>ah, Netscape!  Okay, I adjusted things a bit so it should less scrunched 
>now?

No, it looks the same.
>
>And please tell me, the MediaFan logo, the image with "MediaFan" repeated 
>in a
>circle, is that on the left side below the "webhosting, etc." or to the 
>right
>of it?  I'm curious because I have a separate style sheet for N4 users but
>I've never been quite sure whether Mac/N4 users are seeing that or the 
>fancy
>style sheet that uses @import.  The placement of the logo image will tell 
>me
>which style sheet you're seeing....

It's on the right. Any NN except for 6 and higher will ignore the @import 
code. Or so my CSS teacher taught me.
>
> > Try defining font colors in RGB (Red, Green, Blue). It *really* makes
> > everything more specific. If you have Photoshop, either choose a color 
>or
> > make one up by mixing. Double-click on the little colored icon that 
>tells
> > you the current color you're painting/drawing with. A window will pop up
> > with a color spectrum and a whole buncha numbers. The three bottom left 
>ones
> > will be the R, G and B.
> >
> > Copy those down and in CSS put:
> > color: rgb(r,g,b);
>
>are you talking about decimal codes?  I'm using hexadecimal codes which is
>what PSP shows in the R, G, B boxes in the palette.  What's the advantage 
>of
>using decimal rgb codes versus hexadecimal?  If I change my palette to 
>display
>decimal codes and use that, the colors don't look any different to me:
>
>http://mediafan.ma-at.net/index2.html

The advantage is that you can get *really* specific. You can set the colors 
to just about anything and it will show up the same in any browser/format.

With hex (#ccffcc) IE, NN, Opera, they all have a slightly different idea of 
how that color should look. With rgb, you tell the browser what the color 
should look like.

I use rgb alot in designing my sites. Like in this one:

http://www.redkrowe.com/~la/index.html

My main text color is in rgb:

body,p,br,table,th,tr,td,h1
{
background-color: rgb(0,0,0);
color: rgb(173,255,222);
font-family: "Comics Sans MS", Arial, Helvatica, sans-serif;
}

This is a very specific green. It showed up the same in all the browsers I 
tested in and as far as I know there's no hex equivilant because I came up 
with this shade by playing around in Photoshop. The same with my link colors 
(with the exception of white).

With hex, you're limited to a set number of colors. Even fewer if you don't 
want to run the risk of the browsers showing a slightly different shade.

>
>(I've only changed the colors for the "Here, Here" text and the "Need
>email?..." text below that.)

You probably didn't notice a difference because you kept the same color for 
the text, right? You didn't darken or lighten the green?
>
> > Replacing the letters with the numbers. I find it's great, also handy if 
>you
> > want to match a graphic's background with the page's background.
>
>hmmm, beware of color shift.  There was an extensive study done about the
>display of even the so-called web-safe colors at different color settings, 
>8
>bit, 16 bit, 24 bit and 32 bit.  And at the most widely used color setting, 
>16
>bit, it turned out that there were only 22 colors that didn't shift so I
>generally use transparent gifs for titles and such or I create a 1x1 pixel
>image of the background color I want and use that for my background image,
>then everything on the page shifts the same way, background image, title
>images, etc.

See? That's why rgb is so much better. Rather then telling the browser a hex 
code and hoping that it's idea of the color is the same as yours, you're 
giving a *specific* color code. The browser displays the color you want.

> > Purple would fit the surrounding colors better, that green kinda 
>clashes.
>
>I like the green tho.  Purple is a bit predictable...but oh well, I'll play
>with it later.  Hey Tamy, this is your site, how does the green look?  
>still
>blue?  would you rather have purple?

True, but at least it looks green to me now and not blue. ;)
>
> > Maybe even mixing up the colors? Throw some white in there or something. 
>All
> > those dark reds just seem so oppressing and dull to me.
>
>I got yelled at for too much white earlier on...<grins at Rauhnee>

I remember, but I think that's because it was in the logo...
>
> > I'll definately try to make an effort to do that more often. Though 
>usually
> > I don't get time to look at a site/problem until long after it's all 
>over.
>
>I know the feeling, no pressure, comment whenever you can and thanks much 
>for
>all your comments today!

No prob. It was my day off and I was feeling communicative.

Angel

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