Re: [css-d] Automatically scaling fonts

2006-09-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Pete Home wrote: > Is there a way to scale the font size as the window size increases? I > am working on an elastic layout that works fin when the browser > window is increased and reduced, however, the fonts do not increase > or decrease in size so I end up with blank space when the window size

Re: [css-d] Automatically scaling fonts

2006-09-08 Thread francky
Pete Home wrote: >Is there a way to scale the font size as the window size increases? I am >working on an elastic layout that works fin when the browser window is >increased and reduced, however, the fonts do not increase or decrease in >size so I end up with blank space when the window size is bi

Re: [css-d] Automatically scaling fonts

2006-09-08 Thread Pete Home
Thanks Francky, In design terms allowing the user to resize fonts can throw out your design and cause scroll bars etc to change your layout. I understand that this is a requirement especially for accessibility reasons. However, certain things are different. Take this for example, #nav_menu {

Re: [css-d] clearing problem

2006-09-08 Thread francky
beat.beer wrote: > Hi Folks > > I have a strange clearing problem. In this site > > http://www.stardesign.ch/startup1/kontakt.html > > [...] > But this css is overriding my links in the content container, even > when I've used a general link description. What could this be? Hi Beat Beer, It's n

[css-d] konqueror/safary image problem

2006-09-08 Thread vwf
Hello, A website I'm working on works fine with Opera/Firefox/IE6, but fails with Konqueror (3.3.2) and Safary (v?). The most dominant problem is that the images are not shown. http://www.umantec.nl/olland/ Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you, Fulko ___

Re: [css-d] Automatically scaling fonts

2006-09-08 Thread francky
Pete Home wrote: >Thanks Francky, > >In design terms allowing the user to resize fonts can throw out your design >and cause scroll bars etc to change your layout. I understand that this is a >requirement especially for accessibility reasons. However, certain things >are different. Take this for ex

Re: [css-d] Automatically scaling fonts

2006-09-08 Thread Felix Miata
On 06/09/08 06:53 (GMT+0100) Pete Home apparently typed: > Is there a way to scale the font size as the window size increases? I am > working on an elastic layout that works fin when the browser window is > increased and reduced, however, the fonts do not increase or decrease in > size so I end up

Re: [css-d] Automatically scaling fonts

2006-09-08 Thread Pete Home
Francky, I wanted the text to take up the same relative amount of space within the DIV no matter what the resolution size or the window size is (obviously there needs to be limits) this would mean scaling the Font to match the DIV size not the DIV to the Font size. I suppose this is not possible

Re: [css-d] konqueror/safary image problem

2006-09-08 Thread Roger Roelofs
Fulka, On Sep 8, 2006, at 6:11 AM, vwf wrote: > A website I'm working on works fine with Opera/Firefox/IE6, but fails > with Konqueror (3.3.2) and Safary (v?). The most dominant problem is > that the images are not shown. > > http://www.umantec.nl/olland/ The problem is that mainwindow is stacki

Re: [css-d] konqueror/safary image problem

2006-09-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
vwf wrote: > Hello, > > A website I'm working on works fine with Opera/Firefox/IE6, but fails > with Konqueror (3.3.2) and Safary (v?). The most dominant problem is > that the images are not shown. > > http://www.umantec.nl/olland/ > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? > Does the im

[css-d] Extra Returns

2006-09-08 Thread Steve LaBadie
Is there a way to remove the extra returns or spacing after a heading tag (H5) or the extra space created above a list (ul tag)? Steve LaBadie, Web Manager East Stroudsburg University 200 Prospect St. East Stroudsburg, Pa 18301 570-422-3999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://w

Re: [css-d] Automatically scaling fonts

2006-09-08 Thread cj
forgive me if i'm missing something, but if you want the nav bar to stay the right size for the words inside it, what's wrong with setting the nav width in em? a personal opinion: as to a site increasing my font size when i resize my window... i would never visit that size twice. i abhore horizo

Re: [css-d] Extra Returns

2006-09-08 Thread cj
On 9/8/06, Steve LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to remove the extra returns or spacing after a heading > tag (H5) or the extra space created above a list (ul tag)? you mean like h5 {margin-bottom: 0;padding-bottom: 0;} ul {margin-top: 0;padding-top: 0;} ? __

Re: [css-d] Layout check please- was "Table squirting out of DIV"

2006-09-08 Thread rollandburn
Hi Gunlaug, thanks for the explanation. After reading the ALA article on negative margins I think I understand the reason for the LayoutGala #wrapper around #content and why I don't need it. My source order has the #sidenav before the content and it isn't floatedso the css ends up b

[css-d] how high can z-index be reliably?

2006-09-08 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, I haven't seen a specification on how high I can set the z-index. Perhaps it is browser specific. Is going up to safe? What happens in browsers if the number is too high? Thank you, Peter __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [css-d] how high can z-index be reliably?

