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

2010-11-08 Thread David Dorward
adding on your LIs. Additionally, it has the added benefit of working in Internet Explorer 6, which still has a sizable market share and doesn't support :hover except on links (so li:hover wouldn't work). -- David Dorward <h

Re: [css-d] methods of color specifying

2010-11-05 Thread David Dorward
a.html#color-units Or for the future: http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/PR-css3-color-20101028/#colorunits -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www

Re: [css-d] Converting to CSS/XHTML

2010-08-13 Thread David Dorward
rnet Explorer and usually makes using XHTML far more effort then it is worth) then . http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#h-4.6 http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#C_2 -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> ___

Re: [css-d] A level bar graph with CSS

2010-08-07 Thread David Dorward
nothing from this. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com

Re: [css-d] anchor color help

2010-07-17 Thread David Dorward
y to be blue? Write markup that allows you to match them differently with a different selector, then use that different selector. A descendent selector is usually the right choice in situations like this. http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/document_descendant.htm -- David Dorward <http:

Re: [css-d] thoughts on img alt tag verbage

2010-05-05 Thread David Dorward
ust means "ACME Inc." and a graphic of a shopping cart icon just means "shopping cart" but might be right next to the text "shopping cart" so could be just represented as: shopping cart because it doesn't add any additional information (and &q

Re: [css-d] CSS Sprites, Image Replacement, or Just Images?

2010-04-13 Thread David Dorward
ue? > > - simple, stand alone images > - h2 tags with image replacement, and if so, what's considered the current, > best method -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-disc

Re: [css-d] SOLVED multiple IDs and classes to one div - which one speaks loudest?

2010-03-16 Thread David Dorward
No need to guess: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#specificity -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org

Re: [css-d] Tooltip with only XHTML

2010-03-10 Thread David Dorward
y problems. If a normal tooltip doesn't give users enough time to read the text, I'd look for a different design pattern. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs

Re: [css-d] How to Overcome Problems Associated with the IE8 Devolution

2010-02-21 Thread David Dorward
e emulation mode is a pragmatic, but horribly unintuitive, approach to let authors keep their code working in IE until they make it better conform to web standards — labeling this "devolution" is unfair. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk>

Re: [css-d] Moving css to external css changes results?!

2010-02-19 Thread David Dorward
tween embedded and external. Inline only wins because using the style attribute is equivalent to having an infinitely specific selector. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ cs

Re: [css-d] Noscript tags and degradation

2010-02-13 Thread David Dorward
On 12 February 2010 21:01, Jess Jacobs wrote: > A thought occurred to me recently: >         > > .nojs #content-packs { display: block; } > > > 1. Does anyone see anything fundamentally wrong with this approach? (We > could make this an include, as well, for good form, but I'm trying to stick

Re: [css-d] Deprecations in recent versions of HTML cause CSS problems?

2010-02-11 Thread David Dorward
overed over. Links get styled in many different ways. However, there is very little underlined text on the web that is not a link. Underlining affords activating. Things that don't behave the way users expect is generally bad design. So avoid using underline for screen media elements th

Re: [css-d] Relative paths for images not working

2010-01-17 Thread David Dorward
t might I be doing wrong here? Presumably, the library directory isn't a subdirectory in the root directory for the site. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@li

Re: [css-d] Screen shot or list an entire site

2009-12-31 Thread David Dorward
refox-0.15/lib/WWW/Mechanize/Firefox.pm#$mech-%3Efollow_link [4] http://search.cpan.org/~corion/WWW-Mechanize-Firefox-0.15/lib/WWW/Mechanize/Firefox.pm#Save_the_current_page_as_PNG -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><ht

Re: [css-d] Limit of content in an element

2009-11-23 Thread David Dorward
sty. I'd suggest hugging the left edge of the browser instead. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listin

Re: [css-d] Is there a simple way to center in an iframe?

