Re: [css-d] Site Help - IE trouble

2007-03-22 Thread ~davidLaakso
Cole Tuininga wrote: > Hi all - > > I've been away from doing much CSS for a while and I'm running into a > bit of trouble with IE. As I need to have the site up and running by > Saturday (some press is going out), I was hoping I might impose on you > kind souls to help me figure out where I've go

Re: [css-d] Site Help - IE trouble

2007-03-22 Thread jeffrey morin
On 3/22/07, Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi all - I've been away from doing much CSS for a while and I'm running into a bit of trouble with IE. As I need to have the site up and running by Saturday (some press is going out), I was hoping I might impose on you kind souls to help me figu

[css-d] Site Help - IE trouble

2007-03-22 Thread Cole Tuininga
Hi all - I've been away from doing much CSS for a while and I'm running into a bit of trouble with IE. As I need to have the site up and running by Saturday (some press is going out), I was hoping I might impose on you kind souls to help me figure out where I've gone awry. The site in question i

[css-d] site check for spacing issues

2007-03-22 Thread jeffrey morin
hi everyone, i'm working on this page http://www.melissagerstein.com/tests/akon/akon.htm and when i switch back and forth with the ff extension ie tab i see a problem with the top navigation. (alphabet) the problem is the spacing between the alphabet links varies between ie and ff. i switched i

Re: [css-d] Random float drops

2007-03-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Richard Grevers wrote: > We are getting random float drops on the newly redesigned > http://www.freeparking.co.nz/hosting/ So far IE7 and Opera have been > rock-solid, but Firefox 1.5.11 has dropped on one PC and been ok on > another, and I've seen one instance of dropping on IE6. (on a smaller

Re: [css-d] IE6 blows up my nav; NN 8,9 add mystery line

2007-03-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Joel D Canfield wrote: > http://spinhead.info/ah/test/test.asp > > IE6 blows up the navigation which appears as expected in FireFox, > Opera, and Navigator You are floating and clearing the .bottomsm in the wrong direction. Make it... .bottomsm { clear: right; float:right; } ...and IE6 won't

[css-d] Random float drops

2007-03-22 Thread Richard Grevers
We are getting random float drops on the newly redesigned http://www.freeparking.co.nz/hosting/ So far IE7 and Opera have been rock-solid, but Firefox 1.5.11 has dropped on one PC and been ok on another, and I've seen one instance of dropping on IE6. (on a smaller monitor) The sizing is 69% + 3% +

Re: [css-d] IE6 blows up my nav; NN 8,9 add mystery line

2007-03-22 Thread Daniel Beardsmore
Joel D Canfield wrote: > http://spinhead.info/ah/test/test.asp > > IE6 blows up the navigation which appears as expected in FireFox, Opera, and > Navigator > > Navigator adds a thing peep of background under the last paragraph, which > sure seems to be styled exactly as the two above it, which ap

Re: [css-d] CSS Development General Question

2007-03-22 Thread david
Bradley Wright wrote: > On 22 Mar 2007, at 10:56, Robert O'Rourke wrote: >> I've had similar problems in the past but there's a really useful tool >> that comes with the developer toolbar [1] for firefox. If you go to >> the >> CSS dropdown and click on view style information (or ctrl+shift+y)

Re: [css-d] Page Check -

2007-03-22 Thread Tracy Shorrock
Hi Kevin, I've checked it in Mac Firefox 1.5. Everything seems to be order, if you didn't want the horizontal-stripe white background going down to the footer on the left and right cols. The image 'Secured Network Solutions' has shifted left about 10px beyond the left margin of your central co

Re: [css-d] IE7 special code

2007-03-22 Thread Mark Story
The selector I've been using with quite a bit of success is *:first-child+html so in your circumstance it would be *:first-child+html .clearing { This selector uses the invisible super parent object above html that only IE has, it then uses CSS2 selectors to target the HTML object something th

Re: [css-d] CSS Development General Question

2007-03-22 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Urb LeJeune wrote: > Inheritance is a powerful concept. That's debatable, but it is certainly one of the most misunderstood concepts in Whole Wide Web. > Then you only have to deal with the exceptions since everything > inheritances from > body, etc. No, you have completel

Re: [css-d] CSS Development General Question

2007-03-22 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Urb LeJeune wrote: > h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h5 { header rules} > For the benefit of the newbies, I think the selector Urb meant to write is: h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 Without the commas it would only select some remarkably invalid markup that most people are not likely to have. :-) Zoe -- Zoe M. Gil

