Re: [css-d] Making hacks work

2008-09-07 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Follow-up. Jody Levinson wrote: Where can I find a basic overview of the whole process or a good example where I can look at the code and see how it's applied? I've googled it and read some pages but I find them confusing. Hacking-methods _are_ often confusing since they more often than

[css-d] Making hacks work

2008-09-06 Thread Jody Levinson
I think I need to use a hack to fix a positioning problem in IE7. When I have the horizontal nav dropdown boxes positioned right in FF, they're way off in IE and vice versa. So I just need to sub one style for another in IE to change the margins. I've looked up hacks on the internet and

Re: [css-d] Making hacks work

2008-09-06 Thread Thierry Koblentz
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] discuss.org] On Behalf Of Jody Levinson Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 10:35 AM To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: [css-d] Making hacks work I think I need to use a hack to fix a positioning problem

Re: [css-d] Making hacks work

2008-09-06 Thread Jody Levinson
I think I need to use a hack to fix a positioning problem in IE7. When I have the horizontal nav dropdown boxes positioned right in FF, they're way off in IE and vice versa. So I just need to sub one style for another in IE to change the margins. I've looked up hacks on the internet and

Re: [css-d] Making hacks work

2008-09-06 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Jody Levinson wrote: Is there a beginner's guide that tells you step by step what to put where? Generally: especially beginners should avoid hacking browsers whenever possible. In most cases hacking is a completely unnecessary exercise, and one should at least not attempt to hack any browser