2006-09-08 Thread Bradley Wright
> I haven't seen a specification on how high I can set the z-index. > Perhaps it is browser specific. Is going up to safe? What happens > in browsers if the number is too high? The CSS 2.1 Spec doesn't say how high a value can get: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#value-def-integer

Re: [css-d] how high can z-index be reliably?

2006-09-08 Thread Michael Geary
> From: Peter Michaux > I haven't seen a specification on how high I can set the z-index. > Perhaps it is browser specific. Is going up to safe? > What happens in browsers if the number is too high? I don't think there is a specific limit - any integer will do. Browsers don't go around count

Re: [css-d] Automatically scaling fonts

2006-09-08 Thread Bradley Wright
> On the other hand, if I keep the font-size using em then the user can > break the menu if they increase the size. This seems like a lose lose > situation. If the entire design was specified in EMs rather than pixels, the whole design would scale. Then no one has to lose. The Yahoo! CSS Page

Re: [css-d] IE hack for center images, center linked captions

2006-09-08 Thread Sandra Davis
Oooh! Found the solution. http://www.brunildo.org/test/ImgThumbIBL2b.html --- Sandra Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suggestions please? > > http://www.keshavhowe.com/7/upcoming_intensives.php > > The CSS code for this is all at the bottom of keshav.css, all what > I'm > calling the 'grid'

Re: [css-d] Avoiding empty pages in print - any ideas?

2006-09-08 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Tom Livingston wrote: >>> I've created a print.css that does what I want most of the time. >>> However, every now and then I end up with empty pages. Does anyone know >>> of a trick I could use to loose at least the last empty page? I've >>> searched high and low, but I can't find something workabl

Re: [css-d] how high can z-index be reliably?

2006-09-08 Thread Michael Landis
On 9/8/06, Peter Michaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't seen a specification on how high I can set the z-index. > Perhaps it is browser specific. Is going up to safe? What > happens in browsers if the number is too high? Hi, Peter, As others have mentioned, you probably don't

[css-d] [ADMIN] Re: Automatically scaling fonts

2006-09-08 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
cj wrote: > forgive me if i'm missing something, but if you want the nav bar to > stay the right size for the words inside it, what's wrong with setting > the nav width in em? > > a personal opinion: > as to a site increasing my font size when i resize my window... i > would never visit that size

Re: [css-d] Avoiding empty pages in print - any ideas?

2006-09-08 Thread david
Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote: > Tom Livingston wrote: I've created a print.css that does what I want most of the time. However, every now and then I end up with empty pages. Does anyone know of a trick I could use to loose at least the last empty page? I've searched high and low, bu

[css-d] Unordered list in a popup?

2006-09-08 Thread Mark J. Reed
This is Yet Another Pure-CSS Popups Question; I didn't see my particular query addressed in the archive, so I apologize if the solution is there and I just missed it. I'm using the technique to provide selection hints in a tabbed interface; roll over the tab, get a description of why you might pic

Re: [css-d] Navbar disappearing in IE and spacing questions

2006-09-08 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Anne E. Shroeder wrote: regarding http://www.language-works.com/swimdesign/template-public-1.htm > (2) I need a grey line to go over the footer navigation - right now I'm just > using an tag and specifying a width, but really the grey bar needs to > expand or contract along with the text under i

[css-d] background color issues

2006-09-08 Thread RKN Studio
problem child -> www.magnoliapr.com (/magpr.css) IE 6+ gets the bg color happening in the "wrap" div, but to my surprise FF, NN and Opera does not. Also, you can see in IE that there is a slight space added after the banner/logo area. The home page is validating XHTML and CSS (save for bgcolo

Re: [css-d] background color issues

2006-09-08 Thread cj
the good browsers have no idea that you want #wrap to contain the floats inside, so they give #wrap a 0 height. you have already triggered haslayout in ie6, which is why it's expanding to contain the floats and the background is showing up. i'd suggest sticking in the easy clearing method to get

Re: [css-d] background color issues

2006-09-08 Thread RKN Studio
Actually - CSS validation states in such warning that I have no background-color assigned for my div#wrap, but if you scroll down to (or otherwise read) the css, I do...?... WTF?!? Thanks, Ron Quoting RKN Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > problem child -> www.magnoliapr.com (/magpr.css) > > IE 6

Re: [css-d] background color issues

2006-09-08 Thread cj
On 9/8/06, RKN Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks cj - this seems to work. Can I assume then that I 'always' use > such clear practices after using floats? I didn't know to do this. > > Thanks, > Ron this method is the one i most prefer to both contain floats and to clear them as well.

