been able to fix it. I should have sta

Re: [css-d] RahulGonsalves.Com // Site Check

2007-09-04 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Rahul Gonsalves wrote: > http://rahulgonsalves.com/ver3-b/ > The gray background image seems to be shifted 1-pixel lower in > Windows browsers (FF/Opera/IE6). They display fine on FF/Camino/ > Safari on OS X. Any suggestions? Sorry, but you can't expect an element in the flow to hit an image on

Re: [css-d] VALIDATION PROBLEMS

2007-09-04 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
jane jordan wrote: > When I try and validate the page containing the CSS I receive the > following message :- > Lexical error at line 1, column 3. Encountered: "D" (68), after : > " > and > > "no style sheet found" You will get that message if you upload an HTML file to the CSS validator. The

Re: [css-d] spacing lists on opposite sides of div

2007-09-04 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Fiona wrote: > www.babystars.com.au > I have trying for hours to sort the alignment of two unordered lists > inside a div but I must be missing something obvious. I can't seem to > get the space above and below the text to be the same on FF and IE > (vertically centered). Question: which unorde

Re: [css-d] Accessibility + font sizing

2007-09-04 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Vicki Stebbins wrote: > So if anyone has a few mins to give me some thoughts on any > accessible CSS problems or things to think of and if someone can tell > me if this logic is correct: > > In the CSS > > body{ > font-size: 12px; > } > would translate through the styles as: > > div#con

Re: [css-d] Accessibility + font sizing

2007-09-04 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Vicki Stebbins wrote: > Have you done any CSS aimed at braille readers? If so is there some > 'gotcha' with this? I'm thinking % divs for the navigation and the > layout is side nav so when the font resizes it can have more room to > move? No, I haven't written CSS for braille. My friend who

Re: [css-d] Accessibility + font sizing

2007-09-04 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Rafael wrote: > By the way, I recommend you to use XHTML, as it will be easier to > parse for any software. IE doesn't understand XHTML at all, and won't parse it unless we serve it as broken HTML - or convert it into proper HTML. If one chooses to use XHTML then it better be perfect[1]. Otherwi

Re: [css-d] Accessibility + font sizing

2007-09-05 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
tedd wrote: > I've seen 100.1% stated -- is there any real advantage in doing that? That "slightly larger than 100%" value was used to fix a bug in a few old browser-versions - Opera amongst others IIRC. Through testing I haven't found the need to fix any bugs that way in any browser for the last

Re: [css-d] Are table-based layouts still needed

2007-09-05 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
E Michael Brandt wrote: > http://www.badboy.ro/articles/2005-02-20/vertical_align_with_css/ > Is there a good solution that works cross browser *without resorting > to semantically meaningless nested divs* ? Divs are semantically neutral, which doesn't necessarily equate to meaningless when used

Re: [css-d] Accessibility + font sizing

2007-09-05 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
tedd wrote: > However, if one removes your graphic from your layout, then it's > easily read. I think that allowing the user to see/read a graphic via > scrolling is preferable than presenting something that they can't > read at any zoom level. Don't you think? Yes, and I would give the user s

Re: [css-d] Accessibility + font sizing

2007-09-05 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Rick Lecoat wrote: > On 5/9/07 (17:38) Rafael said: > >> But I wonder, if you include a doctype (and your code is valid) how >> do you preserve the Quirks mode? > > It's my understanding that including a doctype minus the URL will > permit this. I think you're referring to this...

Re: [css-d] Accessibility + font sizing

2007-09-05 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
tedd wrote: > At 1:08 AM +0200 9/6/07, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: >> However, since that particular page is one of my test pages where >> solutions are _supposed_ to be tested to breaking-point and far >> beyond, that image isn't there to be read. It is there to break

Re: [css-d] Accessibility + font sizing

2007-09-06 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Allison Kelly wrote: > I am wondering if anyone can help me with this font-size quirk. I > have body {font-size: small;} and I use percentages for my h1, h2, h3 > sizes, which is working everywhere I need it to (Firefox, IE7, IE6) > except for one instance. When my IE6 browser is not maximized

Re: [css-d] What the "X" is going on?

