Re: [css-d] positioning of sidebar accessibility validation issue

2010-09-22 Thread David Laakso
On 9/22/10 6:54 PM, Angela French wrote: Hello, I'm got a problem with pages in my site that have a floating sidebox. They LOOK fine, but they are not accessible in terms of a semantic document outline. The problem is that the headings I have given my sidebar box aren't correct in terms

Re: [css-d] Stretch over a cell

2010-09-20 Thread David Laakso
On 9/20/10 5:31 AM, Michal Čizmazia wrote: Hi, which browsers render my test case correctly? http://cim.szm.com/stretch-over-cell.html Thank you. Michal Cizmazia On Mac OS X 10.4.11 Pass Opera/10.62 Fail Camino/2.0.3 Safari/4.1.2 WebKit nightly trunk 63031 [crashes browser]

Re: [css-d] Stretch over a cell

2010-09-20 Thread David Laakso
On 9/20/10 6:46 AM, Michal Čizmazia wrote: Wow, thank you David, is the specification clear in this case? Is there a way how can I stretch the nested span over a table cell in all browsers? The test case: - http://jsfiddle.net/Vwg7T/ - http://cim.szm.com/stretch-over-cell.html Michal

Re: [css-d] media queries was( New IE7 filter?)

2010-09-19 Thread David Laakso
So how does David's query work? I am not so sure David's query does work. Drag the window to approximately 475px and judge for yourself -- assuming, of course, we are talking about the same thing and we both speak both speak Spanish... What say we consult the various clerks of the

Re: [css-d] Errors

2010-09-18 Thread David Laakso
On 9/17/10 11:54 PM, Allen Bennett wrote: Most lines center only in AM browser (a tabbed browser that sits on top of IE-so I assume that it works properly in IE, also). Also, it gives a malware warning when I try to open it in Google Chrome (only). The CSS is below. Allen J. Bennett

Re: [css-d] suckerfish layering in IE7

2010-09-18 Thread David Laakso
On 9/18/10 10:45 AM, Rob Emenecker wrote: Checked on a local file only... *:first-child + html .left, *:first-child + html .right, *:first-child + html .maincontent { z-index: -1; background: lime; } /* for IE/7.0 */ That did work, however when I tried applying the same treatment to the DIV

Re: [css-d] Errors

2010-09-18 Thread David Laakso
On 9/18/10 12:45 PM, David Laakso wrote: On 9/18/10 11:30 AM, Allen Bennett wrote: It gives me an error because I didn't send it a fill--but I don't know how to; evidently I can't simply click on the URL you sent me. Most lines center only in AM browser (a tabbed browser that sits on top

Re: [css-d] [+] New IE7 filter?

2010-09-18 Thread David Laakso
On 9/18/10 7:56 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: We could use this: .left,.right,.maincontent,x:-ie7 {} Actually, it is the colon that dos the magic. For example: selector,ie:7 {...} or: selector,:7 {...} /* even shorter to target ie7 :) */ -- Regards, Thierry Please see sig link IE

Re: [css-d] two equally high divs, with not equally high content

2010-09-17 Thread David Laakso
On 9/17/10 7:52 AM, sisir behera wrote: Hi, you can see the following url to use the jquery plugin. http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/setting_equal_heights_with_jquery/ Please let me give suggestion on this. Thanks, Sisir Since this list devoted to the practical application of CSS,

Re: [css-d] suckerfish layering in IE7

2010-09-17 Thread David Laakso
On 9/17/10 2:44 PM, Rob Emenecker wrote: Okay, more important than my last query... Can anyone shed any light as to why the z-index is not behaving as desired/expected on IE7? The suckerfish menu is falling behind my content. (Or my content is appearing on top.) Either case, it's not

Re: [css-d] Seeking browser compatibility

2010-09-16 Thread David Laakso
On 9/15/10 8:24 PM, Keith Purtell wrote: A typical example of a problem I'm trying to deal with is IE ignoring max-width.- Keith Purtell IE 7/8 support min/max. IE/6 does not support min/max. IE/6 is on death row. Feed IE/6 width only [not min/max width]. #page {min-width: whatever;

Re: [css-d] Can i vertically centre a UL?

