Re: [css-d] Best technique for: Any number of columns, plus fixed margin, in a responsive parent container

2016-01-21 Thread John D
If you are running it in Bootstrap (you said cutting edge technology) then it is pretty simple. I would do something like this: 1 2 3

Re: [css-d] What tools help to make a good looking site like ianmurdock.com (with very proper and up to date css)

2016-01-07 Thread John D
Just in case you guys are not aware of it but Ian Murdock passed away on 28th December 2015 aged 42. He was the founder of Debian. My apologies for the noise but we all use Linux of some kind in our web servers. . -Original Message- From: Chris Williams Sent: Friday, January 08,

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello

2016-01-04 Thread John D
-Original Message- From: Dean Mah Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 10:49 PM To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello Hello, evolt.org has been the host of the css-d list for some time now. Unfortunately, evolt.org has fallen by the waysid

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello

2016-01-04 Thread John D
If the forum is nicely laid out with good readable fonts then I don't mind but the link posted is not my cup of tea. Fonts are too small and very difficult to read. Microsoft Forums or Adobe Forums are fine because the display is clean and readable. i like to skim through the text and only

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello

2015-12-30 Thread John D
> On the other hand, CSS and HTML are like salt and pepper, bert and ernie, > bread and butter. They seem to be the keys to each other’s locks, or perhaps > together they form a whole technology, and within that perspective, I can see > a list embracing both technologies as a focus. > Despi

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello

2015-12-27 Thread John D
The way I see it is that we should expand this list to make it more appealing to Web designers and creators. To do this we could allow discussion on matters such as: HTML CSS Javascript jquery Bootstrap styles glyphicons And anything else relevant to Web designs and web sites. There is anothe

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello

2015-12-23 Thread John D
-Original Message- From: Angela French Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 10:23 PM To: Eric A. Meyer ; CSS-D Discuss Subject: Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello I missed it. I posted a few times over the last few months but didn't know what the issue was. I have always

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello

2015-12-23 Thread John D
-Original Message- From: Greg Gamble Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 10:22 PM To: CSS-D Discuss Subject: Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello I've been hoping for a return of the list. I've tried sending a few posts, but thought I was locked out for some reason ... gla

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello

2015-12-23 Thread John D
Hi, everyone, So apparently the list software died back in October, and none of us really noticed until this month. Or, if people noticed, nobody mentioned it until this month. I did noticed it but my messages weren't reaching to anybody. I thought that somebody posted some spam me

Re: [css-d] Rules for making content hidden and visually hidden

2015-08-03 Thread John D
-Original Message- From: Tom Livingston Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 2:07 AM To: John D Cc: Rick Lecoat ; CSS-D list Subject: Re: [css-d] Rules for making content hidden and visually hidden I believe you mean display:none; Oh yes. Old age creeping up and late night here in

Re: [css-d] Rules for making content hidden and visually hidden

2015-08-03 Thread John D
I guess it all depends on in which contents you are trying to use but a simple code such as: .mystyle { display: hidden; } Will hide the block which has a class called "mystyle" . when you want to unhide it, you just need to comment it out like this: .mystyle { /* display: hidden; */ }

Re: [css-d] Sprite repeat-x?

2015-07-21 Thread John D
-Original Message- From: David Hucklesby Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 5:22 PM To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d] Sprite repeat-x? On 7/21/15 8:46 AM, John D wrote: Only the background image can be repeated x or y. Look for: background-repeat: repeat-x

Re: [css-d] Sprite repeat-x?

2015-07-21 Thread John D
Only the background image can be repeated x or y. Look for: background-repeat: repeat-x; background-repeat: repeat-y; Good luck. -Original Message- From: J.C. Berry Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 4:18 PM To: CSS-D Subject: [css-d] Sprite repeat-x? Hello all, this may be silly

Re: [css-d] Sidebar height with list filter

2015-06-30 Thread John D
It could be that you want equal height columns so that whichever column expands, other column expands simultaneously. Please confirm if this is what you are asking about. -Original Message- From: J.C. Berry Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 2:35 AM To: Tom Livingston Cc: CSS-D ;

Re: [css-d] Helvetica Light

2015-01-22 Thread John D
I have a client who wishes to have body copy as Helvetica Light. I'm on a pc and have Helvetica LT Std. The following font-weights produce the following results: Anything between 100-500/Lighter appears as normal. 600 and 700 appears as bold and 900 appears as Black. How does one targe

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

2014-11-07 Thread John D
-Original Message- From: Debbie Campbell Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 12:59 AM To: CSS-Discuss Subject: [css-d] sticky footer position in IE - bottom of window instead ofpage Having a problem with IE here... http://www.boissonconsulting.com/resources/ I'm using this sticky

Re: [css-d] Wild Design or Restrict myself ?