2007-09-07 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Tigdh Glesain wrote: > http://www.webdevout.net/articles/beware-of-xhtml#what_is_xhtml Since the quality of the mark-up is crucial for CSS to work, I have no problems discussing the issue here on css-d. However: the issue is about technical conformance and practical use (serving) of XHTML, so opi

Re: [css-d] What the "X" is going on?

2007-09-07 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Rafael wrote: > I wonder, do you have an example of validated XHTML markup that's not > "perfect"? I.e. markup that, although validated, it's broken XHTML? > Personally, it's all I do, validated as XHTML Strict (after all, > that's why I'm writing). I don't have a list of valid but not working XH

Re: [css-d] Floating problem?

2007-09-07 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
trevor bayliss wrote: > All the columns seem to have moved right for some reason. Why is this > happening? How can I correct it? I am learning css so I would be > interested to hear if I am approaching this from the right angle- two > divs for example would it have been better as divs? TIA > h

Re: [css-d] Floating problem?

2007-09-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
trevor bayliss wrote: > Hi all, Thanks a lot for those pointers George and Alan, I have > implemented the solutions which work with Firefox but with IE the > #contentinright div is dropped down and doesn`t seem to clear the > #contentinleft div. > http://216.219.94.105/about2.htm The #content

Re: [css-d] Introduction & site ridicule

2007-09-09 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Kevin Stevens wrote: > Hi! I've been lurking for a while now, I was introduced to this list > by the gang at evolt. Welcome over :-) > The site is now at a stage that, before I go any further, I would > like some more knowledgeable people like yourselves to have a look at > it and tell me what

Re: [css-d] Background color not showing

2007-09-09 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Joanne wrote: > http://www.melbournecostumehire.com.au/test/ > > In IE6 & 7, the background of this navigation is black. In Firefox & > Safari, only the hyperlinks are black background and when they > finish, the background color of the rest of the #navigation div is > showing as white. IE/win

Re: [css-d] Still stuck, need any help.

2007-09-11 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
WEZ! wrote: > http://www.newearthpermaculture.com.au/bm/BusMentorMenu23.htm > > I'm sure there is a way to achieve this outcome but with a variety of > layout trials I still cant' crack it. Normally one can achieve what you're after by using one of the "old" 3-columns solution. Two basic alter

Re: [css-d] liquid 3col - header questions

2007-09-11 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Ray Leventhal wrote: > I'm developing a site based on the 'holy grail' 3col liquid layout > [1]. > > I don't often speak up against a solution, but I'd advice you to stay as far away from the mentioned 'holy grail' as you possibly can. It is one of the least tes

Re: [css-d] * in css

2007-09-11 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Julian Tulip's Licorice wrote: > I am wondering if anyone knows what the asterisks in the following > CSS do: The asterisk is a universal selector - targeting any element. > #mainNav, #secondaryContent { padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: > 20px; } Targeting #mainNav and #secondaryContent. > #

Re: [css-d] Bookmarking

2007-09-11 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Laurie Davis-Covin wrote: > Initially, the style was subject HTML Tidy > doesn't seem to condone that. Depends on what HTML Tidy is _set up_ to do. An example like the following... subject ...passes fine at my end. It is however easy to set up Tidy to *not* accept, or to change, whatever - al

Re: [css-d] Type in px then ems

2007-09-11 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Rick Lecoat wrote: > I was just curious about whether pixels might become resizable if re- > specced in a different unit deeper into object hierarchy, ie. if the > em unit would override the px unit. You will make IE/win start resizing "normally" again if you use relative-size keywords on elemen

