Re: [css-d] How to contain floats without structural markup

2007-12-20 Thread Alan Gresley
Thierry Koblentz wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd appreciate any comment that would help me improve this article: > > > > The demo: > > > > Thanks > --

Re: [css-d] general css structure and positioning questions

2007-12-18 Thread Alan Gresley
Ron Zisman wrote: > http://www.ricochet.org/ricotest/ricotest.html > > a number of additions and questions > > this generally looks close to what i think i want. when you first > land, there will only be the first column of menu options > after selecting choice, a sub-directory presents, and a

Re: [css-d] Navigation all wonky in IE6

2007-12-14 Thread Alan Gresley
Blake wrote: > Hi guys, > > http://svitavice.blakehaswell.com/ > > The background is acting all weird on hover in IE6. The top level > background is getting a background image for the 'daddy' class, while > LIs with the daddy class are losing their background image on hover. > > I wrote this ov

Re: [css-d] Suckerfish menu is funky in IE7

2007-12-11 Thread Alan Gresley
Ben Fider on 9 December 2007 19:07 > Hello, > > This menu seems to work fine in all new browsers that I've tested with, > except IE7. The nested lists don't seem to get repositioned correctly when > not hovered, and they all are in the same location, as if they were all > nested within the top-m

Re: [css-d] list-item markers vertical-align: top ???

2007-12-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Michael D Schleif wrote: > I am having problems with list-item markers in unordered lists that span > more than one (1) line being _centered_ vertically. 11 <> 22 33 > I want the marker centered on the firs

[css-d] Site check with source ordered layout with display table

2007-12-08 Thread Alan Gresley
Hi all I have be playing around with this layout for over a month now. The concept originated with a list message about inline content covering floats. After doing some test I discovered that display:table behaves similar around floats. The basis code is narrow float wider float static eleme

Re: [css-d] Spry drop down

2007-12-08 Thread Alan Gresley
Anahita Shafa wrote: > Hello, > > I used the Spry menu bar, to create drop down menus in Dreamweaver CS3. > However, I think there are issues with the css and in IE (both IE6 and IE7), > since the menu looks very strange in IE. Also, there is a shift when I roll > my mouse over the menu buttons.

Re: [css-d] changed behavior of recently updated FF

2007-12-05 Thread Alan Gresley
Jaklitsch Maya wrote: > The last page that I have been working on is the one > that offers wildlife photos for sale. > > http://www.necwa.org/new_site/photo-sale.html > > The margins were pretty well set, (it may change a lot > as it is still in a provisional layout) > and now, I have no idea w

[css-d] Test with Selectors

2007-11-26 Thread Alan Gresley
Hi all Giving myself a nice learning curve, I have developed some test with selectors. Each test is still under review and slowly becoming more complex. I can see some test pages splintering on to other test pages. I am developing it in a way that it shows firstly if a browser doesn't supports

Re: [css-d] Suckerfish dropdown problem with multiple layers

2007-11-26 Thread Alan Gresley
Dan Smith wrote: > I'm trying to adapt the suckerfish dropdowns for a Drupal menu structure, > which is a series of > nested unordered lists. > > My aim is to make the first 2 lists invisible, keep the 3rd list as the main > navigation, and have > 4th level elements as dropdowns within their pa

Re: [css-d] Should z-index apply to elements with opacity

2007-11-25 Thread Alan Gresley
> Original Message > Subject: Re: [css-d] Should z-index apply to elements with opacity > From: Ingo Chao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, November 26, 2007 10:51 am > To: Alan Gresley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org >

Re: [css-d] Should z-index apply to elements with opacity

2007-11-25 Thread Alan Gresley
Ingo Chao wrote: > Hi, > > Safari Webkit, Firefox 3b and Opera 9.5b render this test different: > > http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/tmp/opacity/ > > #stackA { > opacity: 0.66; > z-index: 2; > background: red; > width: 300px; > height: 300px; > } > > #stackA p

Re: [css-d] web developer's toolbar was link image background problem w/IE 6 (natch)

2007-11-16 Thread Alan Gresley
Alex Robinson on 16 November 2007 19:07 >>Please note that display:inline-block in invalid CSS2.1 but is valid CSS3. > > > Actually it's valid CSS2.1 but not valid CSS2. > > Compare > > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#display-prop > > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#display-pro