2014-11-01 Thread John D
From: Crest Christopher Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 12:59 AM To: CSS-Discuss Subject: [css-d] Wild Design or Restrict myself ? I have one concern when designing a responsive site, should I, as primarily a designer but unlike many designers not restricted to design and know how to co

Re: [css-d] Responsive HTML5/CSS3 Only Template Resource

2014-10-30 Thread John D
Best bet is to start with bootstrap: -Original Message- From: Elli Vizcaino Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 5:17 PM To: CSS-D Subject: [css-d] Responsive HTML5/CSS3 Only Template Resource Hi CSS Discuss, I'm wondering if anyone knows of a site whe

Re: [css-d] CSS code - is this right?

2014-08-14 Thread John D
Not sure I understand your post but span can be given a class and the code is attributing to that class. Is this what your view is about Joomla? > > I guess those semantics (using elements as class names) sums up my view of > Joomla very well. >

Re: [css-d] CSS code - is this right?

2014-08-14 Thread John D
Thanks to everybody for sharing their knowledge about this and for enlightening me!!.. I have learned something new today and I will never forget this ever again. There is a lot reading to be done. -Original Message- From: John D Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 11:49 PM To: css

[css-d] CSS code - is this right?

2014-08-13 Thread John D
Just noticed that a joomla site has the following code: [class*="span"].pull-right, .row-fluid [class*="span"].pull-right { float: right; } Is this correct especially th items in square brackets? I thought the easiest way is to write something like this: span.pull-right, .row-fluid {

Re: [css-d] Favicon

2014-06-14 Thread John D
> > > On Jun 14, 2014, at 1:16 AM, "Jukka K. Korpela" wrote: > > > > Favicons have nothing to do with CSS. Anyone who feels competent to > > recommend favicon tools to others should know at least that. Also, those who posts here regularly should at least trim out excessive signatures to t

Re: [css-d] How to align one word left and another word right in a select list without giving each its own class, div or style (and without using a monospace font)

2014-01-19 Thread John D
I don't know if this is going to work but worth a try and adapt it for your situation: First the HTML: LeftRight Now the CSS: #first-word-left { float: left; } #first-word-right { float: right; } Of course, Id can be replaced by a class if you have many left and right items. > I a

Re: [css-d] z-index issue on iOS

2013-11-08 Thread John D
> Since > there is (by definition) exactly one element, and since it > is highly unlikely that any other element should be styled > identically to the element (in all aspects, that is, > not just in some aspects such as the choice of font-family), > then I would have thought that an ID was to

Re: [css-d] Bridge/Dreamweaver gallery not displaying

2013-11-04 Thread John D
Have you tried posting your question on Adobe forums? It is worth a try because MVPs on those forums are "paid in kind" to solve problems. I say "in kind" because they get Amazon tokens every month depending on how many questions they have successfully solved. Try this link:

Re: [css-d] RWD Swap content images

2013-10-31 Thread John D
Except that the HTML code doesn't validate on that link!!! > > Have you seen this site: http://www.responsiveicons.co.uk/ > > It looks like this person has done what you want to do. > > Ken > > __

Re: [css-d] Start at the bottom! (was "Front page breaking in IE8, maybe 9 too")

2013-10-09 Thread John D
This is debatable because there are no right or wrong ways of doing things when it comes to posting on a forum or a newsgroup. Some of us prefer top posting so that people can read what is being posted rather than scrolling down the long thread to read the post. Only the post being replied to

Re: [css-d] Where do you cut-off your browser support?

