On 5/31/07, Christine Masters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone!
I've got a test site up to isolate this particular problem, which you can
see here:
http://cmasters.townnews.com/test
Note that, in Firefox, a black underline is supposed to show up when you
hover over the headlines in
On 5/23/07, Michael Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
-Original Message-
From: David Laakso
It is a lot easier if you set default (100%) on the body. And use percent
throughout for font-sizes and a raw number (no unit of measure) for
line-height.
This is a 5 minute fast dirty pass
On 3/25/07, Lee Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all
This weekend I've been working on a way of getting complete control
over font sizes without IE's text-resize shrinking text beyond all
readable sizes.
I'd be interested in hearing anyones results / bugs / opinions about
this.
My
On 3/4/07, Chris Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The modern way to do this, since a menu (even a horizontal one) is
just a list of links, is to use the UL element as the wrapper. The
anchors then go in the LI elements within. See for example the Listamatic
site at
On 3/4/07, Chris Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Whatever reason is the span there for? There's nothing you can do with
that construction that you can't do with just the link.
This is for a horizontal navigation bar centered on the top of the page.
The modern way to do this, since a menu
On 3/2/07, Chris Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't seem to be able to style a inside span to make it centered
*vertically* inside span.
Both of these elements are inline so the only things you can adjust
are the line height and the font size. If you must for some reason
adjust them
On 1/26/07, martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear list,
If you look at the top menu bar as well as the subcategories below
the page's h1, you'll see how the vertical padding on the a
elements (as well as li.current) I was using to try to make the
navigation bars a bit thicker doesn't
On 1/26/07, martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
li a {display: block;}
If I do this, then the entire navigation bar will be horizontal all
of a sudden:
I don't see why. All that rule says is that every a element inside an
li element should be displayed in block
On 1/17/07, Peggy Coats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a way to hyperlink a background image (so it takes the
visitor to a page in the site?)
i don't think you should do this. Users expect links to be indicated
visually and if they just click on some part of a page at random and
it sends
On 1/15/07, Paul Novitski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 1/15/2007 09:59 AM, Steve LaBadie wrote:
One of our programmers is creating forms with PHP as backend. Most of
the input fields (input type=text) have a background color of yellow and
there are no styles applied. It happens in both IE7
On 1/15/07, Jake Churchill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Personally I like sites that change the weight and style of visited
links. For example, if all links are bold, then make visited links
normal. If all links are normal, make visited links italic. Something
like that. I don't generally like
On 1/13/07, Jan Erik Moström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
+ How common is Explorer 6, should I bother to try to fix this?
Well unless Microsoft's push for IE7 is going faster than I think
it's probably still the majority browser out there.
+ Is there some simple way of fixing this (I tried to
On 1/13/07, Jan Erik Moström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Next you must make sure to have valid xhtml. Use the W3C validator
and squash any markup errors in your file. CSS is defined for valid
code only.
At least it validated :-)
That already makes your site better than the vast majority of
On 12/21/06, James Eaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm having a hard time sizing text within textarea form elements and
getting something consistent in appearance in both IE and Firefox. What's
the trick? I've tried using em, px, and pt sizes, tried leaving the
default font-family and
On 12/21/06, Thomas Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I put this line of code in the root div container :
font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode, Arial;
this works for IE but not for Mozilla,
Don't put quotes around Arial.
Thank u for any help !
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Ed Seedhouse
On 12/13/06, Ian Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am being completely stupid here. Have tried all the suggestions and get no
alternating colors.
tr .even{background:#eee}
tr.odd{background:#F9FBF9}
Your sytnax is wrong for the shortcut rule. It should be {background:
#eee none;}
You should
On 12/13/06, Chris Broadfoot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Your sytnax is wrong for the shortcut rule. It should be {background:
#eee none;}
How come?
Well I might be wrong - my memory of validating CSS is that the
validator complains about the background shortcut rule if you don't
specify the
For example, I have a high definition screen (1400 x 1050 px) with Windows
set to 120 DPI using Clear Type. This gives crisp and clear text, but
Firefox makes normal text 16px, while IE and Opera makes it 20px.