Re: [css-d] Type in px then ems

2007-09-11 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > >> You will make IE/win start resizing "normally" again if you use >> relative-size keywords on elements/wrappers _after_ an absolute >> font-size value on body (or wherever the font-size

Re: [css-d] Type in px then ems

2007-09-11 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: >> > > Works as advertised with IE 7. Surprise. I don't know whether to write it off as a bug or as a browser-specific "feature". It is definitely an unexpected effect, as Jukka mentioned. > Naughty Georg. :-) ( meow! ) > I

Re: [css-d] named anchors in IE

2007-09-12 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Ross Hulford wrote: > The problem is not that it uses 'id 'or 'name' but that it is empty. > How do I use the haslayout property, like this? Does it validate? Your example will neither work nor validate. An empty element can be "spaced out" simply by adding 'width: (some value)' and 'height: (so

Re: [css-d] floated div overlapping problem

2007-09-12 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Phil Turner wrote: > http://www.philturner-uk.com/trish/ > > can I set a minimum and maximum on the main copy in the centre and > how can I stop the text on the right overlapping when I shrink the > browser window. Minimum and maximum is better declared on the outer container in your case, I th

Re: [css-d] floated div overlapping problem

2007-09-12 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Phil Turner wrote: > Thanks Drew / Georg Using Margin - right has fixed the problem, > > I understand this "Wrong doctype for use of target-attributes on > links btw. Only allowed in Transitional (not Strict)." > > However I dont know what to replace " Parent" with in the target - > attribute

Re: [css-d] width question

2007-09-13 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
sandy wrote: > http://www.westboundandweary.com/pca/support_pca/ > > my question is about the image and caption i sent an email about > earlier. my goal is to make that caption fit the width of whatever > size image happens to be displayed. You _can_ force down the width of a float to the narr

Re: [css-d] Problems with site template

2007-09-14 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Rick Lecoat wrote: > On 14/9/07 (12:28) [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >> I can't make min-width work in I.E. 6, probably not in any others either >> ({can't check others} Works reasonably well in FF). > > DG; > > IE5/6 doesn't understand min-width. However, it treats width the same > way as min-wid

Re: [css-d] Easy way to replace table layout with css-layout?

2007-09-14 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Magnus Fahlström wrote: > Hi everybody. > I'm trying to find an easy way to replace a table layout with a css-layout. > There will be about 100 pages with a different number of rows on each > page. These pages will be attached to a Dreamweaver template with > navigation, logo and so on. Need mor

Re: [css-d] switching text size

2007-09-14 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
David Dorward wrote: > On 14/09/2007, Peggy Coats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yes, we know that, but unfortunately a lot of people don't -- >> especially elderly folks who have vision issues and aren't as >> technology savvy ;-) > > Perhaps some nice simple illustrated instructions for changing

Re: [css-d] Site check please

2007-09-14 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Cory Shubert wrote: > http://www.nwaworldvacations.com > We tried to do a better job of CSS and moved into a more Web 2.0 > vibe, at least that is what we were trying for. I am sure many will > lament our use of tables still, but some habits die hard. I am > curious to learn how we might hav

Re: [css-d] Problems with site template

2007-09-14 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Elli Vizcaino wrote: > http://e7flux.com/index3.html > http://e7flux.com/css/e7flux.css > Can someone explain why it's working and basically if I just need to > scrap the min-width properties I have in the CSS as it seems to me > based on this discussion that it's unnecessary? My guess is that

Re: [css-d] :: Opera/9.23 Mac ::

2007-09-15 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
David Laakso wrote: > I have a little rendering mystery. Opera/9.23 Mac is not behave quite > the same as Opera/9.23 Win on this page: > I've shut down my iMac for a few days. Anyone else able to figure this out? Georg -- http://www.g

Re: [css-d] Some positioning dilemmas

2007-09-15 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Robert Reed wrote: > 1.) I tried to use the fixed width left column, fluid right column > system as described at A List Apart, with negative margins. After I > found out that the negative margins weren't doing anything, I removed > them. The idea was to go with a fixed 220px column on the left, a

Re: [css-d] IE Font Size issue

2007-09-16 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Jehangir Larry wrote: > http://www.jehangirlarry.com/makhija/test.php > When seen in FF/Opera/Safari (PC) the "#header-sub" (~Engineers & > Contractors~) appears as intended. > In IE (all) - PC, it appears huge. Atleast here. The only way I can reproduce that is by checking IE's accessibility o

Re: [css-d] Easy way to replace table layout with css-layout?