Re: [css-d] link image background problem w/IE 6 (natch)

2007-11-16 Thread Alan Gresley
Tim Ware wrote: > I created a link class to have a background image on linked text > where needed: > > a.checkbox { > background:url(/healthcare/_img/Pencil.gif) no-repeat 100% 50%; > padding-right:20px; > } > > The above adds a checkbox to the right of the linked text, and i

Re: [css-d] Firefox bug with fragment identifiers

2007-11-14 Thread Alan Gresley
Ryan Bowman wrote: > Hi everyone. > This causes a strange behavior in Firefox, IE 7 is fine. > > On the following page making a selection in the Vehicle Type box > causes the block with the 'Step 1' image in it to scrunch up > underneath the bread crumb links. > http://www.rockymountainatv.com/t

Re: [css-d] Footer won't drop down into place

2007-11-13 Thread Alan Gresley
Helen wrote: > 1. On this page, in IE6, > http://www.bennett.picturethis4u.com/resources-tools.html > the and fall into place properly but in > Firefox & > Opera, the same divs refuse to drop down on all pages except the home page. > > 2. On this page, same site, http://www.bennett.pictureth

Re: [css-d] Can't solve ie problems

2007-11-07 Thread Alan Gresley
Lyn Williams wrote: > I have a problem with a navigational area in Internet Explorer 7. For > some reason it views totally different to Firefox (which views > properly), i'd tried to find some information on why theres a problem > but it is to no prevail. The url is: www.irn2000.com/public >

Re: [css-d] Global CSS conflicts

2007-11-07 Thread Alan Gresley
Christine Masters wrote Hi everyone! > The problem that I'm having is that, now that the widget contains HTML > elements rather than just images, that HTML can now be affected by the > individual CSS of each of our hosted sites. > > In other words, the global settings on a CSS file (which I ca

Re: [css-d] click on link causes layout shift?? second click works fine. FF only.

2007-11-06 Thread Alan Gresley
Gunlaug Sørtun wtote in reply to Josh > http://minivanswebsite.com/testsite/index.html > >> Lastly, how did you decide on the values you used -- 890 & 910 ? I >> know I was aiming for a width of 900, but do you have a tool that >> will calculate widths for you? Or were you doing it in your head

Re: [css-d] Paragraph background not respecting float margins

2007-11-02 Thread Alan Gresley
Scott Povlot wrote: > I hope that someone can explain to me what is > happening in this case. The paragraph with the yellow > background should be pushed over by the float. The > text in it is moved over due to the float. But the > yellow background still continues behind the float > box. I th

Re: [css-d] Background disappears on Mac & dropdowns break in IE7

2007-11-01 Thread Alan Gresley
Christy Gurga wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I built my site in XHTML and CSS, and now I'm implementing it in Wordpress > for my client, which is the first time I've worked with using a CMS. While > there are still lots of kinks I'm trying to work out, there are two that are > driving me crazy that I

Re: [css-d] Menu/navigation problem

2007-10-30 Thread Alan Gresley
Riva Portman wrote: > I am working on a redesign for a client of mine and have run into a > problem. The client wants a row of colored blocks across the top of the > website and wants the navigation to fit inside each block. The problem > is that when I design it to look good in 800 x 600, it l

Re: [css-d] Pure CSS menu with keyboard access for 95% of browsers?

2007-10-29 Thread Alan Gresley
Janet Russeau wrote: >> > Alan, > > I tried this out in FF 2.0.0.8 and noticed that when I used the > keyboard to activate the menu and moved to the sub-menus, only the > currently selected menu item displayed... all of the prec

Re: [css-d] How z-index works

2007-10-29 Thread Alan Gresley
Thierry Koblentz wrote: > I'd appreciate any comments that would help me improve this "tool": > http://tjkdesign.com/articles/z-index/teach_yourself_how_elements_stack.asp > > Thanks, > -- > Regards, > Thierry | http://www.TJKDesign.com Hi Thierry I was just looking at that page today and real

[css-d] Pure CSS menu with keyboard access for 95% of browsers?

