Re: [css-d] Make text bottom-align?

2010-12-11 Thread David Laakso
On 12/11/10 1:44 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: I believe what the OP is after is inline-block: -- Thierry After two months of guessing at what the OP is after today I no longer care. ~d -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [css-d] iPhone 4

2010-12-10 Thread David Laakso
On 12/9/10 9:19 PM, David Laakso wrote: If you have an iPhone 4 simulator or handset ... http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ Best, Helen Tuscumbia, Alabama Thanks to all who took the time to check it and reply:-) . ~helen -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com

Re: [css-d] correct use of background-image

2010-12-10 Thread David Laakso
On 12/10/10 11:34 AM, TriState Advantage, Kris Jacobson wrote: Recently I was studing a tutorial on taking an existing website and creating a seperate style sheet to make the site workable as a mobile site. Kris I'll let someone else answer your specific question. But keep well in mind that

Re: [css-d] plain table rendering

2010-12-10 Thread David Laakso
On 12/10/10 3:05 PM, Angela French wrote: I usually style all my tables with nice colors and never have any rendering issues. Today I'm in a hurry, and just want a plain old table dropped on my page:table width=100% border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 Angela French This may help?

Re: [css-d] iPhone 4

2010-12-10 Thread David Laakso
On 12/10/10 2:36 PM, Don Miller wrote: If this [1] is the site you are talking about it comes in fine as is on Mac OS X 10.4 iPhoney [G3 iPhone] simulator. And on the OperaMini simulator http://www.opera.com/mobile/demo/. Bear in mind on a desktop at 1280 and wider windows, particularly on

Re: [css-d] Make text bottom-align?

2010-12-10 Thread David Laakso
On 12/10/10 3:30 PM, John wrote: I'm posting to learn whether there is code to enable bottom-alignment of text. Nail it! Your question has been answered. Numerous times and ways. Best, ~d -- :: desktop and mobile :: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

[css-d] iPhone 4

2010-12-09 Thread David Laakso
If you have an iPhone 4 simulator or handset please let me know if the fonts are out-of-control... as in Huge-O-Rama. http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ Best, Helen Tuscumbia, Alabama -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ __

[css-d] Mac OS X 10.4 Firefox/3.6.12

2010-12-08 Thread David Laakso
Greetings from Oaxaca, Mexico. re: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ When going back and forth from the index to an inside page note the h1 drop on all inside pages in Firefox/3.6.12. Current Safari, WebKit, Opera, SeaMonkey, Chrome, and IE/8 more or less get it right on this end What to

Re: [css-d] Mac OS X 10.4 Firefox/3.6.12

2010-12-08 Thread David Laakso
On 12/8/10 8:04 AM, David Laakso wrote: re: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ When going back and forth from the index to an inside page note the h1 drop on all inside pages in Firefox/3.6.12. Current Safari, WebKit, Opera, SeaMonkey, Chrome, and IE/8 more or less get it right on this end

Re: [css-d] IE7 display problem

2010-12-08 Thread David Laakso
On 12/7/10 9:19 PM, Julie Holmes wrote: Hello, The following div class .ingallinks displays as I designed in IE8, FF, Safari, Chrome but not in IE7. Please see fixit folder: http://www.thechildrensstoreinc.com/fixit/ Do I need to set up a separate stylesheet for IE7 or is there a fix that

Re: [css-d] IE7 display problem +1

2010-12-08 Thread David Laakso
On 12/8/10 7:42 PM, David Laakso wrote: On 12/7/10 9:19 PM, Julie Holmes wrote: The following div class .ingallinks displays as I designed in IE8, FF, Safari, Chrome but not in IE7. Please see fixit folder: http://www.thechildrensstoreinc.com/fixit/ Julie Quick- start checked in IE 7/8

Re: [css-d] How to 'unvisited' links?

