Re: [css-d] Min-width/Max-width: IE PC/IE Mac too?

2005-12-02 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Gunlaug Sørtun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Al Sparber wrote: >> As a point of information, we've had this page floating around a >> long >> time: http://www.projectseven.com/csslab/testing/minmax/cssp5.htm > > I've ran some of your solutio

Re: [css-d] Min-width/Max-width: IE PC/IE Mac too?

2005-12-02 Thread Al Sparber
r own right. Poke around some of our "PagePack" demos and other gems can be found :-) Al Sparber - PVII http://www.projectseven.com DW Extensions - Menu Systems - Tutorials - CSS FastPacks - Webdev Newsgroup: news://forums.projectseven

Re: [css-d] Horizontal lists in IE and Firefox

2005-12-01 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Al Sparber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > There is a rounding bug in IE that causes the problem you see. The > following page contains a workaround for a horizontal list > comprising > one of our menu systems, but feel free to use the solution we employ > via a CSS

Re: [css-d] Horizontal lists in IE and Firefox

2005-12-01 Thread Al Sparber
al list comprising one of our menu systems, but feel free to use the solution we employ via a CSS expression. If you have 4 links, then change this part of the expression: ".offsetWidth/5" to this ".offsetWidth/4". http://www.projectseven.com/products/menusystems/pmm/testi

Re: [css-d] Float containment problem in IE/Win

2005-11-29 Thread Al Sparber
testing/eric/ If you add 2px to your solution, it will align as well. Our expression is simpler, though :-) Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure i

Re: [css-d] Float containment problem in IE/Win

2005-11-29 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Ingo Chao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] Float containment problem in IE/Win > Al wrote: >> if you can get rid of the scrollbar ... > > I fear that would require the next nastiness ;) > Shifting the margin from #contain to a padding

Re: [css-d] Float containment problem in IE/Win

2005-11-29 Thread Al Sparber
n.html > > Two minor changes. Good solution (if you can get rid of the scrollbar, it would be awesome). I like your approach and way of thinking. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per hou

Re: [css-d] Float containment problem in IE/Win

2005-11-29 Thread Al Sparber
gt; talk > about not relying on Javascript, expressions should be no exception. This is off-topic, but I have to comment that you seem to not understand the difference between using JavaScript to enhance a page and simply being against JavaScript in general as part of a religious belief :-)

Re: [css-d] Float containment problem in IE/Win

2005-11-28 Thread Al Sparber
find it useful. "One man's junk can be another man's treasure" :-) Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 mile

Re: [css-d] Float containment problem in IE/Win

2005-11-28 Thread Al Sparber
ng/eric/ However, working with IE expressions requires working within some constraints so as not to trigger recursive loops. The element that the expression works on needs to be clean and must not contain (or inherit) borders, padding, or any proportional measures. Al Sparber PVII http://www.pr

Re: [css-d] Float containment problem in IE/Win

2005-11-28 Thread Al Sparber
nds that or not). I think the problem IE is having is with both floated DIVs being assigned a percentage width. That invokes some very irksome behavior, as you can see. Can you get away with one fixed width DIV? I imagine a hack might be possible, though I can't imagine how right now, and it mi

Re: [css-d] Centering problem

2005-11-25 Thread Al Sparber
nything preceeding the DOCTYPE, IE6 will go into quirks mode and use the IE5 box model. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowledge

Re: [css-d] Undesired image border

2005-11-24 Thread Al Sparber
question is: how can i make the blue border disappear acting on the CSS ? -------- #logo img {border: 0;} Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per h

Re: [css-d] Drop down CSS Menu

2005-11-24 Thread Al Sparber
w the > popups. That's >just the way it is, folks.". LOL. Just make it what it really is, a JavaScript file. The way these "pure CSS" menu architects are using HTC files is more akin to a child feeling hidden by covering his head. Happy Thanksgiving to all in the U.S :

Re: [css-d] Are javascripts a good way to squish three-columnlayoutbugs? *newbie*

