[css-d] div height in IE

2005-05-27 Thread Terry Jeske
http://www.buzzjeske.com/untitled-1.htm I have a centered div mainBlock that contains a div leftNav that is floated left. I need leftNav to be the same size as mainBlock . If I give leftNav a height of 100%, it kind of works in Firefox, although it appears to push bottom of leftNav into the

Re: [css-d] div height in IE

2005-05-27 Thread Prabhath Sirisena
I think what you need to do is to contain the floated leftNav in mainBlock. Try this: http://positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html HTH, Prabhath http://nidahas.com On 5/27/05, Terry Jeske [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.buzzjeske.com/untitled-1.htm I have a centered div mainBlock

[css-d] Trouble with Mozilla and IE6

2005-05-27 Thread Patrick Jackson
I am still a newbie to CSS and I am in the process of trying to build my first small site for a band. I have run into two problems : 1. On Mozilla browsers, the rounded image that is below the nav and the masthead, does not appear. 2. The layout is destroyed in IE / Win. The layout

[css-d] Website Stats

2005-05-27 Thread George Georgiou
Hi there, Well, this is a non-coldfusion related question but since we have so many webmasters here, perhaps you know how to help. I am looking for a very simple tool, (i.e. it could be a toolbar on our web browser) which will calculate some basic statistics for the websites we are currently

Re: [css-d] def list :: pcIE fix?

2005-05-27 Thread Christian Heilmann
The problem is in your br. You have put clear=all inside the tag. You need to style it as BR style=clear:all; font-size:1px Actually in CSS it is clear:both not clear:all. http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view?id=238086 -- Chris Heilmann Blog: http://www.wait-till-i.com Writing:

[css-d] Re: alt tag in CSS?

2005-05-27 Thread David Dorward
On 5/27/05, Bruce Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't suppose there is a way to give an image an alt tag There is no alt tag. Perhaps you mean the alt attribute? when you are calling the image as a background in CSS is there? Background images are background, i.e. presentational and not

[css-d] Re: Base font size

2005-05-27 Thread David Dorward
On 5/26/05, Mike Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to know if it is possible to set the base font size using css so that the text is rendered the same size by all browsers and is still resizeable, ie not defined in pixels. No, it isn't. I suggest sticking to a base size of 100% and

[css-d] Re: link style question

2005-05-27 Thread David Dorward
On 5/26/05, Barbara Dozetos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does a:visited override a:hover? The two selectors you list both consist of a pseudo-class and an element name. This means they have the same specificity. As a result it is the order they appear in the style sheet that decides which overrides

Re: [css-d] alt tag in CSS?

2005-05-27 Thread Sebastian Redl
jack fredricks wrote: in general, layout and decorative (by this i mean no real content) images shouldnt have an alt tag (to be more precise, their alt tag should be alt= [no space]). Background images are pretty much always decorative. Or rather, if they're not decorative, then they

Re: [css-d] alt tag in CSS?

2005-05-27 Thread luciash
Bruce Gilbert wrote: I don't suppose there is a way to give an image an alt tag when you are calling the image as a background in CSS is there? div id=image/div or is the rule of thumb, if the image requires an alt tag, specify in the html?? TIA it's no good way but you can try div

Re: [css-d] Trouble with Mozilla and IE6

2005-05-27 Thread Roger Roelofs
Patrick, On May 27, 2005, at 2:20 AM, Patrick Jackson wrote: I am still a newbie to CSS and I am in the process of trying to build my first small site for a band. I have run into two problems : 1. On Mozilla browsers, the rounded image that is below the nav and the masthead, does not

Re: [css-d] Website Stats

2005-05-27 Thread Roy Schestowitz
Quoting George: Hi there, Well, this is a non-coldfusion related question but since we have so many webmasters here, perhaps you know how to help. I am looking for a very simple tool, (i.e. it could be a toolbar on our web browser) which will calculate some basic statistics for the websites

Re: [css-d] Base font size

2005-05-27 Thread Paul Willoughby
On 26/05/05, Mike Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I would like to know if it is possible to set the base font size using css so that the text is rendered the same size by all browsers and is still resizeable, ie not defined in pixels. Try this article on font sizing with ems at

Re: [css-d] alt tag in CSS?

2005-05-27 Thread luciash
Christian Heilmann wrote: it's no good way but you can try div class=image01span class=altAlternative text/span/div damn, sorry, it has to be with id: div id=image01span class=altAlternative text/span/div In fact, it is a horrible way, as display:none might not be read by some

Re: [css-d] Website check please - problems on windows?