2010-12-06 Thread David Laakso
On 12/6/10 11:07 PM, David Hucklesby wrote: On 12/6/10 7:16 AM, Tim Arnold wrote: Clearing your browser history will reset all your visited links. Other than that, you will either have to change the link, or remove the visited style from your css. -Tim On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:12 AM,

Re: [css-d] [+] crashing redmond

2010-12-05 Thread David Laakso
On 12/5/10 2:37 AM, Alan Gresley wrote: On 5/12/2010 11:24 AM, David Laakso wrote: -- page loads totally wacko in IE/7 -- Enabling JS though fixes the issue since the HTML5 elements are now seen. So simply suggest that one must have JS enabled to view the page properly in IE6~IE8 and all

[css-d] crashing redmond

2010-12-04 Thread David Laakso
Signature link crashes IETester 6/7/8 on Mac OS X 10.4 running Parallels XP. I find this delightful and rather amusing:-) . Checks on native boxes appreciated. Best, ~d -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ __ css-discuss

Re: [css-d] [+] Re: hasLayout triggering best practice

2010-12-04 Thread David Laakso
On 12/4/10 10:04 AM, Chetan Crasta wrote: I think this article is relevant to this discussion: http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2008/10/22/javascript-will-save-us-all/ I agree with it completely. ~Chetan That's nice. I have a red pencil box. I like it a lot. Best, ~d PS It is not a

Re: [css-d] [+] crashing redmond

2010-12-04 Thread David Laakso
On 12/4/10 6:52 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: Hi David, Signature link crashes IETester 6/7/8 on Mac OS X 10.4 running Parallels XP. I find this delightful and rather amusing:-) . Checks on native boxes appreciated. Working fine in ie7/8/9 on Win7 And ie6 on Virtual PC -- Regards, Thierry

Re: [css-d] hasLayout triggering best practice

2010-12-03 Thread David Laakso
On 12/3/10 10:24 AM, Barney Carroll wrote: 1. Could it be argued that *any* layout... You could argue that in conversation and on paper from here to eternity but making it happen on a screen with anything short of a very simplistic layout is a pipe-dream. And therein may lie an

Re: [css-d] Site Revision

2010-12-02 Thread David Laakso
On 12/2/10 12:27 PM, Del Wegener wrote: In response to the comments I received about a week ago, I have made quite a few changes to the proposed redesign of one of my sites. http://www.drdelmath.com/playpen/tableless_single_index_page2.html Del Lighten up a little, organize it, and

Re: [css-d] does anyone know of...

2010-12-02 Thread David Laakso
On 12/2/10 8:30 PM, Matthew P. Johnson wrote: http://applegateelements.com/new/lightweight%20image%20gallery.shtml The photo gallery only. When I added the code to the site I am working on it pushed the nav down from the header image so I am looking for a backup in case I can't figure out

Re: [css-d] span:link and span:visited

2010-12-01 Thread David Laakso
On 11/30/10 7:00 PM, Michael McGinnis wrote: Using Javascript, clicking on a span either shows or hides a div. But I want to make the span disappear after I click on it. I see that I can style span:hover and span:active, but not span:visited, since it's not actually a link. But is there a

Re: [css-d] change width of CSS dropdowns?

2010-12-01 Thread David Laakso
On 12/1/10 11:36 AM, Debbie Campbell wrote: I'm having a problem making the width of the dropdown parts of the main menu wider here: http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/camper/your-trip/going-west/ I'm not sure what CSS selector I need to be editing, I've tried #primary-menu li li,

Re: [css-d] how do i get rid of space at the top of page

2010-12-01 Thread David Laakso
[Matthew P. Johnson] There is a small white space above the Applegate Elements graphic at the top of the page. I usually avoid this with the code I have in the css but for some reason it is still there. [Matthew P. Johnson] nevermind. I figured it out.:) *** In what OS/browser did you see

Re: [css-d] floating newsletter links in IE8?

2010-12-01 Thread David Laakso
On 12/1/10 5:54 PM, Greg Wilker wrote: Hello Everyone, Anyone know why the Past Newsletters element is not floating to the right properly in IE8? It is perfect in FF... http://dogtrekker.com TIA, Greg Looks the same to me in FF, and IE 6/7/8 on this end... Best, ~d -- :: desktop and

Re: [css-d] floating newsletter links in IE8?

2010-12-01 Thread David Laakso
On 12/1/10 6:26 PM, Greg Wilker wrote: -Original Message- From: David Laakso Subject: Re: [css-d] floating newsletter links in IE8? On 12/1/10 5:54 PM, Greg Wilker wrote: Anyone know why the Past Newsletters element is not floating to the right properly in IE8? It is perfect in FF

Re: [css-d] Nested floats: a test

2010-11-30 Thread David Laakso
On 11/30/10 12:27 PM, Gabriele Romanato wrote: Hi! back again: http://onwebdev.blogspot.com/2010/11/css-nested-floats.html comments are welcome :-) HTH It spins the pinwheels of my mind... Josef http://josefalbersgallery.blogspot.com/ -- :: desktop and mobile ::

Re: [css-d] need another img tag?