[css-d] IE6 blows up my nav; NN 8,9 add mystery line

2007-03-22 Thread Joel D Canfield
http://spinhead.info/ah/test/test.asp IE6 blows up the navigation which appears as expected in FireFox, Opera, and Navigator Navigator adds a thing peep of background under the last paragraph, which sure seems to be styled exactly as the two above it, which appear as expected. (this is all a r

Re: [css-d] CSS Development General Question

2007-03-22 Thread Urb LeJeune
> > I am sure that I am doing something wrong. I am sure that I am > > duplicating and adding items that I don't need. I mean items that can > > inherit their style from their parent selectors. Much of the css I look at is unnecessarily bloated because the author either doesn't understan

Re: [css-d] Divs, floats, and disappearing backgrounds

2007-03-22 Thread jeffrey morin
On 3/22/07, Robert DeLaurentis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a way to make this scenario work? -- > > A single div (name="wrapper") contains two other divs ("maincolumn" > and "sidebar") > > The "wrapper" is assigned a background image via CSS. > > Now, add "maincolumn" and "sidebar", b

Re: [css-d] Firefox-mac specific css

2007-03-22 Thread Felix Miata
On 2007/03/22 08:14 (GMT-0500) Rolf Mortenson apparently typed: > On Mar 22, 2007, at 6:59 AM, Felix Miata wrote: >> If it's broken on Firefox, it's broken on all Geckos. Please don't specify >> Firefox when the appropriate UA word is Gecko. http://geckoisgecko.org/ > Perhaps, but I'm only seein

Re: [css-d] Divs, floats, and disappearing backgrounds

2007-03-22 Thread jeffrey morin
On 3/22/07, Robert DeLaurentis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a way to make this scenario work? -- > > A single div (name="wrapper") contains two other divs ("maincolumn" > and "sidebar") > > The "wrapper" is assigned a background image via CSS. > > Now, add "maincolumn" and "sidebar", b

[css-d] Divs, floats, and disappearing backgrounds

2007-03-22 Thread Robert DeLaurentis
Is there a way to make this scenario work? -- A single div (name="wrapper") contains two other divs ("maincolumn" and "sidebar") The "wrapper" is assigned a background image via CSS. Now, add "maincolumn" and "sidebar", both of which are floated left to create the two content container regi

Re: [css-d] Firefox-mac specific css

2007-03-22 Thread Rolf Mortenson
On Mar 22, 2007, at 6:59 AM, Felix Miata wrote: > >> On 3/22/07, Rolf Mortenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I've stumbled on a bug that affects Firefox on Mac (not Win), and >>> confirmed it in the mozilla bug logs. I've also found an apparent >>> fix >>> involving our good friend overflow:

Re: [css-d] Firefox-mac specific css

2007-03-22 Thread Rolf Mortenson
Thanks George - I suppose it will have to be javascript On Mar 22, 2007, at 12:22 AM, George Ornbo wrote: > > If you are using PHP you can use HTTP_USER_AGENT to sniff. Here's a > quick and dirty script. If not you can use Javascript - try > googling for Javascript sniffers. Plenty out there!

Re: [css-d] CSS Development General Question

2007-03-22 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
OOzy Pal wrote: > Dears, > > Every time I start developing a site I start with small css file and > after I am done the .css file gets bigger and out of control. > Don't feel too bad. Although I wouldn't say my recent style sheets are out of control, they are doubtless a little bigger and more

Re: [css-d] CSS Development General Question

2007-03-22 Thread jeffrey morin
On 3/22/07, OOzy Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dears, > > Every time I start developing a site I start with small css file and > after I am done the .css file gets bigger and out of control. > > I am sure that I am doing something wrong. I am sure that I am > duplicating and adding items that

Re: [css-d] Page Check -

2007-03-22 Thread Barney Carroll
Kevin J Pledger wrote: > Hi All, > > Can I please get a page check on www.oneyed.com/mt/vendors/ideagen > > I have checked it with FF2 / IE7, but don't have access to any of the other > browsers. > > If there are glaring mistakes in my CSS, please let me know, because if this > looks okay ac

Re: [css-d] default box margins for tags

2007-03-22 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Bradley Wright wrote: > On 21 Mar 2007, at 18:21, ~davidLaakso wrote: > >> Bradley Wright wrote: >> >>> To alleviate cross-browser issues like this myself, I tend to use >>> a "reset" CSS file which reverts all browser styling to a blank >>> slate, allowing you to start from scratch a