[css-d] optimize css

2006-09-08 Thread neal
I know there is a program/tool - that optimizes the css when it is live and can decompress it when you need to work on it. anybody know where this tool is? Thanks Neal __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/m

Re: [css-d] Avoiding empty pages in print - any ideas?

2006-09-08 Thread francky
david wrote: >Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote: > > >> No -- the issue with the page is that there's a heading followed by a >> >>huge image (diagrams of how to do origami). The heading prints on page >>1, and the amount of space left on page 1 is not enough for the image to >>fit into. So it starts o

Re: [css-d] optimize css

2006-09-08 Thread cj
On 9/8/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know there is a program/tool - that optimizes the css when it is live > and can decompress it when you need to work on it. anybody know where this > tool is? this isn't exactly automated so i'm not sure if it's what you're looking for, bu

Re: [css-d] optimize css

2006-09-08 Thread francky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I know there is a program/tool - that optimizes the css when it is live >and can decompress it when you need to work on it. anybody know where this >tool is? > >Thanks > >Neal > > Hi Neal, If saving the original, you don't have to decompress, and then: * Flumpcakes

Re: [css-d] optimize css

2006-09-08 Thread Jono
> Hi Neal, > If saving the original, you don't have to decompress, and then: > > * Flumpcakes Style Sheet Optimiser > ? > * Or CSS Optimizer ? > Make sure you have a back up copy of your original unoptimized cs

Re: [css-d] background color issues

2006-09-08 Thread francky
RKN Studio wrote: >Actually - CSS validation states in such warning that I have no >background-color assigned for my div#wrap, but if you scroll down to >(or otherwise read) the css, I do...?... WTF?!? > >Thanks, >Ron > > >Quoting RKN Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >problem child -> www.magnoliapr

Re: [css-d] Unordered list in a popup?

2006-09-08 Thread francky
Mark J. Reed wrote: >This is Yet Another Pure-CSS Popups Question; I didn't see my >particular query addressed in the archive, so I apologize if the >solution is there and I just missed it. > >I'm using the technique to provide selection hints in a tabbed >interface; roll over the tab, get a descr

Re: [css-d] Unordered list in a popup?

2006-09-08 Thread francky
francky wrote: >I thought a Suckerfish menu has 's for the submenu's >inside the 's of the menu, and is validating as well. > > Erratum! Suckerfish has no 's inside 's! But still working. :-) francky __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROT

[css-d] Mac assistance please?

2006-09-08 Thread 4css aka deb
http://debsplace.org/artist/demo3b.html I'm working on this site and it appears to be working on the pc version browsers fine. However, the owner has a mac, and on his browsers the pages aren't showing up too good. If anyone can be of any assistance I would appreciate it as I dont' have access

[css-d] Decimal units in Opera

2006-09-08 Thread Manuel Razzari
Been googling and reviewing the spec for a while and haven't found an answer to this. Why does Opera (from 5 to 9) is rounding down my decimal units ? If I say 99.9%, for Opera it's exactly equal to 99%. For example, the following HTML: width: 99% width: 99.9% width: 100% In IE and Firefox, #di

Re: [css-d] optimize css

2006-09-08 Thread Micky Hulse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know there is a program/tool - that optimizes the css when it is live > and can decompress it when you need to work on it. anybody know where this > tool is? gzip maybe? -- Wishlist: Switch:

[css-d] Some questions about validation & others

2006-09-08 Thread Luis Speciale
Dear list members : That’s my first post, so I present myself. My name is Luis, i’m Argentine and I live in Paris. I’m a graphic designer and I made some Web sites too. I use a Mac and Firefox with Tidy and others extensions and have some browsers to compare (Safari, Opera, IE, iCab, and the Moz

Re: [css-d] Some questions about validation & others

2006-09-08 Thread Luis Speciale
Luis Speciale a écrit : > First : > I’ cant find where the validator finds this error > Target: http://box.ad-rh.com/admp/ > Please, validate your XML document first! > Line 332 > Column 130 > Element type "img" must be followed by either attribute specifications, > ">" or "/>". > But my page vali

Re: [css-d] Mac assistance please?

2006-09-08 Thread Roger Roelofs
Deb, On Sep 8, 2006, at 6:24 PM, 4css aka deb wrote: > http://debsplace.org/artist/demo3b.html > I'm working on this site and it appears to be working on the pc > version browsers fine. However, the owner has a mac, and on his > browsers the pages aren't showing up too good. Actually it only l

Re: [css-d] Mac assistance please?

2006-09-08 Thread 4css aka deb

Re: [css-d] Mac assistance please?

2006-09-08 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Sep 9, 2006, at 7:24 AM, 4css aka deb wrote: > http://debsplace.org/artist/demo3b.html > I'm working on this site and it appears to be working on the pc > version browsers fine. However, the owner has a mac, and on his > browsers the pages aren't showing up too good. On Mac IE 5, you do h