2007-10-29 Thread Alan Gresley
Hi all Oh well it happens, I was tinkering with another menu and was playing around with a:active and I was to discover that it behaved as did a:focus. At a lost to explain why I didn't test it before and realizing that I have said on this list that such pure CSS keyboard accessible menus are y

Re: [css-d] drop down bug in IE6

2007-10-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Mauricio Samy Silva and Ingo Chao wrote: >> Hi Ingo, >> 1-) Thanks for take your time and fix the problem. >> >> For information purposes only: >> A friend point out another fix. >> He said: >> "You need to use 1px and not 1% here: >> >> * html ul li a {height: 1px;} >> >> I think sometimes

Re: [css-d] Site Check - Footer Problem...

2007-10-26 Thread Alan Gresley
David Boddie wrote: > Alan Gresley wrote: >> It would appear that all those widths are causing IE6 a lot of trouble. >> None of which are really needed for any browser. > Thanks Alan & Amy for all your help. I've snagged the code, so you > can take it down now

Re: [css-d] Missing width and height for : why IE doesn't show the image when I'm using CSS?

2007-10-26 Thread Alan Gresley
Kiara wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm sorry to bother with such a stupid issue but I couldn't find a way to > explain (first to myself and then to my boss) why if I don't put the height > and width attribute to any image of my page IE doesn't show it > > I know defining height and width is a goo

Re: [css-d] Site Check - Footer Problem...

2007-10-26 Thread Alan Gresley
David Boddie wrote: > Ok, I'm about to pull my hair out. > > I don't know why my footer is doing this, but the #footercontainer > section of this page keeps shrinking when the page size shrinks... > > HTML file: http://www.uark.edu/depts/gradinfo/mockup/threetemplate.html > CSS file: http://www

[css-d] IE7 targeting hacks working in Opera

2007-10-22 Thread Alan Gresley
Hi all How crazy the world of hacking CSS is. While working on part of my site on pages that have the xml prolog preceding the doctype, I was hacking for IE7 and noticed that Opera was also being targeted. After stripping my stylesheet down to a few lines, I then removed the xml prolog from the

[css-d] Pure CSS drop-down menus aren't *good*

2007-10-16 Thread Alan Gresley
Christian Heilmann wrote: > Here is the assumption this article made: a drop down menu should work > regardless of input device and stay on the screen when completely > expanded without causing scrollbars and thus becoming impossible to > reach the last items. Anything wrong with that? > Let's se

Re: [css-d] IE7 Explosions

2007-10-08 Thread Alan Gresley
Blake wrote: > Hi List, > > I have a number of problems in IE7, I can't imagine what it's like in > IE6 but I do need it to play nice in IE6 too. > > So at the moment the #branding DIV is not showing up on IE7, the > vertical spacing on the nav is out-of-whack, and the links in the > #site-info DI

Re: [css-d] blog: centering multiple line content with css

2007-10-06 Thread Alan Gresley
Roger Keays wrote: > Hi All, > > I've just finished a blog on centering multiline content (horizontally > and vertically): > > http://www.sunburnt.com.au/publications/design/center-multiple-lines-with-css > > The method used is display: table/table-cell for standards browsers, and > a javascript e

Re: [css-d] Pure CSS Pop-Up Menu & IE 6 png Transparency Problem

2007-10-05 Thread Alan Gresley
David Terrell wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to create a pure css pop-up menu as per > http://moronicbajebus.com/wordpress/wp-content/cssplay/pop-up-menus/ > and it just isn't working out. The sub-list elements > are now hidden, but I can't seem to make them appear on > the mouseover. I am also h

Re: [css-d] Falling floats in Opera & Netscape

2007-10-05 Thread Alan Gresley
Seona Bellamy wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have a footer, which has a background image. Within the footer I have a > bunch of links (marked up as a list and floated left) and a copyright notice > (marked up as a paragraph floated right). In most browsers, this seems to > work just fine. In Opera 9.21

Re: [css-d] unexpected Firefox behavior

2007-10-04 Thread Alan Gresley
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > On Oct 4, 2007, at 2:02 PM, Erin Spangler wrote: > > > I'm seeing some expected behavior in Firefox and (gasp!) IE is > > displaying the page correctly. I've validated my page. As the code is > > written, I would expect the first two (vertical #3 and #4) images to >