2009-11-12 Thread David Dorward
document, so you have to load an HTML document in the frame instead of the image directly. Any styling can then take place in that document. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-di

Re: [css-d] i don't know any php or asp i know css and i want to know the limits

2009-11-02 Thread David Dorward
s too. Let's ignore those. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- htt

Re: [css-d] hello this is my first post i just can get this to look right in IE-any

2009-10-31 Thread David Dorward
pport XHTML, you have to claim it is HTML and jump through hoops to write something that is both XHTML and almost-HTML, and those hoops are, IMO, more trouble then they are worth in the vast majority of cases). -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http:

Re: [css-d] hello this is my first post i just can get this to look right in IE-any

2009-10-31 Thread David Dorward
today. http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd";> Then clear up the machine detectable errors: http://validator.w3.org/ -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@l

Re: [css-d] Changing the name of IDs

2009-10-31 Thread David Dorward
group of similar elements. Leave IDs for specific elements. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [css-d] Hello! background-position RTL

2009-09-28 Thread David Dorward
rectionality – and it’s not very practical to set directionality for every > element explicitly with an HTML attribute.) Descendent selectors. :) [dir="rtl'] whatever { } -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> _

Re: [css-d] Padding increases container size

2009-09-09 Thread David Dorward
ng is taking up some of that space, there is less for the content width). > Is one method better than the other, or just user preference? Screwdriver. Hammer. Pick one. (i.e. it depends on what you are trying to achieve) -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.

Re: [css-d] validating CSS

2009-08-27 Thread David Dorward
m or takes over the project, they won't have to learn your stylesheet language, they can just use CSS. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org]

Re: [css-d] Is there such a thing as a sub class (in css not society)

2009-07-23 Thread David Dorward
f I were dealing with IDs because I could style my > #comment and add a .wide class and then specify the style for #comment > .wide in my style sheet. You can combine multiple classes selectors too: .comment.wide { } But support is lacking in IE6. -- David

Re: [css-d] Fixed or float?

2009-07-16 Thread David Dorward
... with a solid background colour. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- h

Re: [css-d] firefox problem

2009-07-08 Thread David Dorward
uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hcam.net%2Fposts.html&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0 Once you've dealt with the machine detectable errors, then start worrying about browsers rendering things other than as you expect. -- David Dorward <http://dorwar

Re: [css-d] Conditional comments for Mac?

2009-06-26 Thread David Dorward
g: > https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uc/vwebv/searchBasic?sk=en_US I'd address these errors first: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fi-share.carli.illinois.edu%2Fuc%2Fvwebv%2FsearchBasic%3Fsk%3Den_US&charset=(detect+automatically)&doctype=Inline&group=0 -- D

Re: [css-d] Centering floated elements ?

2009-06-24 Thread David Dorward
r-support is a good guide to centring a group of floated elements in general. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/m

Re: [css-d] Chrome vs floated tables

2009-06-17 Thread David Dorward
2009/6/17 Bobby Jack : > I've always been led to believe that "float without explicit width" is a > no-no, It's a CSS 2 requirement. Dropped in CSS 2.1. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.

Re: [css-d] html 5 and styling

2009-06-10 Thread David Dorward
2009/6/10 David Hucklesby : > Interesting. That's similar to Thierry's suggestion for enabling styling > of ABBR in IE 5/6 - It is the same. Using DOM to generate an element of an unknown type in IE registers it in a way that makes that type available for styling. -- Dav

Re: [css-d] Aligning select option text segments

2009-06-01 Thread David Dorward
nd span's, but > it seems that anything put within option besides text is simply ignored by > the browser. See http://validator.w3.org/ You might consider using a radio group instead (possibly with some JavaScript to hide all but the selected element until it is clicked). -- David Dorwa

Re: [css-d] Creating css Tables with vertical text

2009-05-31 Thread David Dorward
ts side -- like in a spreadsheet. Current CSS recommendations don't provide any way to achieve this. You'll need to look to CSS 3 drafts or SVG - neither of which enjoys a great deal of support on the WWW. (The other option is pictures of text) -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.u

