Re: [WSG] Change to application/xhtml+xml breaks background colour.
On 20 mar 2005, at 02.10, Michael Dale wrote: See the blue behind the header? That should be the background colour for the whole site. Now this only happens when I output application/xhtml+xml. Go have a look in IE (which gets text/html), its fine. Since you've started using application/xhtml+xml, you may be interested in something I wrote a while ago: http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200501/ the_perils_of_using_xhtml_properly/ /Roger ** 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] Change to application/xhtml+xml breaks background colour.
Hey everyone, I've just decided to output application/xhtml+xml to browsers that support it (Mozilla, firefox etc). Now the site is XHTML 1.1 and valid so that is all good. But the problem I am seeing is that the background colour doesn't cover the whole page. Here is a linky to my site: http://www.bluetrait.com/ See the blue behind the header? That should be the background colour for the whole site. Now this only happens when I output application/xhtml+xml. Go have a look in IE (which gets text/html), its fine. If you look at the source the background colour stops as soon as it hits the first DIV tag. div class=contain So any ideas? Thanks heap, Michael Dale. ** 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] Change to application/xhtml+xml breaks background colour.
Michael Dale wrote: I've just decided to output application/xhtml+xml to browsers that support it (Mozilla, firefox etc). Now the site is XHTML 1.1 and valid so that is all good. But the problem I am seeing is that the background colour doesn't cover the whole page. Now this only happens when I output application/xhtml+xml. Go have a look in IE (which gets text/html), its fine. in XHTML, the BODY element isn't magic anymore. It does not cover the entire browser viewport, but only stretches as far as its content (which is then compounded if you're floating or otherwise removing elements from the natural flow). The solution: apply your background colours and/or images to the HTML element instead of the BODY element. -- Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com ** 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] Change to application/xhtml+xml breaks background colour.
It's okay. I've fixed it. I was having an issue with overflow. Thanks again, didn't know that detail about xhtml :) - Original Message - From: Michael Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:35:09 +1100 Subject: Re: [WSG] Change to application/xhtml+xml breaks background colour. Thanks for that, Is is possible to wrap everything in a DIV tag to do this? Because my current problem is that most of my other div tags have their own background colour and I cannot apply my body background to them. - Original Message - From: Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:23:07 +1100 Subject: Re: [WSG] Change to application/xhtml+xml breaks background colour. Michael Dale wrote: I've just decided to output application/xhtml+xml to browsers that support it (Mozilla, firefox etc). Now the site is XHTML 1.1 and valid so that is all good. But the problem I am seeing is that the background colour doesn't cover the whole page. Now this only happens when I output application/xhtml+xml. Go have a look in IE (which gets text/html), its fine. in XHTML, the BODY element isn't magic anymore. It does not cover the entire browser viewport, but only stretches as far as its content (which is then compounded if you're floating or otherwise removing elements from the natural flow). The solution: apply your background colours and/or images to the HTML element instead of the BODY element. -- Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com ** 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 ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
