Re: [css-d] Background image position

2011-06-29 Thread Tom Livingston
On Jun 29, 2011, at 1:11 AM, Alan Gresley a...@css-class.com wrote: On 29/06/2011 1:55 PM, John D wrote: On 29/06/2011 9:01 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: List, Is it possible to position a background image on the body of a page so that the LEFT EDGE of the image is always at 50% of the

Re: [css-d] Background image position

2011-06-29 Thread Tom Livingston
List, I have a working example of what I am after: http://www.mlinc.com/tl-test/ In a capable browser, you can see how the large bg image is behaving. This is what I am after and I'm using a media query to achieve this. But I have a couple questions for you concerning the background image

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

Re: [css-d] Background image position

2011-06-29 Thread David Laakso
On 6/29/11 4:31 PM, Tom Livingston wrote: List, I have a working example of what I am after: http://www.mlinc.com/tl-test/ Keep it simple. And readable on landing. markup http://chelseacreekstudio.com/mmm.htm css http://chelseacreekstudio.com/mmm_files/style000.css Folds to 400 in FF,

Re: [css-d] Background image position

2011-06-29 Thread Tom Livingston
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 6:04 PM, John D xfs...@hotmail.com wrote: 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:

Re: [css-d] Background image position

2011-06-29 Thread Tom Livingston
Keep it simple. And readable on landing. markup http://chelseacreekstudio.com/mmm.htm css http://chelseacreekstudio.com/mmm_files/style000.css Folds to 400 in FF, Safari, Opera, and Chrome. Folds to 600 in IE 7/8. IE 9 not checked. Not corrected for nor checked in IE 6. ~d While I

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 Alan Gresley
On 30/06/2011 6:31 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: List, I have a working example of what I am after: http://www.mlinc.com/tl-test/ In a capable browser, you can see how the large bg image is behaving. This is what I am after and I'm using a media query to achieve this. But I have a couple

[css-d] Background image position

2011-06-28 Thread Tom Livingston
List, Is it possible to position a background image on the body of a page so that the LEFT EDGE of the image is always at 50% of the viewport? Ive googled a bit but not sure im using the right search terms... TIA -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph:

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 a

Re: [css-d] Background image position

2011-06-28 Thread Chetan Crasta
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 4:31 AM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to position a background image on the body of a page so that the LEFT EDGE of the image is always at 50% of the viewport? Ive googled a bit but not sure im using the right search terms... background:

Re: [css-d] Background image position

2011-06-28 Thread Alan Gresley
On 29/06/2011 1:55 PM, John D wrote: On 29/06/2011 9:01 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: List, Is it possible to position a background image on the body of a page so that the LEFT EDGE of the image is always at 50% of the viewport? Ive googled a bit but not sure im using the right search terms...

[css-d] Background Image Position Problems--Do You Have a Work Around?

2007-06-27 Thread Fabienne
Hello, all. I am creating a Zen Cart for my store and have put an image in the background of my pages. The webpage is found here: http://www.possets.com/zen-cart and the CSS can be found here. http://www.possets.com/zen-cart/includes/templates/magic/css/stylesheet.css In some browsers, the

Re: [css-d] Background Image Position Problems--Do You Have a Work Around?

2007-06-27 Thread L Lay
Fabienne wrote: Hello, all. I am creating a Zen Cart for my store and have put an image in the background of my pages. The webpage is found here: http://www.possets.com/zen-cart and the CSS can be found here. http://www.possets.com/zen-cart/includes/templates/magic/css/stylesheet.css In

[css-d] Background Image Position Problems

2007-06-25 Thread Fabienne
Hello, all. I am creating a Zen Cart for my store and have put an image in the background of my pages. The webpage is found here: http://www.possets.com/zen-cart and the CSS can be found here. http://www.possets.com/zen-cart/includes/templates/magic/css/stylesheet.css In some browsers, the

[css-d] Background Image Position Problems

2007-06-25 Thread Fabienne
Hello, all. I am creating a Zen Cart for my store and have put an image in the background of my pages. The webpage is found here: http://www.possets.com/zen-cart and the CSS can be found here. http://www.possets.com/zen-cart/includes/templates/magic/css/stylesheet.css In some browsers, the

[css-d] Background Image Position Varies in Different Browsers

2006-07-25 Thread Chris Akins
page: www.springfieldmogov.org/founders/new.html CSS: www.springfieldmogov.org/css/founders.css Problem: The background image on the #content div is a photo montage running down the left side of the page. It's position looks great in Firefox, shows a slight gap in IE on both PC and Mac, is

Re: [css-d] Background Image Position Varies in Different Browsers

2006-07-25 Thread Ingo Chao
Chris Akins wrote: page: www.springfieldmogov.org/founders/new.html CSS: www.springfieldmogov.org/css/founders.css Problem: The background image on the #content div is a photo montage running down the left side of the page. It's position looks great in Firefox, shows a slight gap in IE

Re: [css-d] Background Image Position Varies in Different Browsers

2006-07-25 Thread Chris Akins
Ah, yes - thanks for pointing that out. I've found that if I put the montage as a background image on the body tag instead, I get the desired result. However - I'd still love to know why a background image doesn't work as intended when attaching to the #content div. I did find one coding

Re: [css-d] Background Image Position Varies in Different Browsers

2006-07-25 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Jul 26, 2006, at 1:16 AM, Ingo Chao wrote: page: www.springfieldmogov.org/founders/new.html CSS: www.springfieldmogov.org/css/founders.css Problem: The background image on the #content div is a photo montage running down the left side of the page. It's position looks great in