Re: [css-d] Separating DIVs vertically

2011-06-04 Thread Michael Geary
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Keith Purtell wrote: > This may seem really basic, but I'm trying to figure out best practice > for stacking DIVs vertically. The first idea I had was a page with two > fixed-width DIVs inside a wrapper DIV of that same width. I thought the > second DIV would be fo

[css-d] Separating DIVs vertically

2011-06-04 Thread Keith Purtell
This may seem really basic, but I'm trying to figure out best practice for stacking DIVs vertically. The first idea I had was a page with two fixed-width DIVs inside a wrapper DIV of that same width. I thought the second DIV would be forced down. Then I built a test page with three sequential DIVs

Re: [css-d] Recreating the Facebook layout

2011-06-04 Thread Charles Miller
On Jun 4, 2011, at 9:42 AM, David Laakso wrote: > Personal Opinion: > > Play at being a web designer rather than being a type designer. Do not > letterspace text for desktop. Sometimes when used with discretion and > depending on the font letterspacing of a heading /may/ be appropriate. This

Re: [css-d] Recreating the Facebook layout

2011-06-04 Thread David Laakso
On 6/4/11 10:21 AM, Charles Miller wrote: On Jun 4, 2011, at 4:46 AM, Gabriele Romanato wrote: As always, if you notice anything strange In my Mac's Safari (latest version) and Firefox (latest version), I noticed a small detail I've noticed on sites I'm working on. The letter-spacing for

Re: [css-d] Recreating the Facebook layout

2011-06-04 Thread Charles Miller
On Jun 4, 2011, at 4:46 AM, Gabriele Romanato wrote: > As always, if you notice anything strange In my Mac's Safari (latest version) and Firefox (latest version), I noticed a small detail I've noticed on sites I'm working on. The letter-spacing for text is IMHO a bit too tight. Reading on

Re: [css-d] Recreating the Facebook layout

2011-06-04 Thread David Laakso
On 6/4/11 5:46 AM, Gabriele Romanato wrote: Facebook has a fixed-width layout so I decided to recreate its layout using percentages: http://onwebdev.blogspot.com/2011/06/css-facebook-layout.html Gabriele Romanato I guess its okay unless you bump into a maverick user. I did not look at

Re: [css-d] A question about 2-color borders (grooved, ridge etc.)

2011-06-04 Thread Barney Carroll
Hiya Andrew, No solutions here I'm afraid, although I have often experienced the same thing and wondered why I'm always so far out on my first attempt. Just a few words of opinionated warning (that you shouldn't take too seriously): as an ex-full-time designer and someone who now works with non-t

[css-d] Recreating the Facebook layout

2011-06-04 Thread Gabriele Romanato
Hi list! Facebook has a fixed-width layout so I decided to recreate its layout using percentages: http://onwebdev.blogspot.com/2011/06/css-facebook-layout.html As always, if you notice anything strange on IE, please report the problem and the fix (if any). Remember, I'm on a Mac. :-) HTH