You can easily change the default font size in Firefox, though. I
reset mine to
On 12/8/06, Sandy Gonzales [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks Roger, this solved my problem, although what would I do if the
images needed to be lined up horizontally like the nav?
Give them a class and float that class, normally something like this:
img.linup {float: left;}
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Ed Seedhouse
On 11/28/06, Scott Bicknell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to create a site with a sidebar div {width:200px; float:
left;} rule and a content div that stretches to fill the
remaining space and that centers the content within that
remaining space.
When I specify a percentage width for the
On 11/26/06, Ross Hulford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What is the selector for all divs?
The selector in general for all of a given element is the element name.
So for div the selector is:
div {css rule here}
and similarly the selector for all paragraphs is
p {}
and it generalizes to pretty
On 10/30/06, Raymond Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well I'm stumped again. I'm having a problem with clearing a small
floated div that contains one image and a brief caption underneath.
The div floats just before a paragraph, which wraps nicely around
it...except for the bullets of the
On 10/20/06, Martin Breuer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I have one div with static width and height and a dynamic content from
on to three divs with static width and height which have to be centered.
To get them in one line, I use float: left. To center them I tried
margin: 0 auto;
But it
On 9/22/06, Tracey Zellmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have one line of text containing two elements. I want one to be
left-justified and one to be right-justified.
Something like this:
JAMES W. JACOBS,
On 9/12/06, Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This seems very familiar, and I'm sure will be obvious, but I'm
trying to understand why adding a border is changing the size of a
div.
Because, in the CSS box model, that is what it is supposed to do.
Also adding padding changes the size on
On 9/9/06, Robin Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
I'm having a problem whereby my content div ends up being different widths
in Opera, FF and IE7.
The XML prologue in your xhtml file (fist line) will force IE6 into
quirks mode where it gives block elements the wrong width. IE6 will
On 9/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
problem is inline divs with dimensions that collapse when div is set to
display inline -
Of course they do - they are supposed to.
i'm assuming that inline elements can't have specified widths and heights -
is this true - ?
Pretty much,
On 9/7/06, Wes Gamble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I saw a comment on the list recently that the SPAN tag was obsolete.
Can anyone explain how that is?
It isn't. It is however much abused and often used when another
semantic tag would do a lot better IMO. span style=font-weight:
bold;xxx/span
On 9/5/06, cappellano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
is there any bulletin board (entirely) tabless? if yes, which one?
Any such system I would avoid, myself. Surely the typical index of
messages is proper tabular data if there ever is such. So it should
properly go in a table and a system that
On 8/31/06, Ed Seehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 8/30/06, Chris Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rather than try to divine my intent, I'll simply repeat my query, does
anyone know of a tool that allows one to inquire of a browser, what exactly
is that font, right
On 8/30/06, Chris Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rather than try to divine my intent, I'll simply repeat my query, does
anyone know of a tool that allows one to inquire of a browser, what exactly
is that font, right ... there? If the answer is no, fine, I'll play the
trial-and-error game.
On 7/31/06, jaklitsch maya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My present website has a couple of href that need to
open in their own window. When I had the xhtml
validated it said that target=_blank was invalid, my
only error.
If you use a strice doctype then target=_blank is illegal. There's a
reason
On 7/27/06, Nick morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Part of the problem is that different browsers apply margins
and padding differently on uls.
And as I understand it the W3C spec allows for either, so it's within
the standard to use padding, or margins, whichever the browser
designer prefers.
On 7/27/06, Micky Hulse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IMHO, I would not suggest noobs start with strict doctypes.
But then again, I kinda came into web coding using a transitional dtd,
so I am biased. Maybe strict would be easier?
I think it would be a lot easier. If everyone learned with a
On 7/27/06, Zoe M. Gillenwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
An advantage of Strict is that it gets you used to coding without
those deprecated elements.
Which means less to remember, and less stuff you have to learn if you
are starting out.
