Re: [css-d] Broken negative-margin layout

2008-04-08 Thread Alan Gresley
Richard Grevers wrote: I'm not sure which of several changes did it, but the 2-column negative margin layout at http://www.vine.org.nz/index.php/services suddenly has a disappeared left column (in IE, firefox, Opera) HTML and CSS both validate. All browser seem to be showing the same

Re: [css-d] Help with the C in CSS

2008-04-08 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:21:26 +0200 Ingo Chao wrote: Michael Adams wrote: ... Then you have four factors involved which should be taken into account in the following order: weight, origin, specificity, sort order. But you didn't ask about them CSS 2.1:6.4.1 -4 says: if two

Re: [css-d] Clear a width wider than viewport

2008-04-08 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Apr 8, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Mark Finney wrote: Not sure how I can force a container div to enclose the full width of its child. Can't explain the problem clearly, so visit the link to see an example of the issue. http://cathaytrade.co.uk/widercontent/ #wrapper { display:table;} or

[css-d] a:hover with absolute positions

2008-04-08 Thread tony
Hi, Thanks to Jim and Georg. Finally got my mind around sliding parts of a single image into view. Add in a little absolute positioning, and you can make it look and behave just as you want. Example: http://www.gunlaug.no/tos/alien/ts/test_08_0406.html Georg's refined coding was a mega help.

[css-d] a:hover with absolute positions

2008-04-08 Thread tony
Hi, Thanks to Jim and Georg. Finally got my mind around sliding parts of a __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies --

Re: [css-d] Clear a width wider than viewport

2008-04-08 Thread Ingo Chao
Mark Finney wrote: Dear List, Not sure how I can force a container div to enclose the full width of its child. Can't explain the problem clearly, so visit the link to see an example of the issue. http://cathaytrade.co.uk/widercontent/ You could float the wrapper or apply

Re: [css-d] Clear a width wider than viewport

2008-04-08 Thread Mark Finney
Thank you both! I will try these techniques... __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies --

Re: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-08 Thread Stuart Walsh
Jim Davis wrote: Hi again, Note: ul id=mainNav lia href=instrument.htmlthe instrument/a/li lia href=composers.htmlcomposers/a/li lia href=music.htmlmusic/a/li lia href=gallery.htmlgallery/a/li lia href=#links/a/li lia href=#contact/a/li /ul /div *THIS IS CLOSING #WRAPPER *Jim* *

Re: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-08 Thread David Laakso
Stuart Walsh wrote: I must be making a clumsy, beginner's, mistake somewhere but I just can't figure out what is the problem. The CSS validates but isn't working as it should. Here is the page: http://www.tuningsinthirds.com/cytre/ and the CSS:

Re: [css-d] Help with the C in CSS

2008-04-08 Thread David Laakso
tedd wrote: John wrote: Any suggestions on a spot on line with a good explanation of the cascading relationship(s)? This is a simplistic explanation of the cascade [1]. I would not discourage anyone from attempting to learn anything as complex as the cascade.

Re: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-08 Thread Jim Davis
Stuart, You have given the ul an id of mainNav and it is closed by /ul. If you had: div id=mainNav ul.../ul /div You would need the closing /div. Jim On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 2:12 AM, Stuart Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Davis wrote: Hi again, Note: ul id=mainNav lia

[css-d] Most popular fonts for browsers

2008-04-08 Thread Cristian Palmas
Hi All, I'm creating a CSS layout for my personal website, divided into six subdomains, that each has its own layout. In literature section I want to use a banner with a particular typeface that reminds the act of writing (Mistral, Lucida Sans and so on). Anyway, since I don't want to create

Re: [css-d] Most popular fonts for browsers

2008-04-08 Thread David Laakso
Cristian Palmas wrote: Does anybody know about a list of commonly used fonts? Thanks. Hmm... h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {font-family:serif;/*or sans-serif;*/} -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ __ css-discuss [EMAIL