2010-09-14 Thread David Laakso
On 9/14/10 7:55 PM, Chris Blake wrote: Be warned this CMS template creates a whole load or wrappers so you'll have to expand about 100 divs before getting to the culprits. It is however one sexy menu that works even with javascript turned off. Drink a warm cup of milk, maybe with some

Re: [css-d] Image scaling

2010-09-11 Thread David Laakso
On 9/11/10 11:16 AM, Yogesh Agashe wrote: Hello, I am developing a website where we deal with lot of thumbnail images which are almost always scaled down or up. I use ubuntu 10.04 and have observed that images which are scaled down look very poor in Firefox, which is not the case with Google

Re: [css-d] Type sizes?

2010-09-09 Thread David Laakso
On 9/9/10 8:42 AM, Claude Needham wrote: I have developed a practice of using 100% in the body and then using em elsewhere to set sizes. Such as: body { font-size: 100%; /* base my size on user default */ font-weight: normal; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; } h1 {

Re: [css-d] Using em or pixel

2010-09-09 Thread David Laakso
On 9/9/10 9:09 PM, Keith Purtell wrote: I've been working on making my css flexible with different browsers/screen resolutions/devices. The best information I've found so far has been the Patrick Griffiths article at A List Apart. In applying the suggestion that I use ems as often as possible,

Re: [css-d] Spheres with box-shadow and background gradient

2010-09-06 Thread David Laakso
On 9/6/10 8:44 AM, Alan Gresley wrote: Best viewed in Webkit (Safari 5). Enjoy. http://css-class.com/test/css/shadows/box-shadow-spheres2.htm Nice job. Best, ~d PS In the world of geometry is that a sphere or is it known as a simple circular object? -- :: desktop and mobile ::

Re: [css-d] Spheres with box-shadow and background gradient

2010-09-06 Thread David Laakso
On 9/6/10 11:12 AM, Alan Gresley wrote: It is our perception that makes it appear spherical. It appears to be what it is: a dimple :-) , rather than a sphere. Best, Gertrude Stein -- :: desktop and mobile :: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [css-d] Spheres with box-shadow and background gradient

2010-09-06 Thread David Laakso
On 9/6/10 1:30 PM, Alan Gresley wrote: David Laakso wrote: On 9/6/10 11:12 AM, Alan Gresley wrote: It is our perception that makes it appear spherical. It appears to be what it is: a dimple :-) , rather than a sphere. Best, Gertrude Stein That are really two way of perceiving

Re: [css-d] CSS1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, umpteen

2010-09-04 Thread David Laakso
On 9/4/10 1:20 PM, Brian M. Curran wrote: So it seems that the language keeps getting revised/improved, but it has continued to just be known as CSS, correct? Sincerely, Brian M. Curran Yes, I think that is a fair assumption. In and of itself, CSS is often used in the generic

Re: [css-d] Setting an Image Size to Fit a Percentage of Its Container

2010-09-03 Thread David Laakso
On 9/3/10 5:58 AM, Rick Gordon wrote: What is the best way to set an image with liquid sizing so that it will fit, for example, into the left 25% of its containing div? Do you mean something like this? http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/cssd/11.html Drag to 640... Best, Diane Arbus -- ::

Re: [css-d] Disappearing Navigation Bar

2010-09-02 Thread David Laakso
On 9/2/10 1:48 AM, taestrada wrote: This is the url: http://www.pastrycraftseattle.com Thank you so much. It worked! Alix O.K. so far. But we're not quite finished. 1/ In the sidebar in IE 6/7 the top of the colored-block that reads Sign up for a class kisses the bottom of the

Re: [css-d] See only 1/2 of liquid layout at 800x600

2010-09-02 Thread David Laakso
On 9/2/10 9:46 AM, Kim Brooks Wei wrote: Hi All, If my layout is liquid - that means to me that it resizes to fit any browser window - why is it that I can see only part of it (and no scroll bar to see the rest) at lower resolutions? Pondering the mystery in metro New York Kimi I

Re: [css-d] See only 1/2 of liquid layout at 800x600

2010-09-02 Thread David Laakso
On 9/2/10 11:31 AM, Kim Brooks Wei wrote: Hey David, Thank you! I shot you an email thanking you for this layout a couple of days ago. It's probably sitting in your trash folder where a lot of my emails end up being filtered : (. Yes, I know... I saw your mail and I read it. I sent you

