Re: [WSG] CSS Driven?

2005-12-14 Thread Stuart Homfray
Bob Schwartz wrote: I had hoped for some real "solutions" when I posted my original two cents, but none came. I can only conclude there are none, yet. I did think more than Rimantas would pop-up with a quick answer for your question, Bob: Which browser can correctly render the followi

Re: [WSG] IE CSS Gap Problem? Anybody have a solution?

2005-05-05 Thread Stuart Homfray
Josef Dunne wrote: Thanks though, does anyone else have a solution to this problem? I would HOPE that someone could come up with a cleaner solution, but I could only do it by feeding IE alternate declarations for your 'span' rule: span { display:none; _text-indent: -999px; _display:inline;

Re: [WSG] Cleaner two column float left?

2005-05-04 Thread Stuart Homfray
tee wrote: I am working on an order form that I set to two column float left item 1 item 2 item 3 item 4 item 5 item 6 item 7 item 8 The floats will do it: container { width: (less than 3x the width of floatedItem); } floatedItem { float: left; width: 49%; } SHOULD work in eve

Re: [WSG] best practice?

2005-04-29 Thread Stuart Homfray
Mike wrote: I guess you can't center a fluid width element. Does anyone know of a way? I suppose you could go: #container { margin: 0 20px; } or #container { margin: 0 5%; } Stuart ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See htt

Re: [WSG] help, please!!

2005-04-25 Thread Stuart Homfray
Rachel Campbell wrote: I've been developing a site based on the Ruthsarian layouts and it's working ok except in IE 6.0, where there's a problem which is leaving me baffled, so I'm hoping that someone will be able to help. ... There isn't a problem if you set IE's options to refresh on every visi

Re: [WSG] php-files get horizontal scrollbar ONLY IN IE

2005-04-21 Thread Stuart Homfray
'mainFrame' frame? cheers, Stuart -- === El Bombin http://elbombin.stuarthomfray.co.uk Stuart Homfray http://www.stuarthomfray.co.uk === ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://

Re: [WSG] multiple columns and 100% height

2005-04-18 Thread Stuart Homfray
Helen Court | Formandsubstance wrote: One of the recent suggestions on balancing columns without javascript was to put a tiny graphic in the columns set at the appropriate repeat. Well, I asked on here about something I was working on, early on Saturday morning (see

Re: [WSG] multiple columns and 100% height

2005-04-18 Thread Stuart Homfray
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Re: [WSG] Simple source ordered, 3-column liquid layout - testing request

2005-04-16 Thread Stuart Homfray
lesheet with a 'handheld' media type. Thanks again, Stuart -- ======= El Bombin http://elbombin.stuarthomfray.co.uk Stuart Homfray http://www.stuarthomfray.co.uk === ** The discussion list for

[WSG] Simple source ordered, 3-column liquid layout - testing request

2005-04-15 Thread Stuart Homfray
venience!! ;) I throw myself prostrate upon the CSS alter and await your views (in other words, time for bed I think!) cheers, Stuart -- ======= El Bombin http://elbombin.stua

Re: [WSG] IE problem

2005-04-11 Thread Stuart Homfray
- have a look at trying <http://www.stuarthomfray.co.uk/temp/newcss.css> instead of your current stylesheets. cheers, Stuart -- === El Bombin http://elbombin.stuarthomfray.co.uk Stuart Ho

Re: [WSG] A few positioning problems

2005-04-11 Thread Stuart Homfray
;overflow:auto;' to your '#Container' rule, that should help. It looks like the internal containers were not fully contained by the '#Container' container (!! ;) ) cheers, Stuart ps. glad to see the mailing list's up and running again!! -- ==

Re: [WSG] question about CSS menu (javascript)

2005-03-16 Thread Stuart Homfray
Hi John, I use a similar drop-down menu on my El Bombín site (javascript: ) - as far as I can tell it works on pretty much every browser (although Opera 7 seems to require an inline style for the 'display:

Re: [WSG] Problems with floats in IE

2005-03-09 Thread Stuart Homfray
David Laakso wrote: Stuart, I regret to say Opera7.54u2 is not happy with it. Best, ~david Absolutely - well spotted!! ;) (grins sheepishly) Seriously, stupid of me not to have checked before posting - the fieldset isn't clearing the submit button. I noticed that Tatham has an empty paragraph wit

Re: [WSG] Problems with floats in IE

2005-03-09 Thread Stuart Homfray
Tatham Oddie wrote: > Having a small problem with a page (of course the problem is only in > IE6)… basically the floated fieldsets are causing the top left corner of > the white box to fall out of position. Otherwise everything seems fine. (Whoops, only replied to Tatham instead of the list!!) Just

Re: [WSG] Problems with floats in IE

2005-03-08 Thread Stuart Homfray
g at: http://members.stansw.asn.au/testdrive/ Thanks in advance! As always, any other comments are appreciated too. Thanks, Tatham Oddie Fuel Advance -- === = El Bombin http://elbombin.stuarthomfray.co.uk ======== Stua

Re: [WSG] Mac (IE5.2 + Safari) users: please could you check...

2005-03-07 Thread Stuart Homfray
Oh well... As I don't have a Mac close by to play with IE5.2 (and even if I had, I might spend too much time *trying* to make it work), I'll just link to a page containing the same info as the pop-up - that way, everyone's a winner!! :) I would say this about it though - the problem only seems

Re: [WSG] Mac (IE5.2 + Safari) users: please could you check...

2005-03-05 Thread Stuart Homfray
he navigation is, however, at the end of the HTML document, making it hard to find. I'd suggest perhaps a couple of anchored links at the top of each page pointing to the various page elements (i.e. "skip to navigation", "skip to content", etc.). HTH -John On Mar 4, 2005,

Re: [WSG] Mac (IE5.2 + Safari) users: please could you check...

2005-03-04 Thread Stuart Homfray
aration to the problem containers cured it (at least, as far as I can tell with Browsercam) Thanks, Stuart Stuart Homfray wrote: ... I have tested the site with the usual PC browsers (IE4, IE5, IE5.5, IE6, Firefox, Opera 7, even NN4.7) and I'm reasonably happy, and I've looked at th

Re: [WSG] Mac (IE5.2 + Safari) users: please could you check...

2005-03-03 Thread Stuart Homfray
Hi John, Firstly, thanks for taking a look - it sounds like the same issues described by Barry Cranmer too (whom I should also thank publicly!) The main header & content stretches to the left overlapping the navigation, obstructing not only view but also clickability of the nav items (they're c

[WSG] Mac (IE5.2 + Safari) users: please could you check...

2005-03-02 Thread Stuart Homfray
o demand it in order to work correctly) or the use of a clearing (IE needs one, so using the excellent Easy Clearing float at P.I.E. seemed a bit pointless) - I'm more than happy to take it! I await your responses with bated browser... cheers, Stuart -- ======