Re: [css-d] Removing text

2012-07-09 Thread Tom Livingston
CSS: h2: display:none; maybe? Sent from iOS 5 On Jul 9, 2012, at 6:20 PM, Mark Weiss dadwe...@mac.com wrote: The code below is in our Moodle site. the h2Is this your first time here?/h2 somehow is placed on the page automatically. I need to know how to remove it using HTML. Is this

Re: [css-d] Removing text

2012-07-10 Thread Tom Livingston
Yes. I was just giving an example. The op should target the right h2. Sent from iOS 5 On Jul 10, 2012, at 1:01 AM, Jukka K. Korpela jkorp...@cs.tut.fi wrote: 2012-07-10 1:20, Mark Weiss wrote: The code below is in our Moodle site. the h2Is this your first time here?/h2 somehow is placed

Re: [css-d] Problems Centering an Image

2012-07-10 Thread Tom Livingston
look at the page, but have you tried display:block; and margin x auto x auto; ?? -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css

Re: [css-d] Problems Centering an Image

2012-07-10 Thread Tom Livingston
div.past5 of the size of the full-size image, and let it do the centering? So it only gets as big as the full-size image and stops and it's margins do the centering? Only flaw here is varying sized images... -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231

Re: [css-d] Media query workflow across multiple files...

2012-07-30 Thread Tom Livingston
I can only speak to what I do myself. I have a base sheet and generally two or three others designated by MQ for 768, 922 and sometimes for 480. I've even done one for 600. It really depends on the layout and how it reorganizes. I then link all of these individually in the head. MQs on the link

Re: [css-d] Media query workflow across multiple files...

2012-07-31 Thread Tom Livingston
media=screen href=css/768.css?v=1 link rel=stylesheet media=screen href=css/992.css?v=1 link rel=stylesheet href=css/oldie.css?v=1 ![endif]-- /head HTH -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com

Re: [css-d] css drop shadow on border

2012-07-31 Thread Tom Livingston
tall with the blur. TIA Dave Solko Can you add another element to the bottom of the div and add a shadow to that, or use div:after to do it? -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com

[css-d] Word wrap, white space and related

2012-08-03 Thread Tom Livingston
and did some padding and margin and added a border on the a to handle the rule to the right of the links (a pipe as shown above). The problem is when I have cases like Link amp; more link text the lis won't let the text break -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph

[css-d] Word wrap, white space and related - The Whole Email

2012-08-03 Thread Tom Livingston
would be appreciated. TIA -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [css-d] Word wrap, white space and related - The Whole Email

2012-08-03 Thread Tom Livingston
to another line when there is clearly enough room for it not to have to break. Sorry. Thanks. On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry about the mis-fire, lets try again and finish the thought this time... Hello list, Having a situation and am not sure the best

Re: [css-d] Word wrap, white space and related - The Whole Email

2012-08-03 Thread Tom Livingston
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Jukka K. Korpela jkorp...@cs.tut.fi wrote: 2012-08-03 21:38, Tom Livingston wrote: Corrected paragraph: Instead of repeated corrections, please post a URL demonstrating your best effort so far and a description of what you regard as undesirable. Yucca

Re: [css-d] Word wrap, white space and related - The Whole Email

2012-08-03 Thread Tom Livingston
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Georg gunla...@c2i.net wrote: On 03.08.2012 20:34, Tom Livingston wrote: Sorry about the mis-fire, lets try again and finish the thought this time... Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you want 'links in inline styled list-items'... http

Re: [css-d] IE 9 and floats

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Livingston
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Re: [css-d] Footer Needs a Couple CSS Tweaks

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Livingston
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Re: [css-d] Footer Needs a Couple CSS Tweaks

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Livingston
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Re: [css-d] Footer Needs a Couple CSS Tweaks

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: On 9/27/12 2:09 PM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: I think #2 is related to #1... On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: I am creating a new footer for our organization's website. And I

Re: [css-d] Footer Needs a Couple CSS Tweaks

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: On 9/27/12 2:45 PM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: On 9/27/12 2:09 PM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: I think #2 is related to #1