Re: [css-d] nth child styling broke with change to class

2010-09-02 Thread David Laakso
On 9/2/10 8:23 PM, Kim Brooks Wei wrote: I have nth child even-odd styling on this page set up as an ID. When I changed this to class so I could set up a second styled section farther down the page the styling broke. Any ideas as to why? http://bit.ly/ad7AEl I am not quite sure what you

Re: [css-d] nth child styling broke with change to class

2010-09-02 Thread David Laakso
On 9/3/10 1:04 AM, Kim Brooks Wei wrote: At 9:31 PM -0400 9/2/10, David Laakso wrote: On 9/2/10 8:23 PM, Kim Brooks Wei wrote: I have nth child even-odd styling on this page set up as an ID. When I changed this to class so I could set up a second styled section farther down the page

Re: [css-d] Disappearing Navigation Bar

2010-09-01 Thread David Laakso
taestrada wrote: I am having the strangest problem with a site I built. It looks great when I view it in Firefox, Chrome and IE8, but two people have reported that the the brown navigation bar doesn't show up at all. One of them was using IE7 and the other said IE8. Since I can't replicate the

Re: [css-d] Zooming and wrappers

2010-09-01 Thread David Laakso
Keith Purtell wrote: David: It's taken me a while to write you because I've been digesting and applying all the advice I got about my newbie CSS efforts. Hi, Studs Terkel, Chicago, on this end with some suggestions that have nothing to do with what you wrote David Hucklesby about--

Re: [css-d] Slideshow images: How'd he do that!?

2010-09-01 Thread David Laakso
On 9/1/10 9:43 PM, Cheryl Smith wrote: What is the email address to access webdesign-l? Cheryl web design list l...@webdesign-l.com Do you have a CSS question, Cheryl? Btw, thanks! I did not know that that was meatloaf... Best, ~d -- :: desktop and mobile ::

Re: [css-d] graphic issue IE 7.0 (on XP)

2010-08-31 Thread David Laakso
Kim Brooks Wei wrote: Hi David and all, I had some time to look into this after replacing my failing Mac. Yikes! It seems that basically my copy is sliding underneath the tiger when window size is reduced - is that the problem you were referring to? Yes, sort of... :-) What can

Re: [css-d] graphic issue IE 7.0 (on XP)

2010-08-31 Thread David Laakso
Blake, that's a fantastic article you sent me - thanks for it. While I pick it apart I still need my site to be functional and it isn't, entirely. So, can you help me figure a way to get the beige background and its contents to either 1) slide to the left right on top of the tiger when

Re: [css-d] IE8.0 problem

2010-08-30 Thread David Laakso
Rick Pasotto wrote: Does IE8 work differently on different versions of Windows? My site ( http://d37tm.org ) doubles the height of the header -- at least on IE8 on XP. I see it in browsershots.com (I think you can see the results at http://browsershots.org/http://d37tm.org/ ) The css is:

Re: [css-d] IE6 sillyness

2010-08-30 Thread David Laakso
Tom Livingston wrote: I have the following in my stylesheet: How can I fix this? Please provide a url. Thanks. ~d -- :: desktop and mobile :: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ __ css-discuss

Re: [css-d] IE Problem - logo appearing on top of text

2010-08-30 Thread David Laakso
Timariane Thornewig wrote: I just tried to adjust the CSS and I created another version of the HTML called: http://www.ashelighting.com/controldesign2.html It's not really solving my problem, but I think I'm getting closer! Unable to hit a moving target :-) . Let it be and make no

Re: [css-d] Float drop problem

2010-08-28 Thread David Laakso
Brian M. Curran wrote: I was tinkering with my site this morning, and caused a float drop problem in IE6. What happened was. I was trying to create some white space between my secondary nav and the side of my page. My site is: drafting services . com (remove all spaces). Sincerely, Brian

Re: [css-d] Float drop problem

2010-08-28 Thread David Laakso
Brian M. Curran wrote: Thank you David!! I normally don't think bug when something is going wrong in my desired results. -Brian I think what Alan suggested will work as well and avoids writing a hack. But then if you prefer to retaliate then what Georg Sortun wrote below gives you

Re: [css-d] different colour of an active link/page

2010-08-28 Thread David Laakso
Martin wrote: Hi there, I've been googling for it and a:active doesn't work as I'd like it to. I've got a menu. When I hover over a menu item the colour changes to orange. I'd like it to stay orange as long as I'm on this particular page for visitors to know where they are at the moment.