2005-11-21 Thread Al Sparber
mpler solution, there is this: http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/css/pvii_columns/index.htm This is not an invitation to a debate. It is a viable solution. If it's of interest to you, fine. If not, don't use it, but please don't debate it's premise or you'll be debating w

Re: [css-d] Skip Links

2005-11-16 Thread Al Sparber
rrived at was done for a government web site we've been working closely with and had to accomodate multiple adjacent skip/hidden links with "pipe" separators. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road

Re: [css-d] Skip Links

2005-11-15 Thread Al Sparber
skipNav:active {left:0;top:0} Feel free to use that message. I did some testing for a government customer of ours last week and my solution seemed a pretty much portable and bulletproof. Whatever floats your boat. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is someti

Re: [css-d] Strange Drop Down Behavior

2005-11-15 Thread Al Sparber
rizontal root items: http://www.projectseven.com/products/menusystems/pmm/user_guide/styling/menu_widths/hz_root_varwidth.htm Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mount

Re: [css-d] Flowable CSS Columns?

2005-11-14 Thread Al Sparber
to editorialize the wrongheadedness of CSS, so suffice it to say that you should really do some usability testing before deploying "flowable" columns in a web browser - no matter which technique you use. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometim

Re: [css-d] Deamweaver Template issue

2005-11-12 Thread Al Sparber
e editable comments, then the mistake was likely introduced by you as CSS cannot effect that. You might want to try a scripted solution, though - as equal height columns is purely an aesthetic. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling d

Re: [css-d] PVII Menu adjustments for Horizontal Menu

2005-11-11 Thread Al Sparber
t; them all > the same width. > > (Was that clear, if not, I'll upload it somewhere) Hi Joanne, This section in the Pop Menu Magic User Guide should help you: http://www.projectseven.com/products/menusystems/pmm/user_guide/styling/menu_widths/hz_root_varwidth.htm Sorry 'bout the

Re: [css-d] PIE's One True Layout - scrolling bug

2005-11-09 Thread Al Sparber
r on list. Please Al, if > you have anything further to add, that isn't related to you know, > that practical css vibe, please direct it to me personally and we > can report back on anything that pops out. This will be my last response, too. Thanks for engaging me, Alex. Al Sp

Re: [css-d] PIE's One True Layout - scrolling bug

2005-11-09 Thread Al Sparber
en.com/csslab/pie/eq1.htm Using a spacer in place of the big padding: http://www.projectseven.com/csslab/pie/eq2.htm > Or are you just using 'spacer' as a css cheap shot? Of course not, Alex. I might not agree with the technique but I have a lot of respect for the effort you

Re: [css-d] PIE's One True Layout - scrolling bug

2005-11-09 Thread Al Sparber
orld suddenly are forced, I mean really forced, to get on the exact same page in terms of how their appliances render those specifications. The truth is sometimes a valuable thing that helps us plan and motivates us to do better :-) Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com &qu

Re: [css-d] PIE's One True Layout - scrolling bug

2005-11-09 Thread Al Sparber
ven using position to move something offscreen worries me a bit, even though we've used that technique ourselves. No one I know can say for sure what impact these types of techniques can have in all scenarios. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is some

Re: [css-d] Three column layout with a static middle column

2005-11-09 Thread Al Sparber
for the > challenge. And if you're not up to the challenge of such a large task, you can simply take the simple approach and use an expression.: Of course, that might be too simple and I'd hate to ruin anyone's fun :-) Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Desi

Re: [css-d] float clearing: div clear or br clear all

2005-11-09 Thread Al Sparber
ther tag attributes, has been deprecated. If you want to use a BR to clear a float, use this method: Then this rule: .clearit {clear: both;} If you want the clearing element to have no layout impact, then this rule: .clearit { clear: both; height: 0; line-height: 0; font

Re: [css-d] Three column layout with a static middle column

2005-11-09 Thread Al Sparber
give each column a width and float them. If you just want to prevent the layout from squishing at small window widths, you could use the min-width property (along with an easy workaround for IE, which does not support the property). Here are some layout examples you can investigate: http://www.proj