2010-11-29 Thread David Laakso
On 11/29/10 12:53 PM, John wrote: in this page: http://thinkplan.org/workshop/working.html there's an img div controlling how the image looks. how do I place other images in the same page but which are controlled by other parameters...so that I can position them where I want them to be?

Re: [css-d] need another img tag? + EC

2010-11-29 Thread David Laakso
On 11/29/10 12:53 PM, John wrote: http://thinkplan.org/workshop/working.html John Error Correction. *Should Read* Assign a class to the image [s] with appropriate positioning rulesets for each? img.c1 {...} img.c2 {...} img.c3 {...} img.c4 {...} img class=c1 src=this.jpg

Re: [css-d] need another img tag?

2010-11-29 Thread David Laakso
On 11/29/10 8:34 PM, G.Sørtun wrote: Is this one of the big lessons, at least in my project which folks have been helping me with? The lesson being: establish your main divs, then achieve specific variation through classes? Sorry if it seems like a dumb question... There are no

[css-d] What to do?

2010-11-29 Thread David Laakso
On 11/29/10 3:19 PM, Laura wrote: Hi David.. I hope this note finds you well. A few years ago you helped me with a school project, and I'm now feeling well enough to get back to it. I hope you don't mind me asking a question. I've been trying to modify the site, (Have it hosted at

Re: [css-d] Site Revision Critique

2010-11-27 Thread David Laakso
On 11/27/10 4:25 PM, Del Wegener wrote: My first attempt is here http://www.drdelmath.com/playpen/tableless_single_index_page.html Del Making it readable might be a nice touch. How about something really dumb for starters -- like mocha on #eee blocks with no font set smaller, nor larger,

Re: [css-d] how would i center this nav?

2010-11-24 Thread David Laakso
On 11/22/10 7:02 PM, Matthew P. Johnson wrote: http://www.applegateelements.com/!cssd/vert/index.htm Matthew P. Johnson Try approaching it as a division of labor by isolating only the navigation menu itself on the page... Best, ~d -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [css-d] how would i center this nav?

2010-11-24 Thread David Laakso
On 11/24/10 1:37 PM, Matthew P. Johnson wrote: On 11/22/10 7:02 PM, Matthew P. Johnson wrote: http://www.applegateelements.com/!cssd/vert/index.htm Matthew P. Johnson Try approaching it as a division of labor by isolating only the navigation menu itself on the page... Best, ~d Hi

Re: [css-d] how would i center this nav? + anyone home?

2010-11-24 Thread David Laakso
On 11/24/10 1:37 PM, Matthew P. Johnson wrote: On 11/22/10 7:02 PM, Matthew P. Johnson wrote: http://www.applegateelements.com/!cssd/vert/index.htm Matthew P. Johnson See additions and correction at very top of embedded CSS: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/cssd/mm.htm Best, Jose

Re: [css-d] CSS prototypes

2010-11-22 Thread David Laakso
On 11/22/10 6:36 AM, Gabriele Romanato wrote: Hi. Maybe I'm reinventing the wheel but I noticed that many development teams still follow the HTML and CSS plus graphics approach. I found out that this approach is a mess. I've been there myself:

Re: [css-d] H tags and style

2010-11-22 Thread David Laakso
On 11/22/10 10:46 AM, Giles, Sarah wrote: I am working on a large site with some designers. I have been told to have the h1 tags below the h2 and h3 tags because they want the headlines that are lower on the page to be larger and more important then the ones higher up. I think I will still

Re: [css-d] [+] Re: OK to insert block-level tag inside div?

2010-11-22 Thread David Laakso
On 11/22/10 5:02 PM, John wrote: Why does adding 8px to my margin top make that paragraph go as wide as the container? why wouldn't it make the text respect the existing space all the way around? Tim answered your question. Fwiw: Keep it simple. Keep it valid. Avoid break tags. Hold +2

Re: [css-d] css-d Digest, Vol 96, Issue 14

2010-11-22 Thread David Laakso
On 11/21/10 7:11 PM, Christian Ziebarth wrote: On 11/21/2010 12:54 PM, css-d-requ...@lists.css-discuss.org wrote: Shot in the dark: Do sites other than yours have background-images that/do/ show up? Does your BB have a setting to turn background-images on? Yes, other sites do show their

Re: [css-d] How to avoid quirks mode

2010-11-20 Thread David Laakso
On 11/20/10 11:13 AM, Keith Purtell wrote: I have a newbie question. I'm aware from discussion here that IE may run in quirks mode depending on how the html document is set up. - Keith Purtell Sort of like off-topic for this list but anyway with regard to quirksmode this article by G.