Re: [css-d] IE and font size

2009-05-26 Thread David Dorward
it, then it breaks. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.c

Re: [css-d] IE 8

2009-05-12 Thread David Dorward
It flags the URL as potentially incompatible with IE8 with Microsoft. If enough users use IE7 mode, then the URL could be added to a list of URLs for which compatibility mode is the default for IE8 users. -- David Dorward <http://dorwa

Re: [css-d] Float and Width

2009-04-09 Thread David Dorward
he W3C CSS validator. You can safely ignore it (unless dealing with exceptionally old browsers). -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://w

Re: [css-d] css question

2009-02-11 Thread David Dorward
y / value pairs. The last pair in a rule-set doesn't need to have one, but it does no harm to include it. I would recommend, as a matter of coding style, to always include it. It reduces the risk that you'll add a new property / value pair to the end and forget to add the semi-colon befo

Re: [css-d] importing text / html using CSS

2009-02-11 Thread David Dorward
not including content, so it isn't the right tool for this job. http://allmyfaqs.net/faq.pl?Include_one_file_in_another has a good summary of the main options you have. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> _

Re: [css-d] Scrollbar styles (etc.) & validatio

2009-01-19 Thread David Dorward
et could be applied to? For every window / font size? (Since overlapping can vary depending on these factors) When other stylesheets (including user stylesheets) are applied? > at least in the trivial case. There's no way to know if the trivial case will be the real case -- David Do

Re: [css-d] Background

2009-01-13 Thread David Dorward
who really want to scale background images on the client tend to use foreground images and absolutely position them at a lower z-index then the content. I'd try to pick images that tile or fade to a solid colour, and do any scaling on the server. -- David Dorward <http://

Re: [css-d] Chrome and css

2008-12-21 Thread David Dorward
g. > > Chrome as a desktop browser is used by a handful of geeks, > but it's on all the Google G1 phones (and jolly fast it is too!) > so it's bound to get more use / exposure that way in time. And Safari comes on the iPhone. -- David Dorward

Re: [css-d] PADDING on a TAGs and Safari Problems - I suppose.

2008-12-09 Thread David Dorward
2008/12/9 MEM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks. How can we do that? I mean, is there some specific tool to validate > the html and the .css ? > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CodeValidation -- David Dorward <http://d

Re: [css-d] Nav bar active color won't stick on the open page.

2008-12-09 Thread David Dorward
w us your attempt, just the guide you tried to follow. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ

Re: [css-d] img pushed to the left when it's supposed to be centered in...you guessed it...IE6

2008-11-20 Thread David Dorward
tp://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#C_1 -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-disc

Re: [css-d] Default % values - newbie question.

2008-11-07 Thread David Dorward
org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#value-def-percentage -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http:/

Re: [css-d] base href and CSS

2008-10-27 Thread David Dorward
ement changes the base URI for the HTML document, not associated stylesheets (except, I think, in Netscape 4, buggiest browser of them all). I prefer to avoid the base element and use root relative URIs (ones which start with a / character) for everything except document specific resources. -- Da

Re: [css-d] Margin & padding problems with IE & FF

2008-10-22 Thread David Dorward
ies between browsers, including an issue in Internet Explorer where the browser places the padding inside the content width of an element. http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=RenderingMode -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> ___

Re: [css-d] Freeway Pro by Softpress

2008-10-21 Thread David Dorward
t; Freeway Pro or knows anything about it, I would be interested in getting > your opinion. Glancing at their website, which they claim was written using Freeway Pro, I see layout tables. I'm not impressed. -- David Dorward <http://dorwar

Re: [css-d] DocType on page question.