2005-05-27 Thread Chris Ovenden
On 5/27/05, Luca Balboni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am completing a website and I am not able to check it on Windows configurations. It seems to work fine on Mac, but on windows IE6 seems to lose the white background of the main container,. Also, thewho we are menu on the top

Re: [css-d] Always learning something new...

2005-05-27 Thread Arno @ Raketnet
It looks very much like an XML command. I think it does something like importing XML data information. I didn't know it could actually be used in/as a style sheet as such. Arno style type=text/css media=screen /*![CDATA[*/ data /*]]*/ /STYLE

Re: [css-d] Always learning something new...

2005-05-27 Thread Christian Heilmann
I have seen this technique used several times now: style type=text/css media=screen /*![CDATA[*/ data /*]]*/ /STYLE I thought I was pretty knowledgeable in CSS but have no clue what this is used for. Can someone point me to where I can read up on this technique and it's

[css-d] page check before I move on

2005-05-27 Thread Kim Kruse
Hi, I would really like some feedback on this page http://mouseriders.dk/test/dynatest.php before I move on with rest of the site. Thanks you and have a nice weekend Kim __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [css-d] alt tag in CSS?

2005-05-27 Thread Bob Easton
luciash wrote: Bruce Gilbert wrote: I don't suppose there is a way to give an image an alt tag when you are calling the image as a background in CSS is there? div id=image/div or is the rule of thumb, if the image requires an alt tag, specify in the html?? TIA it's no good way but you can

[css-d] Re: Always learning something new...

2005-05-27 Thread David Dorward
On 5/27/05, Rick Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: style type=text/css media=screen /*![CDATA[*/ data /*]]*/ /STYLE I thought I was pretty knowledgeable in CSS but have no clue what this is used for. In XHTML script and style blocks containg PCDATA instead of CDATA (IIRC XML DTDs

Re: [css-d] alt tag in CSS?

2005-05-27 Thread Christian Heilmann
it's no good way but you can try div class=image01span class=altAlternative text/span/div damn, sorry, it has to be with id: div id=image01span class=altAlternative text/span/div In fact, it is a horrible way, as display:none might not be read by some screen readers. Check screenreader

Re: [css-d] alt tag in CSS?

2005-05-27 Thread Christian Heilmann
Hey Luci, that's a really neat idea. The nav system I devised when quite new to CSS has spacer GIFs with alt attributes, but I've never been completely happy with it. Your way is better. How so? Because it can fail in more than one scenario? The alternative text is there to - explain what is

[css-d] Text Just to Right of Centered Image

2005-05-27 Thread Chris Morse
Hello, I would like to add a copyright symbol just to the right of a logo which is centered horizontally on the page. I would also like the top of the copyright symbol aligned with the top of the image. Here is the table equivalent of what I am trying to do (but am trying to learn how to do

[css-d] Styling text input boxes question

2005-05-27 Thread Chester Bullock
I have done some testing on input type=text box styling and am a bit troubled that I cannot find a good solution to my problem. Say we have a text box: input type=text size=2 maxlength=2 name=whatever / If I use a style like this (on a windows machine): input { font-family:

[css-d] Re: advice for complex background image?

2005-05-27 Thread David Dorward
On 5/27/05, Theodore Serbinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have a new design comp of a new layout for our website here: http://www.washsq.com/layouyt01.jpg i'm playing around with the XHTML/CSS but i'm not sure what is the best and simplest method for cutting up that graphic and displaying

Re: [css-d] Re: advice for complex background image?

2005-05-27 Thread Theodore Serbinski
http://www.washsq.com/layouyt01.jpg You've got a border down the left, which can be applied to the body, and a network cable blending into a grid which can be applied to the div containing the main content, and a logo/heading image which should go in the foreground in an h1. All the rest

Re: [css-d] Re: advice for complex background image?

2005-05-27 Thread Kelly Miller
Theodore Serbinski wrote: Well the border part I've figured out... I just have a 1 x 768px image that is set as the bg for the body this creates the shadow effect perfectly. I agree with the title image graphic being an h1 as well no problems there. But that graphic of the cable, whew still

Re: [css-d] Re: advice for complex background image?

2005-05-27 Thread Kelly Miller
Theodore Serbinski wrote: Hi Kelly, The entire website is going to be fixed width at 768px ... I know pros/cons to this but it seems to the most reliable method to date and all of the top CSS designers switched back to fixed design. But thanks for the tip for using it as liquid. As for the

Re: [css-d] Re: advice for complex background image?