Re: [css-d] Footer Needs a Couple CSS Tweaks

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: On 9/27/12 3:05 PM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: On 9/27/12 2:45 PM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Gates

Re: [css-d] IE 9 and floats

2012-09-28 Thread Tom Livingston
, so it goes as wide as it can. The funny thing is that it only effected the first list, and not the second. Thanks Dave Solko Pixel Alchemy d...@pixelalchemy.com javascript:; 513.300.2165 On Sep 27, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.comjavascript:; wrote: Dave, Seems

Re: [css-d] Footer Needs a Couple CSS Tweaks

2012-09-28 Thread Tom Livingston
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: On 9/27/12 3:53 PM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: On 9/27/12 3:05 PM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Gates

Re: [css-d] Footer Needs a Couple CSS Tweaks

2012-09-28 Thread Tom Livingston
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: On 9/27/12 3:53 PM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: On 9/27/12 3:05 PM, Tom

Re: [css-d] Trumping bad proprietary code.

2012-11-06 Thread Tom Livingston
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Re: [css-d] How to style these elements as in the image (see details)?

2012-11-15 Thread Tom Livingston
Looks like you need to clear the floats for the footer to drop down to its rightful place. Adding clear:both; to the footer is one way. Google is your friend here! :-) Sent from my iPhone On Nov 15, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Marijn Bent marijnb...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everybody, I'm struggling

Re: [css-d] html5 hover support on safari

2012-11-27 Thread Tom Livingston
you mean. No way to look at :hover, like in Chrome's inspector. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org

Re: [css-d] Center an image

2012-12-20 Thread Tom Livingston
margin:0 auto 0 auto; an option? -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman

Re: [css-d] Center an image

2012-12-20 Thread Tom Livingston
require widths to be declared I believe. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org

Re: [css-d] Center an image

2012-12-20 Thread Tom Livingston
, FL On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Brian M. Curran br...@draftingservices.com wrote: Hi! I have an image that I want to center on a webpage. It seems there is no float:center command? What would be the best way to center it? Thanks, Brian Interesting! -- Tom Livingston | Senior

[css-d] Font units question

2012-12-20 Thread Tom Livingston
. Thanks! -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List

Re: [css-d] Font units question

2012-12-20 Thread Tom Livingston
. On Thursday, December 20, 2012, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: Le 21 déc. 2012 à 06:17, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com javascript:; a écrit : Is sizing text in pixels **still** considered a no-no? It is still not a good, user friendly idea. Control freak designers will disagree… I've seen

[css-d] The 'all' propert

2013-01-14 Thread Tom Livingston
. A quick test of: footer{all:default;} did nothing in a page of mine. Is this just a browser support issue, or am I just not understanding what they are talking about? -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com

Re: [css-d] The 'all' propert

2013-01-14 Thread Tom Livingston
, Jukka K. Korpela jkorp...@cs.tut.fiwrote: 2013-01-14 22:00, Tom Livingston wrote: Anyone have more info on this: http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-**css3-cascade-20130103/#allhttp://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-css3-cascade-20130103/#all specifically the bit in Example 4 where it mentions setting

Re: [css-d] responsive not being responsive with images

2013-01-18 Thread Tom Livingston
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Re: [css-d] New Thread: The REM unit vs. EM's vs. PX's...

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Livingston
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Re: [css-d] Responsive navigation menu as in Wordpress

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Livingston
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Re: [css-d] New Thread: The REM unit vs. EM's vs. PX's...

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Livingston
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Re: [css-d] New Thread: The REM unit vs. EM's vs. PX's...

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Philip TAYLOR p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk wrote: Tom Livingston wrote: Looking through the validator output, i'd *guess* that the errors were things that the ...experimental feature: HTML5 Conformance Checker doesn't understand, such as vendor prefixes etc

Re: [css-d] New Thread: The REM unit vs. EM's vs. PX's...

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Philip TAYLOR p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk wrote: Tom Livingston wrote: My point exactly. It's throwing an error, but for something that the validator just doesn't understand and flags but is considered by most to be OK to have in the styles. Unless you

Re: [css-d] New Thread: The REM unit vs. EM's vs. PX's...

