Re: [css-d] Dreaded CSS Validator

2006-08-08 Thread Micky Hulse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: needs to be changed. For example, I have received a parse error which merely says: Parse Error - px;. I have tried all kinds of corrections involving px to no avail. It is equally frustrating when the line referenced is blank, making it difficult to know the

Re: [css-d] Dreaded CSS Validator

2006-08-08 Thread Micky Hulse
Micky Hulse wrote: something, but forgot to specify a number... or you used px for some value that does not accept *px* for a value. That should read: ...for some *property* that does not accept *px* for a value. The validator is trying to tell you that it does not like how you are using

[css-d] IE6 ignores CSS

2006-08-08 Thread Alexander Munro
Hi. I have a problem with IE6 (and possibly other versions but I tested it only on v6. The HTML is: div id=div_commentary div id=item1 class=div_commentary_item div class=div_commentary_time /div div class=div_commentary_text /div /div /div and the CSS is: #div_commentary {

Re: [css-d] IE6 ignores CSS

2006-08-08 Thread Kelly
IE doesn't understand the display values you're using, and dumps the whole entry because of it. On Tuesday, August 8, 2006 5:17 am, Alexander Munro wrote: The problem is that IE ignores all three classes. For example, the font-weight property isn't honoured, however if I add font-weight to

Re: [css-d] Form pain

2006-08-08 Thread Mark Fellowes
I'm unsure how to validate XHTML with Rails. Since I'm working in development mode the app is not online somewhere, just using localhost. Also many rhtml files are just snippets of what the entire page will comprise with Rails output. Stuart -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [css-d] Form pain

2006-08-08 Thread Martin Heiden
Mark, on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 13:15 Mark Fellowes wrote: ?I'm unsure how to validate XHTML with Rails. Since I'm working in development mode the app is not online somewhere, just using localhost. Also many rhtml files are just snippets of what the entire page will comprise with Rails

[css-d] Problems with elastic layout

2006-08-08 Thread Dave Goodchild
Hi all. I have mocked up an elastic layout at the following site: http://s172075788.websitehome.co.uk/stage/ ...following some sound advice I have not enforced a font size, allowing the user to view the site through their default or change font-size as required. However, a larger font sizes on

[css-d] Fluid image backgrounds

2006-08-08 Thread Steve Craig
Hi I'm hoping someone can help, I have been looking for an example page that I have previously been too, that showed various ways to deal with header images in fluid sites. It showed examples of images that grow in size or reveal more depending on your preference. For the life of me I

Re: [css-d] Content Displaces Itself for Unknown Reason

2006-08-08 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Chris Akins wrote: in regards to www.springfieldmogov.org/founders/newContent.html http://www.springfieldmogov.org/founders/newContent.html Not sure when you reviewed the page One minute before I wrote to the list. :-) 'cause I've been editing it live since I posted, but it's actually

Re: [css-d] Problems with elastic layout

2006-08-08 Thread Adam McGrath
Hi Dave, Using an elastic layout and allowing users to change font size is good, so I'd say you're on the right track, just a couple of things from glancing at your page though: 1) Your background image needs to repeat along the x axis (and can be a lot thinner) background: #fff

Re: [css-d] min-width/masx-width and IE

2006-08-08 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Shelly wrote: Hey all - I'm in need of some help here. I'm working on a site that I need to have a minimum width of 960px, and a max-width of 1280px - centered horizontally on the screen and with 3 columns. (If I can also accomplish a sticky footer, that's be awesome, as well - not

[css-d] Win browser alternative?

