[css-d] Problem with Suckerfish menu over Quictkime movie

I am trying to build a Suckerfish styel dropdown menu, which needs to drop down over a Quictime movie. Unfortunatley no matter hare I try the menu drops down behind the movie, not on top of it. Z-index seems to make no difference. Is there a way to get the menu to drop down over the movie? I

Re: [css-d] Bullets not appearing in IE

The page is: http://www.2lbs.com/ (the CSS is at the top of the page) It looks fine in Firefox, but I can't get the bullet images to appear on the top nav in IE. I think it might be the float: left; that is causing the bullets to disappear in IE, but I need the list items to be displayed

[css-d] why isn't page showing up

I am trying to put a page up for a sample and it is not showing up. What am I doing wrong? http://www.doloresmission.com/index2.htm I was trying to do entirely in CSS, but I am so confused, I had to revert to tables. I am going to try again.

[css-d] MacIE problems

Hi all, I am still having layout problems with my site www.huntly-online.com when viewed with MacIE. CSS - www.huntly-online.com/huntly.css 1. Background colour on #container doesn't display. 2. Footer layout is completely broken - pushed to right and contained elements not correctly positioned.

Re: [css-d] why isn't page showing up

I am trying to put a page up for a sample and it is not showing up. What am I doing wrong? http://www.doloresmission.com/index2.htm Although the images you reference are on your server, trying to access them gives an error: You do not have permission to access aboutusup.gif on this server.

Re: [css-d] why isn't page showing up

Nancy Smith wrote: http://www.doloresmission.com/index2.htm Page is there, but no images. Can make out the layout. Shouldn't be much of a problem without tables, but if you want help with that then some more description of what you actually want, is needed. regards Georg --

[css-d] initial page displacement

Hi all, At www.grossfeld.com click on a link at the menubar. When I surf to the inside pages using Firefox, the content on the yellow background (right part of the page) is sometimes displaced to the right with 300-400 pixels. Whenever this happens I just need to click on the same link again and

[css-d] IE sub list help

Hello list (I need another pair of eyes and I'm hoping you will be able to help me) http://24.m-corp.com/testarea/index.html At the above URL is a list which then has a sub-list. I have just one issue in IE6 - the items from the top list don't hover properly under the sub-list. The link's

Re: [css-d] Position: Fixed - Problem in IE

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all (i'm new here, well, not new new, as I have been read alot the posts - but this is my first post), My problem: I want to replicate the feature that is used on Sitepoint.com where they have a fixed DIV element always at the bottom of the screen. Now to do it

Re: [css-d] Image and Links Missing in IE

Jeff Reid wrote: Zoe Thank you very much for this detailed reply. I am novice at CSS but not new to web design. Actually a print designer designed the new site and passed it off to me. My choices were to slaughter it by slicing and dicing and placing a ton of html and mouseover code as the

Re: [css-d] Ugh table images help needed

cFA wrote: Hi Folks, being a standards geek and being taught that way I didnt learn anything about tables (for layout), I think that is awesome... and hadnt any occassions where tabular data was needed. ...but it's unfortunate you never got any practice with data tables. However I'm

Re: [css-d] why isn't page showing up

Hi Nancy On 6 Oct 2005, at 09:39, Nancy Smith wrote: I was trying to do entirely in CSS, but I am so confused, I had to revert to tables. I am going to try again. I would encourage you to keep going just as many others will. In no time at all you will be putting together sites with no

[css-d] Backgrounds disappearing in IE 5.x Win because of Flash

I'm having a strange and extremely annoying bug. I have this page that uses fixed-width floats for all layout purposes. Everything seems to be working fine in most major browsers ... exept IE 5.x Win. In IE 5.x Win, all my background images (exept the one set on the body) aren't showing. And

[css-d] First full CSS site

Hi All, I've been developing sites in tables etc for years and decided I was out of date with how the web was changing. So I decided to give it a go on my homepage http://www.tboult.co.uk Should I really have a 17k stylesheet? seems rather big, is their a way to be more efficient with my

Re: [css-d] Image and Links Missing in IE

Followed *most* of your suggestions Zoe as closely as I could given the circumstance of the design. I think it worked out well (except for making the font bigger which will break the design as it is). http://www.olpguitars.com/OLP102005/ Thanks Jeff -Original Message- From: Zoe M.