Re: [css-d] Website Check

2005-11-09 Thread Al Sparber
hey appear to work although the third level flyouts are very difficult to operate - so I guess I would give it an "A" for design and a "D" for usability. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain r

Re: [css-d] PIE's One True Layout - scrolling bug

2005-11-08 Thread Al Sparber
look at the technique, though, the more it seems like spacers revisited with a modern twist... and I'm concerned about 32,000 of territory being part of the DOM. Perhaps the envelope is being pushed a bit over the edge (and into a 32,000px abyss)? Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com

Re: [css-d] Pop Menu Magic but want to use images

2005-11-06 Thread Al Sparber
ptions. To answer your question, simply create your menu without the images, and then after the menu is inserted, go back and manually replace the top-level link text with your images. The system will recognize "custom markup" inside the tag and will allow you to continue using the modif

Re: [css-d] Eureka!

2005-11-04 Thread Al Sparber
The page is still broken and it never had anything to do with our script :-). The link you posted on our newsgroup earlier was mis-spelled. Your problem is not fixed. Feel free to post again and we'll help you fix it. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing w

Re: [css-d] I want to scream

2005-11-04 Thread Al Sparber
begrudge the suggestion :-) Many scripts are made by amateurs with explicit instructions for deploying them in very bad ways. Fortunately, that's not our style. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road

Re: [css-d] IE6 border color change on refresh

2005-10-31 Thread Al Sparber
> and it > does not reappear until the page is reloaded (at least here.) Nice > effect > :) Even nicer effect on Opera :-) Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in

Re: [css-d] Dreamweaver 8: is it's code truly standards-compliant?

2005-10-27 Thread Al Sparber
r, primarily. The one great aspect of DW8, from our perspective, is that CSS can be toggled off in Design View do it becomes a good medium for typing in content. But you still need to be watching the code because pressing enter at the wrong spot can cause things to happen that are not too good

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-27 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Austin, Darrel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Css-D" Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 9:25 AM Subject: RE: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites Now here's another example for you all: http://pro.html.it/esempio/proglayout/2col.html Assume this was only given to IE. No jitters. Just a smoo

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-26 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Christian Montoya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Al Sparber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites When making the window narrower, the min-width expression shoul

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-26 Thread Al Sparber
script is used to set equal height columns. They should, in this implementation, animate to full height: http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/css/pvii_columns/col2fixed.htm Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mounta

Re: [css-d] New article on PIE - "In Search of the One True Layout"

2005-10-26 Thread Al Sparber
. Most of these issues are exacerbated when dynamically changing properties, so a static CSS developer would not see them very often. By the way, while I don't agree with all the techniques you are using, my hat's off to you for the amount of time and effort you've obviously devoted.

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-26 Thread Al Sparber
- Original Message - From: "Philippe Wittenbergh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CSS-D" Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites On 26 Oct 2005, at 2:07 pm, Al Sparber wrote: Al Sparber wrote: This page: h

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-26 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Christian Montoya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's completely relevant. You have to resize your browser window after the page loads to see that it's stuck in IE 6 sp 2. Then, if you reload the page at the new resolution, the javascript works and the layout snaps into place. But only on reload, no

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-25 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Thierry Koblentz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Al Sparber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Michael Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Css-D" ; "Christian Montoya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, Oct

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-25 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Christian Montoya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I guess that's proof that most users never resize their windows. That's completely irrelevant. __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d L

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-25 Thread Al Sparber
list where anomalies have been reported. That page was released as an example on our newsgroup and in a newletter to 24,000 of our customers without anyone reporting that. Oh well;-) Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-25 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Michael Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Al Sparber wrote: I see. So "flubber" tries to be identical to the example I just gave, but it's not scripted right, so it doesn't reload immediately. I'm sorry. I just don't understand what you a