2013-09-21 Thread John D
It's time to dump IE8 and below. People are buying new machines and they all come with new browsers like IE9 and above. IE10 is becoming the de-facto standard these days IMO. By all means support FF version 15 and above. . > My question is, how would you all approach this? Right now I'm th

Re: [css-d] linear-gradient

2013-06-06 Thread John D
> So in my syntax, what is the "to" doing? > > >> background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, red, yellow); > >> It basically means that the gradient is going from the top to bottom starting red and finishing yellow. You could also have something like this: linear-gradient( to left top,

Re: [css-d] unfamiliar url reference

2013-06-06 Thread John D
I agree with Tom Livingstone. When someone is writing the code, he/she didn't have the exact URL reference so a # sign is palced to later replace it with the correct URL. I do it all the time when writing code for Menus. > I'm picking up someone else's code and found this unfamiliar thing:

Re: [css-d] Fwd: Can't get rid of horizontal scrollbars in 320x480

2013-05-24 Thread John D
Perhaps a line of css like this might cure it: overflow: hidden; There are disadvantages of this but try anyway. > Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 13:01:05 -0400 > From: jemmin...@gmail.com > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: [css-d] Fwd: Can't get rid of horizontal scrollbars in 320x480 > >

Re: [css-d] background image not appearing

2013-04-27 Thread John D
> Wait..so…you're saying that the .css document is "making the call" for the > background image and NOT the HTML page? > so, if the styles were in the html document head, THEN it would be one up? > No, what he is saying is the code you have got is dependent on where exactly your CSS file is

Re: [css-d] acronym text positioning

2013-04-23 Thread John D
Perhaps yes but we need to see the code to see how you have set it out. I am assuming you have something like this: IMHO - In My Honest Opinion Also, are you using tables? > > Is there a way to get the text assoicated with an acronym to display > to the left of the the acronym instead of to

Re: [css-d] Question regarding the use of

2013-04-18 Thread John D
I would change it to: You are using correct doctype right? Hope this helps. > When I first went live with a website a few months ago, the following > code validated and now it doesn't. Why? > > >

Re: [css-d] Recommended css font settings

2013-02-23 Thread John D
> > I had a break from designing websites for 5 years and I am aware that > MANY things have changed since then so I have got a few basic questions > regarding fonts/text display. > > > I know there's no one-size-fits-all solution but as a good start, could > anyone tell me what the recommen

Re: [css-d] Custom CSS resets

2012-08-13 Thread John D
The only CSS reset I normally use is this: * { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; } This covers almost everything and you can now control the tags because of not many things to worry about. > > I've been working on a mini project to make Eric Meyers reset a little > more useful

Re: [css-d] on html and css versions

2012-07-31 Thread John D
> What html dtd is recommended to reach the most users? HTML 4.01 > Transitional -- and CSS2? > I use this as my starting point for all my pages these days: Untitled 1 Good luck.

Re: [css-d] how can i reduce the space between border and content

2012-06-25 Thread John D
A link to your page would be very useful here. > Hi > i wanted to style the underline on a anchor with a dotted red. > Read an article saying i could do > > a:hover{ > text-decoration:none; > border-bottom: 1px dotted red; > } > > but there is a wide gap between the text and the bottom-borde

Re: [css-d] Another list member with a web fonts question... :)

2012-05-03 Thread John D
My reply is given inline: > Question: If the @font-face already specifies font-style and > font-weight, do I need to provide those same redundant values in my > CSS? > > For example: > > [code] > > h1 { > font-family: "BentonSans Regular"; > } > > [/code] Not necessarily. You can appl

Re: [css-d] Multiple, evenly split, fluid columns inside fixed-width parent container?

2012-04-25 Thread John D
letter-spacing might be one option. Try this article: Demo: > Hello, > > Could anyone point me towards an example of an evenly split > multi-column (4+) fluid layout? > > I have a

Re: [css-d] Internet Explorer

2012-04-23 Thread John D
> I know that in some cases this not possible, but if someone reports > issues with IE, I'd politely ask whether they have tried late versions > of Firefox or Chrome :-) > Yes but Ie8 is still widely used in XP systems and about 48% of the people are still using XPs. It is not easy to ignor