Re: [css-d] First full CSS site

Trevor Boult said - So I decided to give it a go on my homepage http://www.tboult.co.uk Should I really have a 17k stylesheet? seems rather big, is their a way to be more efficient with my code? Hi Trevor, you could take better advantage of the inheritance - child elements inheriting the

Re: [css-d] First full CSS site

On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:56:57 -0400, Trevor Boult [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should I really have a 17k stylesheet? Not really. Although impressively neat and tidy, you could do with some efficiencies. Things like font-family. Unless changing font families, you can specify it once on the

Re: [css-d] Image and Links Missing in IE

Jeff Reid wrote: Followed *most* of your suggestions Zoe as closely as I could given the circumstance of the design. I think it worked out well (except for making the font bigger which will break the design as it is). http://www.olpguitars.com/OLP102005/ But it doesn't have to break the

Re: [css-d] First full CSS site

you could always take the inheritance a step further and use: * { margin: 0; padding: 0; } place that at the top of your stylesheet and it will set margin and padding to 0 on all elements. thus no need to repeat it throughout. you could take better advantage of the inheritance - child

Re: [css-d] Image and Links Missing in IE

Wow! Here I was thinking it would be too much a pain in the butt to make what I thought was a major undertaking. You make it sound reasonable Zoe. That's cool. I will give this a go tonight. Sincere thanks. Jeff -Original Message- From: Zoe M. Gillenwater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [css-d] Unknown vertical space above image

At 7:42 PM -0700 10/5/05, Estelle Weyl wrote: Without looking at the CSS, it looks like a typical box model/IE issue. FF includes padding in it's width. IE adds padding and margin to the declared width making your center container too wide for the allotted space. Actually, it's the other

Re: [css-d] Image and Links Missing in IE

Jeff Reid wrote: Wow! Here I was thinking it would be too much a pain in the butt to make Please trim your posts think of the CSS-d digest readers. (also are thank you emails 'really' necessary for the whole list?) Cheers for now Kristina

Re: [css-d] strong!

Thanks so much for the reply. I am think you are correct in that it is small text, or as David says, mouse text. I will try increasin the text and then see what i get. It might have to wait a few days... I am swamped at work. It is amazing how differently Macs render text that IE. BJ Neilsen

[css-d] Say no to CSS hacks with branching techniques

I would appreciate your feedback so I can improve this article: http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/branching.asp Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [css-d] Say no to CSS hacks with branching techniques

I would appreciate your feedback so I can improve this article: http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/branching.asp It is an OK idea, however writing out pre 5 stylesheets via JavaScript is overkill IMHO. I have yet to encounter a project that would have a budget catering for optimisation for old,

Re: [css-d] Say no to CSS hacks with branching techniques

Thierry Koblentz wrote: I would appreciate your feedback so I can improve this article: http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/branching.asp Great article The only thing I'd also like to see is an example of all the forks together in the header. eg; is there or should there be a priority to the

Re: [css-d] Say no to CSS hacks with branching techniques

Christian Heilmann wrote: I would appreciate your feedback so I can improve this article: http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/branching.asp It is an OK idea, however writing out pre 5 stylesheets via JavaScript is overkill IMHO. I have yet to encounter a project that would have a I'd say the

[css-d] Print Stylesheet and spacing problems

www.alasave.com http://www.alasave.com/ , in the Vendors Section, the pages that have a static image above the descriptive text should print that way - in other words it should be that company's image then right below it the content about the company. It prints correctly, in that, those are the

Re: [css-d] Say no to CSS hacks with branching techniques

Christian Heilmann wrote: I would appreciate your feedback so I can improve this article: http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/branching.asp It is an OK idea, however writing out pre 5 stylesheets via JavaScript is overkill IMHO. I have yet to encounter a project that would have a I'd

[css-d] Need help with CSS behaviour

Greetings Everyone! It is at times like this that I am REALLY glad we have this list. I am a relative newcomer to CSS and have a couple of puzzling items that will no doubt be old hat to most of you so I ask your patience... I have created a site that I wish to be flly XHTML and CSS compliant

Re: [css-d] conditional images

Sam Partington wrote: I have a page with mutiple div class=article attributes. inside each one of them I have another div with a image on it so it's something like this div class=article div class=article-imageimg src=.../div /div div class=article div

Re: [css-d] Say no to CSS hacks with branching techniques

Christian Heilmann wrote: It is an OK idea, however writing out pre 5 stylesheets via JavaScript is overkill IMHO. I have yet to encounter a project that would have a I'd say the opposite. If you use LINK to import a basic sheet, then you have to rework most of the rules for modern browsers

[css-d] Float:right crashes IE; alternative screws up absolute positioning

Hello again -- Fixed a few of my problems, now I have two more. I had a nice little setup, two columns, one float:left, the other float:right. No margins, no padding, no nothing (as mentioned in this post about IE crashing with floats: http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/61022).