Re: [css-d] [+] Re: Float drop problem

2010-08-28 Thread David Laakso
Thierry Koblentz wrote: Thank you David!! I normally don't think bug when something is going wrong in my desired results. I think what Alan suggested will work as well and avoids writing a hack. Actually I think there is no need for the selector hack. One can safely

Re: [css-d] [+] Re: Float drop problem

2010-08-28 Thread David Laakso
Thierry Koblentz wrote: I'm sorry, but I don't understand your approach. What's your reasoning for using the selector hack? -- Regards, Thierry To remember, not to forget, that display:inline; it is only needed by a browser that is on death row. If that bothers you, delete the

Re: [css-d] drop cap - some characters cut off

2010-08-27 Thread David Laakso
Adam wrote: I notice when trying to style a drop cap, everything looks fine, but some characters are cut off near the bottom, such as the letter Q. I have tried adding width settings which I notice some people do, as well as adjust the line-height. Here is an example where it happens:

Re: [css-d] Unusual IE7 weirdness

2010-08-27 Thread David Laakso
Claude Needham wrote: But, before filing this away under the heading of unique oddities to avoid in the future I wanted to check with others to see if there was a deeper understanding to be gleaned or a best practices type of lesson to be learned. Regards, Claude Needham I suppose you

Re: [css-d] kthings 02 (Formerly Floating images -understanding ...etc.)

2010-08-26 Thread David Laakso
Keith Purtell wrote: Hope this is what you wanted... http://www.keithpurtell.com/kthings/a_body_vance_divs.htm - Keith Purtell http://www.myspace.com/canyonsofthesky What is your uri? Best, ~d Keith, I am not sure what the question is but anyway some observations:

Re: [css-d] Help with multi-column drop-down menu

2010-08-26 Thread David Laakso
Wesley Acheson wrote: Forgot the link http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?page=3cid=27F87 btw the search I'm doing is list columns css What does everyone think does this work in the wild? Regards, Wesley Yes, it will work just fine-- assuming of course that you

Re: [css-d] kthings 02 (Formerly Floating images -understanding ...etc.)

2010-08-26 Thread David Laakso
Keith Purtell wrote: I will correct these errors asap. Thank you for taking time to critique my efforts. Css-d is an outstanding community resource. - Keith Purtell http://www.myspace.com/canyonsofthesky Coping with the World Wide Web is sometimes difficult. Hang around. Much fun

[css-d] @media (max-width: 240px) {...}

2010-08-25 Thread David Laakso
This page [signature link] on a drag from a full desktop window to a 480px window opens fine in Opera without a horizontal scroll bar. Same at 240px in Opera. However in FF and Safari it's fine at 480px, but refuses to open at all at 240px. Why be that? css :: around line 168

Re: [css-d] @media (max-width: 240px) {...}

2010-08-25 Thread David Laakso
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: On Aug 25, 2010, at 11:09 PM, David Laakso wrote: However in FF and Safari it's fine at 480px, but refuses to open at all at 240px. Why be that? What do you mean 'refuses to open'. when I resize a window with a Gecko browser to something smaller than 240px

Re: [css-d] IE8 rendering issue

2010-08-25 Thread David Laakso
Scott Povlot wrote: I need some help with a rendering problem on IE8 that does not show on other browsers including IE7, Firefox and Chrome. I am using an image replacement technique for the title header. On IE8, there is a large gap at top of the image so the backgrounds don't match up.

Re: [css-d] kthings 02 (Formerly Floating images -understanding ...etc.)

2010-08-25 Thread David Laakso
Keith Purtell wrote: Time, and considering keeping the existing brown area, putting brief text in the nav buttons. Then they'd see the full page title when they got there. So many options. Thanks again for helping. - Keith Purtell So many options. So little time. What is your uri?

Re: [css-d] Stumped on font style

2010-08-24 Thread David Laakso
Bill Braun wrote: I am adapting a Word Press style to integrate a blog into my web site. I have just about everything except the top navigation font style. This is the reference style: http://basicbusinesssim.com/ This is the blog page I am trying to match:

Re: [css-d] Playing with CSS3 transitions

2010-08-24 Thread David Laakso
Alan Gresley wrote: The other is of a drop menu. A browser that does not support transition would use the normal method of hiding sub-menus with ap. and a browser that supports transitions would use height: 0 and height: auto on hover (Just like in your demo).