Re: [css-d] Blackberry version missing background

2010-11-19 Thread David Laakso
On 11/19/10 6:24 PM, Christian Ziebarth wrote: This is relatively minor but I'm trying to make my sites even more responsive to the device they are being viewed on but cannot figure out why the leafy background image I put on http://www.hb1singles.com/ doesn't show up on my Blackberry

Re: [css-d] OK to insert block-level tag inside div?

2010-11-18 Thread David Laakso
On 11/18/10 4:34 PM, John wrote: But I'd like to ad a dotted line between to paragraphs... Others have answered your question. However, if you are still having difficulty, it always a good idea to put the page in question on a public server and provide a clickable link to it in your post

Re: [css-d] Is this proper use of div tags?

2010-11-17 Thread David Laakso
On 11/17/10 1:24 PM, John wrote: My goal is to have a container div with a title at the top, an image at the left, inside the container, and text describing the image at the right, inside the container. Absolute positioning is problematic [brittle among other things] for the base layout.

Re: [css-d] [+] Re: Is this proper use of div tags?

2010-11-17 Thread David Laakso
On 11/17/10 3:44 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: Hi David, My goal is to have a container div with a title at the top, an image at the left, inside the container, and text describing the image at the right, inside the container. Absolute positioning is problematic [brittle among other things] for

Re: [css-d] how to swap this layout?

2010-11-15 Thread David Laakso
On 11/16/10 12:18 AM, Matthew P. Johnson wrote: Does anyone know how to put the thumbnails on the right and have the image being swapped on the left? http://www.applegateelements.com/new/fotos/Lightweight%20Image%20Gallery.htm Sincerely, Matthew P. Johnson Only checked in Mozilla/5.0

Re: [css-d] [+] Can this stretch be made to work in IE6?

2010-11-14 Thread David Laakso
On 11/14/10 11:33 PM, Claude Needham wrote: On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Thierry Koblentzn...@tjkdesign.com wrote: http://www.galaxywebsitedesign.com/temp/test.html The above link works for Firefox 3.6.12, IE8, Safari, and IE7. Is it possible to make this work in IE6? The idea is to

Re: [css-d] Horizontal drop-down menu placement

2010-11-12 Thread David Laakso
On 11/11/10 9:41 PM, Steve Caramia wrote: I built this nav system with the help of an article from the good peeps at A List Apart (no javascript!). Since the whole thing is CSS-driven, is there a way to make the submenus flush right to the nav bar instead of flush left?

Re: [css-d] Horizontal drop-down menu placement: FIXED!

2010-11-12 Thread David Laakso
On 11/12/10 2:09 PM, Steve Caramia wrote: Thanks for pointing this out. I deleted the container class around the navigation. And David, I don't want to move it to the left. Trying to keep to my client's design. (same with the font) Cross your fingers and hope that none of client's users

Re: [css-d] why aren't these 2 divs on top of each other?

2010-11-12 Thread David Laakso
On 11/12/10 8:02 PM, John wrote: David; A brief question if you have time..you helped me with this code the other day. Why does #bar need top: 0; left:0? left: 0 I get, but isn't top: 0 at the top of the very page itself? why can't that black bar have the same code, except for the

Re: [css-d] Is this dumb?

2010-11-10 Thread David Laakso
On 11/10/10 7:34 PM, David McGlone wrote: 2nd finally ;-) I can't figure out why this simple layout isn't working. Cut to the chase. Put the html/css file [s] on a public server and provide a clickable link to it in your post. Thanks. ~d -- :: desktop and mobile ::

Re: [css-d] mobile devices friendly

2010-11-09 Thread David Laakso
On 11/9/10 12:40 PM, TriState Advantage, Kris Jacobson wrote: I have been studing the info lately about making a site mobile device friendly. I would like to take an existing site and create a seperate style sheet so that it is mobile friendly. On the tutorial I studied, you replace the

Re: [css-d] mobile devices friendly :: ec

2010-11-09 Thread David Laakso
On 11/9/10 1:11 PM, David Laakso wrote: Error Control The URL, doctype, and stylesheet is the same for desktop and mobile. What I meant to say is that the URI and doctype are the same regardless of the media you are attempting to hit *And* that the styles [ media queries ] for both

Re: [css-d] Son of Suckerfish problems

2010-11-09 Thread David Laakso
On 11/9/10 3:11 PM, Daniel Hammond wrote: URL: http://www.numcchildren.org/new/index.html CSS: http://numcchildren.org/new/children.css I¹m trying to use the son of suckerfish method for the drop-down navigation. Any insight on causes for the issues and/or solutions for them are much

Re: [css-d] why aren't these 2 divs on top of each other?