2007-09-17 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Magnus Fahlström wrote: > I'm trying to achieve someting like this (the rows and columns that > is): http://www.wiberger.se/templates/vred.htm Ok. This one is a perfect candidate for CSS table, but since no version of IE has the slightest support for the relevant part of CSS2/2.1, we'll have to

Re: [css-d] How to avoid tables, but layout a collection of DVDs etc

2007-09-17 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Adam Ryan wrote: > This is my first post Welcome :-) > – it may help for to link to a (very basic) mock-site I designed for > a Web Development subject I did last semester: > > Obviously a table layout is what I am considering, however I am >

Re: [css-d] 'sticky' footer - fixed at bottom of viewport

2007-09-17 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Ray Leventhal wrote: > I seem to recall someone pointing to an article or site which > outlined a method for creating a footer div which would /always/ be > at the bottom of the viewport, without regard for the volume of > content above. You can fix anything anywhere with 'position: fixed', and a

Re: [css-d] Text overflowing from divs

2007-09-17 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Kevin Stevens wrote: > What is the magic formula here? I'm still playing around with my new > site, trying to test it to breaking point, and this is really bugging > me. When I increase the text size several times, on my site > (http://www.ratking.co.uk)it overflows the right hand div and gets l

Re: [css-d] Does anyone see any future problems with this?

2007-09-18 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just not sure if you can have absolute positioned div, within an > absolute positioned div, and cause no problems. I can give you a general - and maybe confusing - answer. In itself you can have as many A:P (absolute positioned) elements nested in and positioned from

Re: [css-d] Div drops in firefox

2007-09-18 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
trevor bayliss wrote: > Hi all I get a problem with the flash scroll div where my flash is it > falls for some reason. I have tried clear both, display inline, and > displayed block but it stays there. In IE it looks fine: > http://www.villa-corti.com/text.html It stays fine in IE _only_ becaus

Re: [css-d] Need help with alignment in IE (huge white spaces), Firefox looks ok

2007-09-18 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
juliann wheeler wrote: > I created an HTML newsletter in tables. Firefox is rendering it > correctly, but in IE there is a large white space between the first > paragraph and the title "Representative PCGA Deals" > > http://www.pcg-advisors.com/Newsletter/pcgnewsletter9_07_p2_is.html I have no

Re: [css-d] Double margin float bug revisited

2007-09-19 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Peter Bex wrote: > When you set a margin on a float, and then by using some javascript > you change any of the positioning properties ('top', 'left' etc), the > double margin float bug disappears in IE6. In IE7, the margin is > _subtracted_ from the position, instead! I assume this is because

Re: [css-d] text leaders

2007-09-19 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
William M Conlon wrote: > I would like to have solid color leader before some text: A few alternatives... regards Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no __ css-discuss [EMAIL

Re: [css-d] text leaders

2007-09-20 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Since William presented something to me [off-list] that doesn't work too well when subjected to font-resizing and not at all in IE6, I've taken the subject a bit further and dragged IE6 and IE7 - kicking and screaming - into the realm of CSS... regards

Re: [css-d] hasLayout problem?

2007-09-20 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Kenny Graham wrote: > IE6 keeps dying horribly in a fire when it's resized on this page I'm > working on... anyone know how to fix it? Please? :) > > http://www.trademarkads.org/brookhaven/site/ Basic fix: * html body { position: relative; } ...to make elements relate to body instead of html

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