Re: [css-d] Noob: relative URL specification in CSS

2010-11-01 Thread Tim Snadden
On 2/11/2010, at 8:30 AM, MikeB wrote: Try as I might, I cannot figure out how to specify the url to make the image appear as background on my page. I tried: url(bg.gif) url(/images/bg.gif) url(./images/bg.gif) url(httPL//localhost/kcpage/images/bg.gif) url(//localhost/kcpage/images/bg.gif) C

Re: [css-d] equal columns

2010-06-05 Thread Tim Snadden
On 6/06/2010, at 12:57 AM, Stuart King wrote: > I am trying to make 6 equal columns underneath the img toc_header. > Is there > a way I can make the equal, and horizontal? .menu16 { width: 16.6667%; float: left; text-align: center; /* <-- maybe? */ } > > Would it be be

Re: [css-d] floated box won't play nice

2010-05-31 Thread Tim Snadden
On 31/05/2010, at 10:56 PM, Kim Brooks Wei wrote: > Sorry! > > Link is http://bit.ly/9y0m9r > > >> On 29/05/2010, at 4:14 PM, Kim Brooks Wei wrote: >>> That worked a charm . . . thanks! I'm having a similar problem on >>> this page. The fix didn't work here. Mind taking a look? >> >> Link? T

Re: [css-d] line-height IE7 versus IE8

2010-05-28 Thread Tim Snadden
On 29/05/2010, at 7:19 AM, Angela French wrote: > I ended using a conditional to call IE7Hacks.css stylesheet that set > the line-height in it. Is there any advantages to either method? > Thank you. There are different schools of thought. I prefer to keep my main stylesheet valid (apart

Re: [css-d] floated box won't play nice

2010-05-28 Thread Tim Snadden
On 29/05/2010, at 2:06 AM, Kim Brooks Wei wrote: > Hi People, > > At http://bit.ly/aGy2bl I have a floated box (back to events page > button) that I can't get to behave right. > > Optimally, I'd like the box to either > > sit on top of the top content border (flush with its right edge), or > sit

Re: [css-d] zindex, opacity and iframes

2010-04-23 Thread Tim Snadden
On 24/04/2010, at 4:23 AM, Theresa Newman wrote: > I'm working on an interesting problem and cannot find good info via > google. > I wonder if I can get some authoritative info here ;) > I have a navigation, css based, with opacity on the drop down. It is > positioned with z-index of 200. > > B

Re: [css-d] ie7 - 3 issues

2010-04-22 Thread Tim Snadden
On 23/04/2010, at 8:39 AM, MEM wrote: >> >> Try the rather counter-intuitive trick of setting it to be inline- >> block and then block. >> http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200610/closing_the_gap_between_list_items_in_ie/ > > Thanks. I will read about it, but the fact that is counter-intuitive

Re: [css-d] ie7 - 3 issues

2010-04-22 Thread Tim Snadden
On 23/04/2010, at 3:23 AM, MEM wrote: > http://lab.webhs.pt/webhs_testes/apregi/Home.php > > 1) Issue one: > On the left main menu, I was getting inconsistent results between li > space, > due to the browsers different white space interpretation between > li's with > inline elements inside (s

Re: [css-d] Unbelievable CSS Trick

2010-04-21 Thread Tim Snadden
On 22/04/2010, at 7:40 AM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: > Hi Tim, > >>> I just want to make a div with css applied to it to get a background >>> colour appear at 50%. Any ideas? >> >> What's happening is that everything has an opacity of 50%. You can't >> apply it to just the background, afaik, but y

Re: [css-d] background-images off by subpixel? in IE7/8

2010-04-16 Thread Tim Snadden
On 17/04/2010, at 3:56 AM, Arian wrote: > Hello all, > I have a page where its fine in FF and IE6, but not in IE7 and 8 and > not sure why if anyone can help > So I have a design where the has a background-image and every > content div before a menu (#navBar) is set via css height/pixels ...

Re: [css-d] positioning IE versus ff

2010-04-15 Thread Tim Snadden
On 16/04/2010, at 10:29 AM, Angela French wrote: > I am trying to create a jquery slider content box which uses a > Previous and Next image button on each end of the content area (left > and right ends). I am having a hard getting them to position the > same between IE8 and FF 3.6. I am u

Re: [css-d] Opera help

2010-04-15 Thread Tim Snadden
On 16/04/2010, at 6:31 AM, Mike Smith wrote: > Hello list! > > I'm having an issue with a form and Opera. Page is here and CSS can be > viewed in the normal manner: > http://www.jhsph.edu/_beta/2009.10.06_health_disparities/index.html > > The problem is the search box. I've tested the page in FF

Re: [css-d] How to handle cached styles...