2010-11-09 Thread David Laakso
On 11/9/10 5:21 PM, John wrote: my goal is for blackbar to be underneath header and for it to remain at the left of header as the browser window gets wider... what I'll do after the 750px is exceeded, I haven't figured out, but why is the blackbar div not underneath (in the Z dimension) the

Re: [css-d] why aren't these 2 divs on top of each other?

2010-11-09 Thread David Laakso
On 11/9/10 9:36 PM, John wrote: Dunno. But guessing at is always a pleasure...:-) . http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/cssd/13.html Send clues. thanks, Dave! Your example is what I am aiming for. Claude pointed out a number of errors in my code which could explain why things weren't behaving

Re: [css-d] which tag do i target with css for the hover effect i want

2010-11-08 Thread David Laakso
On 11/8/10 8:36 AM, Lisa Frost wrote: I would automatically only expect the text to show the its a link symbol rather than the whole highlighted background. Is it better accessibility wise to make the whole area clickable or for a menu does it not matter. Not to answer for Bobby or

Re: [css-d] evenly spacing

2010-11-08 Thread David Laakso
On 11/7/10 9:17 PM, David McGlone wrote: this is the site: http://dmcentral.net/simple/ How could I evenly space the links, I've tried using padding, margin, width and not a thing happens for some reason. A contribution to the list noise.:-) Are you trying to do something like this?

Re: [css-d] Aligning a floated image with the top of following text

2010-11-08 Thread David Laakso
On 11/8/10 12:27 AM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: Part of the way into revising my little site, I noticed that the top edge each floated image was about four pixels above the top of the capital letter(s) of the text that immediately followed. I found a solution; using padding to push the image down a

Re: [css-d] css with js disabled

2010-11-07 Thread David Laakso
On 11/6/10 1:28 PM, tee wrote: Now, if I can just figure out why Mac OS X 10.4 Safari/4.1.2 and the current WebKit nightly are both rendering some images as teeny-tiny thumbnails with js enabled... Anyone? Pretty sure it's caused by max-width declaration in #main img. Not a good idea for

Re: [css-d] css with js disabled

2010-11-07 Thread David Laakso
On 11/7/10 9:18 AM, tee wrote: And if there is any disagreement and fell short on your part, based on your answer, is that you seemed to denied my solution is not a solution at all. There is nothing wrong at all with your solution. It just dose not work out for me with this particular

Re: [css-d] Quirks compendium?

2010-11-07 Thread David Laakso
On 11/7/10 2:15 PM, Keith Purtell wrote: I wonder if someone on the Web has a list of the most common quirks for different browsers/versions? - Keith Purtell IE 6/7: On having layout http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html Position is everything

[css-d] css with js disabled

2010-11-06 Thread David Laakso
uri: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ css: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/css/sisu.css In this rough layout -- when viewed with javascript disabled -- digits 2 through 8 ought to be stacked vertically and flush left to the red rule. What to do? Best, ~d -- :: desktop and mobile ::

Re: [css-d] css with js disabled

2010-11-06 Thread David Laakso
On 11/6/10 11:38 AM, Susanne Jäger wrote: David Laakso wrote: uri: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ css: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/css/sisu.css In this rough layout -- when viewed with javascript disabled -- digits 2 through 8 ought to be stacked vertically and flush left to the red

Re: [css-d] css with js disabled

2010-11-06 Thread David Laakso
On 11/6/10 11:54 AM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: David Laakso wrote: uri:http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ css:http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/css/sisu.css In this rough layout -- when viewed with javascript disabled -- digits 2 through 8 ought to be stacked vertically and flush left to the red

Re: [css-d] css with js disabled

2010-11-06 Thread David Laakso
Now, if I can just figure out why Mac OS X 10.4 Safari/4.1.2 and the current WebKit nightly are both rendering some images as teeny-tiny thumbnails with js enabled... Anyone? Best, ~d uri:http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ Resolved. Deleted float : left; from the declaration #main img