2006-08-08 Thread Tom Livingston
Hi listers, FYI, here's another one to test for! http://www.getwebkit.org/ Interesting... even if it is only alpha at the moment... ;-) -- Tom Livingston | Senior Multimedia Artist | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com

[css-d] Sliding door rounded corner boxes

2006-08-08 Thread Pete Home
I thought I had followed the research to the letter, but I still cannot get 'nested' boxes to work. Basically I want a outline around 2 divs when one of then has a box within it. Here's the code and CSS links; www.cityboxer.com/gambling/betting.htm and www.cityboxer.com/gambling/newcss.css

Re: [css-d] firefox layout bug - nested floats

2006-08-08 Thread cj
On 8/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thx - your solution was the best solution i could come up with too - sorry 'bout the inline css - messy i realize. only problem with above is i wanted the elements within the floated right yellow div to align right as well - and that's

[css-d] Problem with missing form on IE Mac and centering list based menu??

2006-08-08 Thread Julian Voelcker
Hi, I am trying to tidy up the coding and styles on an old site I did and am struggling in a couple of areas where I have moved from spaced out formatted text for horizontal menu to list based menus. The test page is at http://tinyurl.com/odso4 with the main css file at

Re: [css-d] Problems with elastic layout

2006-08-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Dave Goodchild wrote: http://s172075788.websitehome.co.uk/stage/ ...following some sound advice I have not enforced a font size, allowing the user to view the site through their default or change font-size as required. However, a larger font sizes on 600x800 the content expands past the

Re: [css-d] min-width/masx-width and IE

2006-08-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote: I have never in my whole life been able to get those IE expressions to work, strangely. So I recommend just using JavaScript. Properly written and implemented IE expressions work every time at my end. IE expressions are based on javascript, but disguised as CSS.

Re: [css-d] min-width/masx-width and IE

2006-08-08 Thread Shelly
I'm sorry - I always forget that on this list, you have to reply ALL to get it out to the list. I need to stamp this on my forehead or something. Thanks for the advice - Georg's conditional comment/expression thing worked like a charm. Zoe - I was having the same problem - the expression

Re: [css-d] min-width/masx-width and IE

2006-08-08 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote: I have never in my whole life been able to get those IE expressions to work, strangely. So I recommend just using JavaScript. Properly written and implemented IE expressions work every time at my end. Good for you. :-) Like I

[css-d] Site Check please

2006-08-08 Thread Oliver Saager
Hello everybody! I just finished my first big CSS-Website... May I kindly ask you to have a look at it? Any comments are highly welcome... I am sure I missed something. Here's the link: http://www.haasfischer.com Thank you very much, Oliver PS: The Print-CSS is not completely done... So

Re: [css-d] Problem with missing form on IE Mac and centering list based menu??

2006-08-08 Thread A. Herrera
I'm not sure about anyone else, but why bother trying to make the site look okay in IE for Mac? IE/Mac has been deprecated - Microsoft no longer develops or supports it (as of january of this year). Most developers - including experienced, well known ones - ignore it completely since most Mac

Re: [css-d] Site Check please

2006-08-08 Thread Ian Young
Hello everybody! I just finished my first big CSS-Website... May I kindly ask you to have a look at it? Any comments are highly welcome... I am sure I missed something. Here's the link: http://www.haasfischer.com Thank you very much, Oliver Had a quick look in Windows XP (1024 x 768) and

[css-d] Tables, Print Styles and IE7

2006-08-08 Thread L. Robinson
Hi all, I came upon a Firefox bug when a 7-page order came out as 3 pages when printed. Gunlaug had the answer with table,td { height: 100%; } here: http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/76423 With this fix, though, when the same order is printed in IE7, each row of the table

Re: [css-d] Problem with missing form on IE Mac and centering listbased menu??