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Philip TAYLOR p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk wrote: Tom Livingston wrote: I am not arguing your point, but merely try to say (poorly) that the errors the validator is flagging may not break the page. Of course : I hope I did not appear to suggest otherwise

Re: [css-d] CSS linear gradient in Android tablet not extending to bottom of page

2013-01-29 Thread Tom Livingston
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[css-d] Form layout patterns

2013-01-29 Thread Tom Livingston
smoothly. I've tried several approaches, but each seems to have a downside. Off-list replies as necessary... -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css

Re: [css-d] IE Browser Mode; IE Document Mode

2013-01-30 Thread Tom Livingston
. Maybe I'm just not understanding it all enough. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css

Re: [css-d] Form layout patterns

2013-02-05 Thread Tom Livingston
. Not that I'm there/done/complete, but I'm coding it all right now and it seems to be working. HTH, Chris On 1/29/13 12:00 PM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, Do any of you have a favorite form styling/structure pattern that you always use? I am particularly looking

Re: [css-d] Form layout patterns

2013-02-05 Thread Tom Livingston
in the same row, and then to try to change the layout for small screens. Keep 'em coming. Off-list as needed... Thanks all. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com

Re: [css-d] Fluid layout

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Livingston
On Feb 13, 2013, at 9:14 PM, Philippe Wittenbergh e...@l-c-n.com wrote: Le 14 févr. 2013 à 03:52, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com a écrit : Hello list, Given this type of layout: http://proof.mlinc.com/tl/fluid/ Is it possible to have a rigid, non-changing padding amount

Re: [css-d] Let's see if my site breaks badly

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Livingston
Unless you wish to or have to support a decent number of IE6 users, you can skip the Trans png support. Otherwise, I've used this with good success: http://www.dillerdesign.com/experiment/DD_belatedPNG/ HTH Sent from my iPhone On Feb 14, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Michael Stevens bigm...@bigmikes.org

Re: [css-d] Displaying button and checkboxes in a row

2013-02-20 Thread Tom Livingston
checkboxes. Fwiw, please see http://ccstudi.com/fiddle.html Thanks. That worked. I also was able to do it like this: http://jsfiddle.net/6Xr8W/5/ Wouldn't we want label's in there? -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279

Re: [css-d] [class*=span]

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Livingston
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9836151/what-is-this-css-selector-class-span Sent from my iPhone On Feb 21, 2013, at 7:46 PM, Angela French afre...@sbctc.edu wrote: Can someone please explain this to me - what it does, and maybe a practical example? Thank you. [class*=span] { float:

Re: [css-d] what is h1 small syntax?

2013-02-22 Thread Tom Livingston
enclosed text—it simply states that the text needs to be smaller. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http

Re: [css-d] multi decimal places in percentages

2013-02-22 Thread Tom Livingston
%; /* 300px ÷ 948px = .31646 */ -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo

[css-d] Media Queries

2013-02-22 Thread Tom Livingston
method? I don't really like polyfills and would rather achieve the same effect as above without having to polyfill old IE to understand the media queries. Is this idea possible in the single-sheet scenario? TIA -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231

Re: [css-d] Recommended css font settings

2013-02-23 Thread Tom Livingston
Might as well throw in Meyer reset too: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/ Sent from my iPhone On Feb 23, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Jon Reece jon.re...@gmail.com wrote: Inadvertently replied off-list earlier. Posting again in case someone else can benefit. Apologies for the dupe John. On

[css-d] Layout glitching on href hover

2013-02-25 Thread Tom Livingston
corners sorta. Can anyone reproduce this weirdness and/or see why? TIA -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org

Re: [css-d] percents inside em container in fluid site

2013-02-25 Thread Tom Livingston
. Working for me in Mac Chrome (latest release). Try adding div{box-sizing: border-box;} and also I usually leave some wiggle room and not have widths add up to exactly 100%. HTH -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279

Re: [css-d] percents inside em container in fluid site

2013-02-25 Thread Tom Livingston
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Laura Valentino la...@vidmot.com wrote: Oh wait...is it that the padding counts towards the total? That would make sense :) Laura Yes, and older IEs handle the box model in their own special way. ;-) -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer

Re: [css-d] percents inside em container in fluid site

2013-02-25 Thread Tom Livingston
Also, add the box-sizing to all necessary elements, not just 'div'. :-) On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Laura Valentino la...@vidmot.comwrote: Oh wait...is it that the padding counts towards the total? That would make

Re: [css-d] Layout glitching on href hover

2013-02-25 Thread Tom Livingston
UPDATE: It appears that removing the min-height on the .callout items stops the problem. Anyone see how I can get around the issue? I would like to keep the min-height for layout reasons... TIA On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com wrote: Listers, I have

Re: [css-d] Layout glitching on href hover

2013-02-27 Thread Tom Livingston
So no takers on this? Am I missing something so simple that everyone was afraid to tell me? No one has IE 10 to test in? The layout has changed on the actual page, but I'd still love to know what was going on on my test page... Thanks! On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Tom Livingston tom

Re: [css-d] Layout glitching on href hover

2013-02-27 Thread Tom Livingston
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Georg ge...@gunlaug.com wrote: On 27.02.2013 11:30, Tom Livingston wrote: http://proof.mlinc.com/tl/**cssd3/test.htmlhttp://proof.mlinc.com/tl/cssd3/test.html In Win 8, IE 10 (desktop or 'metro'), when we hover over the href in the middle callout

Re: [css-d] Layout glitching on href hover

2013-02-27 Thread Tom Livingston
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Georg ge...@gunlaug.com wrote: On 27.02.2013 11:55, Tom Livingston wrote: Good to know I am not going crazy. Yet. :-) ... apparently not yet. The addition of... .calloutwrap p {overflow: hidden;} ...seems to make IE10 behave in your case. You must

Re: [css-d] hover and active pseudo classes on touch screen

2013-02-27 Thread Tom Livingston
) - which is actually kinda cool, if unexpected. Is this a known thing? Google isn't helping me! Laura There are things like: a:link { -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(52,158,219); } which, I assume (uh-oh) that will allow you to customize that 'random' color... -- Tom Livingston | Senior

Re: [css-d] Wordpress Sidebar Problem

2013-02-28 Thread Tom Livingston
to the sidebar and floating it left. Adjust to suit. HTH -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http

Re: [css-d] printing parts of a page.

2013-02-28 Thread Tom Livingston
Is there anything above the div that you need printed? If not, try a print style that hides anything above the desired div or if nothing is above it, make a print style to pull the div back up the page. HTH Sent from my iPhone On Feb 28, 2013, at 8:26 PM, Wade Smart wadesm...@gmail.com wrote:

[css-d] Fwd: clear content after non-floating items?

2013-03-04 Thread Tom Livingston
Oops. Forgot reply-all again... -- Forwarded message -- From: Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] clear content after non-floating items? To: Laura Valentino la...@vidmot.com There doesn't appear to be any floats involved

Re: [css-d] Can You Do This?

2013-03-05 Thread Tom Livingston
; border=spacing:5px } Regards D) Most prefer bottom posting. Though, with GMail, it's more work so top posting does happen. Like others, I don't see why you're floating at all. TDs naturally flow next to each other in rows. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer

Re: [css-d] Select adjacent, but separately nested elements?

2013-03-14 Thread Tom Livingston
Can you apply the border to the second section instead of the nav? — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Markus Ernst derer...@gmx.ch wrote: Hello I have a structure of nested elements somehow like: article div section table ...

Re: [css-d] Media query syntax when a separate style sheet is included

2013-03-15 Thread Tom Livingston
This may shed some light: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8549529/what-is-the-difference-between-screen-and-only-screen-in-media-queries — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Philippe Wittenbergh e...@l-c-n.com wrote: Le 16 mars 2013 à 09:05, Micky Hulse

Re: [css-d] Media query syntax when a separate style sheet is included

2013-03-16 Thread Tom Livingston
FWIW, I use MQs on link elements to load sheets. Then, for IE less than 9, I repeat the link elements without MQs inside a conditional comment to serve the desktop only layout to those browsers. This may be a little low-tech and it is a few more http requests, but I am not a fan of poly-filling