2008-10-17 Thread David Dorward
h mode. """ The author clearly didn't do much research then. http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozilla_Quirks_Mode_Behavior http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/doctype/ http://www.quirksmode.org/css/quirksmode.html -- Davi

Re: [css-d] DocType on page question.

2008-10-16 Thread David Dorward
wsers which leads to much inconsistency and pain. > and if so how do these pages > work around this so that there page validates ? In theory, another system of validation could be used - such as an XML schema. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk&

Re: [css-d] word-wrap: break-word not working in Firefox

2008-10-13 Thread David Dorward
-word are trying to get user generated content to not flow out of their design. In that case, the solution I'd suggest is better sanity checking of the data coming from the user ("Sorry, words containing over 30 characters are not allowed"). -- David Dorward <http://dor

Re: [css-d] IDs' or Classes

2008-04-07 Thread David Dorward
On 07/04/2008, Amrinder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could anyone please let me know when (and where) to use ID and when to use > class. http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ClassesVsIds -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http

Re: [css-d] Inline CSS with TD

2008-03-26 Thread David Dorward
le sheet as full CSS (2) In a style attribute as the contents of a declaration block There is no way to use selectors except in a real stylesheet. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> ___

Re: [css-d] Disguising path of a page

2008-03-05 Thread David Dorward
oad the frameset. > 2. Is there a way of doing this in CSS instead of frames? No. > Greatly appreciate any advice on this. Don't host the separately. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> _

Re: [css-d] Site problem on ONLY ONE Linux browser

2008-02-13 Thread David Dorward
Safari 2 as well. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com

Re: [css-d] Extra vertical space between LI elements in IE

2008-01-23 Thread David Dorward
hitespace between the list items in the HTML source. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-

Re: [css-d] February 12th, 2008 - a Glorious day for web designers / developers

2008-01-21 Thread David Dorward
On 21/01/2008, Jon Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Microsoft is pushing an update on February 12th, 2008 that will > force-upgrade Internet Explorer to IE7. Sadly, it only applies to users of WSUS on XP or newer, and can be overridden. -- David Dorward <http://dorw

Re: [css-d] Why does my form wrap?

2008-01-14 Thread David Dorward
~jkorpela/forms/navmenu.html#ben -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-disc

Re: [css-d] Background inheritance

2008-01-09 Thread David Dorward
at is the case: http://complexspiral.com/publications/containing-floats/ Techniques for dealing with it: http://www.ejeliot.com/blog/59 > font-size: 14px; http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=UsingPixels -- David Dorward <h

Re: [css-d] Visibility of a Div

2008-01-04 Thread David Dorward
harder for people to debug code. I'd start by fixing these problems: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fnearspaceventures.com%2Fgpsl2008%2F&charset=(detect+automatically)&doctype=Inline&group=0 -- David Dorward <http://dor

Re: [css-d] Root relative in Background URL

2007-12-18 Thread David Dorward
lly work outside the context of a webserver. > What I'm looking to accomplish is to be able to > quickly deploy the template anywhere in the site without having to > wiggle and jiggle settings. Relative URIs in stylesheets are relative to the stylesheet, not the HTML document

Re: [css-d] CSS depending on JS (was: Pure CSS drop-down menus aren't *good*)

2007-10-17 Thread David Dorward
or suffered from the same dependency. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://c

Re: [css-d] Validation problems

2007-10-06 Thread David Dorward
7;re trying to apply onblur and onfocus to a div. Since divs in HTML 4 (or any other markup language standard) cannot hold the focus, these events can never fire, so the attributes are not in the list of allowed attributes for the div element. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk>

Re: [css-d] three numbers

2007-10-04 Thread David Dorward
p=1em, right=2em, bottom=3em, left=2em */ http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html#propdef-margin -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.

Re: [css-d] Wrapping Long Words

2007-09-24 Thread David Dorward
e simple, reliable method is to disallow exceptionally long words on the server. When it comes to URLs you can trim the middle. http://very.long.example.com/url/that/will/annoy/";>very.long…ll/annoy/ -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.