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-25 Thread Al Sparber
installation) - but I have no idea what it is you are trying to describe. The page works flawlessly. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-25 Thread Al Sparber
to; width: auto; min-width: 720px; max-width: 1000px; } If you really wanted it to stretch the full width of a 1600px wide window, then you would remove the max-width property. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mount

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-24 Thread Al Sparber
on't work in IE are acceptable. Oh well :-) Cheers! Al Sparber Whatever you say. Very nice this end. Opens like a butterfly. 600 to 1280. Nice work. Ah. Losing content offscreen with no horizontal scrolling to see it is good stuff? It takes all kinds :-) Al Sparber PVII http://

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-24 Thread Al Sparber
s I guess pages that don't work in IE are acceptable. Oh well :-) Cheers! Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowledge tha

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-24 Thread Al Sparber
Christian Montoya wrote: OK, but when testing this "flubber" layout in IE, I see that it's fixed. LOL, it's not fixed :-) Test it again. Do you have an unfixed stanalone IE installation per chance? Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-24 Thread Al Sparber
difficult. No disrespect intended, but the two sites I commented on are good examples of what not to do with CSS and JavaScript. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles pe

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-24 Thread Al Sparber
- Original Message - From: "Austin, Darrel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Css-D" Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 5:47 PM Subject: RE: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites > http://www.3tc4u.co.uk/ > > Notice the max-width on the center column. A great example. Yes, not bad at all! It'

Re: [css-d] Good looking fluid-width sites

2005-10-24 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Christian Montoya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think you missed this example from my last message: http://www.3tc4u.co.uk/ Notice the max-width on the center column. A great example. It's broken in IE6 when the window is resized. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven

Re: [css-d] Please Explain CSS Parser Hacks

2005-10-12 Thread Al Sparber
t;; voice-family:inherit; color: green; } If you are new to this, take this opportunity to reconsider using parser hacks. There are more logical methods available that do not rely on software bugs as Gunlaug so eloquently stated. If you are interested, respond offlist as this topic usually ge

Re: [css-d] Say no to CSS hacks with branching techniques

2005-10-07 Thread Al Sparber
fits their needs and philosphy. I see. Since this is obviously a religion, I feel on-topic saying God help everyone :-) I'm out of the discussion - but I'll keep praying ;-) Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designi

Re: [css-d] Say no to CSS hacks with branching techniques

2005-10-07 Thread Al Sparber
ilsafe method, feel free to contact me offlist and I'll be happy to explain it :-) Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in th

Re: [css-d] Menu test

2005-10-07 Thread Al Sparber
menu to support keyboard surfing. This article describes some CSS and accessibility issues relevant to these types of menus, which might prove helpful: http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/accessibility/pop_integrated/index.htm Good luck. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "

Re: [css-d] Second-Cousin-of -Suckerfish dropdown menu

2005-10-06 Thread Al Sparber
move. Javascript is the native behavioral medium and provides the means to making a feature rich and more usable menu that is styled using CSS, rather than operated with CSS. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mou

Re: [css-d] Say no to CSS hacks with branching techniques

2005-10-06 Thread Al Sparber
omplete article) last year and I had the hardest time getting people to understand that the script was absolutely failsafe. Good job on the article. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles p

Re: [css-d] Image based nav that meets AAA standards?

2005-09-29 Thread Al Sparber
From: "David Dorward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 29/09/05, Al Sparber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: "Dan_MailLists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The designer is the ultimate determinant of whether and how a site meets accessibility guidelines. There are too many n

Re: [css-d] Image based nav that meets AAA standards?

2005-09-29 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Christian Heilmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > does anyone know a technique to allow me to use a graphical nav > bar, > but that is Bobby AAA compliant - as well as the usual standards > compliant and cross-browser compatible? The designer is the ultimate determinant of whether and how a si

Re: [css-d] Image based nav that meets AAA standards?