2006-08-08 Thread Julian Voelcker
Hi Angie, but why bother trying to make the site look okay in IE for Mac? Because that is what the client uses and also it is good to support the older browsers where possible. Don't forget there are still a stack of mac users using pre OSX 10 or what ever it is that don't have safari and

Re: [css-d] Sliding door rounded corner boxes

2006-08-08 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
Pete Home wrote: I thought I had followed the research to the letter, but I still cannot get 'nested' boxes to work. Basically I want a outline around 2 divs when one of then has a box within it. Here's the code and CSS links; www.cityboxer.com/gambling/betting.htm and

[css-d] CSS Float clear question

2006-08-08 Thread Mark Wheeler
Hi, I have a little problem I can't seem to figure out. Below is a sample code of some floated divs. It all is as I would like it, except the div that contains MORE TEXT GOESE HERE I want that to clear the previously floated divs that contain dates and prices, not the red bordered

Re: [css-d] CSS Float clear question

2006-08-08 Thread Michael Geary
From: Mark Wheeler I have a little problem I can't seem to figure out. Below is a sample code of some floated divs. It all is as I would like it, except the div that contains MORE TEXT GOESE HERE I want that to clear the previously floated divs that contain dates and prices, not

Re: [css-d] Site Check please

2006-08-08 Thread David Laakso
Oliver Saager wrote: I just finished my first big CSS-Website... May I kindly ask you to have a look at it? Any comments are highly welcome... I am sure I missed something. Here's the link: http://www.haasfischer.com Thank you very much, Oliver You have done well, Oliver...although, it took

[css-d] Default Checkbox Styles for IE 6

2006-08-08 Thread Ryan Keefer
Hey everyone, Don't have a public URL to post this to yet, but I've got a form with a checkbox. The checkbox looks fine in Safari 2 and Firefox 1.5, but in IE, the checkbox is barely visible. The top gray lines and bottom gray line of the checkbox are visible. Are there some default

Re: [css-d] CSS Float clear question

2006-08-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Michael Geary wrote: From: Mark Wheeler I have a little problem I can't seem to figure out. http://mg.to/test/float.html When I load the page in IE, the MORE TEXT GOES HERE is below the red box, just like in Firefox. Solution (one of many) is to isolate the container: keep the clear

[css-d] background image center in FireFox

2006-08-08 Thread neal
Hello all trying to center a background in firefox - -dead center seems this all works on IE this: background: #00 url('/images/500.jpg') no-repeat center center; or this: background: #00 url('/images/500.jpg') no-repeat 50% 50%; FireFox seems to have a problem - anyone else havve

Re: [css-d] background image center in FireFox

2006-08-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can put up a url if needed Yes, please :-) -- http://www.gunlaug.no __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub --

Re: [css-d] background image center in FireFox

2006-08-08 Thread neal
here is the url http://constructweb.com/temp/back.html __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ --

[css-d] site check revised site please

2006-08-08 Thread Kim Brooks Wei
I've been doing some major revisions to this site and still have some cleanup work to do - checking links and whatnot. I'd like to know how the site is looking in various browsers. I have the Mac OS X browsers covered, so I need feedback from PC browsers and OS 9.

Re: [css-d] site check revised site please

2006-08-08 Thread Dave Goodchild
On 08/08/06, Kim Brooks Wei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been doing some major revisions to this site and still have some cleanup work to do - checking links and whatnot. I'd like to know how the site is looking in various browsers. I have the Mac OS X browsers covered, so I need feedback

[css-d] opera sizing problems

2006-08-08 Thread Matt McKeon
Not sure if this went through yesterday as I was not getting any messages, but I'm still stuck with this problem: I'm working on a layout and everything looks fine in PC- FF 1.5.0.6, IE 6, but in O9 the main grey square holding the main content is considerably smaller. It is set in em's

Re: [css-d] CSS Float clear question

2006-08-08 Thread Mark Wheeler
First off, thank you to Michael for putting my script up on a site. Sorry about that. I forgot that's the way to go. It's been a while since I've been here. Second, Gunlaug - That did the trick. I'm still fairly new at css, trial and error and all that. I never would have thought about

Re: [css-d] CSS Float clear question

2006-08-08 Thread Michael Geary
From: Mark Wheeler and Michael Geary [Float clearing problems on these pages causing elements to be pushed down on the page:] http://mg.to/test/float.html http://blog.zvents.com/ From: Gunlaug Sørtun Solution (one of many) is to isolate the container: keep the clear from acting