Re: [css-d] Most popular fonts for browsers

2008-04-08 Thread Fora
Know Google? Keywords: web standard fonts http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html Does anybody know about a list of commonly used fonts? Thanks. -- ~ Cristian Palmas ~ __ css-discuss [EMAIL

Re: [css-d] Most popular fonts for browsers

2008-04-08 Thread Ingo
Cristian Palmas schrieb am 08.04.2008 15:09 So I was looking for most popular fonts in order to choose one that fits my visual layout intentions but which is commonly used by users. http://www.visibone.com/font/FontResults.html Regards, Ingo

Re: [css-d] Most popular fonts for browsers

2008-04-08 Thread Martin Sammtleben
At 15:09 +0200, 8/4/08, Cristian Palmas wrote: Does anybody know about a list of commonly used fonts? Look at the survey results linked at the top of this page: http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/ Cheers Martin __

Re: [css-d] Most popular fonts for browsers

2008-04-08 Thread Chris Akins
tick-tock, wonder how long before this off-topic post is ended This isn't really about the practical use of CSS, but more a design choice, right? Just a friendly reminder :-) On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Martin Sammtleben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 15:09 +0200, 8/4/08, Cristian Palmas

Re: [css-d] Most popular fonts for browsers

2008-04-08 Thread Ernie Finlay
Have a look at the following fonts. Ernie :) Fonts. Arial,Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif.Agency FB(open type)Algerian(open type)Harlow solid italic Old English Text MT,Script MT bold,Edwardian Script ITC,Vladimir Script (true type) Brush Script (True type),Brush Script

Re: [css-d] Most popular fonts for browsers

2008-04-08 Thread Michael Adams
On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:09:51 +0200 Cristian Palmas wrote: Hi All, I'm creating a CSS layout for my personal website, divided into six subdomains, that each has its own layout. In literature section I want to use a banner with a particular typeface that reminds the act of writing (Mistral,

Re: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-08 Thread Stuart Walsh
Jim Davis wrote: Stuart, You have given the ul an id of mainNav and it is closed by /ul. If you had: div id=mainNav ul.../ul /div You would need the closing /div. Jim That explains it perfectly. A silly but fundamental mistake on my part. And the page now works. I've also add a

Re: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-08 Thread David Laakso
Stuart Walsh wrote: David Laakso wrote: Stuart Walsh wrote: I must be making a clumsy, beginner's, mistake somewhere but I just can't figure out what is the problem. The CSS validates but isn't working as it should. Here is the page:

Re: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-08 Thread David Laakso
But David, the footer is enclosed in Firefox - and Opera - by just removing the redundant div. That's why I was puzzled about the two extra rules you suggested. I tried both with and without the two extra rules and there doesn't seem to be a difference in Firefox. I use the Chris

Re: [css-d] hr / styling

2008-04-08 Thread Manfred Staudinger
Reading through your responses I found it necessary to set up a small test page to show the effect of specifying different properties for color on the hr element. http://test.rudolphina.org/hr.html Because of the number of bugs, interpreting the results is a non-trivial task certainly. Some

Re: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-08 Thread Stuart Walsh
David Laakso wrote: Stuart Walsh wrote: I must be making a clumsy, beginner's, mistake somewhere but I just can't figure out what is the problem. The CSS validates but isn't working as it should. Here is the page: http://www.tuningsinthirds.com/cytre/ and the CSS:

Re: [css-d] Wrapper isn't wrapping!