Re: [css-d] Image placement issue in IE

2010-11-05 Thread David Laakso
On 11/5/10 12:04 PM, Dipesh Parmar wrote: Any thoughts on the website itself would be greatly appreciated as well if anyone is interested. http://dvpwebdesign.com/ Dipesh Nice. Best, ~d -- :: desktop and mobile :: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [css-d] z-index issue in IE7

2010-11-05 Thread David Laakso
On 11/5/10 1:10 PM, Debbie Campbell wrote: On this site: http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/performance/contact-us/ if you hover on Browse Our Inventory, in IE7 the hovered menu is hidden behind the #maincontent div. I tried this: !--[if IE 7] style type=text/css #maincontent

Re: [css-d] On iPhone, fonts look smaller in the footer

2010-11-04 Thread David Laakso
On 11/4/10 8:43 PM, bho...@aol.com wrote: Sorry about the previous email. One of these days I'll learn how to send code. A url to the problem site in question is almost always your best bet. Regards, ~grasshopper -- :: desktop and mobile :: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [css-d] lots of validation errors, tables, and other things that we just love!

2010-11-02 Thread David Laakso
On 11/2/10 8:18 AM, Chris Blake wrote: Hey, I have just been handed this: http://wolves.redrunner.co.uk/ Thanks, Chris Who Let the Dogs Out!!!:-) Try: #right-col { width:259px; margin-right: -759px; float:right;background: lime;} #right-col .ind { padding: 0;} Best, Baha men --

Re: [css-d] Opera issue

2010-11-01 Thread David Laakso
On 11/1/10 9:41 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: In the latest official release of Opera (10.63), I get a huge horizontal scroll on this site: http://www.mlinc.com/ Can anyone see why? I am short on time but commenting this division out in the markup made the scrollbar go away on this end...

Re: [css-d] Hack or conditional comments for small screen aps?

2010-10-31 Thread David Laakso
On 10/31/10 5:04 PM, Nancy wrote: Is there a hack or conditional comment that would allow me to change the left positioning of the fixed menu when it is viewed on a cell phone browser? Thank you, Nancy You may want to consider using CSS3 Media Queries. t/

Re: [css-d] How-to prevent a float drop in ie6

2010-10-29 Thread David Laakso
On 10/29/10 1:42 AM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: This article shows how to make IE6 behave (almost) like modern browsers: http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2010/10/28/css-quick-tip-how-to-prevent-a-float- drop-in-ie6/ HTH -- Regards, Thierry Thanks! As always, most helpful. Nevertheless, there

Re: [css-d] How-to prevent a float drop in ie6

2010-10-29 Thread David Laakso
On 10/29/10 11:34 AM, David Hucklesby wrote: Yes, well--except for the fact that, here in the shadow of California's Silicon Valley, local schools, libraries, and various government agencies still rely on IE6. What to do--ignore our kids and library-going public? Cordially, David Inform

Re: [css-d] IE problem

2010-10-21 Thread David Laakso
On 10/21/10 11:39 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: As usual, I see the issue AFTER I post here. Disregard. Problem solved. What I had to do was drink more coffee Curious. What was the issue and what did you do to solve the problem [other than drink more coffee] ? Best, ~d -- :: desktop

Re: [css-d] Background problem

2010-10-20 Thread David Laakso
On 10/19/10 11:32 PM, Carol Swinehart wrote: http://www.tishstreasures.biz/store The transparent white background is only covering the footer but has been applieed to the main content. Thanks for any help. C Your note is a little cryptic and I am not sure what you mean as there is no

Re: [css-d] PX vs. EM ?

2010-10-20 Thread David Laakso
On 10/20/10 8:04 PM, Corona Rivera wrote: Would someone please explain why EM is usually used for the width property instead of Pixels? Perhaps because they never experimented with advantages of employing px, em, and percent widths within the same layout :-) ? Best, Dr Lakra Oaxaca,

[css-d] :: ie/6.0 ::

2010-10-19 Thread David Laakso
I quit. What's causing our little friend to throw an h-scroll bar at 800? Signature link. Best, Bill -- :: desktop and mobile :: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org]

Re: [css-d] :: ie/6.0 ::

2010-10-19 Thread David Laakso
On 10/19/10 4:35 PM, Bruno Fassino wrote: I quit. What's causing our little friend to throw an h-scroll bar at 800? Signature link. Best, Bill -- :: desktop and mobile :: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ The scrollbar seems to disappear giving margin-right:0 to #q You indeed have *