[css-d] IE7 Problem

2006-08-08 Thread mark brailsford
The home page at http://www.facilityplanners.com/ has an element that floats up under the banner. It works fine in FireFox and IE6. The relevant css is in http://www.facilityplanners.com/css/global.css and http://www.facilityplanners.com/css/home.css The misbehaving div's css is #divAnnounce{

Re: [css-d] Sliding door rounded corner boxes

2006-08-08 Thread francky
Nick Fitzsimons wrote: Pete Home wrote: I thought I had followed the research to the letter, but I still cannot get 'nested' boxes to work. Basically I want a outline around 2 divs when one of then has a box within it. Here's the code and CSS links; www.cityboxer.com/gambling/betting.htm

Re: [css-d] site check revised site please

2006-08-08 Thread David Laakso
Kim Brooks Wei wrote: I've been doing some major revisions to this site and still have some cleanup work to do - checking links and whatnot. I'd like to know how the site is looking in various browsers. I have the Mac OS X browsers covered, so I need feedback from PC browsers and OS 9.

[css-d] Get my DIVs in a row.

2006-08-08 Thread Travis Killen
Hello all, I am having trouble with my DIVs. How can I make them all appear on the same row? http://oit.sfasu.edu/test/getstart.html Thanks - TK __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [css-d] Get my DIVs in a row.

2006-08-08 Thread Dave Goodchild
On 08/08/06, Travis Killen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I am having trouble with my DIVs. How can I make them all appear on the same row? http://oit.sfasu.edu/test/getstart.html Thanks - TK Float them? -- http://www.web-buddha.co.uk http://www.projectkarma.co.uk

Re: [css-d] Get my DIVs in a row.

2006-08-08 Thread Don Miller
- Original Message - From: Dave Goodchild [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Travis Killen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] Get my DIVs in a row. | On 08/08/06, Travis Killen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Hello all, | |

Re: [css-d] Get my DIVs in a row.

2006-08-08 Thread Travis Killen
Don Miller wrote: - Original Message - From: Dave Goodchild [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Travis Killen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] Get my DIVs in a row. | On 08/08/06, Travis Killen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [css-d] CSS Float clear question

2006-08-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Ok, two in one since it is the same case. Mark Wheeler wrote: First off, thank you to Michael for putting my script up on a site. Sorry about that. I forgot that's the way to go. It's been a while since I've been here. Second, Gunlaug - That did the trick. I'm still fairly new at css,

Re: [css-d] CSS Float clear question

2006-08-08 Thread Mark Wheeler
Thank you so much for the explanation. I understand, now. Mark --- On Aug 8, 2006, at 3:27 PM, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Ok, two in one since it is the same case. Mark Wheeler wrote: First off, thank you to Michael for putting my script up on a site. Sorry about that. I forgot

Re: [css-d] Fluid image backgrounds

2006-08-08 Thread Micky Hulse
Steve Craig wrote: I'm hoping someone can help, I have been looking for an example page that I have previously been too, that showed various ways to deal with header images in fluid sites. It showed examples of images that grow in size or reveal more depending on your preference. For the

[css-d] IE 7 beta 3 and Negative Margin

2006-08-08 Thread Tyson Tate
I've started testing some pages in IE 7 beta 3 and I've run in to a problem with negative margins: Using the following, I should see a red line on top of the black line below Blah Blah, but I do not in IE 7 beta 3. HTML: div id=foo pBlah blah/p /div CSS: #foo { border-bottom: 1px black

Re: [css-d] Problem with missing form on IE Mac and centering list based menu??

2006-08-08 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Aug 8, 2006, at 11:00 PM, Julian Voelcker wrote: The test page is at http://tinyurl.com/odso4 with the main css file at http://tinyurl.com/nwkzw and http://tinyurl.com/hs6jn. The two problems I am trying to pin down are: 1. Under IE 5.x on a Mac the search form in the horizontal red