2010-04-12 Thread Tim Snadden
On 13/04/2010, at 7:26 AM, Tim Snadden wrote: >>> > > I use a tool called juicer that > concatenates and minifies CSS and javascript for deployment. It has a > couple of options for handling cache busting > <http://cjohansen.no/en/ruby/juicer_a_css_and_javascript_pac

Re: [css-d] How to handle cached styles...

2010-04-12 Thread Tim Snadden
On 13/04/2010, at 7:11 AM, Chris Blake wrote: > I use safari and it pretty much does a hard refresh every time. > Sometimes with firefox i hold the shift key whilst refreshing. > > > > On 13/04/2010, at 3:02 AM, Climis, Tim wrote: > >>> Hi all, I wanted to get some collective input on how you all

Re: [css-d] Zero out a style

2010-04-11 Thread Tim Snadden
On 12/04/2010, at 2:43 AM, Shanna Cramer wrote: > I do. > > I am using Hybrid ( http://themehybrid.com/demo/hybrid/ ) as the > parent > theme and creating a child theme called nawbo. Here is the website. > http://nawbogrrv.org/ > > Hybrid uses several style sheets that will give you desired res

Re: [css-d] how to make a password-protected page?

2010-04-09 Thread Tim Snadden
On 10/04/2010, at 7:01 AM, John wrote: > I would like to create a page or section of my website which requires > a password for the user to gain access to. > > Is this something that CSS can handle in total or in part? I suspect > that some kind of a script might be necessary, but I know nothing

Re: [css-d] Trick to removing bullet discs in FF Mac?

2010-04-09 Thread Tim Snadden
On 10/04/2010, at 6:10 AM, Shanna Cramer wrote: > There are discs showing up to the top left of the in Firefox > 3.5.9 on > Mac. It is not there in 3.6.3. Is this something I can fix? I want > no bullet > points showing at all. > > http://www.valleyseniorservices.org/ Hi - I'm not seeing an

Re: [css-d] Can "media" values be used as a part of a selector ?

2010-04-07 Thread Tim Snadden
On 7/04/2010, at 10:26 PM, Philip TAYLOR wrote: > > > Tim Snadden wrote: > >> You can handle this as follows: >> >> @media print { >> body { font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif ; } >> } >> >> @media screen { >>

Re: [css-d] Can "media" values be used as a part of a selector ?

2010-04-07 Thread Tim Snadden
On 7/04/2010, at 10:11 PM, Philip TAYLOR wrote: > Finding myself writing (this morning) : > > > BODY {font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif} > > > BODY {font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif} > > > I felt the urge to want to simp

Re: [css-d] help styling nested lists

2010-04-06 Thread Tim Snadden
On 7/04/2010, at 12:15 PM, Angela French wrote: > > Could someone please tell me what I have done in the list style? I > cannot the nested list font to be the same size as its parent list. > Thank you. > > > > div#maincontent li, div#maincontent li li > { > font-size:.8em; > line-hei

Re: [css-d] CSS selector narrowing

2010-04-06 Thread Tim Snadden
On 6/04/2010, at 10:39 PM, Ingo wrote: > > Is there a good tutorial on selectors around, that is ONE document to > print (and read in spring sun)? I found either pretty basic tutorials, > or ones scattered over many small pages. You could try this one http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/ __

Re: [css-d] IE7: Background-Image in form-field

2010-04-06 Thread Tim Snadden
On 7/04/2010, at 3:30 AM, Leo Luchs wrote: > Looking at http://www.fuenf-nrw.de/2010/index_test.php you will > notice a > search-form in the upper right corner. IE7 does not only show the > magnifying-glass but also the value "Go". I've hoped to prevent it by > using text-indent: -px. That

Re: [css-d] IE trouble

2010-04-06 Thread Tim Snadden
On 7/04/2010, at 6:50 AM, Shanna Cramer wrote: > Hello all, nice to meet you. > > I need some help on IE. The only PC here has XP home / IE8. I don’t > yet know > what problems the other versions have. > > The site is http://www.valleyseniorservices.org/ > The CSS is at > http://www.valleysenio

Re: [css-d] CSS selector narrowing

2010-04-03 Thread Tim Snadden
On 4/04/2010, at 8:05 AM, Ingo wrote: > Hi all, > > I have several unordered list types coming out of a CMS. For some > lists, > I want to define a new bullet. Most lists are wrapped with a div, > unfortunately the most common (RTE output) is not. I hope there is a > white list scenario, where

Re: [css-d] Safari on Mac and PC?