Re: [css-d] alignment in Firefox vs IE

2007-10-03 Thread Alan Gresley
Juliann Wheeler > I created this page using css: > > http://www.pcg-advisors.com/team.html > > The page looks correct except for the alignment of the team photos. It > looks different in Firefox and IE. Does anyone have a solution to make the > alignment look correct in both browsers? > > Thanks

Re: [css-d] Centering help

2007-10-02 Thread Alan Gresley
Ken Weise wrote: > Hi, > > Working on a Perl script that puts out a page. I have the script working, > except in IE my footer > isn't centered. Seems to work in Firefox, so I must be missing something > stupid, but haven't > figured this out in a couple of hours. Anyway, here's the page: > > htt

Re: [css-d] footer float dl "misbehaving"

2007-09-28 Thread Alan Gresley
David Bailey wrote: > Hi, > > I am having trouble with a footer that's not behaving the same in > Safari and FireFox (Mac). I haven't been able to check it out in IE > Win as my pc is not working at present. > > http://www.dab-hand.co.nz/NZCFBS/3col.html > http://www.dab-hand.co.nz/NZCFBS/styles/m

Re: [css-d] Div not containing other divs

2007-09-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Alan Gresley wrote: > > I see that Trevor already has the guillotine bug [1] present on his > > page since the #page div has width (thus hasLayout). Since the #page > > div contains the #wrapimg div which will also have hasLayout > > {overflow:

Re: [css-d] Div not containing other divs

2007-09-28 Thread Alan Gresley
I wrote: > Hi George and Trevor > > I see that Trevor already has the guillotine bug [1] present on his page > since the #page div has width > > > (thus hasLayout). Since the #page div > contains the #wrapimg div which will also have hasLayout {overflow: > > hidden;}, there will be two divs ex

Re: [css-d] Div not containing other divs

2007-09-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote in reply to Trevor Bayliss: > trevor bayliss wrote: > >> http://tinyurl.com/2ywavl > >> Maybe I`m tired but I can`t work this one out, I have a div called >> wrapimg (the one that has a tan border) which is meant to contain the >> divs: leftcontent, centrephoto and flashsc

Re: [css-d] What type of positioning to use

2007-09-25 Thread Alan Gresley
Brandon Blatcher wrote: > I'm at bit of a loss when it comes to building a website. I've mocked up > a layout in an old program called Layout Master and the layout seems to > work fine in most browsers. However, the layout uses absolute > positioning and z-indexes to achieve the layout. Is this wr

Re: [css-d] PC laptop with IE7 and XP quirks - SITE CHECK PLEASE

2007-09-25 Thread Alan Gresley
Sandy wrote: > I figured it out - the user had his text set to "largest" and it made > things go a bit wonky. A few little changes and we are ok now! > > thanks for being out there > Sandy > >> here are some problem pages: >> http://www.claimanalytics.com/TEST3/services.shtml >> http://www.claiman

Re: [css-d] Menu DropDown (S.F.) functionality in IE

2007-09-25 Thread Alan Gresley
Wesley Lamont wrote: > Heya All, > > Still haven't been able to crack the Drop Down functionality in > Suckerfish Style drop downs. IE (win) is causing the dropdowns to > fail on hover when above other positioned elements. > > http://www.newearthpermaculture.com.au/bm/BusMentorMenu31.htm > > Wesle

Re: [css-d] trouble with horizontal list in ie 7

2007-09-24 Thread Alan Gresley
John Burk wrote: > I'm trying to get a layout with a horizontal list nav bar to work in IE 7, > and the bar keeps breaking into two parts, as seen in the link below: > > > > The layout does seem to work fine when I rem

Re: [css-d] Website check please!!

2007-09-22 Thread Alan Gresley
Keno wrote: > Hi List, > > Could I please have help with this website!! > > Seems to functions ok in Firefox > > But the dreaded IE is giving me trouble with the horizontal menu. > > I would appreciate some help in overcoming the following problems: > >second level menu alignment and font

Re: [css-d] menu test

2007-09-22 Thread Alan Gresley
Jennifer Gardner wrote in reply to Georg Sorten > Thank you so much!! Other than a slight positioning problem it seems to all > be working now. > Is > there a specific place (or book) that will explain how you knew what to > do? I did it and it worked but I don't know why it worked or more > i