Re: [css-d] Web Safe Fonts

2010-08-24 Thread David Laakso
Wesley Acheson wrote: Hi All, Are we still limited to 7 or so web safe fonts? I'm a little bored of some of these. What are good fonts supported by the majority of browsers on the majority of operating systems? Wes No, I don't think so, although as for myself I am limited by my

Re: [css-d] site design/layout feedback desired

2010-08-24 Thread David Laakso
Francesco wrote: Looking for feedback on a design I'm almost done with. http://blackcoil.com/classychild -- Francesco Sanfilippo, Blackcoil Productions Not exactly my kind of thing, but nevertheless I did not see any particular problem with it, Francesco. O.K. in Mac OS X 10.4. Mac

Re: [css-d] Playing with CSS3 transitions

2010-08-23 Thread David Laakso
Climis, Tim wrote: In a comment on Gabrielle's blog posting a couple weeks ago about whether or not animation belongs in CSS, I came up with a use case for CSS dropdown menus. Basically, my idea was that you might want to make your menu drop down with a wipe. ---Tim Promising,

Re: [css-d] Playing with CSS3 transitions

2010-08-23 Thread David Laakso
Climis, Tim wrote: Promising, I think... Near the bottom of the page he has a fairly recent example of a CSS3 transition slide-down... http://www.gethifi.com/blog/nicer-navigation-with-css-transitions That's pretty much the effect I'm going for (sans the opacity transition). But a

Re: [css-d] iPad font rendering in both orientations...

2010-08-23 Thread David Laakso
Charles Turner wrote: I've got a simple page that is supposed to render a font on the iPad at the same size in both portrait and landscape modes. It contains the following markup: meta name=viewport content=user-scalable=no, width=device-width/ and in a media query for the (portrait) display

Re: [css-d] kthings 02 (Formerly Floating images - understanding ... etc.)

2010-08-22 Thread David Laakso
Keith Purtell wrote: I took every message I got about this Web page and pasted it into a 24-page MS Word document. http://www.keithpurtell.com/kthings/a_body_vance_divs.htm - Keith Purtell Start over with a clear head and a clean sheet. Hit the verticals. Hold the horizontals.

Re: [css-d] about progressive enhancement

2010-08-21 Thread David Laakso
Nestor Augusto Tous Maya wrote: Good day, I'm working at the Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira in Colombia as web developer. I have a question on the subject of progressive improvement. Happens that on the website www.utp.edu.co we had the CSS validation icon, but to access it 7

Re: [css-d] 1px difference in IE7

2010-08-20 Thread David Laakso
Daniel Hammond wrote: URL: http://www.northsidecreativeservices.org/sportsandrec In IE7, the horizontal navigation is shifted down one pixel, so the bottom of the buttons covers up the black horizontal line that is the bottom border for the horizontal navigation area. All other browsers

[css-d] mac os x 10.4 camino/2.0.3

2010-08-18 Thread David Laakso
is adding /vertical/ space between the blocks when there is a text-image in the .outer column. Browser bug or human bug? Is there a simple fix [other than to ap the text-image] markup http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/cssd/ron1.htm css

Re: [css-d] mac os x 10.4 camino/2.0.3

2010-08-18 Thread David Laakso
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: On Aug 19, 2010, at 7:19 AM, David Laakso wrote: is adding /vertical/ space between the blocks when there is a text-image in the .outer column. http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/cssd/ron1.htm It is a Gecko bug (affects anything that uses Gecko 1.9.0

Re: [css-d] The big picture (formerly floating images understanding the basics)

2010-08-18 Thread David Laakso
Keith Purtell wrote: Wow. I got a mountain of suggestions that I did not expect; all valuable. - Keith Purtell Keep it simple. All will be well [ sort of ]. Best, Simon [1] PS I must remember /not to forget/ to keep it simple myself :-) . [1]

Re: [css-d] basic positioning problems-newbie

2010-08-17 Thread David Laakso
Ron Zisman wrote: hey, page: http://www.ricochet.org/dn_test/micro_1.html css: http://www.ricochet.org/dn_test/stylesheets ron Validate the markup and css and bring it back... ~d -- :: desktop and mobile :: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [css-d] basic positioning problems-newbie

2010-08-17 Thread David Laakso
Validate the markup and css and bring it back... thanks david valid page http://www.ricochet.org/dn_test/micro_1.html Close but no cigar :-) . in the 3rd and 4th units from the top. i'm trying to get .right to make 2 cols...see png png:

Re: [css-d] Any good CMS platforms?