On 6/21/06, Click This IT Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd like to know how to align my page centre? I currently
do my layouts with
absolute positioning without a wrapper/container and everything
aligns left
because it's the only way I know. Now the problem is, I'm getting tired of
On 6/20/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What the heck is the ratio of ex's and em's to font size and pixels.
There is no such ratio. It is undefined by CSS. Each user agent
defines the default size for a given font, but when the font size
changes the em and ex change also.
An
On 6/19/06, Bruce Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
so for a two col layout as an example you would float the first col
left and for the second col add margin-left to clear the first col,
and add spacing, but there would be no need to float the sec col,
right. Would that be the best approach?
On 6/18/06, Bruce Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was just curious as to the benefits of floating divs, as opposed to
aligning with margin spacing? It seems that floated elements often
case floats drops and the floats need to be cleared etc. whereas
margin somewhat more easy to manage.
I'd
On 6/17/06, Tom Anthony [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I'm interested in adding a print style sheet to a site. The problem I
am having is that any images on the page often get split over 2
pages, which defies the point of people printing it.
I understand that the page breaks are browser
On 6/16/06, Debra Kappmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.viterbo.edu/proofs/CSSTest/index3.html
There's just a couple of problems
You have a fair whack of errors in your html code. CSS is intended to
work with valid html and errors in your html can really mess things
up.
You also
On 6/16/06, Anthony Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Have been looking to different font sizing methods and decided to go
with a method suggested by Dan Cederholm (as I recall) )where the font
size is defined in the BODY tag and then percentages are used to
increase or decrease the size. EMs
On 6/14/06, Brendan Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone
Is it possible to have floating divs side-by-side without the width
specified or with just one set explicitly?
Yes.
For example I have two columns...
Left hand side I want to set explicity, ie. 15em
Right hand side, I want
It represents a starting point, not a solution. The xml declation
above the doctype puts IE in quirksmode (I don't exactly know
what that
means, other than it's easier to cope with the 'evil one' that way).
I find it the exact opposite. IE 6 in quirks mode renders any block
element with
On 6/10/06, Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a banner/header on the top of each page, with an image as
background. On this are positioned (sorta') two .png images: our
logo on the left, and our brand on the right.
properly. However, on IE
If you are using transparency on the
On 6/9/06, Ian - Mediamint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It worked fine in IE, but then when i tried it in firefox the divs seemed
to overlap. I think i've fixed that, but i can't get the sizes of the divs
to stay the same size in IE firefox.
Your doctype declaration is insufficient to put IE
On 5/27/06, Wintergreen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am learning CSS and cannot distinguish between ID and Class.
Just google on css id class. Google is your friend.
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Ed Seedhouse
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On 5/26/06, Steve LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This page works fine in IE, but not in any of the others. What do I
need to do to fix this???
You need to change your whole design approach. You are doing about
everything wrong for working with CSS. First, no document type on
your html
On 5/23/06, Mike Soultanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am trying to create a
page that isn't going to have the same height content in each row, but
needs to line up like this:
A B
A
C D
D
E F
G H
G H
Is there a
On 5/18/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The page layout maintains its shape when the window is resized. Is it
possible replicate this layout using standards compliant code?
This is a pretty straightforward two column layout with header,
navigation and a footer. There are lots
On 5/18/06, Mark Fellowes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know that with elastic layouts you set the element widths
using ems. What about margins , would those also be in ems ?
That or percentages, whichever looks best to you at various resolutions.
Ed Seedhouse
On 5/18/06, Tony Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since ems is a measure of height for a given font, wouldn't percent or
pixels be a better and more accurate measurement for both margins and
width/height?
But you don't have a liquid layout if you use pixels .
A px is a fixed measurement, but
On 5/15/06, Tim Ware [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, I know it's frowned upon,
Not merely frowned upon but in fact, strictly speaking, actually not possible.
we *definitely* need to lock down the file size for the navigation or
it breaks the design.
You can define the font-sizes in pixels
On 5/8/06, Stevio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What would be wrong with using a table in this instance? It achieves
everything that is required without any hacks, like what Francky posted, and
will validate?
