[css-d] Problem with dropdown shifting right in IE6

2010-06-29 Thread Jennifer Nickerson
Hi All, I am helping out a friend with his site and we're almost there. The only issue the client is having is that in IE6, the dropdown menu is pushed too far over to the right by about 50 px or so and the first 30 px of the list item are cut off. You can see one of the pages here: http://ww

Re: [css-d] Layout help needed, almost right

2010-06-29 Thread David Laakso
Eric Peterson wrote: > Thanks for help provided; so far, still looking for more :) > > First, the discussion about the font style is a bit early in this process. I > have not decided on a font styling for my pages. The fonts I chose before > were just something I had grabbed from a previous fil

Re: [css-d] learning html5

2010-06-29 Thread Felix Miata
On 2010/06/29 09:22 (GMT-0700) John composed: > Any suggestions on how one can learn html5? I've done nothing much special. I just set the doctype, let the validator teach me what's no longer allowed and suggest compliant changes, and pick up bits here and there on added features. If you want to

Re: [css-d] learning html5

2010-06-29 Thread David Laakso
John wrote: > > On Jun 29, 2010, at 11:30 AM, David Laakso wrote: > >> I'd use it at every given opportunity. >> >> John, do you have question that has anything to do with "practical >> application of CSS" :-) ? >> >> Best, >> ~d > > > Not at the mo..It's just that I've been reading about it more

Re: [css-d] learning html5

2010-06-29 Thread John
On Jun 29, 2010, at 11:30 AM, David Laakso wrote: > I'd use it at every given opportunity. > > John, do you have question that has anything to do with "practical > application of CSS" :-) ? > > Best, > ~d Not at the mo..It's just that I've been reading about it more and more..there seems t

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to not display submit input text

2010-06-29 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Jun 30, 2010, at 3:52 AM, Jack Blankenships wrote: > The color:transparent style works for most browsers, but does not function > as desired in Opera or Internet Explorer. The font-size:0 style presents > the desired appearance in Opera. Which version of Opera ? color: transparent appears to

Re: [css-d] Layout help needed, almost right

2010-06-29 Thread Eric Peterson
Thanks for help provided; so far, still looking for more :) First, the discussion about the font style is a bit early in this process. I have not decided on a font styling for my pages. The fonts I chose before were just something I had grabbed from a previous file I had worked on. Below I p

[css-d] Using CSS to not display submit input text

2010-06-29 Thread Jack Blankenships
I have already created an input element of type submit as follows input type="submit" alt="Next" class="next_button" That has the following styles applied: .next_button { background:transparent url(next.jpg) no-repeat scroll 0 0; border:none; height:34px; width:70px; color:transparent; font-siz

Re: [css-d] learning html5

2010-06-29 Thread David Laakso
Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > I really think that before anyone gets too enthusiastic > about jumping on the HTML 5 bandwagon, they should take > a step back and consider some of the problems that are > emerging. I would recommend taking a considered read > of the following : > >

Re: [css-d] Help with IE8, all other browsers look pixel perfect, pls give a few pointers

2010-06-29 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010, Donald Fruy wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 7:39 PM, wrote: > >>> I have a page up at http://efri.dreamhosters.com and is loking fine in > >>> Firefox, Chrome and Safari, but IE8 looks broken as hell. > > > >> Add a doctype and bring it back. > > > > There are also errors i

Re: [css-d] learning html5

2010-06-29 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
I really think that before anyone gets too enthusiastic about jumping on the HTML 5 bandwagon, they should take a step back and consider some of the problems that are emerging. I would recommend taking a considered read of the following : http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20008935-264.htm

Re: [css-d] Help with IE8, all other browsers look pixel perfect, pls give a few pointers

2010-06-29 Thread Donald Fruy
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 7:39 PM, wrote: >>> I have a page up at http://efri.dreamhosters.com and is loking fine in >>> Firefox, Chrome and Safari, but IE8 looks broken as hell. > >> Add a doctype and bring it back. > > There are also errors in the CSS. For example, there is a missing semicolon >

Re: [css-d] Help with IE8, all other browsers look pixel perfect, pls give a few pointers

2010-06-29 Thread Zoran Zorkic
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:48:55 -0400, David Laakso wrote: >Add a doctype and bring it back. Added it. Ah should have used my template, instead of writing everything from scratch (I use only UltraEdit). Wow, it looks good. Thanks!

Re: [css-d] learning html5

2010-06-29 Thread Bryce Fields
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Donald Fruy wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Claude Needham wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:22 AM, John wrote: > >> Any suggestions on how one can learn html5? > > There's this book that's about to come out, recommended by A List Apart: http://book

Re: [css-d] learning html5

2010-06-29 Thread Donald Fruy
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Claude Needham wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:22 AM, John wrote: >> Any suggestions on how one can learn html5? >> >> thanks! >> >> J > > Here are a few links I am trying to learn from: > > http://diveintohtml5.org/ > http://www.html5rocks.com/ > http://www.wh

Re: [css-d] Help with IE8, all other browsers look pixel perfect, pls give a few pointers

2010-06-29 Thread russ
>> I have a page up at http://efri.dreamhosters.com and is loking fine in >> Firefox, Chrome and Safari, but IE8 looks broken as hell. > Add a doctype and bring it back. There are also errors in the CSS. For example, there is a missing semicolon on line 22. Try validating the CSS. Russ __

Re: [css-d] Drop Shadow for a div with rounded corners

2010-06-29 Thread Donald Fruy
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Tim Climis wrote: > > On Monday, June 28, 2010 11:17:28 pm Rebecca Gessler wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I am trying to add a drop shadow to my container div that has rounded > > corners on the top and bottom. I am using the 960 grid system: > > http://sasmg.org/sasm

Re: [css-d] learning html5

2010-06-29 Thread Claude Needham
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:22 AM, John wrote: > Any suggestions on how one can learn html5? > > thanks! > > J Here are a few links I am trying to learn from: http://diveintohtml5.org/ http://www.html5rocks.com/ http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/ Regards, Claude Needham

Re: [css-d] Help with IE8, all other browsers look pixel perfect, pls give a few pointers

2010-06-29 Thread David Laakso
Zoran Zorkic wrote: > So, > I have a page up at http://efri.dreamhosters.com and is loking fine in > Firefox, Chrome and Safari, but IE8 looks broken as hell. > I tried to pinpointthe problems, but I have trouble with that. > First I tried removing the floats, but still gives me problems :( > > Wo

[css-d] learning html5

2010-06-29 Thread John
Any suggestions on how one can learn html5? thanks! J __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-dis

[css-d] Help with IE8, all other browsers look pixel perfect, pls give a few pointers

2010-06-29 Thread Zoran Zorkic
So, I have a page up at http://efri.dreamhosters.com and is loking fine in Firefox, Chrome and Safari, but IE8 looks broken as hell. I tried to pinpointthe problems, but I have trouble with that. First I tried removing the floats, but still gives me problems :( Would you please just take a look a

Re: [css-d] Drop Shadow for a div with rounded corners

2010-06-29 Thread Tim Climis
On Monday, June 28, 2010 11:17:28 pm Rebecca Gessler wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am trying to add a drop shadow to my container div that has rounded > corners on the top and bottom. I am using the 960 grid system: > http://sasmg.org/sasmg/ > Basically the entire thing should be in a drop shadow (from