Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Robin Chapple
Many thanks to all those who replied to my question. I have learned a lot. In the event I did use the Gala templates. Regards, Robin Chapple At 24/04/2011 01:34 AM, you wrote: On 4/23/11 12:56 AM, Robin Chapple wrote: G'day, Thanks. I can understand that in theory but I do not know how to

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread John D
> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:27:50 +0100 > From: c...@islaywebdesign.co.uk > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page. > > Thank you - I stand corrected. Now I shall go and look up Algol-68 to > improve my education still further! > You will

Re: [css-d] Unexpected font-size and top of box change

2011-04-23 Thread J.B. Nicholson-Owens
Alan Gresley wrote: What is happening in FF is that the default margin-top (1em) of p.effect is growing in height along with the font-size. Give this element an absolute value of margin-top but not in ems. You can also make the CSS a lot more simpler by using the shorthand 'transition: all 5s'.

Re: [css-d] Unexpected font-size and top of box change

2011-04-23 Thread Alan Gresley
On 24/04/2011 9:48 AM, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote: I was playing with http://csstest.forestfield.org/fun-with-transitions/ and I noticed that in some browsers (Firefox 4.0, for example) the top of the border around "Place a statue of Dr. Doom in a local park" moves down as the hover transition ta

[css-d] Unexpected font-size and top of box change

2011-04-23 Thread J.B. Nicholson-Owens
I was playing with http://csstest.forestfield.org/fun-with-transitions/ and I noticed that in some browsers (Firefox 4.0, for example) the top of the border around "Place a statue of Dr. Doom in a local park" moves down as the hover transition takes effect. In Konqueror 4.5.5 this does not hap

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Eric A. Meyer
At 15:02 +0100 4/23/11, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: You've missed the semi-colon after "width: 800px" - I don't know if that might be causing problems in whichever browser you're using. It's not missing, it is omitted; as in Algol-68, semi-colon is a separator in CSS, not a term

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread David Hucklesby
On 4/23/11 12:56 AM, Robin Chapple wrote: G'day, Thanks. I can understand that in theory but I do not know how to put it into practice. Robin Chapple At 23/04/2011 05:34 PM, you wrote: Hi I think you have to create a div inside the body tag and assign the width attribute to it. Manuel Moli

Re: [css-d] need advice

2011-04-23 Thread Kirsten Rourke
Thank you everyone! I appreciate the feedback. I'm asking the Wordpress God ( http://wpdude.com/) I know to look it over and tell me how expensive it would be to fix. I could tackle this as a project but it would take me way more time and energy than I have right now. If it is fixed I'll write in

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Lesley Lutomski
On 23/04/11 15:02, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > You've missed the semi-colon after "width: > 800px" - I don't know if that might be causing problems in whichever > browser you're using. It's not missing, it is omitted; as in Algol-68, semi-colon is a separator in CSS, not a termi

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Lesley Lutomski wrote: > You've missed the semi-colon after "width: > 800px" - I don't know if that might be causing problems in whichever > browser you're using. It's not missing, it is omitted; as in Algol-68, semi-colon is a separator in CSS, not a terminator. Philip Taylor ___

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Lesley Lutomski
On 23/04/11 07:45, Robin Chapple wrote: This is my first attempt at CSS for control of page display. Previously I used tables and CSS for the text, How do I set a width limit for anything that appears on a page. I tries this which does not work: body { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvet

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
Robin Chapple wrote: How do I set a width limit for anything that appears on a page. Do you mean setting a width limit, or setting width? I tries this which does not work: body { [...] width: 800px } That's setting the width. To set the width limit, use max-width instead. What do you m

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread Robin Chapple
G'day, Thanks. I can understand that in theory but I do not know how to put it into practice. Robin Chapple At 23/04/2011 05:34 PM, you wrote: Hi I think you have to create a div inside the body tag and assign the width attribute to it. Manuel Molina -Mensaje original- From: Robin