2005-05-27 Thread Theodore Serbinski
On 5/27/05, Christie Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this true? all of the top CSS designers switched back to fixed design. I hope not, but if it is true is it because of the difficulties in creating liquid CSS designs, or is there some other reason? From all of my research/examples it seems

Re: [css-d] CSS - Looking Down the Road....

2005-05-27 Thread Pactum web services
From: Syntactic: Jim Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am curious to pick the brains of some of you CSS gurus out there about something. Without going into too much detail, are there facets of CSS that are coming down the pipe in the not so distant future that excite you? I'm no guru, but I'm

Re: [css-d] Re: advice for complex background image?

2005-05-27 Thread Kelly Miller
You do know z-index only applied to positioned elements, right? But regardless, in this case, if you'd managed to get the text over the image, the image would have disappeared (because the text and the white background are on the same level). If you give the text a right margin, you can get

Re: [css-d] CSS Form Problem

2005-05-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I believe the text between the two text boxes: To needs to be contained within a label tag. It is at present a tag without text. I'm not sure exactly what that means to the browser, but it seems to affect the float that you are looking for. Joel Goldstick www.columbuswebmakers.com

Re: [css-d] CSS Form Problem

2005-05-27 Thread Jan Söderback
On 5/28/05, Christopher Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know it's because the labels and the boxes have display: block Why do the inputs need to be floated (or display:block, for that matter)? Putting float:left: on only the labels seems to work fine in Firefox.

[ADMIN - OT] Re: [css-d] do H tag levels matter in Search engines?

2005-05-27 Thread Bob Easton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a general question about H tags (H1 , H2, H3 etc). Does the level of H tag matter when it comes to Search engine visibility? This is not a CSS related question. It would be better asked in the web design list. http://webdesign-l.com/ -- Bob Easton

Re: [css-d] CSS Form Problem

2005-05-27 Thread Christopher Harris
I thought about that - but there is a way to do it without as much typing. I have it fixed now. Gunlaug Sorten replied to me and gave the answer I was looking for. Basically, one mandatory CSS line and an optional one regarding the vertical alignment of the word To. I figure - the less you

Re: [css-d] Trouble with Mozilla and IE6

2005-05-27 Thread Gianni Cuccu
2. The layout is destroyed in IE / Win. The layout utilizes two floats, to which I have applied the display: inline feature and the child selector to attempt to correct the 3px bug. Nothing has solved the issue. Please help! Hi, try this... div#globalnav { float:right; border-left:

Re: [css-d] Bullets are foobarred!!

2005-05-27 Thread Patrick Mannix
Scott Blanchard wrote: Please take a look at this screenshot (JPEG): http://v5.octane8.com/destin/images/x8webtop_images/picture1.jpg Notice how the bullet images in the sitemap menu on the left are all mangled? Here's the actual URL to the page, can anyone else see the mangled bullets?

Re: [css-d] Re: advice for complex background image?/Liquid vs Fixed

2005-05-27 Thread Kelly Miller
Christie Mason wrote: Thanks Gunlaug Sørtun, that was somewhat reassuring. As a ending comment, I would like to say to all those that are going in the fixed direction (CSS or table or hybrid) that, as a site guest, I REALLY dislike the trend. Christie Mason

Re: [css-d] 3 column layout problem

2005-05-27 Thread cifroes
luciash wrote: cifroes wrote: Hi, thanks for the quick reply. I tried putting a large image in the center column in that design. Right col and center column (and scrollbars) works nicely, as i wanted... the problem is that the left column has a strange behaviour dancing around when you

[css-d] Win IE absolute positioning not working on only one element

2005-05-27 Thread Gonzalo Arin
Marc Wolfgram wrote: The css positioning for the header elements on this site is working on Mac and Win for all browsers except IE under windows. ref: http://www.elmbrooklifebuilders.org/ One element is a horizontal img placed just like all the other img stuff: !-- main/secondary

[css-d] Website check please - problems on windows?

2005-05-27 Thread Graham
You also need to put width:100% on your container div to make the white background show in IE. Regards Graham Cook -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Luca Balboni Sent: Friday, 27 May 2005 12:28 PM To: css-d css-d Subject: [css-d] Website

Re: [css-d] Non-Tables layout help

2005-05-27 Thread zonjai
Oh, and sorry for not including this in my other email, but upon looking over the code quickly, I just want to throw this in: Non-table design does not work exactly like table based design. For example, that top graphic was three slices in a table, but in CSS, it can be a single image. Yep