Re: [css-d] ie 6/7/8

2012-04-23 Thread John D
> > I've had issues with Browerlabs showing my page as broken in IE 8 and 9, but > when I opened my XP/IE8 virtual machine and Win7/IE9 virtual machine and > looked at the pages, they were not broken. As of April 12, Browserlab is no > longer free. I think it's $20 a month now. I'll stick w

Re: [css-d] position with div in stead of table

2012-04-16 Thread John D
Personally, I use tables whenever necessary and style them using CSS. You don't have to continue using DIV if it isn't working correctly. Also, the cost of your time has to be taken into account when designing a site. After all, we all have to make money some how whether it is using tables

Re: [css-d] Background color for 3 column layout

2012-03-08 Thread John D
> I have a three-column layout, all three of which have a white background. > The page background is black and I need the div containing the three > columns to expand with its white background down the page. I need the > longest of the three columns (2 or 3) to determine how high the containing

Re: [css-d] Object height and width issues

2012-02-26 Thread John D
You mean something like this: If not then please post a link to your test page. Good luck. > Greetings all... > > I'm relatively new to both CSS, and this list, but I've had some very > positive experiences on other lists for other pro

Re: [css-d] Screen Resolution Independend CSS

2012-02-08 Thread John D
Use body width of 100% or width of the container/wrapper of 100%. Hope this gives you an idea to adapt this technique. > I design a webpage with CSS in 1280*768 resolution using Absolute > positioning. But when I change my screen resolution to 1024*768 then a > horizontal scroll bar is come

Re: [css-d] I Have a Really Big 'm'

2012-01-25 Thread John D
> I'm giving up on this topic. > After reading the specs numerous times, I'm realizing that the specs > themselves are circular. I feel like I'm trying to find out if the chicken > or the egg came first. > That is why Ghostmode started from the first principles and as I see it he wante

Re: [css-d] Need help with floats

2012-01-04 Thread John D
The easiest way is to have something like this: #cindyContainer img { float: left; margin: 0 10px 4px 0; } #jenniferBio img { float: right; margin: 0 0 4px 10px; } Look at this sample page: Good luck. > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012

Re: [css-d] @Fontface Not Working?

2012-01-04 Thread John D
> The font is in its own directory. The link you provided places the the fonts > directory within the CSS directory. I don't know why it's a problem this time > around because the way I wrote my CSS code is exactly how I used it in > another project (http://www.e7flux.com/clients/sof/) and i

Re: [css-d] IE 6 news implications

2011-12-16 Thread John D
> OK..to me, it sounds like IE 6 will continue to be an issue to be dealt with > for the foreseeable, conceivable future. > It will continue to be an issue only if you continue to support it. As soon as you draw a line somwehere then your target audience will also switch quickly. This a

Re: [css-d] navigation list with bullet and background color change.

2011-12-02 Thread John D
> It seems that, when we mouse hover the padding area, we will have a red text over a red background, a bad combination that should never arrive. I am seeing white text on red background. Good luck. > > I'm trying to make a list that will change tree things on hover: > > text color; > bac

Re: [css-d] Help with div sizing?

2011-08-19 Thread John D
> Oops. I probably should have mentioned that I also want to center the > result horizontally in the browser window. > > After trying a whole bunch of things, I'm going to guess that it can't > be done using this method. > Well how about something like this: body { text-align: center;

Re: [css-d] Is there a way of styling anchor tags within the body?

2011-08-14 Thread John D
> However, I ran the result through the W3C validator, and it took a > dislike to the style block, complaining that the 'scoped' attribute > was mandatory. When I added the missing attribute, it warned that > browsers don't yet support it and that I'd be better off waiting for > browser suppor

Re: [css-d] vertical centering

2011-07-15 Thread John D
This link shows one way but it doesn't work in IE7, IE6 or other old browsers. Perhaps somebody can provide a IE6, IE7 hack! hth > > what's the best way to vertically center multi-line anchor text (text can > wrap) where the anchor has a

Re: [css-d] Background image position

2011-06-29 Thread John D
> While I appreciate your time, I was not looking to change the way the > page reacts to the viewport, just whether or not there is a better way > to do what I was already doing and if it is possible to have IE7 and 8 > react the same way as capable browsers. > I think Lasko got it dead right