2005-09-29 Thread Al Sparber
I'm sure others have examples to point you at, but this example might give you food for thought: http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/pmm/rootimages/sample.htm It's a pulldown menu, but the technique would work as well for a single root level. HTH Al Sparber PVII h

Re: [css-d] Horizontal navigation menu

2005-08-24 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Vicki Stebbins (Skinner)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Al, Many thanks. I changed the ems to pixels (I understand pixels better) and so now have: width: 80px; padding: 4px 2px 4px 2px; But now FF is cutting off the word catalogues halfway through the E... any suggestions? Leave things th

Re: [css-d] Horizontal navigation menu

2005-08-24 Thread Al Sparber
padding, you cannot set the LI to 8em (which is what you have done). You might want to change the padding method on the . Top and bottom can remain in pixels, but left and right should be in ems so you can do the math accurately for the box. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Des

Re: [css-d] crazy IE6 flicker

2005-08-18 Thread Al Sparber
my experience tells me that it would be extremely rare that a person outside the web development business would ever change those settings. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per hour

[css-d] Article: Integrating Popup Menus into an accessible web site

2005-08-09 Thread Al Sparber
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/accessibility/pop_integrated/ While the article focuses on our menu system, its techniques can be used for any well-coded popup menu and might be of value to some here both for the navigation approach and the CSS methods used. -- Al Sparber PVII http

Re: [css-d] Browser Checks please, especially Mac

2005-08-06 Thread Al Sparber
From: "BJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Site here: <http://kickasswebdesign.com/webgeekdir/> Though not a CSS issue, I thought you'd like to know that there is a JavaScript error on your page. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is

Re: [css-d] ADMIN: IE7

2005-08-04 Thread Al Sparber
people who have * Supposedly behaviors persist even when JS is disabled. Still true? No. This, combined with Eric's post should end the thread, perhaps? Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 9

Re: [css-d] A little more IE help - IE Freezes

2005-07-22 Thread Al Sparber
ab/testing/minmax/ So long as the math is done correctly, it should not freeze IE6. Of course, he could use his existing expression if he dumps IE into quirks mode, but that is not, imo, a good solution. By the way, it's not really a freeze, it's an infinite recursive loop that is

Re: [css-d] Navigation problems

2005-07-20 Thread Al Sparber
ri and FF in Mac, but not in FF or IE for Win. I'm sure I've read of a solution to this, but can't find it. Digital Storefront Bad. Digital Storefront #headernavbar #firstlink {border-left: 0;} Good. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is

Re: [css-d] Uberlinks...

2005-07-20 Thread Al Sparber
Am I missing something or perhaps you are not reading all of the messages. You simply recast the answer I already gave last night (backwards, actually) :-) This poor lady is going to be very confused. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes

Re: [css-d] Uberlinks...

2005-07-20 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Michael Cassidy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wouldn't you still need some code, php javascript etc, to identify your page and set the body id or manually set each body id? For the site in question, manually setting the body ID would make a lot more sense.

Re: [css-d] Uberlinks...

2005-07-19 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Theresa Mesa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Al Sparber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "CSS-discuss list" Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] Uberlinks... Wait, the links are in a server side include, not on the page itself. The

Re: [css-d] Uberlinks...

2005-07-19 Thread Al Sparber
hnique, you would set up a special selector: #uberlink { background-image: url(perry_images/blue.gif) !important; } Then you would take the link that you want to afect and give it that ID. About Us Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barre

Re: [css-d] min-width

2005-07-12 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Al Sparber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's not going to work on the body element. Wrap your entire layout in a DIV - or use this page as an example: http://www.projectseven.com/csslab/testing/minmax/flubber.htm Or if you want to get cute, you can really &quo

Re: [css-d] min-width

2005-07-12 Thread Al Sparber
"1080px": "100%"); It's not going to work on the body element. Wrap your entire layout in a DIV - or use this page as an example: http://www.projectseven.com/csslab/testing/minmax/flubber.htm Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is somet

Re: [css-d] Strange float drop

2005-07-11 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Philippe Wittenbergh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IE Mac does NOT suffer from that broken box model. It was actually the first browser to implement the CSS2 block model correctly. Not ENTIRELY correctly :-) In my experience it sometimes mis-calculates borders on nested elements that ordinari

