On Saturday, December 18, 2010 02:21:05 am G.Sørtun wrote: > On 18.12.2010 06:13, David McGlone wrote: > >> http://99.90.129.247 > >> and I'm having a problem with the text in the header not positioning > >> correctly. I'm wondering if for any reason it's something I have done. I > >> have validated my CSS and had no problems. > > Many CSS weaknesses in there that the validator won't catch since > they're perfectly valid - they just don't make sense in browsers. > > For instance: you are "absolute positioning in thin air" by not > providing positions and reference. Browsers handle such positioning > differently, and IE 6/7 are notorious for messing it up. That you also > try to float an absolute positioned element is wrong, but doesn't make > much difference since all browsers ignore float on A:P elements.
Completley my fault. Out of frusturation I was throwing everything I could at it. My common sense should have told me that "absolute" means "absolute". LOL > > You have also not providing space for expansion if/when font resizing is > introduced or window-size reduced, which causes overlapping and lost > navigation. The headlines also ended up overlapping the logo when > font-resizing up. I'm glad you mentioned this, it is something I was worried about, but hadn't got to that point yet. What is your technique for checking this aspect? What I do other than using browswerlab and browswershots, is to change the resolution on my monitor. I also hold down ctrl and +, to enlarge the font to see how it looks. Are these proven methods? > > I have corrected as much as I could find in there - CSS only. Take a > look at the page and stylesheet below, and see if that solves your > problems. > > Page: > <http://www.gunlaug.no/tos/alien/dm/Tri-City%20Lawn%20Care%20LLC.htm> > > Stylesheet: > <http://www.gunlaug.no/tos/alien/dm/Tri-City%20Lawn%20Care%20LLC_files/defa > ult2.css> It did. I really appreciate it. -- Blessings David M. ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
