As fellow CSS newbie brought up in the era of table-based layouts, I'd suggest going to Lynda.com and getting a membership (if you don't have one already). Even if you just join for a month, you will get access to very encompassing CSS tutorial videos that you could focus on. I'm just finishing a 12 hour video course entitled "Dreamweaver CS4 with CSS Essential Training" It helping me quite a bit for me.
Good luck Alison, we embark on this journey together! :) - Matthew On Apr 2, 2010, at 8:41 AM, A cOLEMAN wrote: > > Hi all - > > I tried to send this a few days ago, but I think I inadvertently sent it as > rich text. D'oh. Anyway... > > So, I've finally decided to take the plunge and leave my beloved table-based > layouts behind in favor of CSS based layouts. I'm also trying to learn > Dreamweaver at the same time, so the whole process is doubly confusing. > > Anyway - I've put together a test layout that is the basis for a nonprofit > site. It looks fine in IE8 and the newest versions of Firefox and Safari - > but when I look at it on my work computer (we're stuck with IE6 firm-wide), > the thing 'splodes. The right (main) column drops down below the left column. > I'm not sure what it does in IE7. > > I'm sure that this is a common problem, because I see it often while surfing > with IE6 on my lunch hour - but none of the Google searches I've tried re: > IE6 CSS conflicts seem to return anything useful. I must have my search > terminology wrong, because it does seem like a common issue. > > I did see the info about IE5 in the Wiki, which I will try if I get time > today - but I'm not sure if it's applicable. We'll see. > > Here is the site: http://trixmeauj.webuda.com/ > The CSS file is here: http://trixmeauj.webuda.com/styles.css > > ...and anything else that you see that I've done wrong or that could be done > less stupidly, please feel free to critique. I am determined to make CSS > layouts make as much sense to my brain as table-based layouts do. (I suspect > that ditching Dreamweaver might help in that regard, but I really need to > learn how to use it....) > > Thanks in advance for any info - Alison > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with > Hotmail. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [[email protected]] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