2008-04-08 Thread Stuart Walsh
David Laakso wrote: Stuart Walsh wrote: David Laakso wrote: Stuart Walsh wrote: I must be making a clumsy, beginner's, mistake somewhere but I just can't figure out what is the problem. The CSS validates but isn't working as it should. Here is the page:

[css-d] Drop Down Menus Again

2008-04-08 Thread Jon
Hello, I'm looking for a horizontal, three level, css menu (ideally) that I can use images and have curved translucent backgrounds for the drop down links. I've had a browse of dynamic drive but wondered if anyone could suggest a nice drop down that works in ie6+ and firefox. regards Jon

Re: [css-d] hr / styling

2008-04-08 Thread Alan K Baker
Hi Manfred. Safari behaves in a similar way to Opera. In non-IE browsers, when a border is shown it appears to be in an inset style in two colors, but looking at your code, you don't set border-style so I don't know where it inherits that from. Firefox is even worse as it doesn't seem to know

Re: [css-d] hr / styling

2008-04-08 Thread Manfred Staudinger
Hi Alan, Safari behaves in a similar way to Opera. Which Safari and do you have a screen shot? you don't set border-style so I don't know where it inherits that Philippe Wittenbergh has shown us (in this thread) the default settings for Fx3, so you might want to look into it again. Firefox

[css-d] URL Backgrounds and Padding 0px

2008-04-08 Thread Alan Gutierrez
Hello Everyone, I'm getting into CSS for the first time in a long time. Laying out a WordPress template. I've found my work around, but I'm wondering if this is documented somewhere, or if you could help me understand it. I have a background image that will create a gradient border. The

Re: [css-d] hr / styling

2008-04-08 Thread Alan K Baker
Safari 3.1 (523.13) Screenshot is at: www.webbwize.co.uk/Test_Area/images/Safarihr.jpg Yes, I realise that Firefox knows about colors, I was only talking about them being unknown when dealing with hr. Browser bugs/differences. Who needs 'em? :-) Regards, Alan. www.theatreorgans.co.uk

Re: [css-d] hr / styling

2008-04-08 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Apr 9, 2008, at 5:28 AM, Manfred Staudinger wrote: b) Firefox 2.0.0.13 ignores height completely. Gecko (Firefox) does honour the height. But it uses the 'border-box' model for hr. That means: padding and border-width are inside the specified height. In the content-box model, the

Re: [css-d] URL Backgrounds and Padding 0px

2008-04-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Alan Gutierrez wrote: http://blogometer.com/repository/css/background-border/index.html You're running into collapsing margins[1], where the default vertical margins - on the paragraph in your case - is escaping its divs (#content #container), ending up creating a gap between the divs

[css-d] Clearing a float

2008-04-08 Thread Christina Hawkins :: GlobalSpex
Hello. I just can't seem to wrap my head around IE and it's reasons for not letting my clearfloat div make my 2 columns play nice. IE is causing my MainContent1 to be placed below the leftcolumn1 div. Index: http://www.globalspex.com/clients/ti/index.php CSS:

Re: [css-d] dynamically expanding center section

2008-04-08 Thread David Hucklesby
On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:16:29 -0400, Rob Emenecker wrote: I have a very basic page layout that has a header, body, and footer. The body has a repeating background pattern, and I want to get that DIV to expand vertically such that it fills out the available viewport space. Hi Rob, Check out

Re: [css-d] Most popular fonts for browsers

2008-04-08 Thread David Hucklesby
On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:17:37 -0500, Chris Akins wrote: tick-tock, wonder how long before this off-topic post is ended This isn't really about the practical use of CSS, but more a design choice, right? Personally, I do believe this subject is most relevant to the practical use of CSS. Rather

[css-d] Full-height left column in fluid layout.

2008-04-08 Thread Richard Grevers
Hi, http://www.vine.org.nz/index.php/services uses a negative-margin based 2-column layout plus footerstickalt. How can I make the left-column (which is sized in ems) full height? - note that it is full height in IE6, but that has broken the footer positioning on short pages. I will have a

[css-d] Laying Out Any Old Column

2008-04-08 Thread Alan Gutierrez
First, thank you for responding to my first question to the list so quickly. It helped to find the right page in the spec and read it. I'm running into something that keeps sending me back to tables. It's a toolbar layout or similar header. I'm remembering this from the last time I worked