Re: [css-d] Say no to CSS hacks with branching techniques

From: Thierry Koblentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christian Heilmann wrote: It is an OK idea, however writing out pre 5 stylesheets via JavaScript is overkill IMHO. I have yet to encounter a project that would have a I don't follow you here. One does not have to write a sheet for old browsers,

[css-d] shifting element width in IE, fixes itself when I hover over the link

Okay, folks, my first post to the list! I just joined this morning and it looks like a great resource! I'm new to CSS. Just started teaching myself three weeks ago. Love it! But I've got this one pesky problem that shows up in IE, not in Firefox. I have a sidebar that I set up with rounded

Re: [css-d] First full CSS site

body{font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif ;} You can improve this. In a Windows machine you will get Arial font, and in a Mac you will get the similar Helvetica. However, your viewers using Linux are likely to get the bit-mapped Helvetica font. This font is required for system components

Re: [css-d] First full CSS site

Trevor Boult wrote: http://www.tboult.co.uk Should I really have a 17k stylesheet? seems rather big, is their a way to be more efficient with my code? 17k isn't necessarily too big, if it covers a complex site. Looks a bit large in your case though. I think below 6k should do fine for your

[css-d] Could The Stylesheet Be Crashing Firefox?

I have a page that actually crashes Firefox and Netscape 8.0 (at least, via Windows XP - I just found out about it and need to test on other platforms). The page is http://sesius.com/Products/Manufacturing.htm - do a Print Preview, then when the Close button is clicked Firefox dies. None of the

[css-d] First CSS site

Hi All, Many thanks to everyone for all the tips on my new site, I'm now busy implementing some of the ideas, well all actually. :0) Cheers Trevor Boult http://www.tboult.co.uk __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[css-d] IE Mac Background Image Shift

URL: http://gsacenter.com/ CSS: http://gsacenter.com/css/ccms.css Any idea why IE Mac 5.2.3 shifts the main background image to the right? I use the same markup on the secondary pages with just a different image and IE Mac displays it correctly. Both images are the same width and all other

[css-d] Why this div does not float?

Below is the entire content of my HTML file. I want my div#boat to be overlaid on top of the text. I thought the below CSS would work. But do I need to do in Javascript? !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1- transitional.dtd html

Re: [css-d] Say no to CSS hacks with branching techniques

On 10/6/05, Al Sparber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Thierry Koblentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christian Heilmann wrote: It is an OK idea, however writing out pre 5 stylesheets via JavaScript is overkill IMHO. I have yet to encounter a project that would have a I don't follow you here.

[css-d] Re: Float:right crashes IE; alternative screws up absolute positioning

On 10/6/05, Laura Kisailus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a nice little setup, two columns, one float:left, the other float:right. No margins, no padding, no nothing (as mentioned in this post about IE crashing with floats: http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/61022). For the

Re: [css-d] Why this div does not float?

You are trying to float something and absolute poistion it at the same time. On 10/6/05, artcoder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Below is the entire content of my HTML file. I want my div#boat to be overlaid on top of the text. I thought the below CSS would work. But do I need to do in Javascript?

Re: [css-d] Say no to CSS hacks with branching techniques

Christian Heilmann wrote: I do understand the idea, however, I dislike the idea of adding a JavaScript containing document.write and mixing structure and behaviour layer I don't see how we're mixing structure and behavior here... Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com

[css-d] using CSS to present data in a grid/table format

Hello folks! Newbie list member here! I have some information that I want to present in a grid / table format (six columns by nine rows) but I'd like to use CSS to do it. Is this realistic? Or is it more practical to just use tables? Gale --- Gale Stafford Consluting http://gstafford.com/

RE: [css-d] using CSS to present data in a grid/table format

I have some information that I want to present in a grid / table format (six columns by nine rows) but I'd like to use CSS to do it. Is this realistic? Or is it more practical to just use tables? Gale Assuming its tabular data, you can (and should) use tables for this, using CSS to style

Re: [css-d] using CSS to present data in a grid/table format

Hello folks! Newbie list member here! I have some information that I want to present in a grid / table format (six columns by nine rows) but I'd like to use CSS to do it. Is this realistic? Or is it more practical to just use tables? It is more logical to use tables. With tables you can

Re: [css-d] using CSS to present data in a grid/table format

Gale Stafford wrote: Hello folks! Newbie list member here! I have some information that I want to present in a grid / table format (six columns by nine rows) but I'd like to use CSS to do it. Is this realistic? Or is it more practical to just use tables? If it's tabular data, use a table.