Re: [css-d] Alternative Menu suggestions to the Suckerfish

2007-09-22 Thread Alan Gresley
Richard Brown wrote: > Hi David > > On 21/09/2007, David Laakso wrote: > > > Could you please check the following menu in IE6 and 7? I am told the > > > menu is not behaving correctly. > > > > > > The drop-down /drops down/ in 6 and 7. > > > > In 7 they "stick," that

Re: [css-d] Menu functionality and IE6 bug

2007-09-18 Thread Alan Gresley
Wesley Lamont wrote: > Heya, > > This last bug is killing me. I've been bashing away at it over the > weekend to no avail. > > The Main menu drop down functionality is flawed in IE6(win) and > possibly other IE's as well. The visual appearance is solved via > giving the ancestors blocks a position

Re: [css-d] problem in ie, peekaboo problem ?

2007-09-11 Thread Alan Gresley
WenChen wrote: > Hi > > The following page use prototype accordion effect, > it look fine in ff, but in ie it shows big space between each accordion > header > > http://newped2.auckland.ac.nz/coursebuilder/11/publish/1/3.html > > Is it a peekaboo problem? > Any help you could offer would be really

Re: [css-d] CSS for a Cemetery?

2007-09-10 Thread Alan Gresley
Suzie Henderson wrote: > There are over 240 cemeteries transcribed on the site ranging from one grave > to over 5000 burials in one cemetery. Some are currently posted as tables > and others as plain text. The formatting is all over the map. Many of them > have links to photos of the gravestones

Re: [css-d] Background color not showing

2007-09-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Joanne wrote > http://www.melbournecostumehire.com.au/test/ > > In IE6 & 7, the background of this navigation is black. In Firefox & Safari, > > only the hyperlinks are black background and when they finish, the > background color of the rest of the #navigation div is showing as white. > > How

Re: [css-d] drop down nav

2007-09-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Ellen Pham wrote: > Hi all, > > This is my first web site, and I haven't been able to get this drop down nav > list to behave > properly in IE. It behaves better in mozilla, but still not great (for > example, the background of > the drop down nav doesn't resize when the # of items in the list g

Re: [css-d] drop down nav

2007-09-08 Thread Alan Gresley
Ellen Pham wrote: > Hi all, > > This is my first web site, and I haven't been able to get this drop down nav > list to behave > properly in IE. It behaves better in mozilla, but still not great (for > example, the background of > the drop down nav doesn't resize when the # of items in the list g

[css-d] demo of IE bugs with Float and Clear on the same element

2007-09-08 Thread Alan Gresley
Hi all Relating to a recent thread regarding a floating problem with clear on a floated element, I have uploaded this article [1] which I started around 4 months ago which is still unfinished, but it demonstrates completely how IE is way behind the standards and the other browsers with the floa

Re: [css-d] Floating problem?

2007-09-08 Thread Alan Gresley
Gunlaug_Sørtun wrote in reply to Trevor Balis > trevor bayliss wrote: > >> All the columns seem to have moved right for some reason. Why is this >> happening? How can I correct it? I am learning css so I would be >> interested to hear if I am approaching this from the right angle- two >> divs fo

Re: [css-d] What the "X" is going on?

2007-09-07 Thread Alan Gresley
Tigdh Glesain wrote: > Hallo Folks, > > I am just a little foncused. This may seem like an 'off-topic' > subject, but I think I'm correct in saying it effects the way in > which we code our CSS to a degree. If this topic has been covered > before, then I apologise and would ask for a pointer tow

Re: [css-d] css navigation

2007-08-28 Thread Alan Gresley
JGardner wrote > Hello all, > > I am wanting to learn how to do a css horizontal menu which has a 2nd level > nav bar. I have tried to do a Google search for this but have not found what > I am looking for. This might due to the fact that I don't know what to call > it. I am looking for one

Re: [css-d] Elegant alternative to ?