Re: [css-d] Background image position

2011-06-29 Thread John D
> 1) Is the way I am achieving the effect completely bonkers? Am I > overlooking a much simpler way? That is exactly the way to do what you are trying to do except that I would fix the image position like this: #outer-wrap{background: #fff url(../Bokeh.jpg) no-repeat fixed 50% top; } The al

Re: [css-d] Background image position

2011-06-28 Thread John D
Of course it is possible. put this code for your background: background: white url(background_image.gif) repeat-y 50% 0; In the above code everything is self explanatory except the following: 50% === background position x; 0 === background position y; > List, > > Is it possible to position

Re: [css-d] forums similar to WP

2011-06-18 Thread John D
Yes this question shouldn't be asked here but why don't you use off the peg software for this? It can be downloaded from here: The downloaded file contains all the html and css files for you to learn from. You also need apache/IIS server and latest php version 5.X.X

Re: [css-d] Help please put arrow inside nav instead of sticking outside of page (was Re: css-d Digest, Vol 102, Issue 7)

2011-05-28 Thread John D
The vertical Menu does show the arrows inside the NAV bar (in FF 4.0.1). You do, however, need to remove the bullets by using: list-style-type: none; IE8 seems to show the page correctly including the bullets are not appearing on the page. I haven't looked at the code yet because I am watchi

Re: [css-d] can an absolute box inside a relative one expand it?

2011-05-17 Thread John D
Sorry the previous message wasn't intended for CSS-D list for reasons already explained before.So ignore it. > > > My security software forbids any page located at > > http://www.geocities.ws/ to load. May I suggest a new hosting provider > > if you want people to look at the code. >

Re: [css-d] can an absolute box inside a relative one expand it?

2011-05-17 Thread John D
> My security software forbids any page located at > http://www.geocities.ws/ to load. May I suggest a new hosting provider > if you want people to look at the code. > I can suggest this link for free host: Please note this message is not posted to CS

[css-d] Main Website has crashed!!!!

2011-05-15 Thread John D
I have just noticed that the website interface has crashed. I have not seen any new messages for the past 18 hours or so and so I went to try this link: but alas, it has unreachable and it is unlikley to be fixed until Monday US time (for us

Re: [css-d] can an absolute box inside a relative one expand it?

2011-05-13 Thread John D
Have you looked at these links: Equal Height Columns with Cross-Browser CSS Ultimate multi-column liquid layouts H

Re: [css-d] html, body {margin/padding/border: 0} not working in IE8

2011-05-07 Thread John D
> No dice. No change at all. In 15+ years of web design, I've never seen > this happen. Zeroing it out should work > Why not post a link to your site ( or a single test page) so that everybody can see what is happening. __

Re: [css-d] html, body {margin/padding/border: 0} not working in IE8

2011-05-07 Thread John D
What I normally do is to start my CSS with this code: * { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; } Then I enter another style like this: html, body { height: 100%; } And this normally clears any margins or paddings around any html tags

Re: [css-d] OT: Protecting pictures

2011-04-25 Thread John D
You what you have done is to use some trickery to get this picture: Very nice!! A casual user won't know what to do to get it. > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:49:35 +0530 > Subject: Re: [css-d] OT: Protecting pictures > From: chetancra...@gmai

Re: [css-d] OT: Protecting pictures

2011-04-24 Thread John D
OK ignore it because I managed to get the actual link of the picture: I would still like to learn how they have protected the picture. > How do you guys protect your images on the web? I have seen a link where > pictu

[css-d] OT: Protecting pictures

2011-04-24 Thread John D
How do you guys protect your images on the web? I have seen a link where pictures are protected and I wonder how this is achieved. the link in question is:

Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page.

