[css-d] List contained within a list (Valid Markup vs Correct Rendering)

2005-12-16 Thread Adriano Castro
Hi, Please consider the following example: + http://dev.adrianocastro.net/help/0006/0006.html (CSS is inline, please view source) This renders perfectly fine on Mozilla but IE inserts a white spaced gap between menu 3 and sub-menu 3.1. In order for the

Re: [css-d] List contained within a list (Valid Markup vs Correct Rendering)

2005-12-16 Thread Adriano Castro
Tobias Baldauf wrote: I haven't tested it right now, but you might try adding: margin:0; padding:0; to the submenu's ul li. This could possibly make IE render things correctly. I had tried it before and it doesn't make any difference. Tks for your suggestion anyway. AD -- [EMAIL

Re: [css-d] List contained within a list (Valid Markup vs Correct Rendering)

2005-12-16 Thread Adriano Castro
Christian Heilmann wrote: Instead of messing up your code to bow to Redmond, you can do the following: a) Remove all linebreaks in your list b) add the linebreaks INSIDE the tag brackets: ul libla/li libla/li libla/li libla/li /ul c) Tell MSIE to make the

[css-d] My fonts are too small on Mac!

2005-11-14 Thread Adriano Castro
No, this isn't a cry for help. It's actually a word of advice. If you are experiencing this you'll be glad to know there's a solution. I found it at codestyle.org and thought I'd share it with you. Some might already be aware of this but it's probably not a bad idea to share the

[css-d] Font Embedding / Downloading vs Web-Safe Fonts

2005-11-14 Thread Adriano Castro
Hi, I was about to ask if anyone knew where one stands in terms of font embedding / font downloading. However, after going through the archives I came to the conclusion (please correct me if I'm wrong) that font embedding is just not viable. The spec-correct @font [1] is

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning or Float?

2005-11-11 Thread Adriano Castro
I am working on a personal page that will serve as a portfolio page and contact website. It will be in two-column format. I have read advantages for both, but was seeking advice on should I use absolute positioning or floating? (or does it matter?) I appreciate any insight on this topic! Hi

Re: [css-d] Matching column heights in a complexish layout

2005-11-11 Thread Adriano Castro
2. http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html Simply lose the height settings (as Zoe's said) then add the CSS from [2] (above), applying it to your div#container like so: div#container { width: 800px; margin: 66px auto 0px auto; padding: 33px 25px 33px 25px;

Re: [css-d] Who is up for a CSS challenge?

2005-11-11 Thread Adriano Castro
So, who is up for providing more initial styles? Sounds interesting. If only I could find the time. Good luck! AD -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.adrianocastro.net __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [css-d] Firefox padding issue

2005-11-10 Thread Adriano Castro
Zak McGregor wrote: Why, in quirks mode, does Firefox decide to add the amount of padding-top to the specified height of the element I'm adding padding to? Will switching modes help me in this case? #small_div { margin-left: 0; width: 120px; height: 120px;

Re: [css-d] Table Centering IE...argggg!!

2005-11-10 Thread Adriano Castro
I would greatly appreciate any help here...I've got a page set up and all looks like it should in Firefox IE/Mac, Safari, IE 5 Mac, etc. It looks totally wrong in IE Windows. How can i get this page to look right?? I think it's an IE table centering problem and i cannot for the life of me

Re: [css-d] Table Centering IE...argggg!!

2005-11-10 Thread Adriano Castro
Adriano Castro wrote: I'm viewing it in Mozilla/Win and IE/Win and they look very similar. There are just some alignment problems with the main image and the right column navlinks. Are these the issues you're talking about? If so take a look at the following page: + http://www.w3.org

Re: [css-d] Matching column heights in a complexish layout

2005-11-10 Thread Adriano Castro
Adriano Castro wrote: Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote: Your problem then becomes the fact that you've positioned the child divs absolutely, which means they are removed from the flow of the page. Thus, the container has no content in it to determine its height, and shrinks up. To fix