Re: [css-d] Media query syntax when a separate style sheet is included

2013-03-16 Thread Tom Livingston
— Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Tom Livingston tom...@gmail.com=mailto:tom...@gmail.com; wrote: FWIW, I use MQs on link elements to load sheets. Then, for IE less than 9, I repeat the link elements without MQs inside a conditional comment to serve the desktop

[css-d] SCSS question

2013-03-18 Thread Tom Livingston
. This would be inside conditional comments. Is this off base, or am I ok? Off-list replies are requested if this is leaning off-topic for this list. Thanks! -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com

Re: [css-d] Drop down menu pushing content down

2013-03-19 Thread Tom Livingston
some thoughts... -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d

Re: [css-d] Fwd: Centering contained div with unknown width.

2013-04-02 Thread Tom Livingston
-- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http

Re: [css-d] desktop first tutorial

2013-04-02 Thread Tom Livingston
I would assume the base styles are the desktop, and as break points decrease, you would undo the desktop layout. My experience with a site I took over that was done this way is that desktop first seems to require a lot more code to over-ride the desktop layout than it does to build

Re: [css-d] desktop first tutorial

2013-04-02 Thread Tom Livingston
In response to your issue #2 below, I have had good luck with putting MQs on link elements, and then repeating the link elements without MQs inside a conditional comment for 7 8, allowing the cascade work to deliver a desktop-only layout for old IE. I hate poly filling everything and also had

Re: [css-d] ul bullets: change color?

2013-04-14 Thread Tom Livingston
What I usually see for this is wrapping the li text in spans and styling that to over ride the styling of the ul. — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 6:46 PM, COM j...@coffeeonmars.com wrote: I am having a tough time finding online (google, w3schools) the correct way to

Re: [css-d] Question regarding the use of section

2013-04-18 Thread Tom Livingston
? section role=main I admit to still being confused by the proper use of section and article. I was waiting for the dust to settle on them (which it probably has by now) and in the meantime, I use: div class=main role=main/div 2¢ -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph

Re: [css-d] font-size in body selector?

2013-04-18 Thread Tom Livingston
You can spec font-size of 100% on the body. This respects the users preference settings in their browser. You can then spec element font size in ems. The 16px is usually the default size set in browsers upon install.  — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 5:54 PM, COM

Re: [css-d] font-sizing bug in generated content in IE 10 ?

2013-04-26 Thread Tom Livingston
rem, Georg ? Having been forced to use rem for this fix, I am now considering adopting them more widely. Philip Taylor Support isn't too bad for rem. What's best practice fall back for using rem? -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx

Re: [css-d] background image not appearing

2013-04-26 Thread Tom Livingston
Background images are relative to the CSS not the HTML  — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 7:12 PM, COM j...@coffeeonmars.com wrote: On Apr 26, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Micky Hulse mickyhulse.li...@gmail.com wrote: Have you tried: background-image:url(../image/bricktile.jpg);

Re: [css-d] background image not appearing

2013-04-26 Thread Tom Livingston
Correct — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 7:29 PM, COM j...@coffeeonmars.com wrote: On Apr 26, 2013, at 4:26 PM, COM j...@coffeeonmars.com wrote: Background images are relative to the CSS not the HTML Wait..so…you're saying that the .css document is making the call for

Re: [css-d] Need Excellent Resources for Responsive Design

2013-05-07 Thread Tom Livingston
on scalability? Awesome resources, tips, etc welcome! Thanks in Advance! I recommend: http://www.abookapart.com/products/responsive-web-design http://www.abookapart.com/products/mobile-first http://mediaqueri.es -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph

Re: [css-d] Best practices in only targeting only Styles needed for a page in an external style sheet?

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Livingston
container or even body for C and use that hook. HTH -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css

Re: [css-d] Image and background colour changes on hover.