2007-08-16 Thread Alan Gresley
Jon Hughes wrote: > I'm sure most of us have run into this problem before, but I couldn't > find the solution of google. > > You have a container div, with multiple divs nested inside... but all of > the child divs are floating, so the contain div doesn't have layout. > (though this is not the has

Re: [css-d] Help! Can't make my dropdown work in IE

2007-08-13 Thread Alan Gresley
Chris Rahe wrote in reply to Ingo Chao: http://www.bremenhospital.org/testsite/pages/specialists.html > Well I think I've followed your instructions and it works fine in > IE7, but still not in IE6. Do I still have something wrong? Hi Chris What is actually not working now in IE6, which menu. T

Re: [css-d] CSS Navigation problems (not your usual nav bar)

2007-08-12 Thread Alan Gresley
JF wrote: > Hello, > I'm working an order page of sorts which I have dubbed the "Tower of > Power". An example of this is located here: > http://yummygreenbeans.com/sandbox/ > > I have set this up using an unordered list (an ordered list would be > semantically correct I suppose). It looks and fun

Re: [css-d] IE background position bug demo

2007-08-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Snadden Tim wrote: > Recently I needed to set a background image on in order to create > full height faux columns. I found that if font size is set on > that IE still uses the default font size to position the background > image. To get around it I ended up putting the background image on a div

Re: [css-d] Menu broken in IE - Please help!

2007-08-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Timothy Burgin wrote: > Hi Ray, > > I thought I had validated the CSS before, but now all is fixed and > validates fine. I don't have MS IE on my iMac yet, so I'm waiting on > a screen shot from browsershots.org to see if this has helped. > > Thanks, > Timothy Hi Timothy You have this doctype

Re: [css-d] effects of hasLayout (on one very discouraged student of CSS)

2007-08-02 Thread Alan Gresley
Michael Leibson wrote: > Hi again, Alan (and anyone else interested in this topic); > > I've been trying to understand the satzansatz article, as well as other > articles to which it refers. > One of these is the article by Markus Mielke, of MS, " "HasLayout" Overview", > at > http://msdn.micro

Re: [css-d] collapsing vertical margins

2007-07-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Michael Leibson wrote: > Hi; > > (With all the workarounds necessary for noncompliant browsers, are you really > any further ahead > than you were before CSS?) > > I've found that giving a box element absolute positioning stops its vertical > margins from > collapsing.* Any good reasons why one

Re: [css-d] simple margins question

2007-07-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Michael Leibson wrote: > Hi; > > I'm trying to position the content area of a p below the top outer edge of > its containing div, by > giving the p a large margin. The div is horizontally centered within the > body, is flush with the > top of the page, and has no margins or padding. To my surp

Re: [css-d] Battling IE's improper z-indexing

2007-07-26 Thread Alan Gresley
Jennifer Ham wrote: > On 7/26/07, jennifer ham [EMAIL-REMOVED]> wrote: > > Here's the page (css is embedded): > > http://stalkinggear.com/zindex/ie_zindex.html > > > > Basically what happens in IE is that ONLY the last popup layer appears > > over the other images on the page (which are relatively

Re: [css-d] Type Sizing

2007-07-24 Thread Alan Gresley
John Gribben wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I've been struggling with reliable alternatives to pixel-based type sizing > methods, but I haven't been able to find any. I've read many articles on > this subject. It's perhaps the aspect of standards-based coding that for > some reason I find the mos

Re: [css-d] Problem with text content spilling out of container

2007-07-20 Thread Alan Gresley
Brett wrote: > Hi All, > > I have created some nesting div's that I want to be liquid. The problem > is the content of the innermost div will not push out the containing div > but simply spills over. Is this what clearing the float is for? Can > someone please look at my code and tell me ho

Re: [css-d] ie7 margin bug

2007-07-15 Thread Alan Gresley
Bruno Fassino wrote: Tobbe Lundberg wrote: >> >> There is a 40px margin below #box. It shouldn't be there. The 40px >> margin comes from #wrapper, but since #wrapper is much shorter than >> #box that margin shouldn't make any difference. Firefox 2 and Opera >> 9 gets it right. >> The address

Re: [css-d] Netscape, Firefox issues?

2007-07-13 Thread Alan Gresley
I replied to Mary Jo Sinner Savageau and wrote: I suggested in my previous post to put #nav ul {z-index:1;} which is currently #nav ul {z-index:100;} and #issues li:hover ul /* and other selectors in the group */ { z-index:1; } I failed to mention that this one needs to be removed #issues {

Re: [css-d] Netscape, Firefox issues?