What's wrong (in my opinion) is that it uses tables for layout,
something for which they
What I need is a left column of a fixed width, then a right column
that scales to the width of the browser window. Within that right
column, is a table with rows of financial data. So, the layout has to
match the illustration below:
The solution is to use *less* positioning, not more.
For
On 4/26/06, Kathryn Bader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
there is a division (right below the gold bar) between the main nav
bar and the left and right divs in internet explorer for pc (for mac
is fine). do you know of a hack that would eliminate this space/white
bar? or is there some other fix?
On 4/27/06, tedd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
only 20 percent of the viewing audience has a screen size of 800 x 600 and
that figure is dropping at a rate of 5 percent per six months (10 percent per
year).
As such, in two years, the narrow-screen user number will drop below a
detectable amount.
On 4/27/06, Anjali Arora [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks a ton, I'm glad you liked the site.
Ok, so after tearing my hair for the last couple of hours, I have
managed to fix the problem. The clue came from an online resource
that said that because of IE's buggy implementation of the
On 4/23/06, Shmulik Flint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I define a block element that exceeds the window width, IE and FF seem
to interpret its width differently.
Of course they do, since your DTD does not put any browser into
standards mode. In Quirks mode, in which browsers will render
On 4/22/06, Glenn Weatherson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My navigation works correctly in ie, but in firefox it overlaps.
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
Here is a direct link to the navigation live as well:
http://iamglenn.com/nav/
Your xhtml code has many errors in it. Most of your
Christy Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Found this on a bulletin board:
the display: inline on safari does not let you use padding or height
or anyting to adjust the height of the box
Um, I believe that's the standard for all inline elements in CSS.
line-height should work. If it doesn't
On 4/5/06, Bill Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry to bother you guys again, but I pasted the stylesheet in the W3C
css-validator and got the results below, which I totally do not understand.
a.. Line : 2 (Level : 1) You have no color with your background-color :
This is a warning, not
On 4/2/06, Shawn Hoefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm wading through a dozen different designs trying to find one I
like and dealing with the It worked great on X browser, why not Y?
blues.
http://laffinghorsedesign.sitesled.com/untitled2.html
Your xhtml prologue:
?xml version=1.0
On 3/30/06, Mike Ginter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have tested this page (link below) in most modern browsers and all of
them seem to work fairly well. However in IE5 and 5.5 the background
images never show up or keep disappearing (in the top user information
and chapter navigation areas)
I
On 3/24/06, Connor Boyack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So I just created a new mockup for a site, and when I went to view it in IE,
I was quite amazed with how messed up the design was... I've spent some time
trying to fix it, but have been rather unsuccessful in doing so.
.. but in IE, it's
On 3/24/06, Iorhael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is it typical when floating to have a situation like this one where I will
need to
use large negative top and level margins to adjust for the right
floated element?
Using the block outline tool in Firefox I am seeing that the elements
are no where
On 3/18/06, Mark Mckee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
imy design breaks when the right hand menu is
longer than the central div.
It also breaks when you resize the text upwards even one level with Firefox.
Personally, I think you should reconsider your whole use of fixed
widths in this way. There
relating back to my proj about with DIVs I have another issue which seems
to be Firefox 1.5 specific. If I have a container DIV and then an inner
DIV with its width set to 100% it seems to break out of the container DIV
on the right-hand side.
The styles for both the DIV's are as
On 3/16/06, Ian Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In following test site the menu does not appear inside its wrapper (the
black border is purely for debugging)
The container only contains floated elements, which are removed from
the normal flow, so the container thinks it has no content and sizes
On 3/16/06, Christian Heilmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just realised a really annoying Safari bug:
I think that's as it should be, according to the standard:
visibility:hidden reserves the same space for an element.
If you want to remove an element from the flow I believe you need to
use
On 3/15/06, Lars Bruzelius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For a transcription that I am doing, I need syncronised parallel
texts with a dividing line running down the gutter. If I understand
the CSS box model correctly, the following CSS would do the trick:
style type=text/css
.l {float: left;
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