Re: [css-d] Tabless news scroller

2005-07-09 Thread Al Sparber
ag is, curiously, supported by a lot of modern browsers, including Firefox, Opera, and Safari. It won't validate, but it will work - and I'm not "sanctioning" it, but I did do a half-serious example not too long ago :-) http://www.projectseven.com/csslab/te

Re: [css-d] Setting height to 0 does not work on IE6

2005-06-29 Thread Al Sparber
ndeed fix it. Thank you. This will work, using a clear: both; font-size: 1px; height: 0; line-height: 0; Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowled

Re: [css-d] Seeking intense CSS Training

2005-06-24 Thread Al Sparber
res as you practice, practice, practice, and practice more. There is no fast track. As you practice, ask questions in lists like this. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the kno

Re: [css-d] Multiple columns, equal heights

2005-06-17 Thread Al Sparber
the hacks. Obviously you feel that staying away from javascript is important, but it is the most stable solution. So I'll show you an example anyway :-) http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/css/pvii_columns/index.htm Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is

Re: [css-d] CSS Expressions

2005-06-13 Thread Al Sparber
s - note that it might cause IE to freeze. To drop IE into quirks mode, omit the url (the second line) in the DOCTYPE or place a comment above the DOCTYPE. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 mile

Re: [css-d] CSS Expressions

2005-06-13 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Gunlaug Sørtun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Al Sparber wrote: From the site you linked: "As it is now, these expressions can only be made to work in IE5.0+/win, and only in quirks mode. This at least give us a mean to overcome some of IE/win's shortcoming

Re: [css-d] CSS Expressions

2005-06-13 Thread Al Sparber
ne: http://www.projectseven.com/products/menusystems/pmm/pagepacks/bartlett/bart_2col_fluid_v_01.htm Good luck ;-) Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowled

Re: [css-d] MSIE italics bug - Holly Hack don't do it

2005-06-12 Thread Al Sparber
Here is another solution you can employ: I prefer this because, generally speaking, italicised text looks really bad on computer screens. But it's just an option - and one I haven't seen presented here yet. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is

Re: [css-d] Kicking and screaming

2005-06-01 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Heather Haggerty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes I seen that page earlier today ... I didn't dload the script as my client would never go for the column animating downward like that. I personally think it's pretty nifty and would use it for other clients/projects. The animation can be turne

Re: [css-d] Kicking and screaming

2005-06-01 Thread Al Sparber
Hi Heather, The "columns" technique described in the article linked below might prove a lot easier to deploy than "faux" columns: http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/css/pvii_columns/ It's another option, in any event ;-) Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com &qu

[css-d] Article: Equal Height Columns

2005-05-31 Thread Al Sparber
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/css/pvii_columns/ DOM-Scripted. Also includes a zip archive of layouts. Enjoy. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowledge

Re: [css-d] best CSS drop down metod

2005-05-29 Thread Al Sparber
topic on this list's wiki you could run through for other ideas: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ListMenus Al Sparber - PVII http://www.projectseven.com DW Extensions - Menu Systems - Tutorials - CSS FastPacks - Webdev News

Re: [css-d] Best CSS Editor?

2005-05-25 Thread Al Sparber
t and obviates the need to have a second app constsntly running. Has code hints, property completion, color syntax. Otherwise, you might look into TopStyle or StyleMaster. If you are comparing the little popup CSS Editor in Dreamweaver, it's pretty much useless :-) Al Sparber PVII http://w

Re: [css-d] RE: Css menu not showing

2005-05-12 Thread Al Sparber
By the way, the menu is there and working on the second page - there is just no background to set off the white text. Make sure your style sheets are the same. Al Sparber PVII http://www.projectseven.com "Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling mountain road at 90

Re: [css-d] RE: Css menu not showing

2005-05-12 Thread Al Sparber
ld the markup for you. Gotta watch that Dreamweaver :-) If you need specifics, contact us as I'm sure this not really a CSS issue. -- Al Sparber __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mail

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