Re: [css-d] How to: enlarge all content for accessibility

2016-05-28 Thread Tedd Sperling
bill: Here’s something you may want to consider. http://sperling.com/examples/zoom/ It shows that using ems is a good way to handle both text and images with regard to zooming. Cheers, tedd ___ tedd sperling t...@sperling.com > On May 28, 2016, at 6:38 AM, william dresc

[css-d] keyframe:hover

2015-01-13 Thread Tedd Sperling
there. Use as you may. Cheers, tedd ___ tedd sperling t...@sperling.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.

Re: [css-d] Screens overload

2014-11-13 Thread Tedd Sperling
Crest: This is not all, but it's a good start: http://mydevice.io/devices/ Cheers, tedd ___ tedd sperling t...@sperling.com > On Nov 12, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Crest Christopher > wrote: > > I have a general question, how many screens are there ? > &g

Re: [css-d] rem units and %

2014-09-21 Thread Tedd Sperling
ey (the people who wrote the code) don't understand the css and instead of learning, they throw everything they have at it until it works (sort-of). Cheers, tedd ___ tedd sperling t...@sperling.com __

Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

2014-04-19 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Apr 19, 2014, at 7:00 PM, Georg wrote: > Den 19.04.2014 16:00, Tedd Sperling wrote: >> 4. Lastly, use ems for images as well. That way your entire site scales well >> with zooms. > > I find there is something wrong/missing in that statement, as images scale > wit

Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

2014-04-19 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Apr 19, 2014, at 8:11 PM, Tim Dawson wrote: >> On 19/04/2014 15:00, Tedd Sperling wrote: >> I just set my to whatever size I want knowing that 1em is equal (in >> most cases) to 16 >> pixels. No need for percentages in setting font sizes. > If you set your font-si

Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

2014-04-19 Thread Tedd Sperling
Hi gang: Is anyone else receiving inappropriate pics with this subject line? Cheers, tedd ___ tedd sperling t...@sperling.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman

Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

2014-04-19 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Apr 19, 2014, at 4:19 PM, Tim Dawson wrote: > On 19/04/2014 15:00, Tedd Sperling wrote: >> > as the font-size >> increases, to get the same pixel equivalent."> > Given that my original margin/padding around an with font-size 250% was > in pixels, when I c

Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

2014-04-19 Thread Tedd Sperling
lems I have ever encountered has been mixing measurement types. My advise, pick something and stay with it. 4. Lastly, use ems for images as well. That way your entire site scales well with zooms. Here's my write-up on it: http://sperling.com/examples

Re: [css-d] Firefox and page inflation

2014-04-09 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Apr 8, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2014-04-08 09:42 (GMT-0400) Tedd Sperling composed: > > Offlist. I don't think this qualifies as topical for css-d. > >> I would like to hear your thoughts/recommendations on Mobile >> devices for clarificatio

Re: [css-d] Firefox and page inflation

2014-04-08 Thread Tedd Sperling
endations on Mobile devices for clarification and advice? Cheers, tedd ___ tedd sperling t...@sperling.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ

Re: [css-d] Firefox and page inflation

2014-04-06 Thread Tedd Sperling
will be 960px, while in those using higher densities, more px > will be used, but your design proportions will be preserved. > -- > As usual, Felix provides excellent advice. Let me add that you should also define y

Re: [css-d] Subject: Font Size Small in FireFox ?

2014-03-16 Thread Tedd Sperling
Felix: I just wish to say that your knowledge of this topic (et al) is simply amazing. You are a wealth of information -- thank you very much for your participation. Cheers, tedd ___ tedd sperling t...@sperling.com

Re: [css-d] rotate image CSS3?

2014-03-06 Thread Tedd Sperling
Jon: Ahhh that works. http://php1.net/a/tilt/ Thanks, tedd ___ tedd sperling t...@sperling.com On Mar 5, 2014, at 6:41 PM, Jon Reece wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Tedd Sperling wrote: > Interesting, but I can't get it to work. > > ht

Re: [css-d] rotate image CSS3?