Re: [css-d] switching text size

2007-09-14 Thread David Dorward
preference in a number of browsers (with the user-agent string being used to pick a default set) would be more helpful then a custom interface that only works on one specific site? -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> _

Re: [css-d] switching text size

2007-09-13 Thread David Dorward
orer (to various degrees depending on the version)) -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/F

Re: [css-d] Any solution for block elements with an anchor?

2007-09-06 Thread David Dorward
lution? Have a short link inside the element (something that gives enough information to be useful when skimming through links but not so much that it becomes overly verbose), and use JavaScript to make the entire element clickable. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.

Re: [css-d] Getting text to center in a div

2007-08-05 Thread David Dorward
nor display: table-cell, so the property doesn't apply. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 in

Re: [css-d] printing background images

2007-08-01 Thread David Dorward
27;no' by default. >, or do I need to outright stack layers on each other with the image laying > in one and the text in the other? If at all possible, avoid needing the background. They munch on ink and toner. When it comes to print media style sheets KISS is the way to go. -- David D

Re: [css-d] mozilla width problem

2007-07-23 Thread David Dorward
or that matter). I suggest dealing with those issues first (the width issue is very likely related to them) -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://w

Re: [css-d] Styling an RSS feed { #rss: bother; }

2007-07-23 Thread David Dorward
ed rather than styling it directly but ... > Also, I'm a bit confused about how you will the stylesheet > in. ... if the RSS was being styled directly then one would use the standard XML syntax for applying a stylesheet rather then the HTML method. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/intro

Re: [css-d] Styling an RSS feed { #rss: bother; }

2007-07-23 Thread David Dorward
that script is going to break due to the lack of support for document.write in XHTML documents. http://www.webdevout.net/articles/beware-of-xhtml might be worth a read. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk>

Re: [css-d] HTML and CSS Validators

2007-07-19 Thread David Dorward
rewall. http://validator.w3.org/docs/install.html http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/DOWNLOAD.html -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cs

Re: [css-d] IE6 form issue

2007-07-16 Thread David Dorward
etectable syntax errors is, as ever, a good starting point. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d I

Re: [css-d] Left 50% margin- 497

2007-07-10 Thread David Dorward
a smaller price to pay to rendering content inaccessible. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 informa

Re: [css-d] centering elements via margin: auto

2007-07-02 Thread David Dorward
irks mode. http://dorward.me.uk/www/centre/#ie -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- htt

Re: [css-d] centering elements via margin: auto

2007-06-28 Thread David Dorward
rks mode there are work arounds, but you are usually better off picking a Doctype that triggers standards mode. http://hsivonen.iki.fi/doctype/ http://dorward.me.uk/www/centre/#ie -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> ___

Re: [css-d] Urgent please Hyperlink help

2007-06-14 Thread David Dorward
webdesign-l mailing list. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incu

Re: [css-d] Two Questions?

2007-06-13 Thread David Dorward
On 12/06/07, Jukka K. Korpela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jun 2007, David Dorward wrote: > > > (You can find out what the computed font size is using Firebug's dom > > inspector, switching to the Style tab, and picking Computed Style from > > the men

Re: [css-d] Two Questions?

2007-06-12 Thread David Dorward
rovide an example of where it doesn't? (You can find out what the computed font size is using Firebug's dom inspector, switching to the Style tab, and picking Computed Style from the menu on the right hand side of Firebug). -- David Dorward <http://dorward

Re: [css-d] DIVs still on different lines -- No 's

2007-06-11 Thread David Dorward
ss.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/ for some nice approaches to horizontal navbars, with rollover effects. If you really want to use pictures of text (and I suggest you don't as they are harder to read in general), then you'll probably be better off with elements inside the anchors that

Re: [css-d] table class

2007-06-06 Thread David Dorward
t it is far too late for it to change if you disagree. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 informati

Re: [css-d] Importing style sheets and vhosts

2007-05-31 Thread David Dorward
t-type issues, or invalid CSS (e.g. @import appearing after rulesets). A URL would make it easier to debug. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:

Re: [css-d] "Divitis?"