2010-08-17 Thread David Laakso
Steven DuBois wrote: On 08/14/2010 05:04 AM, Dipesh Parmar wrote: Does anyone have any experience in a good CMS platform... Dipesh I really like Wolf CMS. That's nice. Do you have a CSS question? ~d -- :: desktop and mobile :: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [css-d] Assorted CSS questions

2010-08-17 Thread David Laakso
Averill Ring at Irisweb wrote: Fwiw, it is usually best to use a strict doctype for a new site. Why? Averill Because HTML 4.01 Strict [and XHTML 1.0 Strict] emphasize structure over presentation and they are /forward/ compatible. Best, ~d -- :: desktop and mobile ::

Re: [css-d] graphic issue IE 7.0 (on XP)

2010-08-16 Thread David Laakso
Kim Brooks Wei wrote: Thanks, people, for checking this. It seems to look OK on Mac. I'm concerned with Windows and Linux browsers now. David, thanks for taking a look. I didn't know precisely what you wanted me to check but I did see some rendering problems with my static image and

Re: [css-d] 0pt is wrong, right? And IE9 is doom, right?

2010-08-14 Thread David Laakso
Karey Cummins wrote: IE9 is rumored to arrive in 2011. Karey Cummins Things change. Modify your behavior accordingly. All will be well. Best, ~d -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ __ css-discuss

Re: [css-d] Assorted CSS questions

2010-08-13 Thread David Laakso
Averill Ring at Irisweb wrote: I could use some suggestions with this site http://irisweb.net/emily Three things: 1) In validating the pages, I keep getting this same error message: previous problem http://www.totalvalidator.com/validator/Validator#p0E649

Re: [css-d] How do you identify a capable UI designer?

2010-08-13 Thread David Laakso
Hilco Wijbenga wrote: At the start-up where I work, we've been trying to find and hire a UI designer but it's proving to be rather challenging. Cheers, Hilco This list deals primarily with specific CSS questions. You might post your question to: web design list l...@webdesign-l.com

Re: [css-d] Assorted CSS questions

2010-08-13 Thread David Laakso
Averill Ring at Irisweb wrote: I could use some suggestions with this site http://irisweb.net/emily There's always a difference between the font rendering from IE8 to FF, IE always looking larger and bolder. Is there a fix for this? Averill Ring Is IE at default? IE/8

Re: [css-d] Assorted CSS questions

2010-08-13 Thread David Laakso
Averill Ring at Irisweb wrote: I could use some suggestions with this site http://irisweb.net/emily I've tried to get the bottom of the right column to line up vertically with the bottom of the left column. If I make a height declaration for #contentright it drops it down and renders it

Re: [css-d] Re-entry into Web design

2010-08-13 Thread David Laakso
Keith Purtell wrote: I'd like to be able to post the link here and get comments/troubleshooting. Hope that's OK. - Keith Purtell CSS related questions are almost always welcome here as far as I know. So, post your question [s]. And, welcome to the list... if you have not been here

Re: [css-d] Assorted CSS questions

2010-08-13 Thread David Laakso
Averill Ring wrote: David, you ... trimmed Averill I could use some suggestions with this site http://irisweb.net/emily Averill Ring Averill, O.K. I hope it works out for you. It is a good to reply to the list as others may wish to express their opinion. Best, ~d PS

Re: [css-d] 3D Color prism - 216 colors (Windows safe colors)

2010-08-12 Thread David Laakso
Alan Gresley wrote: Initially being an exploration into mathematics and sacred geometry, what I have discovered (like many others) is that hexadecimal colors can be represented as a 3D prism. I now present it to this list since it's also a very good color selector. Dear Theo, It

Re: [css-d] Mobile Stylesheets vs. Mobile Optimized Sites

2010-08-12 Thread David Laakso
Chris Akins wrote: Our organization is wanting to start down the road of making some of our applications and content more mobile device friendly. Chris Akins Thi/m/k media queries. http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/ http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design/ --