Re: [css-d] First CSS site

Trevor Boult wrote: Hi All, Many thanks to everyone for all the tips on my new site, I'm now busy implementing some of the ideas, well all actually. :0) Cheers Trevor Boult http://www.tboult.co.uk You will do well, Trevor. My first CSS site was upside down and backward. Best, ~dL -- David

RE: [css-d] Alternative clear methods

Thank you Gunlaug Sørtun and Nick Fitzsimons! Now it doesn't only Work perfect in both Win/IE and Mozilla, but I actually understand Why as well =) -Original Message- From: Nick Fitzsimons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 4 oktober 2005 10:38 To: Andreas Håkansson Subject: Re:

RE: [css-d] using CSS to present data in a grid/table format

For what its worth, I just applied the advice from Chris's page (http://icant.co.uk/articles/tables/) to present my data in a table, and my data is looking great! I've never used CSS with tables before and Chris' tutorial made it a piece of cake to implement. Thanks to all who replied. (Also, to

Re: [css-d] Need help with CSS behaviour

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.advantagetennisfitness.com/testsite01 1) When viewing the page in Opera, there is no vertical border on the right side of the yellow links. It works fine in FF and IE. Am I missing a hack or a coding tecnique here? Opera does have a bug in that

[css-d] Float not floating

Hi all, I'm still pretty much a CSS newbie, so perhaps I'm approaching my current task the wrong way. In any case, I'm taking a page that I originally did with absolute positioned divs and trying to clean it up a bit. The original page with the absolute positioned divs is at:

Re: [css-d]Re: Float:right crashes IE; alternative screws up absolute positioning

From: Laura Kisailus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are people on the list actually getting my emails? Or are they just to simplistic to respond to? Not that I feel entitled to a reply, but I've posted twice now and neither have been responded to, which is kind of strange. Hi Laura, Actually, I don't

RE: [css-d] First full CSS site

From: Benjamin Rossen body{font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif ;} Also, some browsers will not understand the generic term 'sans serif' with a capital letter. This will give you the best result on the widest range of platforms. body { font-family: Arial, Sans, Helvetica, sans

Re: [css-d] Need help with CSS behaviour

Ouch, I feel pretty stupid for not catching that one (the bug I created). I should tried dimensions of one genre exclusively before jumping into this combining them. I am just much more comfortable with px and most of the experts seem to prefer em. Maybe I can find a way to use em and think

Re: [css-d] MacIE problems

On 6 Oct 2005, at 5:58 pm, Mike Davies wrote: I am still having layout problems with my site www.huntly-online.com when viewed with MacIE. CSS - www.huntly-online.com/huntly.css 1. Background colour on #container doesn't display. 2. Footer layout is completely broken - pushed to right and

Re: [css-d] First full CSS site

Benjamin Rossen wrote: Tom Livingston wrote: body{font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif ;} You can improve this. In a Windows machine you will get Arial font, and in a Mac you will get the similar Helvetica. However, your viewers using Linux are likely to get the bit-mapped Helvetica

Re: [css-d] Float not floating

Hey Cole, According to your style sheet, you're trying to float the menu to the left. However, it's already on the left! #container #menu { background-color: #fff; padding: .5em; color: #000; float left; width: 100px; display: block; font-size: .85em; border: 2px solid red; } Instead, you need

Re: [css-d] First full CSS site

From: Benjamin Rossen body{font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif ;} Also, some browsers will not understand the generic term 'sans serif' with a capital letter. This will give you the best result on the widest range of platforms. body { font-family: Arial, Sans, Helvetica, sans

[css-d] Second-Cousin-of -Suckerfish dropdown menu

I've been lurking here for the past year, but finally decided to post a reference to my Second-Cousin-of-Suckerfish dropdown menu. The original Suckerfish menu is wonderful, but it does have the drawback of a rather uneven spacing between first-level menu items. The root problem is that the lists

Re: [css-d] Problem with Suckerfish menu over Quictkime movie

On 10/6/05, Richard Hawking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to build a Suckerfish styel dropdown menu, which needs to drop down over a Quictime movie. Unfortunatley no matter hare I try the menu drops down behind the movie, not on top of it. Z-index seems to make no difference. Is there

[css-d] help! margin: auto not working as expected

hi pros, i am hoping to get a little help fixing a glitch i don't really understand. the site in question is here: http://www.evergreen.edu/ the outermost container's (#pagecontainer) side margins are set to auto, but the container refuses to center in ie6. strangely, it used to work fine, but

Re: [css-d] Float not floating

On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 19:15 -0700, Carmen Carter wrote: Hey Cole, According to your style sheet, you're trying to float the menu to the left. However, it's already on the left! This makes sense, but doesn't answer the question as to why the header wasn't appearing next to the menu? Just as

RE: [css-d] help! margin: auto not working as expected

From: cody h http://www.evergreen.edu/ the outermost container's (#pagecontainer) side margins are set to auto, but the container refuses to center in ie6. Cody, That is a FAQ, IE doesn't do margin: auto See the wiki for a workaround/fixup.