Re: [css-d] css-d Digest, Vol 157, Issue 1

2016-01-06 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
w.wyomerc.com/bookboxes/bookboxes.html > Book repairs: http://www.wyomerc.com/bookrepair/bookrepairs.html > My photography: http://www.gjim.com > > Savvy ponderable: > Most folks are just about as happy as they've made up their mind to be. > > > > --

[css-d] Future of CSS and media queries for responsive design

2015-02-15 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
ystem, heading for a high speed crash? Or do I misunderstand how this works? If so--if a technology change is indeed looming--will CSS be part of the ultimate solution? -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-dis

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-26 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss

Re: [css-d] sticky footer position in IE - bottom of window instead of page

2014-11-09 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
rg/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __

Re: [css-d] Equal height script not working on some pages

2014-06-30 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
ss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __

Re: [css-d] Select by descendant?

2014-05-16 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
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[css-d] floating thumbnails

2014-03-27 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
rowser, depending on current viewport width. is this possible with CSS only? -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ

Re: [css-d] hiding things and bandwidth?

2014-02-17 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
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Re: [css-d] Will the unsemantic HTML elements B and I be soon phased out?

2014-02-15 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
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Re: [css-d] Controlling per-page nav contents

2014-02-04 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
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[css-d] Detecting Quirks Mode

2013-12-19 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
it's obvious. Sometimes it is not. -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss

[css-d] Massive mouse over dropdowns--possible with CSS?

2013-11-15 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
1_10001_-1 -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http:/

Re: [css-d] Trying to get the big picture view on responsive design

2013-11-13 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
[css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pi

Re: [css-d] The Simpsons in CSS

2013-11-12 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
scuss.org] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh &g

Re: [css-d] Trying to get the big picture view on responsive design

2013-11-12 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
gston wrote: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh > wrote: > > I'm a beginner at responsive design. I understand the mobile first > > argument which (at least from the client side) boils down to "Design for > > the phone first and then u

[css-d] Trying to get the big picture view on responsive design

2013-11-11 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
is the goal. Does anybody want to argue against that big picture view? Or amend it some, for the benefit of a beginner? -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.cs

Re: [css-d] Flexbox order and first/last elements ...

2013-10-26 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
; Micky > > -- > > __ > css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/p

[css-d] Implementing Responsive Design

2013-08-22 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
you build from the desktop down, or from the cell phone up? -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://cs

[css-d] "Responsive Design" resources

2013-05-20 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
. But I'm clueless about cell phone CSS strategies. I learn quickly. *What are some good online "responsive design" resources? * (my first attempts to find good resources yielded poorly-written jargon) -- /* Colin (S

Re: [css-d] Form layout patterns

2013-02-05 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
pported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > > > > > -- > > Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | > ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com >

Re: [css-d] CSS redesign: criticisms, comments and similar are welcome

2012-02-09 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
I've been a fan of Romanato site for a long time. Imagination ideas and ambition trump staid perfection any day. -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> Have code will travel */ __ css-dis

[css-d] dynamic CSS strategies

2011-10-09 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
vascript and the DOM tree (which used to be a browser-sniffing nightmare, the last time I tried it). Are there any alternate strategies I'm not aware of.simply because I'm an amateur hacker and not a well-educated professional? -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >

Re: [css-d] PNG IE 6

2011-07-08 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
on the keyboard rather than a holding hand. Continued support for IE6 is counterproductive--a bad strategy for the community at large. -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> Have code will travel */

Re: [css-d] HTMLdog website / Son of Suckerfish

2011-06-27 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
(and then have the sub-menus pop up left or right rather than below). And then you can add new top-level menu items--more or less forever-without running out of screen real estate. -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> Have

[css-d] Two questions

2011-06-05 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
to smart phones? Corollary: is it true that fixed-width layouts (perhaps a centered 780 pixel wide wrapper division) are the least portable across various devices? ...thank you -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0>

[css-d] IE8 max-width, max-height behavior

2011-04-24 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
{ width: 333px; height: 250px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0; overflow: hidden; } #showdiv img { max-width: 333px; max-height: 250px;} -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> montana-riverboa

Re: [css-d] HTML5 and CSS3

2011-01-19 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
tance, mean Google Sketchup would no longer be a windows binary download. You could run it any HTML5 browser. -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-

[css-d] can CSS constitute an HTML error?

2011-01-13 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
nd? And if so, it it an HTML error or a CSS error. I tried to look this up W3.org, but I'm going to have to work on those grammar-like specifications. They are not easy for beginners to read. -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pitt

[css-d] Debugging IE

2011-01-05 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
mes N-resolutions times N-browsers. What is the professional debugging way proceed? -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d Li

Re: [css-d] text-shadow

2011-01-01 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
hadow : #22 1px 1px 0 } -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List polic

Re: [css-d] text-shadow

2010-12-31 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
s pin off my nose and KVM back to Linux or Mac. Sorry for passing bad information on a holiday. :-(( -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailm

[css-d] text-shadow

2010-12-31 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
text-shadow doesn't exist in CSS level 2.1 but exists in : #ff 1px 1px 0 #ff 1px 1px 0 #ff 1px 1px 0 #ff 1px 1px 0 I'm not sure what the issues are here. -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __

[css-d] Three col faq

2010-12-28 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
e center column only). Any examples out there anybody can point me to? -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List w

[css-d] The holy grail

2009-11-08 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
The holy grail is that place we'll all be to (soon, I think) when we can finally stop worrying, thinking about and dealing with IEsicks. -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-

Re: [css-d] p.someclass:hover { ...change paragraph border }

2009-10-30 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
Quirks mode? Interesting. Maybe. The code validates at w3c validator without errors. Each page begins with: Robopages... http://robopages.sourceforge.net/dirLCSS.css>" type="text/css"> etc -- /* Colin (Sandy

[css-d] p.someclass:hover { ...change paragraph border }

2009-10-30 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
order: 3px inset #cc; } -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Li

[css-d] javascript important?

2009-08-07 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
l and traditional ways to make the same displays. If your pages are invisible to Google, then they are essentially invisible to everyone. -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discus

Re: [css-d] IE6 Pushdown Float Problem

2008-08-13 Thread P. Colin Manikoth
upport_evolt/ I believe it to be an issue commonly referred to as a "float drop". There is no magic bullet; only best practice solutions. Position is Everything has a full explanation. http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/expandingboxbug.html Best, -colin __

[css-d] Link attribute syntax

2008-07-09 Thread Colin Mcgarry
I'm sure my problem is ridiculously simple but it's driving me mad. Firefox tells me my link is div#contenu>liste-article>ul .somm-titre>li>h3.titre>a What is the syntax for setting the color of the link. i've tried a.h3.somm-titre{ color: #eef; } a.somm-titre{ color: #eef; } a.h3.titre{ col

Re: [css-d] Opera, Konq. loading my .css file, FF not

2008-01-14 Thread Colin Brace
On Jan 14, 2008 9:09 PM, L. David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need to configure the server to send CSS files as text/css. Fixed, thanks. I will henceforth pay more attention to the error console. -- Colin Brace Amsterdam http

[css-d] Opera, Konq. loading my .css file, FF not

2008-01-14 Thread Colin Brace
Can one of you try opening <http://lim.nl/index.html> to see what happens? If the background is dark and the text and image are centered, then the style file was loaded; otherwise I really do have a problem. Thanks. -- Colin Brace Amsterdam

Re: [css-d] Opera - no css

2007-11-13 Thread Colin Mcgarry
Susanne Jäger wrote: > Colin Mcgarry wrote, On 10.11.2007 17:28: > > >> The reason for browser searching is to accommodate browser quirks in the >> CSS. >> > > Well user agent sniffing is IMHO (one of) the most fragile method(s) of > doing that. You

Re: [css-d] Opera - no css

2007-11-12 Thread Colin Mcgarry
nd the problem. The reason for browser searching is to accommodate browser quirks in the CSS. Colin Mcgarry wrote: > Thanks for the replies. > The page now validates. Most of the problems came from imported scripts. > > Firefox and IE7 see indexcss.php as a css file. Opera sees i

Re: [css-d] Opera - no css

2007-11-12 Thread Colin Mcgarry
David Hucklesby wrote: > On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:14:52 +0100, Colin Mcgarry wrote: > >> Thanks for the replies. >> The page now validates. Most of the problems came from imported scripts. >> >> Firefox and IE7 see indexcss.php as a css file. Ope

Re: [css-d] Opera - no css

2007-11-10 Thread Colin Mcgarry
Thanks for the replies. The page now validates. Most of the problems came from imported scripts. Firefox and IE7 see indexcss.php as a css file. Opera sees it as a blank page. David Hucklesby wrote: > On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:11:36 +0100, Colin Mcgarry wrote: > >> I've jus

[css-d] Opera - no css

2007-11-09 Thread Colin Mcgarry
I've just set up Opera to see how it deals with my web pages. I was surprised to see my home page has no css with Opera. the page is http://www.cpmac.comand the css is a php file that begins = 5) { ?> /* BEGIN CSS RENDERING */ followed by css styles Firefox and even IE7 treat it

[css-d] Left 50% margin- 497

2007-07-09 Thread Colin Mcgarry
Looking at the css of a website I was visiting i noticed the following page layout. #page { position: absolute; width: 994px; left: 50%; margin-left: -497px; } I can follow the logic of this but is it better than left 0 margin 0 __

Re: [css-d] [solved] css shiftiness

2006-07-01 Thread Colin
Thanks Georg, I thought I was nuts for a while. I was able to line things up in photoshop, and everything looked normal. I presume the png compression utility I used mucked things up, but it could very well be me. Very much appreciated...cheers! Colin Colin wrote: > In ff1.5/win for some rea

[css-d] css shiftiness

2006-07-01 Thread Colin
. Thanks in advance, Colin __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported

[css-d] IE Highlighting Bug

2006-03-29 Thread Colin Sheaff
On 3/28/06, Ingo Chao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Colin Sheaff wrote: > I'm sure I could suss this out with enough hours of research and > trial-and-error tweaking of the site, but I would love to resolve this quicker > so I ask for your he

Re: [css-d] Site check please...

2006-03-24 Thread Colin McGarry
francky wrote: > Brian Funk wrote: > > > >> Keith Kaiser wrote: >> >> >> >> >>> OK! It's done. >>> help me out by taking a look and giving me some feedback. >>> >>> http://kaiserklan.com/roundtable >>> >>> >> >> on WinXP IE6: >> >> . > > > 5. > In general, be carefull with colored w

[css-d] IE Highlighting Bug

2006-03-20 Thread Colin Sheaff
E 6.0 will highlight in reverse to the begining of the page. This doesn't happen in Firefox 1.501, or Safari 1.3.2. This actually happens on all the pages on the site. I have a feeling it's an issue with relative positioning. Thanks for the help, Colin [

Re: [css-d] DIV won't cover text

2006-01-17 Thread Colin McGarry
Sarangan Thuraisingham wrote: > Colin McGarry wrote: > >> Hello >> I'm trying to adapt a script I found for roll down menus in css. >> My adaptation works except the rolldown menus displace the text of >> the div just below. >> In the original they cove

[css-d] DIV won't cover text

2006-01-17 Thread Colin McGarry
Hello I'm trying to adapt a script I found for roll down menus in css. My adaptation works except the rolldown menus displace the text of the div just below. In the original they cover the text. I can't see what I've changed to make the comportment change. The base script is at http://www.cpmac

Re: [css-d] Positioning Help Please

2006-01-16 Thread Colin McGarry
Hello I'm no expert on css but it seems to me that one can't put postion:absolute on contained items. They postion themselves relative to the window. cpmac Thomas Hall wrote: >Please look at this layout - >http://webhost.bridgew.edu/etribou/layouts/3col_footer/archives/3col_footer_ >02 > > >

Re: [css-d] Positioning Help Please

2006-01-16 Thread Colin McGarry
Thomas Hall wrote: >Please look at this layout - >http://webhost.bridgew.edu/etribou/layouts/3col_footer/archives/3col_footer_ >02 > > > >This is about what I am after except I'd like to be able to absolutely >position elements inside the header, footer, and columns. It seems that when >I attem

[css-d] Drop down menu problem in Firefox

2005-10-24 Thread Colin Mc Mahon
av_bg.gif) repeat-x top left; } #mainmenu li.on li a { background:transparent; } /* Rollover */ #mainmenu li:hover ul, li.over ul { display: block; } Any insight would be very much appreciated on this. Thanks in advance, Colin __ css-di

[css-d] Trouble with print css in IE

2005-10-24 Thread Colin Butler
I've created two css files for the page linked below. One is for screen and the other (that eliminates navigation, banner and background) is for printing. The problem I'm having is that while the banner, background and navigation are being hidden properly when viewing print preview, a shadow of the

[css-d] is this workable in less than 100hrs?

2005-10-10 Thread Colin
(underneath) what I'd like to strive for with . The reason I'd like to keep the 's so high is I'd like to 'heighten them' on a:hover. I believe I've read about this before, and I think someone's response to 'semi-clickable lin

[css-d] Height:100% problems

2005-10-04 Thread Colin DiBiase
I have a site that has a repeating background y only. And i want it to adjust to the screen. got that to work but it seems like i need a minimum requirements because when i resize the window so the content is lager than 100% of the screen it cuts off the background that being repeated. ht

[css-d] Fwd: Height:100% problems

2005-10-04 Thread Colin DiBiase
I have a site that has a repeating background y only. And i want it to adjust to the screen. got that to work but it seems like i need a minimum requirements because when i resize the window so the content is lager than 100% of the screen it cuts off the background that being repeated.

[css-d] Footer issues...

2005-10-03 Thread Colin DiBiase
I am trying to make a footer that is automatically adjusting, i think because i created a background image to repeat inside a div tag that has height of 100% then, the website isn't allowing the footer image to show because on some browsers it is cutting it off. Is that the right assumptio

Re: [css-d] [solved] unsticky background

2005-09-28 Thread Colin
eal' read, as I just brushed through them last night. Thanks again, Colin __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/

RE: [css-d] unsticky background

2005-09-27 Thread Colin
ded a border to determine the height of #main. The strangest thing happens, div#main loses all of its height. I presume the problem cascades from somewhere above #main, but I just can't see it. Thanks so much for your help. BTW

[css-d] unsticky background

2005-09-27 Thread Colin
hat height any particular page will be. (and this image is supposed to stick to the bottom) If anyone has any ideas, it looks like I'll be up for quite some time tonight. BTW, it does validate. <http://dreampowercostumes.com/travel> Thanks Colin __

[css-d] Safari Problems

2005-09-26 Thread Colin DiBiase
Weird thing. On internet explorer and Foxfire this looks a ok but if you load it on safari it doesn't seem to load the page correctly it seems to merge the webpage you are on with the new page, and if you hit refresh then it still gets all messed up. Could somebody please shed a little ligh

[css-d] General Question

2005-08-29 Thread Colin DiBiase
Hi this is just a general question i would like to be updated on. I always thought you were supposed to put position in your Div Ids and stuff? but on the pages no one seems to be putting them at all. if it not there is there a default the tags becomes? Also, I always thought there was a ie

[css-d] What is Html

2005-08-12 Thread Colin DiBiase
I been seeing this tag but i don't understand what it means could someone explain it in detail to me please thank you. html>body #content { width: 46%; /* ie5win fudge ends */ } __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://w

[css-d] Ineffective Print Stylesheet

2005-07-21 Thread Colin McAllister
I have been trying to use the SantaKlauss "Pure CSS Tooltips" - found at; http://web.archive.org/web/20040211063731/http://www.madaboutstyle.com/tooltip2.html I have tried - as the article suggests - to put the print code into a separate linked stylesheet. As soon as I take this code; "div#main{m

Re: [css-d] i think i'm due for an alignment

2005-07-05 Thread Colin
>If anyone has any ideas on how to go about fixing this, I'm all ears. Note to self...quit listening to the monitor. Thanks everyone for your help. Cheers, Colin __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-dis

[css-d] i think i'm due for an alignment

2005-07-04 Thread Colin
he problem is in trying to horizontally center the #main div using "margin: 0 auto;" and for some reason it is getting offset to the left of center. I've drawn a red border around the problem spot. If anyone has any ideas on how to go about fixing this, I'm

[css-d] IE Print Preview Won't Play

2005-06-24 Thread Colin McAllister
Hi, Can someone explain the huge amount of extra space that IE6 is putting in this page... http://colinmac.port5.com/bluegreybox1-1/bluegreybox/index.html It looks fine in Firefox and Opera, and I don't want to break *them* to fix IE, but I need it to work in IE. TIA