Re: [css-d] Mobile Stylesheets vs. Mobile Optimized Sites

2010-08-12 Thread David Laakso
Tom Livingston wrote: Just another thought: www.cloudfour.com/css-media-query-for-mobile-is-fools-gold/ Do you have anymore happiness and good cheer that you might want to bring to the table? ~d http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [css-d] :: media queries :: resolved

2010-08-10 Thread David Laakso
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: On Aug 9, 2010, at 12:46 PM, David Laakso wrote: uri: signature link On a drag from a full window [1680px this end] to 400px window all is well [sort of]. Drag back from a 400px window to a full window and both Safari and the current WebKit nightly

Re: [css-d] graphic issue IE 7.0 (on XP)

2010-08-10 Thread David Laakso
Kim Brooks Wei wrote: Hi People, Can you see a double image of my tiger graphic? No. Is the page you see stretched out horizontally - Yes. does the type look extended (it No. Btw, I suggested you check your page in IE 6/7 the last time you wrote [months ago].

Re: [css-d] CSS3 animations considered harmful

2010-08-10 Thread David Laakso
Gabriele Romanato wrote: Hi! need some responses and criticisms about my opinions expressed right here: http://onwebdev.blogspot.com/2010/08/css3-animations-considered-harmful.html HTH ^^/ Gabriele Romanato CSS is a programming language: albeit, a very simple one. It copes with

Re: [css-d] drop down menu help...

2010-08-09 Thread David Laakso
Michael Beaudoin wrote: On Aug 6, 2010, at 7:34 PM, David Laakso wrote: Michael Beaudoin wrote: I can't get the submenus to line up under the nav menu item. Right now they are down and to the right. http://www.ba-doyn.com/junk/ for your perusal. Michael No guarantee. Try

Re: [css-d] drop shadows

2010-08-09 Thread David Laakso
sfeld...@sympatico.ca wrote: hey all, Is there a good way to get a drop shadow on text using css? I've got something that seems to work in Safari, and in FireFox 3.6.8 on a mac, but I think that's about it. Others have answered your quesion. I can't really fake this with an image or

Re: [css-d] drop shadows

2010-08-09 Thread David Laakso
Sandy wrote: the site needs to work for people who will be increasing text size and also for those who will be using a screen reader. Then set no font less than default, and ditch the Verdana and MS stuff: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif will do. Letter-spacing content text is not helping

[css-d] :: media queries ::

2010-08-08 Thread David Laakso
uri: signature link On a drag from a full window [1680px this end] to 400px window all is well [sort of]. Drag back from a 400px window to a full window and both Safari and the current WebKit nightly [and perhaps other browsers] require a reload to un-stack the bottom navigation. Mac Firefox

Re: [css-d] recommendation for correct layout and HTML5 elements

2010-08-07 Thread David Laakso
Ido dekkers wrote: I'm building a 2 column layout design, on the left will be the navigation and on the right the content. the 2 questions are: I don't exactly know what exactly you should do other than spending a little time looking around here there and everywhere to see what others

Re: [css-d] IE8

2010-08-06 Thread David Laakso
David Hucklesby wrote: Is there a way to zoom pages in IETester? Cordially, David -- Yes. There is a + - slider. Best, ~d -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org]

Re: [css-d] drop down menu help...

2010-08-06 Thread David Laakso
Michael Beaudoin wrote: I am working on some css/javascript drop down menus and for the life of me I can't get the submenus to line up under the nav menu item. Right now they are down and to the right. The offending file is at http://www.ba-doyn.com/junk/ for your perusal. Thanks so

[css-d] :: opera mini 5.1 ::

2010-08-05 Thread David Laakso
markup http://chelseacreekstudio.com/site/portfolio/01.php css around line 669 http://chelseacreekstudio.com/site/css/sisu.css The image does not fill the width of the window in Sanyo Mirro scp3810 for BoostMobile running Opera Mini 5.1 nor in the Opera Mini Simulator.