2014-03-05 Thread Tedd Sperling
epen.io/jreece/pen/JeIHs > > > -- > Jon Reece Interesting, but I can't get it to work. http://php1.net/a/tilt/ I must be missing something. Cheers, tedd ___ tedd sperling t...@sperling.com __

Re: [css-d] HTML5 CSS3 Table border question

2013-10-15 Thread Tedd Sperling
ple is: table, th, td { border: 1px solid black; } Do you think that may help? Learning how to find things is part of learning css. Cheers tedd ___ tedd sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com __ css-discuss [css-d@lis

Re: [css-d] css-based flyout menu for mobile?

2013-06-15 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jun 14, 2013, at 7:20 PM, COM wrote: > Can anyone point me to a 100% css-based flyout menu for use with mobile > devices? By flyout, I mean that when User presses a Menu icon, the menu > slides out or otherwise appears, User presses their choice and menu hides, > chosen page loads. > > Tha

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

2013-05-15 Thread Tedd Sperling
ver changes in the one image? Or should I keep them > separate? > > Regards > > Anna > > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Tedd Sperling > wrote: > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Anna Gav wrote: > >> > >> Re: http://imageshack.us/scaled/landin

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

2013-05-13 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Anna Gav wrote: >> >> Re: http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/703/sdfdsf.png >> >> I need to reproduce the functionality demonstrated in this image. The >> requirements are: >> >> When the menu items are hovered over >> -the image on the left needs to change. >>

Re: [css-d] Media queries and em's

2013-01-16 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jan 14, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2013-01-14 15:55 (GMT-0500) Eric composed: > >> html {font-size: 16px;} > >> Then all REMs on the page will be 16px no matter what eles. > > Not quite. Notwithstanding that styling text in px ignores the wide variation > in effective pixel

Re: [css-d] Zebra Stripes effect with CSS and jQuery

2013-01-16 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jan 13, 2013, at 10:12 PM, Anthony wrote: > > > The zebra stripes effect doesn't work... Did you know you could do that with php? Here's an example: http://webbytedd.com/b/color-rows/ The page should have a .php suffix -- or -- a htaccess file that calls the php interpreter to work on

Re: [css-d] Media queries and em's

2013-01-16 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jan 14, 2013, at 5:52 PM, Philip TAYLOR wrote: > Tedd Sperling wrote: > >> Also, here's a complete site: >> >> http://sperling.com/clients/beckyscan/index.php >> >> Try changing your zoom levels in your Browser to see the effect. You can't &

Re: [css-d] Media queries and em's

2013-01-14 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jan 13, 2013, at 2:50 PM, John Snippe wrote: > On 2013-01-13, at 2:09 PM, Tedd Sperling wrote: > >> Additionally, here is something that helped me -- when converting from >> pixels to em simply divide by 16. >> >> For example, an image that is 16 pixels wid

Re: [css-d] Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) Presto/2.12.388 Version/12.12

2013-01-13 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jan 13, 2013, at 9:53 AM, David Laakso wrote: > What to do? > > Best, > David Laakso Check out preloading the images via Javascript. Cheers, tedd _ t...@sperling.com http://sperling.com __ css-discuss [

Re: [css-d] Media queries and em's

2013-01-13 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jan 13, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Kuzeko Web Design - Matteo Lissandrini wrote: > I would like to work on my new project building Responsive layouts making > use of flexible em-based media queries instead of pixel based. > > -snip- > > So, is there any new findings on the subject, or is just as si

Re: [css-d] Value naming, Forms

2012-08-03 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Aug 3, 2012, at 1:44 PM, John wrote: > In creating a form with a pull-down menu, and naming the various entries ( > shown below), > are there best practices for the number of characters in value="name" ? > > The tutorial I followed went with 2- and 3-character names. Can I use 4, 5, 6

Re: [css-d] on html and css versions

2012-08-01 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Aug 1, 2012, at 9:11 AM, Georg wrote: > On 01.08.2012 14:41, Tedd Sperling wrote: >> >> As for "good practice", using a tiny amount of code to accomplish something >> is better than using more than what's needed. > > If you say so :-) > >

Re: [css-d] on html and css versions

2012-08-01 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Aug 1, 2012, at 4:56 AM, Georg wrote: > My point is that to imply anything by simply presenting a tiny bit of code, > is not good practice. It does not really tell much to those who don't know it > all beforehand - and they don't have to be told (hopefully). The OP's basic > questions indic

Re: [css-d] on html and css versions

2012-07-31 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:18 PM, John D wrote: >> What html dtd is recommended to reach the most users? HTML 4.01 >> Transitional -- and CSS2? This works for me, my students, and W3C validation: --- Your title --- Cheers, tedd _

Re: [css-d] CSS3 slider box/image triggered by onload?