2013-05-13 Thread Tom Livingston
comment. http://selectivizr.com/ HTH -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman

Re: [css-d] Top gap

2013-05-13 Thread Tom Livingston
-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx

Re: [css-d] responsive css

2013-05-20 Thread Tom Livingston
...@pixelalchemy.com 513.300.2165 I generally use @media only screen and (min-width: [breakpoint]){} with a mobile-first layout. As far as size go, it may be the 13px font size on the body. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279

Re: [css-d] Responsive Design resources

2013-05-20 Thread Tom Livingston
I recommend Mobile First and Responsive Web Design from  abookapart.com as well as peeking under the hood at sites listed at mediaqueri.es HTH — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh sandy.pittendr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a retired and

Re: [css-d] @media all {} @media screen {}: Both ignored (or followed) by IE6-8

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Livingston
. This allows the cascade to render a desktop-only layout for old IE. A bit low-fi maybe, but works well for me and have had no issues other than the usual fixes needed for old IE regardless of MQs. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx

Re: [css-d] @media all {} @media screen {}: Both ignored (or followed) by IE6-8

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Livingston
@media { ... } Just thinking out loud, but is the above, without any attributes (?) like screen or all, valid? -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com

Re: [css-d] Fwd: Can't get rid of horizontal scrollbars in 320x480

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Livingston
time tracking the culprit down. HTH -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org

[css-d] Supporting Retina Images

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Livingston
List, Does anyone have any good resources on supporting 2x images (Retina)? A 'how-to' would be good as well as I have not yet done this. Also, DO YOU support Retina/2x images in your web work?? Thanks! -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx

Re: [css-d] Fwd: Can't get rid of horizontal scrollbars in 320x480

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Livingston
/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css

Re: [css-d] Simple Floats on Multiple Rows Getting Stuck

2013-05-30 Thread Tom Livingston
to achieve this. HTH -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d

Re: [css-d] unfamiliar url reference

2013-06-06 Thread Tom Livingston
, it is a placeholder character to later be replaced with an actual URL to an image. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css

Re: [css-d] How best to revise my style sheet? Reverse it?

2013-06-08 Thread Tom Livingston
I would recommend a mobile-first approach, yes. It's considered best practice. ​mediaqueri.es is a good gallery of responsive sites.  — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:08 AM, Keith Purtell keithpurt...@keithpurtell.com wrote: I recently looked at the style sheet for my

[css-d] CSS3 Selectors

2013-06-12 Thread Tom Livingston
List, I use selectivizr frequently. Do you use this or something like it? What's your method for dealing with, for example, a lack of support for: p:nth-of-type(3n){ color: red; } TIA! -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279

Re: [css-d] CSS3 Selectors

2013-06-12 Thread Tom Livingston
. Outside of tables, I really haven't had projects that required :nth-child support in older browsers on any other html elements. /email signature id=paceaux name=Frank M. Taylor twitter=@paceaux / On Jun 12, 2013, at 2:11 PM, Tom Livingston wrote: List, I use selectivizr frequently. Do

Re: [css-d] CSS3 Selectors

2013-06-12 Thread Tom Livingston
: style .wrap div{width: 32%;margin-right:2%;float:left} .wrap div + div + div {margin-right:0;} /style div class=wrap div/div div/div div/div /div I like it. That idea never occurred to me, sadly. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph

[css-d] Any layout gotchas?

2013-06-14 Thread Tom Livingston
site. My questions are: Are there any big 'gotchas' with this type of layout? Am I doing this correctly/the best way? TIA. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com

Re: [css-d] Any layout gotchas?

2013-06-14 Thread Tom Livingston
this on a production site. My questions are: Are there any big 'gotchas' with this type of layout? Am I doing this correctly/the best way? TIA. I should mention to narrow up your browser window to see the layout change. Thanks! -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph

[css-d] display:table-cell;

2013-06-17 Thread Tom Livingston
; but they are appearing next to each other in the browser. I understand why and expect this, but what would be the proper way to get them each on their own line? Wrap them each in a P for example, or is there a way to do it within the CSS? Thanks -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer

Re: [css-d] display:table-cell;

2013-06-17 Thread Tom Livingston
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Jukka K. Korpela jkorp...@cs.tut.fi wrote: 2013-06-17 19:25, Tom Livingston wrote: Given this structure: div class=sidebar a href= class=grey-button icon-infoInfographics/a a href= class=grey-button icon-calcTax Credit Calculator/a a href= class=grey-button

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