2007-07-13 Thread Alan Gresley
Mary Jo Sinner Savageau wrote: > *sigh* I feel like I'm getting close to what I want ... and then preview in > another browser, and > everything goes to pot. The site I'm working on looks like doo-doo in > Netscape 6 and Firefox 2. > Firefox can't even find my images! What's up with that? Firefo

Re: [css-d] Suckerfish Challenge

2007-07-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Jennifer Knowles wrote: > I am preparing a site for a redesign. > > I have a basic "Son of Suckerfish" experiment here > http://www.thecentersd.org/navtest.html > and the problems I am facing should be obvious. I need the sub-item > ul's to be wide enough not to wrap (I have specified 10em per

Re: [css-d] Companion column method

2007-07-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Ingo Chao wrote: > Hi, > > this draft > > http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/companions.html > > introduces a technique for equal heights aspect of columns. > > Comments and corrections are appreciated. Thank you for your time. > > Regards, > > Ingo Hi Ingo and fellow contributors, well done! Give me

Re: [css-d] I've still got a problem...

2007-07-06 Thread Alan Gresley
John Lockerbie wrote: > I'm still unable to solve a problem with a new site I'm developing. > > http://www.catnaps.org/newlayout/index.html is a revision to my vexisting site - http://catnaps.org/islamic/design.html - which has now > got some very long pages. > > My intention is to shorten the pag

[css-d] New CSS site with demos of IE7 Guillotine bug & Sticky hover bug

2007-07-05 Thread Alan Gresley
there has been problems with sticky dropdown in CSS styled list menus. The effect is caused by javascript, but the cause is due to some strange handling of offset with :hover. For more, please see under articles at CSS Class. http://css-class.com/ Enjoy the chaotic world of IE7. Kind Regard, Alan

Re: [css-d] Inconsistent display of containers and block level element...

2007-07-04 Thread Alan Gresley
David Laakso wrote: > Josue Martinez wrote: >> Every browser displays a gap between the page and the top of the browser >> window, except IE7. For what it's worth, I want the page to show as IE7 >> displays it, assuming that the masthead image isn't getting cut off. > >> >> http://www.ic.sunysb.ed

Re: [css-d] IE 6 site check needed

2007-07-03 Thread Alan Gresley
Terry Hamel wrote: > I may have misstated myself about IE6 and XML. I just reread Eric > Myers "picking a rendering mode" @ > http://www.ericmeyeroncss.com/bonus/render-mode.html in which he > states IE6 DOES know how to render any XML mode in standards mode. > > I just completed a project that r

Re: [css-d] text centering issue, IE layout issues (gee, really?)

2007-07-02 Thread Alan Gresley
Ray wrote: > Hi all, > > It's always the freebies that give me a headache :) > > I'm working on a site which amounts to a simple 3 column layout in > appearance. My current issues are > 1) the text in and aren't centering despite text-align: > center; being stated > and > 2) IE7 drops the 'cont

Re: [css-d] a different approach for positioning

2007-07-02 Thread Alan Gresley
Eric Sol wrote: > However, IE6 has a problem rendering this CSS > when the size of the viewport is changed. After a refresh everything > aligns OK so I think this has nothing to do with hasLayout issues. I > suspect some form of quirky percentages (see > http://www.positioniseverything.net/explor

Re: [css-d] centering elements via margin: auto

2007-06-30 Thread Alan Gresley
Rick wrote: > Concerning the "body { text-align: center; }" CSS, it's true, if my > understanding is correct that all text in the body will be centered with > that code, but that's why the others recommended putting "text-align: left" > in the #container code. Since everything on the page will be

Re: [css-d] can anyone see my content disappearing - IE6 win

2007-06-28 Thread Alan Gresley
I wrote: > Hi Jason and Ian > > You just have to know where to look. In IE7 the bottom of the form > background colour disappears when you move a window over the form. I > have done this demo which shows it well. > > http://css-class.com/test/contact.htm I spoke to soon. The offending code is the

Re: [css-d] can anyone see my content disappearing - IE6 win

2007-06-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Jason Crosse wrote: > Ian Young wrote: > >> I am told that on the wine pages & contact page: > >> > >> http://www.tuttobenewines.com/contact.html > >> http://www.tuttobenewines.com/wines-rosso.html > >> http://www.tuttobenewines.com/wines-bianco.html > >> > >> I have a disappearing content bug in