Re: [css-d] drop down menu

2010-10-19 Thread David Laakso
On 10/19/10 3:13 PM, TriState Advantage, Kris Jacobson wrote: I am trying to learn a new drop down menu. I was using Son of Suckerfish as a tutorial but I am missing something. http://www.tristateadvantage.com/trial-pages/dropdownmenu.html I regret that I am not able to give you any advice

Re: [css-d] What in the world

2010-10-15 Thread David Laakso
On 10/15/10 3:31 PM, David McGlone wrote: Hi everyone. I've been trying to create a very very simple style sheet and for some reason it's not working. I'm so frustrated to the point I'm almost P'd off. Float both blocks and clear the footer? Something like this... !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC

Re: [css-d] menu text/image buttons not working in IE7

2010-10-11 Thread David Laakso
On 10/11/10 7:52 PM, Debbie Campbell wrote: On this page (this VirtueMart cart, actually), the menu buttons are screwy in IE7: http://beverlylanzetta.net/retablos.html If you check in a modern browser you'll see they're wide-ish image backgrounds. Can someone tell me how to fix them?

Re: [css-d] h2 flush left 'tbnt

2010-10-09 Thread David Laakso
On 10/9/10 12:41 AM, David Laakso wrote: This is a first-pass at tight but not touch [ing] on h2 for this site [signature link]. CSS is in or around line 24 through 28 http://chelseacreekstudio.com/site/css/sisu.css Thanks to all who replied. Suffice it to say that for whatever unknown

[css-d] h2 flush left 'tbnt

2010-10-08 Thread David Laakso
This is a first-pass at tight but not touch [ing] on h2 for this site [signature link]. CSS is in or around line 24 through 28 http://chelseacreekstudio.com/site/css/sisu.css Your comments and suggestions are [almost :-) ] always appreciated. Best, ~grasshopper -- :: desktop and mobile ::

Re: [css-d] :: ie/7.0 ::

2010-10-07 Thread David Laakso
On 10/6/10 7:12 PM, David Laakso wrote: Why does this page [1] crash IE/7.0 ? [1] http://chelseacreekstudio.com/site/journal/index.php Tentatively resolved with this html addition: psmallbNote/b: This video is not supported in Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0/small/p and this CSS

[css-d] :: ie/7.0 ::

2010-10-06 Thread David Laakso
Why does this page [1] crash IE/7.0 ? [1] http://chelseacreekstudio.com/site/journal/index.php Best, ~grasshopper -- :: desktop and mobile :: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org]

Re: [css-d] :: ie/7.0 ::

2010-10-06 Thread David Laakso
On 10/6/10 7:30 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, David Laakso wrote: Why does this page [1] crash IE/7.0 ? [1] http://chelseacreekstudio.com/site/journal/index.php Perhaps it doesn't like the errors on the page? Wouldn't that be ironic! Correction

Re: [css-d] :: ie/7.0 ::

2010-10-06 Thread David Laakso
On 10/6/10 9:53 PM, Alan Gresley wrote: Why does this page [1] crash IE/7.0 ? [1] http://chelseacreekstudio.com/site/journal/index.php Hello Grasshopper, Remove that JS within those IE conditional comments and use this valid code. object height=304 width=380

Re: [css-d] Nested List type

2010-10-05 Thread David Laakso
On 10/5/10 1:26 PM, Brian M. Curran wrote: Hello, Re: www.draftingservices.com I'd like to add a new section to my website, that being AutoCAD Tutorials. So picture this, my secondary nav bar would have the AutoCAD Tutorials line added to it. Then, the AutoCAD Tutorial line would have a

Re: [css-d] CSS3 multiple background images

2010-10-03 Thread David Laakso
On 10/3/10 10:48 AM, Gabriele Romanato wrote: Hi, I think this post will be useful for beginners: http://onwebdev.blogspot.com/2010/10/css3-multiple-background-images.html HTH ^^/ bye Gabriele Romanato Ah, just what I need! Timely. I had forgotten about that. Thanks :-) . Best,

Re: [css-d] Table-based layouts are NOT dead

2010-10-02 Thread David Laakso
On 10/2/10 12:49 PM, Gabriele Romanato wrote: http://onwebdev.blogspot.com/2010/10/css-table-based-layouts-are-not-dead.html Hope this is useful for a discussion. bye Gabriele Romanato -- It might be useful for a discussion on a list other than the list you posted it to... Best, ~d