Re: [css-d] problem with absolute positioning/floating

2005-11-10 Thread Adriano Castro
John Guchemand wrote: Hello all. I have already looked on WIKI, and haven't found exactly what I am looking for. Having said that, I'm sure I'm not the first to have this issue, and I am very curious to know if any of you have experienced the same thing. What I am getting at is the

Re: [css-d] problem with absolute positioning/floating

2005-11-10 Thread Adriano Castro
I'm not too sure I understand what your problem is. You say the #content attaches itself to the bottom of the screen but I don't see that happening here. Really? That is odd. On every system I have tested it appears like I said - with the content div extending all the way to the bottom of

Re: [css-d] Matching column heights in a complexish layout

2005-11-10 Thread Adriano Castro
Found a very good tutorial online [1]. Managed to get it working for IE but Mozilla doesn't adjust the height of the container div. I'm a bit lost here. I think my problem is the one defined on PIE's How To Clear Floats Without Structural Markup [2] but having tried the proposed

Re: [css-d] Aligning text

2005-11-09 Thread Adriano Castro
You have markup like: div id=generalresume_nameAngus D.F. MacKinnon/div p id=generalresume_address23756 110B Avenuebr / But your css is: .generalresume_name { .generalresume_address { Either the css needs to be #generalresume_name { #generalresume_address { Or you need to change

[css-d] Matching column heights in a complexish layout

2005-11-09 Thread Adriano Castro
Hi all, What I'm trying to do is hard to put in words so I drew it: + http://dev.adrianocastro.net/help/0004/0004.png I kind of got it to work but am having problems with matching the height of the container div: +

Re: [css-d] Controlling text spacing: margin, padding or line-hei ght

2005-11-08 Thread Adriano Castro
You may want to remove that first-line class and just style all ps with top padding. Or, if you want extra space between the h1 and the first paragraph, keep the class in place and just define extra padding for it, but still define top padding for all the paragraph elements. However, the key

Re: [css-d] Controlling text spacing: margin, padding or line-hei ght

2005-11-08 Thread Adriano Castro
Margins can collapse into each other. So if something has a 10px margin bottom, and the following element has a 10px margin top you would expect there to be a 20px space between the elements. However there will only be a 10px space. Maybe this

Re: [css-d] Header's inline display and alignment

2005-11-07 Thread Adriano Castro
://dev.adrianocastro.net/help/0002/ Please let me have your thoughts. Michael Hulse wrote: On Nov 4, 2005, at 10:27 AM, Adriano Castro wrote: Hi, I want to have, aligned to the left, a title followed by a sub-title. Then, on the same line as the sub-title, I want to have

Re: [css-d] extending columns in css ala table cells

2005-11-07 Thread Adriano Castro
Hi, Let me guess, IE doesn't support this, right? Can anyone confirm? Tks, AD Christian Montoya wrote: On 11/5/05, Spike Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any plans to include some kind of css property that allows you to extend two block elements in line

Re: [css-d] extending columns in css ala table cells

2005-11-07 Thread Adriano Castro
Hi Spike, Would you be so kind to discuss these workarounds you mention knowing of? I'm trying to do something [1, 2] that involves extending two block elements (H1 and H5) in line with each other to the whole width of a page or area and I think your knowledge could be very

[css-d] Controlling text spacing: margin, padding or line-height

2005-11-07 Thread Adriano Castro
Hi, I want to control the spacing of my text but I'm not too sure whether I should use margin, padding, line-height or a combination of these three. I need to control the spacing between the lines of a paragraph, the space between that very same paragraph and the title that

[css-d] Header's inline display and alignment

2005-11-04 Thread Adriano Castro
Hi, I want to have, aligned to the left, a title followed by a sub-title. Then, on the same line as the sub-title, I want to have, aligned to the right, a date. Lastly on the next line, also aligned to the right a link. Something under these lines: Title Subtitle

Re: [css-d] Re: overflow:auto/scroll

2005-09-28 Thread Adriano Castro
Hi, I'm also using overflow:auto in a div to mimic the behaviour of an iframe. What I want is, basically, a div for text with a set width and height that, when the text overflows, shows up a scrollbar. Here's what I'm working on: +