2011-04-23 Thread John D
> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:27:50 +0100 > From: c...@islaywebdesign.co.uk > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: Re: [css-d] Using CSS to control width of page. > > Thank you - I stand corrected. Now I shall go and look up Algol-68 to > improve my education still further! > You will

Re: [css-d] need local tool compress/expand css

2011-04-15 Thread John D
If, by compression you mean minification of your CSS file (css properties in one line) then Dreamweaver can do it for you. Let me know if you want the instructions for this. hth I've found a variety of online tools that will compress the contents of my style sheet. But what I really want

Re: [css-d] Fwd: Re: drop down menu moves the page [solved]

2011-04-12 Thread John D
See if this article helps: hth > While I'm here I was wondering how I can keep the footer (black strip > with links and the white one with logos) at the bottom of the screen at > all times regardless of the cont

Re: [css-d] Centering Horizonal Navigation with Drop Downs

2011-04-07 Thread John D
Have you seen this article before: Let us know if this is what you were looking for. Hi - I've been trying for two days to figure out how to center my top navigation and get the drop-downs to be under the correct heading. After mu

Re: [css-d] Google Animation Robert Bunsen

2011-03-31 Thread John D
It is not the CSS that is doing it but scripts. The page has two scripts and 3 lots of style sheets. I can post these here if you want but I think this would not be tolerated here. The best way to analyze a page is to view it in Firefox with this Add-On

Re: [css-d] Table row border styling

2011-03-31 Thread John D
Your answer is in this pdf file: this link leads to: hth I don't know why this works. And I don't know why it doesn't. I've always heard it a

Re: [css-d] Same CSS, Same Browser But Looks Different Locally/Online

2011-03-24 Thread John D
First clear all cache files from your system; Then if this doesn't solve, then try loading the files from your desktop to your server using the ftp client. DON'T USE DREAMWEAVER'S FTP FACILITY; It is likely that dreamweaver is not loading the changed files. I have seen these things happen a

Re: [css-d] change in height of navigation bar

2011-03-22 Thread John D
Thanks, Nancy. I'm a newbie to CSS, what are the Meyer reset values? Are they a set of steps I can go through. I certainly need to learn more about browser bugs. Try this link about Meyer Reset Values: hth __

Re: [css-d] One min-width works but the other does not

2011-03-18 Thread John D
> > > Replied to Keith off-list. Yes I saw it "not here". __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://cs

Re: [css-d] IE Background Position

2011-03-18 Thread John D
In IE8 it looks exactly like it is in FF 3.6.x f this is any consolation! > Can someone explain why the background image of the right button is not > showing correctly in certain versions of IE? > http://www.kacevisual.com/files/Anime-Planet/drafts/lovehate/lovehate.html > > In most other brow

Re: [css-d] Internet Explorer 9 Release

2011-03-15 Thread John D
> Of course the release of IE9 doesn't magically erase IE6's market > share, but it removes an important psychological barrier to abandoning > IE6 support. > Market share? Only certain David and his employer with 1600 staff members are currently using it. Apparently they don't have an upgr

Re: [css-d] One min-width works but the other does not

2011-03-13 Thread John D
> Fast and dirty "quick-start." Folds to a 640 window. IE/6.0 does not > support min/max-- gets 980px fixed width. Goofy color 4 position only. Do you still target your work on IE6? I don't and I always put this code im my work to deal with IE6 and below: hth

Re: [css-d] Floating Side Bar Issue in Word Press

2011-03-07 Thread John D
> I am working with wordpress default theme and trying to have two > sidebars on the right. They are in widget areas named primary and > secondary.I have tried various floats and clears but I can't get > them to exist side by side to the right of the #content div. Any help > is appre

Re: [css-d] stretching content to the footer

2011-03-07 Thread John D
> > Actually, I have done a lot of research. This was one of the sites I came > across yesterday, and it doesn't really work. If you give vc-body a > background color or image, you'll see it doesn't stretch to the bottom. > Have you got a link of to your test page which we can try it

Re: [css-d] stretching content to the footer

2011-03-06 Thread John D
You could also try this: Header here html,body {margin:0; padding:0; height:100%;} #vc-main {min-height:100%; position:relative;} #vc-header {background:#9F0;} #vc-body {padding-bottom:80px;} /* Height of the footer */ #vc-footer {position:absolute; bottom:0; width:100%; height:80px;/* Hei

Re: [css-d] stretching content to the footer

2011-03-06 Thread John D
You haven't done any research on the web have you? I suggest read this article to see if it solves your problem: Good luck. > I apologize if my question has been asked before or if my question is > paraphrased from someone el

Re: [css-d] Multi-colour css menu question - project seven

2011-02-28 Thread John D
You will be better off posting your quesry to: The problem with P7 products is that they use scripts and so they are better placed to sort out the problem. The above link will open a newsreader on your system and you can read, reply and post new qu