Re: [css-d] Problem with images dropping down past bottom of vertical navigation bar in IE

2007-06-25 Thread Alan Gresley
Kay wrote: > I am just learning CSS so hopefully I know enough to adequately > explain what I am trying to do. > > I have been redesigning my website using CSS. I have a page (several > actually) that displays differently in Firefox and IE (version 7). > > In Firefox if I make my browser too narro

Re: [css-d] IE7 - DIV border disappears when scrolling browser window

2007-06-25 Thread Alan Gresley
Don Hinshaw wrote: > Hello list, > If you look at this page: > http://72.29.65.35/~somedom/cc/cervelo-sweepstakes-sidebar.html > and make your browser window short enough so that the top box will > partially disappear when you scroll down the page, you should see the > box borders (right and le

Re: [css-d] Padding effect: explanation please

2007-04-30 Thread Alan Gresley
On May 01, 2007, I wrote: > On May 01, 2007, Skip wrote: > > > I have constructed a caption div for images that seems to work well for > > me. You can see it here: > > http://www.boisestate.edu/webcenter/workshops/02/file09.html > div.image { > height: auto; > width: auto; > pad

Re: [css-d] Padding effect: explanation please

2007-04-30 Thread Alan Gresley
On May 01, 2007, Skip wrote: > I have constructed a caption div for images that seems to work well for > me. You can see it here: > http://www.boisestate.edu/webcenter/workshops/02/file09.html > > I wanted to add some padding inside p.imgcaption. This worked, but it > also produced an unexpected e

Re: [css-d] Opera 9.20: jumping float on resized viewport

2007-04-27 Thread Alan Gresley
On April 28, 2007, Stephen wrote: > Hi > > I tried to make a minimal test case for this, but can't seem to trigger > it without quite a substantial chunk of the original page. > > Page in question: http://www.stourmusic.org.uk/concerts > The problem: > > In Opera 9.20 (build 8771) on Windows X

Re: [css-d] Side-by-side positioning with css

2007-04-24 Thread Alan Gresley
On April 24, 2007, Del wrote: > Good Evening; > > If anyone has a bit of time, please look at the schematic(on the left) > and > three links(on the right) at the bottom of the page at > http://www.edi-cp.com/estimator/edi_at_calculator.html > This is my first attempt to use CSS to position items

Re: [css-d] problem with subemenus in drop menu (IE7)

2007-04-24 Thread Alan Gresley
On April 24, 2007, zbyszek wrote > hi all, > > I have two problems with subemenus. It looks fine in FF, IE6 and Safari > (I don't tested it in Opera). > > http://www.dywiz.com/test/ManSaw/v4/ > > 1. submenu have a border on the left side of block. In IE7 it's parted > on each submenu - it have a b

Re: [css-d] lists in blocks

2007-04-17 Thread Alan Gresley
On April 17, 2007, Robert Lane wrote: > Gee looks like a table, walks like a table, quacks like a duck! :-) > Actually I had a similar question but not for menus. I have a document > that client wants added to web page. They laid it out in a 2 column > bulleted list format. Of course it has an odd

Re: [css-d] yet another CSS menus howto

2007-04-16 Thread Alan Gresley
On April 17, 2007, Roger Keays wrote: > Hi all, I've posted a new article on my site explaining CSS menus: > http://www.sunburnt.com.au/publications/design/css_menus I guess this > is pretty archaic stuff really, but I'd be interested if anybody has > some feedback or can spot some bugs. It's been

Re: [css-d] lists in blocks

2007-04-16 Thread Alan Gresley
On April 17, 2007, Ross wrote: > I have an unordered list of 10 items 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 but I want > to diaply it in block of 3 1 4 7 10 2 5 8 3 6 9 Is this possible with > css or any other method? R. Hello Ross Well that was fun. You didn't state how the list was to be styled so here my tes

Re: [css-d] Problem - background showing above/below footer div

2007-04-16 Thread Alan Gresley
On April 15, 2007, Robert wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/2264jb I am getting a gray background from the body > background color showing through above and below my footer div (well > below in IE7 but not in FF) It is about 12 px of gray at the top and > about 5 px in IE7 at bottom. I want the footer t

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