[WSG] problem with menu positioning

2007-01-22 Thread Nick Roper
the main area and the curves line up. Any ideas/suggestion would be much appreciated. Cheers, Nick -- Nick Roper partner logical elements *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

[WSG] Vertical borders between inconsistent height divs

2006-11-27 Thread Nick Roper
of doing it? Thanks, Nick -- Nick Roper partner logical elements innovative web and internet solutions zend/php mysql approved partner email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +44 1749 676798 www: www.logical.co.uk skype: nick.roper / +44 20 7870 9587

Re: [WSG] Vertical borders between inconsistent height divs

2006-11-27 Thread Nick Roper
The faux method seems to work OK, but I'll work my way through the documented issues and test it out in different browsers. Cheers, Nick Nick Roper wrote: Hi Paul, Thanks for that. I had wondered about using a background image and have now added an enclosing #content div to try it out

Re: [WSG] BG images in links

2006-11-15 Thread Nick Roper
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Re: [WSG] BG images in links

2006-11-15 Thread Nick Roper
I think I have fixed this by applying some height and removing margins, but will also look at suggested article. Many thanks again to all. Paul Novitski wrote: At 11/15/2006 03:43 PM, Nick Roper wrote: I tried creating a new image file for the third link 'home-administration.jpg

[WSG] Recommendations for x-platform css/xhtml editors?

2006-11-11 Thread Nick Roper
with programming as we use ZDE or Kate for all the PHP stuff on the Linux boxes. Have looked at resources on the WSG site and also punted around on the web and tried Amaya, CSSED etc, but any input from out there would be appreciated. Cheers, Nick -- Nick Roper partner logical elements

Re: [WSG] Recommendations for x-platform css/xhtml editors?

2006-11-11 Thread Nick Roper
Topstyle in a virtual machine!) hth -- Nick Roper partner logical elements innovative web and internet solutions zend/php mysql approved partner email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +44 1749 676798 www: www.logical.co.uk skype: nick.roper / +44 20 7870 9587

Re: [WSG] Printing business letters from a brower

2006-11-10 Thread Nick Roper
Hi Josh, Yeah, I guess that makes sense. I'll get my sleeves rolled up with PHP's PDF libraries. Thanks for the AU$0.02 Nick Joshua Street wrote: On 11/10/06, Nick Roper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ideally I don't want the user to have to go through any print setup operations each time

[WSG] Printing business letters from a brower

2006-11-09 Thread Nick Roper
, methods, utilities or 'gotchas' that you think are appropriate or particularly useful. Thanks, Nick -- Nick Roper partner logical elements innovative web and internet solutions zend/php mysql approved partner email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +44 1749 676798 www: www.logical.co.uk skype

Re: [WSG] Dropdown menu issue - part II

2006-11-08 Thread Nick Roper
Hi David, Thanks for that. Nick David Hucklesby wrote: On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:36:34 +, Nick Roper wrote: Sorry folks, forgot to say that this was fixed, many thanks to all concerned. Out of interest, what's the correct way of thanking people and advising that something is fixed

Re: [WSG] Dropdown menu issue - part II

2006-11-07 Thread Nick Roper
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[WSG] Dropdown menu issue - part II

2006-11-06 Thread Nick Roper
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[WSG] Help needed with CSS dropdown menu issue in Opera

2006-11-04 Thread Nick Roper
on Windows. All seems fine in FF and IE, but there is a positioning and functionality problem in Opera, with the submenus appearing at top of page and not acting as links. I've probably done something stupid and any help would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Nick -- Nick Roper partner

Re: [WSG] Help needed with CSS dropdown menu issue in Opera

2006-11-04 Thread Nick Roper
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Re: [WSG] Help needed with CSS dropdown menu issue in Opera

2006-11-04 Thread Nick Roper
Hi David, Thanks for this. I will investigate later today (and upgrade Opera) Thanks again. Nick David Hucklesby wrote: On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 23:29:01 +, Nick Roper wrote: When the page started out there were no requirements for any dropdown navigation, so everything was just handled

[WSG] Additional space between sentences ?

2006-11-02 Thread Nick Roper
Hi Group, A client has requested that the content on their site has two spaces between the end of one sentence and the start of the next. We could do it by using non-breaking spaces, but is there a better way of achieving this - possibly with CSS? Thanks in anticipation. Nick -- Nick

Re: [WSG] Additional space between sentences ?

2006-11-02 Thread Nick Roper
the code (I was attacked the last time I posted it...). If you want/need to do it with HTML, I can only think of inserting it by hand... A real PITA. HTH, Chris From: Nick Roper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Additional space between sentences ? A client has requested that the content

Re: [WSG] Additional space between sentences ?

2006-11-02 Thread Nick Roper
Designer, Thanks for that. I see what you mean about the space at the end of the line in para 2, but the content won't be justified on the site so shouldn't be an issue. Nick Designer wrote: Nick Roper wrote: Hi Group, A client has requested that the content on their site has two spaces

[WSG] When is use of absolute units acceptable?

2006-09-10 Thread Nick Roper
. Is it acceptable to set padding on the main div, or margins on contained divs, in absolute units - say 30px - on the basis that this shouldn't affect the content itself (or could it?) Thanks, Nick -- Nick Roper *** List Guidelines

Re: [WSG] Trouble with float layout (IE6 versus Firefox)

2006-09-06 Thread Nick Roper
Works for me in FF - i.e. the second div drops below the first as you reckon it should. Nick -- Nick Roper partner logical elements Quoting Doug Wigginton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear Group, I've finished reading CSS Mastery, and yet I'm still not quite getting something right with my floats

Re: [WSG] Trouble with float layout (IE6 versus Firefox)

2006-09-06 Thread Nick Roper
Hi Doug, Yup, that's correct. [grey div] stays left and [green div 1] and [green div 2] stay right, but [green div 2] moves underneath [green div 1] Note: I'm not actually changing the resolution of the screen, simply resizing the browser window. Cheers, Nick -- Nick Roper partner logical

Re: [WSG] Trouble with float layout (IE6 versus Firefox)

2006-09-06 Thread Nick Roper
Doug : hang on, I just double checked to make sure, and now the green divs are moving under the grey div. I could have sworn that didn't happen before, spooky stuff... Will have a play. Nick -- Nick Roper partner logical elements Quoting Doug Wigginton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nick

[WSG] option text in FireFox

2006-08-31 Thread Nick Roper
this ? Many thanks, Nick -- Nick Roper partner logical elements *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] option text in FireFox

2006-08-31 Thread Nick Roper
this seems to have no effect on the option items in the dropdown i.e they still display the same with or without zapping the padding, but in FF I then have to add back about 5px, or 1em of right padding. Nick -- Nick Roper partner logical elements Quoting Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nick