2007-05-29 Thread David Dorward
ake a new class to deal with this or > would this be the famous "divitis" that I have heard about? It is divitus alright. You've got a list, so use a list (ul / ol + li), with a graphical bullet point: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/generate.html#propdef-list-style-image -- David

Re: [css-d] Inline Lists in IE4 - possible?

2007-05-15 Thread David Dorward
I'm very surprised anyone is still trying to support IE 4, which has been unsupported by Microsoft for a very long time. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL P

Re: [css-d] changes in W3C validator?

2007-05-15 Thread David Dorward
oes have a new XML parser ( http://validator-test.w3.org/ ) to try it out. Jigsaw is, IIRC, the HTTPD / Servelet container that the CSS Validator runs under and I haven't heard about any changes to either of late. -- David

Re: [css-d] How does CSS adjust a body background image on resize

2007-05-09 Thread David Dorward
ined and does this work in most currently used browser. background-position: 50% 0%; -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/

Re: [css-d] Image Placement

2007-05-08 Thread David Dorward
ssume that is what you are talking about when you say 'cell') 3. If it still doesn't work, provide a URL showing the issue -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-dis

Re: [css-d] @Media in Firefox

2007-05-04 Thread David Dorward
Don't work with Firefox, ok for IE6, 7. */ > @import url(./Ressources/StyleSheet/FontStyles.css); Try valid CSS. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/cascade.html#at-import describes how to perform media specific imports. -- David Dorward <http:

Re: [css-d] P/DIV Tag problem

2007-05-03 Thread David Dorward
No, you can't. > at least according to W3C. Where does the W3C claim this? -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discus

Re: [css-d] page opening sizes

2007-05-03 Thread David Dorward
On 02/05/07, Glenn E. Lanier, II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >More Please don't. A link to the top of the page that also does something else if JS is available, is odd. (and have openwindow return false in the event of a failure). -- David Dorward <http://do

Re: [css-d] Padding effect: explanation please

2007-04-30 Thread David Dorward
g the box beyond the picture, how would I go about it? Either reduce the width by the sum of the left and right padding, or use a child container with the padding you want and width "auto". -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk>

Re: [css-d] cms CSS/XHTML

2007-04-26 Thread David Dorward
On 26/04/07, simone.benerecetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is there someone who can advise me a good CMS FAQ: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CssFriendlyCms -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://

Re: [css-d] Vailiation

2007-04-19 Thread David Dorward
/jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/DOWNLOAD.html -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http:

Re: [css-d] Calling different img tags

2007-04-16 Thread David Dorward
ontent img is more specific than .storycontentblog img and so takes priority. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/cascade.html#specificity -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> __ css-discuss [E

Re: [css-d] Sudden font size discrepancy

2007-04-15 Thread David Dorward
ot;pass" you mean "Fails to recognise the non-standard public identifier, warns about not knowing if it should be treating this as XML or SGML[1], uses the URI to the DTD instead of its local catalog for HTML 4.01 Strict, and then validates against that". [1] Thank-you so very much X

Re: [css-d] Web calendar

2007-04-09 Thread David Dorward
be even definition lists which may help with the issue that is > mentioned there. You aren't defining terms, and definition lists don't describe a two dimensional relationship. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> _

Re: [css-d] Web calendar

2007-04-09 Thread David Dorward
e) you get: April 2007 CHB Medical Office Suites Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Scott Emerick, MD (General Surgery) 9A-2P ... I suggest switching to use a table for your data structure. -- David Dorward <http://do

Re: [css-d] css in HTML email

2007-04-07 Thread David Dorward
On 06/04/07, Ross Hulford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quick question... Its a FAQ: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=StyleInEmail -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk>

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