Re: [css-d] CSS3 media queries

2010-09-30 Thread David Laakso
On 9/30/10 4:46 AM, Bernat Lleonart wrote: I'm using CSS3 media queries on a site, and I'd like them to work on IE8 and older browsers. I've read about css3-mediaqueries-js (http://code.google.com/p/css3-mediaqueries-js/), but I don't know how to use the script. I'm including this on my

Re: [css-d] Trouble with overflow:hidden and absolute hover elements

2010-09-27 Thread David Laakso
On 9/26/10 12:25 PM, mrebenti...@comparat.de wrote: The bubble help is absolute positioned. Does someone know, how to avoid this kind of clipping? What clipping? I do not see any clipping when viewing what you provided in Mac Firefox/3.6.10. What operating system /browsers/widow widths,

Re: [css-d] grid-type image box layout

2010-09-27 Thread David Laakso
On 9/27/10 6:15 PM, Dudley Barker wrote: Got a two column layout. Column one (left) is static and unchanging over all pages (sorry no url to refer you to). The right hand column varies. Here is the problem. Thanks. It will be to your distinct advantage to put a simple test-case on a

Re: [css-d] Capitalize

2010-09-26 Thread David Laakso
On 9/25/10 8:17 AM, Chris Blake wrote: 2. And what I really want to know, sneaky, is can I make it so the my URL always appears in caps? I have emw8.com and I just think it looks stupid with the 8 sticking up, when really it's the part of the URL I don't like. I'd much prefer

Re: [css-d] div element inside td : can't get height to 100%

2010-09-26 Thread David Laakso
On 9/26/10 1:30 PM, debussy007 wrote: Hi, I have a DIV element inside a TD element, and I try to get the DIV's height equal to the TD height. Thank you for any help! Lie! Cheat! Steal :-) ! http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/cssd/td.html Best, ~d PS I know from nothing about tables. --

Re: [css-d] div element inside td : can't get height to 100%

2010-09-26 Thread David Laakso
On 9/26/10 3:03 PM, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: David Laakso wrote: Lie! Cheat! Steal :-) ! http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/cssd/td.html And if the second TD doesn't contain the same contents as the first ? http://web-consultants.org.uk/Sites/tests/Laakso.html Philip

Re: [css-d] div element inside td : can't get height to 100%

2010-09-26 Thread David Laakso
On 9/26/10 3:57 PM, debussy007 wrote: I am not supposed to know about the content and thus neither about the content's height. And in your example, both have same number of text lines, you added somebr's in your second post to make it look like the second was empty :-) cheater So I guess

Re: [css-d] Using ems for image size

2010-09-25 Thread David Laakso
On 9/25/10 2:05 PM, Keith Purtell wrote: Shorter path? - Keith Purtell Keep it simple. Best, Studs Terkel -- :: desktop and mobile :: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org]

Re: [css-d] IE 7 and floats... yawn

2010-09-23 Thread David Laakso
On 9/23/10 6:37 AM, Mark Finney wrote: I develop a web app on Linux for use in a controlled environment (users all use firefox/opera - it's a beautiful thing!). Unfortunately I am now trying to make it functional in IE (7 and up - although I will probably do some testing on 6 we won't be

Re: [css-d] IE 7 and floats... yawn

2010-09-23 Thread David Laakso
On 9/23/10 7:42 AM, Mark Finney wrote: Slightly confused though - setting the width does solve the problem by fixing the width of the containing division so the p only stretches that far but that removes the point of floating that div in the first place. What I want (if it is possible) is to

Re: [css-d] IE 7 and floats... yawn

2010-09-23 Thread David Laakso
On 9/23/10 9:20 AM, Mark Finney wrote: css style type=text/css html, body { background : #fff; color : #000; margin : 0; } body { font : 100%/1.4 arial, sans-serif; } p {text-align : left;} a {position: absolute; top: 0; right:0; } div {float: left; position: relative;} /style Best, ~d

Re: [css-d] Strange behavior in Opera 10.62

2010-09-23 Thread David Laakso
On 9/23/10 11:42 AM, Tim Offenstein wrote: Hi List, The webmaster for the School of Chemical Sciences asked me why the banner in this page - http://scs.illinois.edu - is showing up chopped off in Opera. (I'm running Opera 10.62 on a Mac 10.6.4) It shows fine in every other browser I can

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