RE: [WSG] Centering one box in the center of the page with a footer attached
Tom If it is of any help during the last 2 months out of approximately 13,000 unique visitors, 97% used Internet Explorer, 1.1% used Netscape and 0.7% used mozilla. Unless your local community bucks the trend I guess you would limit your opportunities. Regards Cary Bush -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 06:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] Centering one box in the center of the page with a footer attached Hi, My two sites that I am working on (designing websites is something that I struggle with terribly) are: www.tomscomputerservices.net www.tomwhalen.hopto.org If anyone wants to offer simple suggestions on what I could change to make the sites more appealing, I'm very open minded :-) Also, today I received my first browser-capabilities shock when I asked my wife to look at the sites on her WinXP machine. She is using Mozilla Firebird and IE6, and unfortunately she ALWAYS goes for the IE6 browser. She's been MS'fied, I tell ya :-) So, when she loaded up my sites I was horrified. What was unusual was that IE6 did a better job of rendering my site than did Firebird (if I remember correctly). Given that Firefox is an off-shoot of Firebird (correct?), you'd think those two browsers would render stuff identically, or close to it anyway. So, I don't know what to do now. Do I just poo-poo IE+ users and aim to please owners of Mozilla-family browsers? My sites are only to generate pc-servicing business from the local community, so most of my business (I think) will come from the business cards I leave laying around. Thanks, have a great night :-) Tom Whalen * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help * * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *
Re: [WSG] Centering one box in the center of the page with a footer attached
Hi, My two sites that I am working on (designing websites is something that I struggle with terribly) are: www.tomscomputerservices.net www.tomwhalen.hopto.org If anyone wants to offer simple suggestions on what I could change to make the sites more appealing, I'm very open minded :-) Also, today I received my first browser-capabilities shock when I asked my wife to look at the sites on her WinXP machine. She is using Mozilla Firebird and IE6, and unfortunately she ALWAYS goes for the IE6 browser. She's been MS'fied, I tell ya :-) So, when she loaded up my sites I was horrified. What was unusual was that IE6 did a better job of rendering my site than did Firebird (if I remember correctly). Given that Firefox is an off-shoot of Firebird (correct?), you'd think those two browsers would render stuff identically, or close to it anyway. So, I don't know what to do now. Do I just poo-poo IE+ users and aim to please owners of Mozilla-family browsers? My sites are only to generate pc-servicing business from the local community, so most of my business (I think) will come from the business cards I leave laying around. Thanks, have a great night :-) Tom Whalen * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *
Re: [WSG] Centering one box in the center of the page with a footer attached
I wanted to do something similar - check this out : http://nakijo.vna.com.au Hope that helps - Original Message - From: "theGrafixGuy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 8:31 AM Subject: RE: [WSG] Centering one box in the center of the page with a footer attached > I have gotten the background image part figured out (Kudos to Jeremy for the > assist). > > So now I am down to centering a box fluidly on the page so that its content > will display over the centered baackground regardless of screen size and the > footer will be relative to the bottom of the content box. > > Simple things get so hard sometime :-) > > Brian > * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *
RE: [WSG] Centering one box in the center of the page with a footer attached
Yep, that is what I was looking for - Thank you! -Original Message- From: russ weakley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:11 PM To: Web Standards Group Subject: Re: [WSG] Centering one box in the center of the page with a footer attached Hi Brian, Hard to tell from the description - a mockup might help, but here is a page that may be of benefit... Dead Center: http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/thebox/deadcentre4.html HTH Russ > Hello, > > I am trying to figure out how to do the following and am doing little > more than making my brain hurt. > > I want a box with a background image centered on the page (left right > is easy enough) but I also want it to be centered top and bottom as > well as this will be the intro page for the site. > > The idea is to get the single run of the background image to display > dead center of the page regardless of the screen res of the visitor > (the image is sized so that a 800x600 viewer fits nicely) On top of > this background image will be some text and an enter button. The > footer will contain a photo credit and copyright and ride just below > the background image - centered left-right and relative to the main box with the background. > > Any ideas? > > Brian * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help * * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *
RE: [WSG] Centering one box in the center of the page with a footer attached
I have gotten the background image part figured out (Kudos to Jeremy for the assist). So now I am down to centering a box fluidly on the page so that its content will display over the centered baackground regardless of screen size and the footer will be relative to the bottom of the content box. Simple things get so hard sometime :-) Brian -Original Message- From: theGrafixGuy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Centering one box in the center of the page with a footer attached Hello, I am trying to figure out how to do the following and am doing little more than making my brain hurt. I want a box with a background image centered on the page (left right is easy enough) but I also want it to be centered top and bottom as well as this will be the intro page for the site. The idea is to get the single run of the background image to display dead center of the page regardless of the screen res of the visitor (the image is sized so that a 800x600 viewer fits nicely) On top of this background image will be some text and an enter button. The footer will contain a photo credit and copyright and ride just below the background image - centered left-right and relative to the main box with the background. Any ideas? Brian * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help * * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *
Re: [WSG] Centering one box in the center of the page with a footer attached
Hi Brian, Hard to tell from the description - a mockup might help, but here is a page that may be of benefit... Dead Center: http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/thebox/deadcentre4.html HTH Russ > Hello, > > I am trying to figure out how to do the following and am doing little more > than making my brain hurt. > > I want a box with a background image centered on the page (left right is > easy enough) but I also want it to be centered top and bottom as well as > this will be the intro page for the site. > > The idea is to get the single run of the background image to display dead > center of the page regardless of the screen res of the visitor (the image is > sized so that a 800x600 viewer fits nicely) On top of this background image > will be some text and an enter button. The footer will contain a photo > credit and copyright and ride just below the background image - centered > left-right and relative to the main box with the background. > > Any ideas? > > Brian * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *
[WSG] Centering one box in the center of the page with a footer attached
Hello, I am trying to figure out how to do the following and am doing little more than making my brain hurt. I want a box with a background image centered on the page (left right is easy enough) but I also want it to be centered top and bottom as well as this will be the intro page for the site. The idea is to get the single run of the background image to display dead center of the page regardless of the screen res of the visitor (the image is sized so that a 800x600 viewer fits nicely) On top of this background image will be some text and an enter button. The footer will contain a photo credit and copyright and ride just below the background image - centered left-right and relative to the main box with the background. Any ideas? Brian * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *
