Re: [css-d] Sticky footer problem

2009-09-14 Thread David Hucklesby
Val Dobson wrote: > www.oakleafdesignprint.co.uk/dmk/ > > I've spent two days trying to fix this layout, and getting nowhere. > It doesn't look so bad in FF3 but a mess in IE7 (so what's new?) > Anyway, what I'm trying to do is to get the footer - the green box - > to stick to the bottom, at th

Re: [css-d] ie/6 float-drop {was: Warnings...] - site check

2009-09-13 Thread David Hucklesby
David Laakso wrote: > MEM wrote: >> Html: http://www.nuvemk.com/rebelate/rebelatehome/home4.html >> >> >> Can you please re-check on MAC safari? >> >> >> Márcio >> > > > > Mac versions of Safari, Opera, Firefox, Camino, WebKit, and SeaMonky > all appear OK. Same for IE/6/7/8. Confirmed.

Re: [css-d] ie/6 float-drop {was: Warnings...]

2009-09-13 Thread David Hucklesby
David Laakso wrote: > MEM wrote: >> So a simple math problem? Left-column + right-column + respective >> margins bigger then container, then, drop? >> [...] > >> Final result: >> http://www.nuvemk.com/rebelate/rebelatehome/home4.html >> >> >> >> Please advice: On IE 6 and IE 7, the footer is

Re: [css-d] removing tables

2009-08-27 Thread David Hucklesby
Greg Wilker wrote: > ... I am now having trouble getting the #container to contain the two > med-cat items. > > The border of #container is supposed to wrap everything except the > footer. > > Any help? > > http://www.gorillasuits.com/HTN/default-css.html > -- It's a case of containing your flo

Re: [css-d] request: a thorough going over

2009-08-26 Thread David Hucklesby
David Laakso wrote: > Michael Venables wrote: > > > RE: > > Michael, > > My comments below have little if anything to do with CSS. They are > personal opinion... take them as such, and do with them as will... > [...] > > >>> 2/ Check your site in a 640 x 480, 800 x

Re: [css-d] table colspan=2 breaking in ie6

2009-08-24 Thread David Hucklesby
lev rickards wrote: > Bit of table oddity here: > http://green.harvard.edu/theresource/tech-prod/index.php?uid=64 > > I wanted to break up one of the column heading s with two > sub-heading cells, so I set all of the other cells to rowspan=2, > and set the "% Recycled Content" to colspan=2. Then

Re: [css-d] removing tables

2009-08-22 Thread David Hucklesby
Greg Wilker wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I still would like some help with removing the tables on the bottom of the > middle column: > > http://67.20.67.77/HTN/ > > What I'd like to do is float the image left and the descriptive text and > "add to cart" button right of the image... > > And the

Re: [css-d] Hover usually works but not always

2009-08-20 Thread David Hucklesby
Tim Snadden wrote: > On 21/08/2009, at 8:23 AM, christi...@netscape.net wrote: > >> On a site I am building at: >> >> http://www.murphytx-online.com/murphy/ >> [...] > > On the other hand, regarding the CSS, are you aware of how it looks on > a mac? > > http://snadden.com/sandbox/murphy.png >

Re: [css-d] Fix for chrome browser

2009-08-12 Thread David Hucklesby
divya manian wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:07 AM, bharani > kumar wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> This is general question , >> >> For IE , if we want to write an fix means , then we use something >> like _height:200px; >> >> For chrome , how to write an fix , Can some one tell with few >> examp

Re: [css-d] Main Content Following Left Sidebar

2009-08-11 Thread David Hucklesby
sono...@fannullone.us wrote: > > On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:48 AM, David Hucklesby wrote: > >> Odd. Adding "overflow: hidden;" to .ul-tabs-nav put the .ul-tabs-panel >> border below the tabs this end. On which browser does this not work? (I >> am on a Mac...

Re: [css-d] Question about width and min-width in ul

2009-08-11 Thread David Hucklesby
Christopher Barth wrote: > I have a menu system that uses nested ULs. The main menu is a fixed > size, but I want the sub menu's to be variable width that will grow > to encompass the entire width of the menu item. I figured min-width > would do this; however, it only grows to be as big as the lon

Re: [css-d] Weird alignment issue with IE 7...

2009-08-11 Thread David Hucklesby
Michael Beaudoin wrote: > On Aug 11, 2009, at 1:08 PM, David Laakso wrote: > >> Michael Beaudoin wrote: >>> I think I know. Are you enlarging the type? >>> >>> M >>> >>> >>> On Aug 11, 2009, at 12:47 PM, David Laakso wrote: >>> Michael Beaudoin wrote: > What is broken? I'm looking at Fire

Re: [css-d] Main Content Following Left Sidebar

2009-08-11 Thread David Hucklesby
sono...@fannullone.us wrote: > Hi David, > > Thank you for responding to my problem. > >> sono...@fannullone.us wrote: >>> I think I've narrowed it down. If I remove the following code in >>> the css-ui.tabs.css file: .ui-tabs-nav:after { display: block; >>> clear: both; content: " "; } >> [.

Re: [css-d] Main Content Following Left Sidebar

2009-08-10 Thread David Hucklesby
sono...@fannullone.us wrote: > I think I've narrowed it down. If I remove the following code in the > css-ui.tabs.css file: > > .ui-tabs-nav:after { > display: block; > clear: both; > content: " "; > } [...] >> >> http://www.superiorshelving.com/mfg/nexel/test/test6.php >>

Re: [css-d] Screen resolution?

2009-08-10 Thread David Hucklesby
Theresa Mesa wrote: > On Aug 10, 2009, at 9:00 AM, Lalena wrote: > >> Is computer-screen resolution still 72 dpi? Or do some of these >> newfangled monitors have a higher resolution? In addition to the very useful table supplied by Felix, I'd also note that the nominal DPI can be changed in the

Re: [css-d] Sticky footer with form element

2009-08-10 Thread David Hucklesby
Ian Gibson wrote: > Hi David > > Many thanks for your help. I thought my container had a min-height of > 100% from > > body > #container {height: auto; min-height: 100%;} > > but of course DotNetNuke generated that extra form, so I needed... > > body > form > #container {height: auto; min-heigh

Re: [css-d] need help debugging float layout of IE5.5, 6, 7 - wordpress theme

2009-08-09 Thread David Hucklesby
Re: http://www.modernia.net/oh/6/ Don Spark wrote: > holy crap Happily backed up! It's back. I was getting pretty tired > about an hour ago and must have done something - cause the FBI has > much better things to do. > I'm not clear if you are still working on this, but the xml declaration at

Re: [css-d] Sticky footer with form element

2009-08-08 Thread David Hucklesby
Ian Gibson wrote: > Hi all > > Was inspired by this list to try out the sticky footer technique in my > dotnetnuke skin. However, the generated form tags cause the footer to > remain stuck when the browser is resized smaller, causing the footer to > overlap content text > > Here without form tags

Re: [css-d] the old 'tables vs. divs'

2009-08-02 Thread David Hucklesby
Bob Rosenberg wrote: > At 19:36 +0100 on 08/01/2009, MEM wrote about Re: [css-d] the old > 'tables vs. divs': > >>> I was studying the CSS and the page structure and I noticed that >>> the designer used a series of table cels to create that design. >>> Not only will the page not validate but I wo

Re: [css-d] background-color : transparent; showing up as white in ie6 & 7 and AOL 9.1

2009-07-24 Thread David Hucklesby
Sandy wrote re: http://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/test/contact.shtml >>> instead that whole area is showing up with a white background in >>> AOL 9.1, ie6 and ie7. ie8 is ok. >>> >>> the styles are here >>> http://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/test/css/mcb2009.css >>> [...] > > Now - your advice did get that

Re: [css-d] Icky image edges: resolution, sizing

2009-07-24 Thread David Hucklesby
Climis, Tim wrote: > And/or: Is there a better way to do this whole task? Meaning: solving > the icky-image-edges problem without using high-res images (which I > assume take longer to load)? > > --- > > What you're running into is that GIF's don't have variable > transparen

Re: [css-d] background-color : transparent; showing up as white in ie6 & 7 and AOL 9.1

2009-07-23 Thread David Hucklesby
Sandy wrote: [...] > http://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/test/contact.shtml > and there are a couple of divs with a transparent background > > .headerleft > #globalnav > the "search" should be transparent, too. > > instead that whole area is showing up with a white background in AOL > 9.1, ie6 and ie7. i

Re: [css-d] text wrap

2009-07-22 Thread David Hucklesby
Joseph Sims wrote: > I have some images floated right with text on the left, and in > Mozilla 3.5, the text doesn't obey the margin of the image and > overlays it... upon refresh it corrects itself... what gives? > Mozilla 3.5 = ??? > And I have no idea what's goin' on in Safari 4. Forcing overfl

Re: [css-d] How to style a Select Element

2009-07-21 Thread David Hucklesby
Valério Vaz wrote: > > I am trying to do a form, with an input field (text and already > finished) and a dropdown menu option. [...] > > Now, i want to put the background of the "select" black, and did this > CSS: > > .input-center select { background: #333; border: none; color: #fff;

Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-19 Thread David Hucklesby
Al Sparber wrote: > From: "Reese" >> I agree with you that your suggestion is the preferred option, but >> the menu items range from 5 to 20 characters (with spaces, some of >> them). The text of those items is not negotiable with the client so >> I don't see that getting very far. I suppose th

Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-18 Thread David Hucklesby
Reese wrote: > David Laakso wrote: > >> Wild guess... >> >> Try: font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; and >> "comment-out" the letter-spacing. > > Helvetica Neue? > > The latest BrowserCam results indicate that dropping the letter > spacing fixed the line wrap ... I thin

Re: [css-d] color and background of list markers

2009-07-17 Thread David Hucklesby
Jack Bates wrote: > Is it possible with CSS - possibly CSS 3 - to apply style to the > things which mark list items? > > I have an ordered list, so list items are marked with "1.", "2.", > etc. > > I want to make those numbers white on a blue background, and I don't > want to change the style of

Re: [css-d] unwanted horizontal gap in page

2009-07-16 Thread David Hucklesby
Sara Ullman wrote: > I have been unable to figure out why there is a horizontal gap in my page > that allows the background to show through. It appears below the main nav at > the top of the page (top of the burgundy area). Here is the URL: > http://quiglitzin.com/index.php. I already tried setting

Re: [css-d] help me get down to a strong fluid 2 column css layout

2009-07-13 Thread David Hucklesby
Don Spark wrote: > Thanks in advance! > > Below is the semantically correct html I am working with putting > together a simple 2 col fluid template is the spirit of the wikipedia > template. Here is a screen shot of what I am going for. > http://modernia.net/5-22-09ogolonwebdraft.jpg But that w

Re: [css-d] Menu bacground and width

2009-07-13 Thread David Hucklesby
Andzia wrote: >> To center an element using "auto" left/right margins, the element must >> have a width - either specified or intrinsic (as in the case of a >> "shrink-to-fit" property like an inline-block). > > > Now the list elements have "auto" width. Should it be fixed? But then they > wouldn

Re: [css-d] Menu bacground and width

2009-07-12 Thread David Hucklesby
Andzia wrote: > > Hi Ania, and welcome. There are some coding errors that make it > difficult to diagnose. > > Correct those and ask again if that does not work. > > > You mean this? > http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fklikerlab.pl%2Fwordpress%2F > > >

Re: [css-d] Menu bacground and width

2009-07-11 Thread David Hucklesby
Andzia wrote: > Hello, > this is my first post to this list. I am creating this website: > http://klikerlab.pl/wordpress/ > using WP Framework. I made a jpg image to illustrate what I want to achieve: > http://klikerlab.pl/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/klikerlab_glowna.jpg > and now I'm work

Re: [css-d] A simple question - h1 before p

2009-07-09 Thread David Hucklesby
Gabriele Romanato wrote: > what's the point?see http://www.jquery.com > and you won't need a class anymore ^^/ > > 2009/7/9 MEM > >>> These will not work in IE6 either. Your "safest" route is probably to >>> follow >>> Brian's suggestion and define a class that you can apply. >> No worries,

Re: [css-d] CSS color declaration not working!

2009-06-28 Thread David Hucklesby
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Linda Quinn wrote: > >> CSS color declaration not working! >> [...] >> >> The page can be seen at: >> http://www.melvillekidsdentistry.com/beta2/index.html (note that >> this is up as a sample and linked pages are not present). > > It

Re: [css-d] CSS active/focus Effects on Form Submit Buttons?

2009-06-28 Thread David Hucklesby
Greg Wilker wrote: > Is it possible to have mouse over effects with ONLY CSS on a form > input "submit" element? > > (form at very bottom of page: http://store.stoptheft.com/HTN/) > Not sure what you are after here, Greg. The subject line refers to active/focus, but these don't necessarily invol

Re: [css-d] IE problem - floats won't align

2009-06-28 Thread David Hucklesby
> On 29/06/2009, at 3:53 AM, Rod Castello wrote: > >> >> This isn't related to your float problem, but I noticed that the >> background color that shows on your header image (just behind the >> upper rounded corners) doesn't match the body background color when >> I view it in Firefox 3, but ma

Re: [css-d] reduce vertical space between divs

2009-06-27 Thread David Hucklesby
MEM wrote: [...] > > And now I'm able to give symmetric negative margins on .destaque and > allow a more closer effect, not the best approach on this case...? > Using margins for positioning has always worked well for me - both positive and negative margins. I don't think you'll have any problem

Re: [css-d] reduce vertical space between divs

2009-06-27 Thread David Hucklesby
MEM wrote: > > I'd like to reduce the vertical space between two divs so that the > div on top of the image stays close to the image, and the div at the > bottom of the image stays close to the image too. > > Here's the example: > > http://www.cantinho.org/pt/cantinho-site/layout3.html > > I ha

Re: [css-d] adjusting overall size in css?

2009-06-22 Thread David Hucklesby
Jenni Beard wrote: > > I'm having yet another problem with the site I'm working on. It > seemed perfect, then I was told that the person viewing it could not > see the entire site (width) on his computer monitor. I verified that > this is not a very old monitor. > > > > I probably should try

Re: [css-d] html 5 and styling

2009-06-10 Thread David Hucklesby
Erik Vorhes wrote: > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Nancy Johnson wrote: >> However, because of the javascript it worked fine in IE6 and 7. > > Also, you should probably put that JavaScript in a conditional > comment, so only IE sees it. Firefox 3, Safari, and Opera don't have a > problem, it se

Re: [css-d] Display property issues in IE

2009-06-02 Thread David Hucklesby
Goeres, Lisa M [BOOK] wrote: > I am trying to cheat with a feature on our e-commerce site that displays > featured items. Unfortunately the host has it setup to display these > items in a table at either the top or bottom of the page in a row and > have included inline styles on most of the parts.

Re: [css-d] css interference

2009-06-02 Thread David Hucklesby
Delos Woodruff wrote: > David, > > Aha! I had posted http://checkitlocal.com/sample.htm but I went ahead > and fixed all the little validation errors in the html and I > switched the doctype to what the site itself uses just to be > thorough. > > Apparently, the Transitional//EN"> does not all

Re: [css-d] hover nav bg?

2009-05-31 Thread David Hucklesby
Jenni Beard wrote: [...] > > I have a background image for my entire navigation bar (vertical). > Then, I also have an image that is for each menu item hover: > > http://fossilbyte.com/1/images/arrowhead.gif (I know that it appears > really rough around the edges, need to try and work that one

Re: [css-d] site check, particularly on ie6 ?

2009-05-30 Thread David Hucklesby
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > snak detek+0r wrote: > [...] >>> Index: Minimum font-size 24px breaks the h-nav and does a little >>> number on the text in right column. >> i'm not sure what you mean by this? i don't have any fonts nearly >> that big. and i also couldn't see what you're talking about i

Re: [css-d] Centering in everything but IE8

2009-05-21 Thread David Hucklesby
christi...@netscape.net wrote: > Any ideas as to why the main container at: > http://www.cmzmedia.com/irarollover/ would center in every browser > except for IE8? I'm guessing you are using scripting to center in IE, as the incomplete DOCTYPE throws all IE into quirks mode. I also notice the page

Re: [css-d] style first only if it is phasized?

2009-05-21 Thread David Hucklesby
Matt Wilkie wrote: > Dear css-discuss, how might one style the first paragraph, only if it > is emphasized? can it be done without javascript? > [code snipped] Do you have control of the markup? I think I'd add an extra DIV around such paragraphs, styled via a selector such as this: .content

Re: [css-d] IE layout blues

2009-05-21 Thread David Hucklesby
Kevin Doyle wrote: > [snip] I am having trouble with several things in IE with a site I'm > working on and seek some advice. I'm still grappling with a few areas > of css so the issues may be simple, but I just can't see them! > [/snip] > > : > > Hi

Re: [css-d] Displaying/Simulating "handwritten" fonts on notebook paper

2009-05-21 Thread David Hucklesby
Stephen Tang wrote: > The main problem is that our > users would like whatever font they choose to be shown to all > visitors of their site, and that pretty much pushes the > implementation towards sIFR and similar Flash-based techniques. > This does not address your original problem regarding

Re: [css-d] lack of menu transparency in IE

2009-05-19 Thread David Hucklesby
GLOW -- Virtual Web Services wrote: > I'm using a Spry menu for the following site, set with no background. > However, in IE, the transparency isn't working (it displays a white > background). Can anyone help me sort this out? > > Sample page: http://ambientglow.com/garage/jaguar/web/sample.htm

Re: [css-d] Navigation list problem in Safari 3.0

2009-05-13 Thread David Hucklesby
Rod Castello wrote: > Additionally, can anyone explain why Safari renders the in-line list > shorter than Firefox? It seems like it renders the font smaller. > [...] > > http://rodcastello.com/pedro/index6e.html Thanks in advance. > Now you have the other issues addressed, I think your menu widt

Re: [css-d] Hover over link - opacity

2009-05-13 Thread David Hucklesby
Tim Snadden wrote: > On 13/05/2009, at 3:59 AM, Niels Matthijs wrote: > >> a {opacity:1;} a:hover {opacity:0.7;} > > Bear in mind that if you want this to work in Internet Explorer you > will need to include extra rules (preferably in a separate stylesheet > included via conditional comments): >

Re: [css-d] Opacity used on div container

2009-04-27 Thread David Hucklesby
Rich Pena wrote: > Hello, > > I have a piece of CSS code that I'm trying to use, but am having > trouble with positioning in Firefox and IE 6/7 > > It's some CSS code that causes a div to be semi-transparent. Below is > the code: > > filter: alpha(opacity=55); > -moz-opacity: .55; top:175px; l

Re: [css-d] IE and Opera incorrectly displaying nav

2009-04-25 Thread David Hucklesby
Daniel Hammond wrote: > URL: http://www.numccreativeservices.org/site/index.htm CSS: >>> But if you test it in Opera/IE, you'll see that the small graphic on >>> the left side of the buttons does respond to the active state. It's >>> just the larger graphic that is the rest of the button that

Re: [css-d] IE and Opera incorrectly displaying nav

2009-04-24 Thread David Hucklesby
Daniel Hammond wrote: >> Daniel Hammond wrote: >>> URL: http://www.numccreativeservices.org/site/index.htm CSS: >>> http://www.numccreativeservices.org/site/cs.css FF, Safari, and >>> Google Chrome treat the navigation correctly. It's the "active" >>> state (when you click on a button) that is the

Re: [css-d] Menu items

2009-04-24 Thread David Hucklesby
Mario Rizzi wrote: > [... Re:] www.equatore.org. > > Now we have new content to add and the site needs a redesign. I am > working on it and everything seems to be fine, with one exception. I > have a menu with the following Html: > > > > Link > Link >

Re: [css-d] IE and Opera incorrectly displaying nav

2009-04-23 Thread David Hucklesby
Daniel Hammond wrote: > URL: http://www.numccreativeservices.org/site/index.htm CSS: > http://www.numccreativeservices.org/site/cs.css > > FF, Safari, and Google Chrome treat the navigation correctly. It's > the "active" state (when you click on a button) that is the issue > here. IE and Opera don

Re: [css-d] Centering a floated list....

2009-04-17 Thread David Hucklesby
Matthew Stoneback wrote: > [...] > I have a navigation on this page: http://www.eddysound.com/dev/adr/ that I > would like to center. It is a floated list. I cannot seam to get the list > to center within the blue navigation area. What am I doing wrong? I have > been able to do this before but

Re: [css-d] 100% height for wrapper div?

2009-04-13 Thread David Hucklesby
Debbie Campbell wrote: > I'm using this sticky footer method: > >> http://www.cssstickyfooter.com/ > > But my wrapper (outlined in red) isn't going to the bottom - can > someone point out my error(s)? This page validates as both XHTML > strict and CSS. > > My page: > >> http://www.redkitecreati

Re: [css-d] How to set opacity

2009-04-13 Thread David Hucklesby
Chike Loney wrote: > How do I set the opacity of a to let's say 50% > DIV, or DIV background? If the latter, here's my (partial) solution for 25%: .aside { background: url(images/argb44452713.png); *background: transparent; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=

Re: [css-d] Acronyms

2009-04-07 Thread David Hucklesby
Carolyn Rosner wrote: > I find it helpful as a designer and web-page reader to see acronyms > (or initialisms, as I understand the proper term to be for non-'word' > abbreviations) spelled out each time. My question is: is the use of > deprecated, or is it still OK to use? Is it accessible? > Pr

Re: [css-d] css3 selectors

2009-03-26 Thread David Hucklesby
Climis, Tim wrote: >> What about doing it backwards then put a class on the and target the >> following > > What I'm going for is to take the bottom margin off of a paragraph preceding > a list. I don't need the list to be styled any differently, so there's no > reason to target it at all. >

Re: [css-d] unremovable margin?

2009-03-18 Thread David Hucklesby
Bobby Jack wrote: > --- On Wed, 3/18/09, Giuseppe Craparotta wrote: > >> http://www.giuseppecraparottacv.co.uk/doubts/press.html >> >> - Is it any way to eliminate it which is not making the >> images *block >> elements*? > > What you're seeing is the whitespace between those image elements in y

Re: [css-d] Equal heights solutions

2009-03-17 Thread David Hucklesby
Nancy Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > I just posted this got some wonderful answers, but I'm still looking > for an ideal solution to equal heights problem > Don't know about "ideal" -- but this is one CSS way of doing it: (All

Re: [css-d] "Q" and "A" (Question and Answer) format using ul

2009-03-13 Thread David Hucklesby
Stephen Tang wrote: > Els, > I could make "Q" and "A" part of the content, but then if the content > is more than one line, the second and subsequent lines would be right > under the letter Q or A, which isn't what I had in mind. I was > thinking of replacing a list bullet with the letter Q and A

Re: [css-d] My layout needs your help

2009-03-13 Thread David Hucklesby
Kim Brooks Wei wrote: > > My h1 doesn't appear inline as I want it to in the page's first paragraph. > I think that you want h1 { display: run-in; } - but when I last looked, only Safari and Opera supported it. I imagine you have tried display: inline? FWIW I bailed and used h1 { float: left; wi

Re: [css-d] (no subject)

2009-03-10 Thread David Hucklesby
Christopher R wrote: > Hi does anyone know why I'm getting white spaces between sliced images ? I > have a bunch of tags within the and I can't figure out why the > images have spaces, and currently why half of the image slices look fine and > the rest look like a jigsaw puzzle. > I'm guessin

Re: [css-d] User Style Sheets ?

2009-03-09 Thread David Hucklesby
Christopher R wrote: > I have two questions, first off how many people here sometimes use > there own style sheet ? Also could you have your style sheet so that > no matter what it could not be overwritten but without adding a > series of !important everywhere in the style sheet? > ___

Re: [css-d] other alphabets

2009-02-25 Thread David Hucklesby
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:34:46 -0600, Jack Timmons wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Nicky McCatty wrote: > >> Hi Jack, >> I want the Greek to appear on a web page. >> Sometimes the characters with diacritical marks change into ascii junk, and >> sometimes they don't. I am using fonts that co

Re: [css-d] What is this CSS?

2009-02-20 Thread David Hucklesby
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:27:43 -0500, David Laakso wrote: > Sarah Atkinson wrote: >> Found this in one of the css files a co worker sent me with his design >> templete. What is it for? Anyone know? Is it legal? And what is with the * >> >> * html #facebox_overlay { /* ie6 hack */ position: absolute;

Re: [css-d] before pseudo element and opera

2009-02-19 Thread David Hucklesby
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:23:06 -0500, Scott Schumpert wrote: > I am hoping that someone else has experienced this and has figured out some > solution, but I just can't seem to... > > I'd like to put an rightwards arrow in front of a link and using the 2192 > code it works fine in safari, firefox and

Re: [css-d] Can CSS compare the href to the URL and if they match, highlight the href?

2009-02-19 Thread David Hucklesby
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:02:07 -0500, Sandy wrote: > I am working on a site that uses menus that are includes. I have been > wrestling with a way to highlight the link to the page you are on in the > included menu. I have a way that works, but it's kind of labour intensive - > every page needs a uniq

Re: [css-d] New to List First question.

2009-02-19 Thread David Hucklesby
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:28:03 +0100, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Kathy Wheeler wrote: > >> [...] do you mean you *only* throw ie6, 5.5 and 5 into quirks mode? But * >> not* ie7, 8 or any other browser? And of so, what do you find the best way >> to do that please? >> > > How about this way... >

Re: [css-d] Font-color issue

2009-02-18 Thread David Hucklesby
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:00:21 -0500, Ron Koster wrote: > At 10:02 AM 2/13/2009 -0800, David Hucklesby wrote: >> I find that these percentages work best >> cross-browser: 69%, 75%, 82%, 94% ... with a base font-size of 100%. >> [...] > > Firstly, from past threads, m

Re: [css-d] styling a legend

2009-02-13 Thread David Hucklesby
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:57:49 -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > What styling can be done to ? > > In certain cases I want to use a background image that should appear to the > right of the legend text. However when I specify 'top right no-repeat' the > text overlays the image. I can add some   to sort of

Re: [css-d] IE6 - DDbelatedPNG

2009-02-13 Thread David Hucklesby
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:34:21 +, Christopher R wrote: > Hello, I'm trying to get the DDbelatedPNG JS hack to work on my site and I > read a few weeks ago a few here are using it successfully. The problem is > it's not working for me this is the code I have in my page t/ Hi Christopher, It looks

Re: [css-d] positioning and bordering a photo

2009-02-13 Thread David Hucklesby
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:33:41 -0800 (PST), Fractal Moonshine wrote: > I have validated both the XHTML and the CSS at W3C for this page: > > http://www.marketstreetsingers.org/posters/css/index.html > > How can I get the photo, div id="frontpagephoto", to be horizontally > centered, below the logo an

Re: [css-d] Font-color issue

2009-02-13 Thread David Hucklesby
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:41:38 +0100, Els wrote: > Ib Jensen wrote: > >> Link: http://ikjensen.dk/test/ >> >> In the bottom right corner I've have a Note-box. >> >> In IE6.x I can only see the headline ok, the rest of the text is blurred. >> >> The headline and text looks ok in FF 2.x, OP 9.5 and Saf

Re: [css-d] Tricky 3-col layout issue

2009-02-06 Thread David Hucklesby
On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:05:58 -0800, Erika Meyer wrote: > A lot of work already done for you here: > > http://www.theholiergrail.com/ > Hmm. Seems to be a work in progress. Using those links on the left of the home page brings up a succession of pages with blank content this end. (Opera 9.6 on Win

Re: [css-d] Float trouble in IE

2009-02-05 Thread David Hucklesby
On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 06:40:41 -0600, Del Wegener wrote: > Good Morning; > The site giving me trouble is: > http://www.edi-cp.com/homepage2009_sandbox/edi-index.shtml > > In FF and others it looks exactly like I and my client want, but in IE 5, 6, > 7 one of > the floats does not behave. > The BAD BO

Re: [css-d] Transparency in pre IE7

2009-02-04 Thread David Hucklesby
On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:15:08 -0800, Kenoli Oleari wrote: > What file format can I use to get IE5 and IE6 to display transparency and a > gradient? > I have an image with a gradient that goes from transparent to black. As a > png image it > works fine everywhere except these versions of IE. A g

Re: [css-d] Layout help in IE

2009-02-04 Thread David Hucklesby
On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:28:58 -0600, Jonathon Suggs wrote: [...] > > In a related question, any tools similar to Firebug available for IE? I find these useful: IE Debug Bar: RNIB Surf Right Toolbar

Re: [css-d] Setting font-size on body element

2009-01-31 Thread David Hucklesby
On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:14:06 +0100, Bernat Lleonart wrote: > Hello, > > I usually specify font-size on the body as 1em, and then, as the main text of > the page > has to be 12px, I have to declare each p, li, etc. to be .75em. > > I've been told to put that value (.75em) right on the body, so I wo

Re: [css-d] CSS3 selectors to filter out content style

2009-01-28 Thread David Hucklesby
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:54:09 -0800, Dylan Wilbanks wrote: > Someone I know came to me with a problem: he wants his print stylesheet to > not apply a > style when a link contains an image. > [sample code stripped] > > The generated content appears around the example link AND the linked image > whe

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2009-01-27 Thread David Hucklesby
On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:40:57 -0800 (PST), Emily Songster wrote: > > ISSUE#1 > The logo is supposed to be flush top, along with the main navigation. But it > drops down > below the navigation in IE6&7. It works fine in Safari and Firefox. > Seems to be a "hasLayout" problem, making the #logo clear

Re: [css-d] What are your takes on more then one Stylesheet

2009-01-22 Thread David Hucklesby
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:13:36 -0500, Sarah Atkinson wrote: > One thing I tend to do is instead of having all my styles in main.css I will > have a css > folder and in it usualy something like main.css, header.css, footer.css, > maybe other > things that are item specific like menu.css, documenttab

Re: [css-d] IE7 and background image links.

2009-01-22 Thread David Hucklesby
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:47:19 -, Ian Young wrote: > [...] > Am using background images in menu (don't normally use images but needs must). > > Thing is in IE7, the links are not working. I guess this is because there > isn't > anything in the actual link. > [...] > > http://www.iyesolutions.co.

Re: [css-d] collapsing header in IE - need help

2009-01-20 Thread David Hucklesby
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:27:46 -0900, Sue Clover wrote: > We are redoing a website built with tables within tables within tables. > > I am having trouble figuring out what is happening in IE6 between these two > pages at > 800 x 600. I could just ignore it since that screen size is a small > perce

Re: [css-d] Drop Lists

2009-01-20 Thread David Hucklesby
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:26:30 -0800, johny why wrote: > hey Ron K > > while you're on the topic of drop caps, just wanted to share this. > [...] > > .dropli {float: left; width: .7em; font-size: 8em; line-height: 83%; } > > .dropcontent { margin-bottom:2em; } > > ol { list-style: decimal inside; } >

Re: [css-d] button hover

2009-01-20 Thread David Hucklesby
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:35:32 +0100, Micha+é Zieli+äski wrote: > Hi > > I`ve got image button. It`s quite big and colorfull. I`d like to create a > hover effect > which changes only small detail on this big image (button). The small circle > should > change color from white to red. I don`t want

Re: [css-d] css3

2009-01-18 Thread David Hucklesby
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:22:05 -0500, David Laakso wrote: > Is PC Safari and Chrome rendering (unable to view this end for a lot of > boring reasons): > > 1/ border-radius > 2/ box-shadow > 3/ text-shadow > > Known issues: there are many-- thanks for not reminding me... >

Re: [css-d] Random padding in firefox...

2009-01-15 Thread David Hucklesby
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:13:37 -0500, Bill Brown wrote: > Jerod Venema wrote: >> I've got a weird bug that I can't figure out. Our website, >> www.frozenmountain.com, >> shows the behaviour. If you visit the site, check out #header. You'll notice >> that it >> has a 1px top padding. What's bizarre

Re: [css-d] Dont understand float drop

2009-01-15 Thread David Hucklesby
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:00:57 +1100, Fiona Hayward wrote: > > Ignore that last post - I found the offending article. It was an image that I > overlooked at the bottom of the page. > > Just wondering though, why was IE6 the only browser that dropped the float > As I understand it, IE versions p

Re: [css-d] Font stack article

2009-01-10 Thread David Hucklesby
On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:07:06 +0100, Dejan Kozina wrote: > Hello list! > > For all those in search of sensible values for font-family: > http://www.sitepoint.com/article/eight-definitive-font-stacks/ > > The samples are way to small, but the result seems nice to me. > I prefer the samples in this a

Re: [css-d] HELP! Hover Image Not Centered in IE on 1024 width screen

2009-01-05 Thread David Hucklesby
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:52:05 -0800 (PST), S. Reets wrote: > I am new to CSS and I've been toying with this for DAYS and am at my wit's > end ... I > hope someone can help! > > Page Link: http://www.ficarradesignassociates.com/portfolio3.htm > > Gallery and hover images center just fine in Safari a

Re: [css-d] Can't figure out this white space above my menu in IE...

2008-12-29 Thread David Hucklesby
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:34:35 -0700, Michael Stevens wrote: > http://bctaztest.bigmikes.org/test.html > http://bctaztest.bigmikes.org/test_bct.css > > ~5 pixels above the burgundy menu bar. ... > > Any idea on the extra white space above the menu? > Yes. IE is placing the image on the baseline of

Re: [css-d] Monospace font-size anomaly in Webkit

2008-12-24 Thread David Hucklesby
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:49:49 +0900, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > > On Dec 24, 2008, at 10:26 AM, David Hucklesby wrote: > >> It seems that the "monospace" keyword affects more than just Webkit. Playing >> with the >> font stack as you suggested, I found th

Re: [css-d] Monospace font-size anomaly in Webkit

2008-12-23 Thread David Hucklesby
> On Dec 23, 2008, at 8:43 AM, David Hucklesby wrote: > >> In most browsers running on 96 DPI displays, a font-size of 82% displays at >> 13px. >> With the font stacks I am using, this is the font-size I would like to use >> for >> monospace fonts t

[css-d] Monospace font-size anomaly in Webkit

2008-12-22 Thread David Hucklesby
In most browsers running on 96 DPI displays, a font-size of 82% displays at 13px. With the font stacks I am using, this is the font-size I would like to use for monospace fonts to match 100% font-size of other text. Oddly, with a base font-size of 100% on the BODY, Safari (Win & Mac) and Google Ch

Re: [css-d] Help - images being pushed in IE 7

2008-12-15 Thread David Hucklesby
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:33:59 -0800, u24y...@gmail.com wrote: > [...] > > The really big concern is the side navigating bar image and the css text is > being > pushed about 3 inches toward the centre which destroys the whole lay-out on > the page. > This is only happening on a pc using explorier

Re: [css-d] image replacement not working in IE6

2008-12-12 Thread David Hucklesby
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:32:05 -0700, Debbie Campbell wrote: > In this page: > >> http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/hixon/test.php >> > My H1 tag isn't being replaced - or rather the image flashes for a second then > disappears. Can someone help? That had me puzzled for a while, as the image

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