Re: [css-d] Centring headings of various lengths

2011-02-23 Thread John D
Have you tried something like this: Left Heading This is an ordinary text Middle Column This is another ordinary text right Stuff This is yet another ordinary text and the styles to go with i

Re: [css-d] three problems with my CSS code

2011-02-20 Thread John D
You should also change your main code as follows: Home About Mathematics Programming and the css to go with it: .menu_items { text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; } I pressed the send button too quickly in my previous message.!!! > > !) Make these

Re: [css-d] three problems with my CSS code

2011-02-20 Thread John D
!) Make these changes: ul.menu { padding: 0; margin: 0 auto; /* CHANGE THIS */ list-style: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em; border-bottom: 1px solid #6F3E04; width: 115px; background-color: #DC; text-align: left; /* CHANGE THIS */

Re: [css-d] multi-line text vertical align

2011-01-15 Thread John D
This CSS works: #test { border: 5px double #eee; display: table-cell; background-color: #FF; height: 300px; width: 400px; margin: 0 auto; font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; } I have ignored branding and ins

Re: [css-d] can a div be a link?

2010-12-22 Thread John D
How about putting a link within a div to make a proper link? Most websites these days have a masthead that is linkable and clicking on it takes you to the main home page. Is this what you are asking? hth > Is it possible for a div to be a link? > > I'm trying to make a logo, which is a b

Re: [css-d] should this class override my other one?

2010-12-14 Thread John D
Now this will take me another 24 hours to digest and it is getting late, and cold in London UK. > And it can boogle the mind... > > ~d __ css

Re: [css-d] should this class override my other one?

2010-12-14 Thread John D
> Not true. In the case of styles declared in a

Re: [css-d] should this class override my other one?

2010-12-14 Thread John D
> There is no such priority order. The cascading order is much more complex > and almost always misunderstood There is a priority order. to test this try this: 1) create a bsic page with this code: This should be red despite header style says green 2) Now put the following code in header:

Re: [css-d] should this class override my other one?

2010-12-13 Thread John D
The priority order of styles is as follows: 1.Browser default 2.External style sheet 3.Internal styles via 4.Inline styles < Therefore, your style within No 4 will take priority over external style sheet called by the link tag. I am not sure how this affects your code because you haven't

Re: [css-d] Web development without Internet Explorer

2010-12-11 Thread John D
> From: da...@dmcentral.net > So IMHO until MS makes IE 100% compliant or ships with alternative browswers > pre-instaled, it's a losing battle. > Things will definitely change next year when Google comes out with its own operating system

Re: [css-d] Stylesheet renders in chinese?

2010-10-26 Thread John D
It looks fine here. Copy the following and paste it in a Notepad and then save it again: /* CSS Document */ #wrapper{ width: 950px; margin: 15px auto; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color:#FF; padding:5px; } #header{ padding-bo

Re: [css-d] [OT] :: ie/7.0 ::

2010-10-08 Thread John D
I don't drop anything as long as it has something to do with webdesign and CSS. I know you guys are narrow mined concentrating on CSS only but but without appropriate html you are not likely to go any further. hth I'm wondering - does anyone else drop "all posts/threads" from repeat OT post

Re: [css-d] Clearing a float

2010-10-04 Thread John D
I know I've fixed this before but can't recall how. If anyone would have a second to look at it and give me some feedback, I would appreciate it. Di you by any chance used any one of the following to fix this: clear: both; clear: left; clear: none: clear: right; clear: inherit; Hope t

Re: [css-d] Tricky website layout

2010-09-26 Thread John D
It works fine in IE8 and FF 3.6.10. what is your version of IE and FF? I can see color changing all the time in your both sites if this is going to help you. hth > Hello, > I'm currently working on a tricky website layout. > http://helpnote.net/static/hoet-hoet > > The tric

Re: [css-d] Div has scroll bar; can't fix.

2010-09-15 Thread John D
You need to put this code for id box13: overflow: auto; hth -- From: "Rory Bernstein" http://www.dempseyrice.com/hire_dempsey/ Why is there is a scroll bar on this page? It has something to do with #contentbox; I can set a fixed height to ge

  1   2   >