2012-07-29 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jul 28, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Keith Purtell wrote: > My client has her heart set on each page of her site featuring a different > image that slides in when the page loads. I found plenty of info about CSS3 > and JQuery slider boxes. I'll probably design for the former and fall back on > the lat

Re: [css-d] Floating boxes with variable heights

2012-07-26 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jul 26, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Georg wrote: > ...an if you don't bother to test this old float-alternative at your end, > here are a few examples. > > http://www.gunlaug.com/contents/test/test-floating-boxes.html > http://www.gunlaug.com/contents/test/test-floating-boxes-c.html > http://www.gunlau

Re: [css-d] Food menus and definitions

2012-07-26 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jul 26, 2012, at 5:46 PM, John wrote: > On Jul 26, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Tim Arnold wrote: > >> They are most definitely still de rigueur for data like you are >> marking up. Tabular data is for tables and likely always will be. >> >> T > > OK thanks for the confirmation...works for me.. if a

Re: [css-d] Responsive images not scaling down

2012-07-16 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jul 15, 2012, at 5:45 PM, "Gates, Jeff" wrote: > Two images on a page don't seem to be resizing as they should when I reduce > the viewport. The page in question is > http://www.outtacontext.com/wp2/about/past7/ > > -nip- > > Can someone tell me why the images aren't scaling down? Thanks.

Re: [css-d] "classes"...?

2012-03-11 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Mar 11, 2012, at 4:58 AM, Ghodmode wrote: > > Anyway, the specific meaning of the individual terms wasn't the point. In > fact, > I just made up at least one of them. The point was that we create catchy > names > for our ideas, techniques, and technologies and that they don't necessarily >

Re: [css-d] "classes"...?

2012-03-10 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Mar 10, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Ghodmode wrote: > In this field, we live on a never-ending stream of meaningless phrases. Here > are a few more examples: > Dynamic HTML > Object Oriented Programming > Web 2.0 > AJAX > Semantic Web > Rude Web (http://fm.no-ip.com/Auth/rudeweb.html) > Social Ne

Re: [css-d] How To Clear CSS Caching?

2012-01-04 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jan 4, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Boray ERIS wrote: > What I suggest you is using PHP. > > type="text/css" /> This would work provided the php interpreter parses the page. To insure parsing, change the suffix of the web page from '.html' to '.php'. To confirm parsing, place "" anywhere within the

Re: [css-d] Problem associated with social button

2012-01-01 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Dec 31, 2011, at 11:27 AM, John Lockerbie wrote: > In attempting to add a 'like' button to my pages I seem to have created a > number of problems I don't understand. > > The first is that the character encoding is not found, though it's there; the > others seem to require me to use a 'trans

Re: [css-d] validate error on url

2011-11-20 Thread Tedd Sperling
text he typed ... HTML wins > again!! > Eiither view the source of Tedd's response and search for "instead of" or > Google "HTML Entities ampersand" ... > Cheers, > John >> ---Original Message--- >> From: Tedd Sperling >> To: CS

Re: [css-d] validate error on url

2011-11-20 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Nov 19, 2011, at 4:10 PM, James Sheffer wrote: > > And the error: > - > Line 1466, Column 78: general entity "action" not defined and no default > entity > …cart.lasso?product_id=T3517%20BLACKCHROME&prod_id=14887&cat_name=0&action=add"> > ✉ > This is usually a cascading

Re: [css-d] css measures - em grid system makes sense ?

2011-11-10 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Nov 9, 2011, at 8:35 AM, mem wrote: > Hello all, > > On my css layouts, I tend to use *em* for font size and *px* for all the > rest. > However, I wish not to follow this path any longer, since I wish to embrace > the *em* for [almost] all the development. > > Problem: we use a *960px grid

Re: [css-d] CSS Content

2011-09-22 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Sep 22, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Giles, Sarah wrote: > I want to add an img before a tag using CSS content. Is this possible? > > Before I get my rear jumped about adding content with CSS and the whole > separation of presentation and content thing I will state this img IS > presentation. > Basic