[css-d] Page Check -

2007-03-22 Thread Kevin J Pledger
Hi All, Can I please get a page check on www.oneyed.com/mt/vendors/ideagen I have checked it with FF2 / IE7, but don't have access to any of the other browsers. If there are glaring mistakes in my CSS, please let me know, because if this looks okay across browser land it will become the temp

Re: [css-d] Firefox-mac specific css

2007-03-22 Thread Felix Miata
On 2007/03/22 07:23 (GMT) George Ornbo apparently typed: > On 3/22/07, Rolf Mortenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've stumbled on a bug that affects Firefox on Mac (not Win), and >> confirmed it in the mozilla bug logs. I've also found an apparent fix >> involving our good friend overflow: aut

Re: [css-d] background-repeat and firefox

2007-03-22 Thread Ian Young
> Subject: [css-d] background-repeat and firefox > > > I'm hoping someone can provide a solution to this problem... > I have read dozens of forum entries and websites to no avail... > Basically I have a div 'border-wrap' that is 900 wide but with a variable > height depending on content... > There

[css-d] background-repeat and firefox

2007-03-22 Thread Jason Hart
I'm hoping someone can provide a solution to this problem... I have read dozens of forum entries and websites to no avail... Basically I have a div 'border-wrap' that is 900 wide but with a variable height depending on content... There is a background PNG that should repeat-y... It works fine in IE

Re: [css-d] vertical positioning of video content

2007-03-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Pat Pruyne wrote: > Does anyone have suggestions on positioning the movies into the > center of a viewer's screen? > > Example page: > > http://www.daveknox.com/DKWreckDive.html With CSS? This will work in most cases, and in most browsers...

Re: [css-d] image will not move

2007-03-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
>> http://www.linkhomes2000.co.uk/index.php, And complete the operation by moving inside IE6 can't perform complex operations, so keep it simple :-) Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[css-d] vertical positioning of video content

2007-03-22 Thread Pat Pruyne
Greetings, I have a legacy table-based site that has not yet been converted to CSS that includes many QuickTime movies. Does anyone have suggestions on positioning the movies into the center of a viewer's screen? Example page: http://www.daveknox.com/DKWreckDive.html

Re: [css-d] image will not move

2007-03-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://www.linkhomes2000.co.uk/index.php, > > The problem is pretty obvious. The image on right should be inside > the div holding the small img and text on the left. Comment out or delete... #banner {/*width:37.5em;*/} #houseimghead {/*clear:both;*/} ...to make piec

[css-d] image will not move

2007-03-22 Thread grovesdavid
Hi, if you look here: http://www.linkhomes2000.co.uk/index.php, The problem is pretty obvious. The image on right should be inside the div holding the small img and text on the left. I can move it up using a negative margin, but that shouldn't be necessary. I've tried: a. clearing both, b. l

Re: [css-d] CSS Development General Question

2007-03-22 Thread Bradley Wright
On 22 Mar 2007, at 10:56, Robert O'Rourke wrote: > I've had similar problems in the past but there's a really useful tool > that comes with the developer toolbar [1] for firefox. If you go to > the > CSS dropdown and click on view style information (or ctrl+shift+y) > then > you can click on an

Re: [css-d] default box margins for tags

2007-03-22 Thread Bradley Wright
On 21 Mar 2007, at 18:21, ~davidLaakso wrote: > Bradley Wright wrote: >> To alleviate cross-browser issues like this myself, I tend to use >> a "reset" CSS file which reverts all browser styling to a blank >> slate, allowing you to start from scratch and render them however >> you please.

Re: [css-d] CSS Development General Question

2007-03-22 Thread Robert O'Rourke
OOzy Pal wrote: > Dears, > > Every time I start developing a site I start with small css file and > after I am done the .css file gets bigger and out of control. > > I am sure that I am doing something wrong. I am sure that I am > duplicating and adding items that I don't need. I mean items that ca

Re: [css-d] setting height to be as big as my (or any) monitor height / browser interpretations

2007-03-22 Thread francky
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > francky wrote: >> [...] >> *Georg's Jumping Cat Acid Test ;-) * > [...] > (Did I mention in an earlier thread that I don't apply such '100% tall' > methods in real-world designs? Think I did but I'll say it now anyway > :-) ) Can't be said enough! ;-) > > [...] >> - Everyb

[css-d] CSS Development General Question

2007-03-22 Thread OOzy Pal
Dears, Every time I start developing a site I start with small css file and after I am done the .css file gets bigger and out of control. I am sure that I am doing something wrong. I am sure that I am duplicating and adding items that I don't need. I mean items that can inherit their style from t