Re: [css-d] :: opera mini 5.1 :: resolved

2010-08-05 Thread David Laakso
David Laakso wrote: markup http://chelseacreekstudio.com/site/portfolio/01.php Best, ~d Resolved on the Opera Mini Simulator and Sanyo Mirro handset. Settings: changed from low to: Image Quality High [ thanks to Duncan Hill -- on another list ]. This brings the image up to a full

Re: [css-d] Opera Box-Shadow

2010-08-04 Thread David Laakso
Duncan Hill wrote: This is probably running off-topic now for CSS-D as it is looking more like an Opera bug. Opera 10.70 (Linux Mint 9) shows the same effect http://redlemonarts.com/_dev/textbeast/faq.html Duncan Sue Linux/Opera. Personal Opinion: the page proper looks far

Re: [css-d] navigation link a different colour when page is active

2010-08-03 Thread David Laakso
Duncan Hill wrote: (bonus for whoever tells me why the four panels are rendered differently between surprising browsers, Firefox and IE7/8 versus all the rest! Duncan /Anything/ to relieve the boredom of all this. But, what four panels do you mean? Best, ~d -- desktop

[css-d] :: float drop :: ***was:*** navigation link a different colour when page is active

2010-08-03 Thread David Laakso
Duncan Hill wrote: /Anything/ to relieve the boredom of all this. But, what four panels do you mean? Best, ~d Hi David, I am seeing size issues on the four panels on the two pages http://redlemonarts.com/_dev/textbeast/home2.html (menu: Buy Now)

Re: [css-d] :: float drop :: ***was:*** navigation link a different colour when page is active

2010-08-03 Thread David Laakso
David Laakso wrote: Duncan Hill wrote: /Anything/ to relieve the boredom of all this. But, what four panels do you mean? Best, ~d Hi David, I am seeing size issues on the four panels on the two pages http://redlemonarts.com/_dev/textbeast/home2.html (menu: Buy Now) http

Re: [css-d] :: float drop :: ***was:*** navigation link a different colour when page is active :: EC

2010-08-03 Thread David Laakso
Error correction: This div class=pane one should read... div class=pane ~d -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ

Re: [css-d] Opera Box-Shadow

2010-08-03 Thread David Laakso
Duncan Hill wrote: Opera box-shadow problem: related page: http://redlemonarts.com/_dev/textbeast/faq.html I only have Opera 10.60 on my systems (Win XP and Linux Mint 9) so I don't know if this relates to earlier versions as well. Duncan I do not see any particular problem

Re: [css-d] Opera Box-Shadow

2010-08-03 Thread David Laakso
Duncan Hill wrote: aside I tested up to 24px just to prevent boredom for you. Fixed now :D (I hope) Best wishes Duncan Thanks. We're looking good :-) . Way to go, Duncan. Best, Helen Keller Tuscumbia, Alabama -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [css-d] navigation link a different colour when page is active

2010-08-02 Thread David Laakso
Shortie Designs wrote: I'm trying to keep the current page navigation link a different colour to the rest of the navigation link - this way users will know what page they are on. Sofia This is one way to do it. http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/cssd/8.html Best, ~d --

Re: [css-d] fluid layout - vertical

2010-08-02 Thread David Laakso
Elizabeth Farley wrote: How can I tweak this website so that the bottom part of the site would be better visible on a widescreen laptop? http://elizabethfarley.web.officelive.com/StoneTheater/index.html Thanks so much, I suppose that depends on what you mean by better visible.

Re: [css-d] fluid layout - vertical

2010-08-02 Thread David Laakso
Elizabeth Farley wrote: Elizabeth Farley wrote: How can I tweak this website so that the bottom part of the site would be better visible on a widescreen laptop? http://elizabethfarley.web.officelive.com/StoneTheater/index.html Thanks so much, I suppose that

Re: [css-d] Why the gap?

2010-07-31 Thread David Laakso
Brian M. Curran wrote: Could someone tell me why there is a gap between my #header and #subheader on this test page: Brian Someone, or another, punished you for setting mousetype :-) ? #subheader { overflow: hidden; } -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

2010-07-30 Thread David Laakso
Angela French wrote: I'm being driving nuts by absolute positioning rendering between IE and FF. I just want to confirm what I think is correct about absolute positioning. My understanding is that an absolutely position element positions itself relative to its parent container. If the

Re: [css-d] Simple menu bar

2010-07-30 Thread David Laakso
Peter Lawson wrote: I doubt you get questions more basic than this :-[ It is basic questions that make the world tick. Fwiw, a stab at your very good question http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/cssd/8.html Best, ~d -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

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