2010-04-01 Thread Tim Snadden
On 2/04/2010, at 2:45 AM, Climis, Tim wrote: >> Is Safari on windows and safari on Mac same? will my web page will >> look similar in them? >> Also does FF on PC and on Mac renders the web page UI in same way? > > There are occasion differences, but they aren't common, and I don't > happen to

Re: [css-d] Problems with IE6

2010-03-29 Thread Tim Snadden
On 30/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, David Hucklesby wrote: >> >> >> #globalnav { >> position: relative; >> z-index: 2; >> } >> > > Tim beat me to it. But this alone will do it: > > .globalnav { >position: relative; >z-index: 1; > } And I misidentified 'globalnav' as an id too. FWIW if so

Re: [css-d] Problems with IE6

2010-03-29 Thread Tim Snadden
On 30/03/2010, at 11:27 AM, Joe Jackson wrote: > Hi > > Does anybody have any solutions on how to get around the following > problem > when viewing the following page in IE6 > > http://www.ian.thfctalk.com/ccosmetic/index.php > > The dropdown menu displays behind the main images on the homepage?

Re: [css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-23 Thread Tim Snadden
On 24/03/2010, at 7:00 AM, Philip TAYLOR wrote: > > > Tim Snadden wrote: > >> I'm talking about the Microsoft one (http://bit.ly/2MHgIY). While >> it's >> still a pale imitation of Firebug, the IE8 one is much improved and >> can be used for

Re: [css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-23 Thread Tim Snadden
On 24/03/2010, at 7:00 AM, Philip TAYLOR wrote: > > > Tim Snadden wrote: > >> I'm talking about the Microsoft one (http://bit.ly/2MHgIY). While >> it's >> still a pale imitation of Firebug, the IE8 one is much improved and >> can be used for

Re: [css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-23 Thread Tim Snadden
On 22/03/2010, at 11:11 AM, Claude Needham wrote: > > Or, would that be the F12 Developer Tools thing in the IE8? I'm talking about the Microsoft one (http://bit.ly/2MHgIY). While it's still a pale imitation of Firebug, the IE8 one is much improved and can be used for most IE7 work by switchi

Re: [css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-21 Thread Tim Snadden
On 20/03/2010, at 7:42 PM, Claude Needham wrote: > Does such a thing as a quirks detector exist? If you use IE8 and the web developer toolbar there is an area on the top right of the bar that describes 'Document mode'. This shows what the default document mode is. You can also use it to swit

Re: [css-d] How to space out menu items evenly across menu bar?

2010-01-25 Thread Tim Snadden
On 26/01/2010, at 7:34 PM, shumdesign wrote: > I am working on a Superfish Menu on this development site: > http://dev.earnitkeepitsavit.org When I try this I get no response. __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http:/

Re: [css-d] problems in Safari/ Chrome

2009-11-04 Thread Tim Snadden
On 5/11/2009, at 6:49 AM, rose red wrote: > the second problem is resolved, but the first one not...HELP > > 1) > the background image is not showing in Safari when i use the "smooth > gallery" > > (as wel as the images for ), and the > is placed to the left !? > > see: http://www.melusin

Re: [css-d] Can't Adjust Font Size

2009-11-03 Thread Tim Snadden
On 4/11/2009, at 5:04 AM, Victor Subervi wrote: > Here's a link to the page: > http://hotelcaravelle.com/ > and > http://hotelcaravelle.com/css/caravelle.css > > I tried changing to ems and %. It didn't change the size of the font > at all; > however, it did make the text extend outside of the

Re: [css-d] Expanding div based on content

2009-11-03 Thread Tim Snadden
On 4/11/2009, at 11:10 AM, Yazmin Media wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a 4 column layout that I found at pagecolumn.com. My > issue is with the 4th column. I currently have a set width on it, but > need to allow it to expand based on the content in the column (for ad > purposes...serving both 16

Re: [css-d] Padding/margin issue

2009-10-02 Thread Tim Snadden
On 3/10/2009, at 9:19 AM, Mike Smith wrote: > Hi list, > > I've been working on this site and I'm having an issue with the red > banner > at the top of the page. It should go across to the right border of > the box > it's in, but it won't. Seems to not be working in FF, Safari, Opera, > or

Re: [css-d] List numbering

2009-09-23 Thread Tim Snadden
On 24/09/2009, at 8:40 AM, Climis, Tim wrote: >> I was looking in the spec, and it didn't look like there was an >> option for it, but perhaps I'm blind. > > Nevermind Apparently I'm blind. There's an example of how to > do this right there in the spec with counters. > > Sorry everyone.

Re: [css-d] Navigation: Unordered list or simply float links

2009-09-19 Thread Tim Snadden
On 20/09/2009, at 5:27 AM, Brian M. Curran wrote: > Hi, > In my short time of CSS web page formatting I've been using > unordered lists to create navigation buttons. You know: home, about, > contact, and etc. Well I've been thinking. Is there anything wrong > with: putting my desired the t

Re: [css-d] Unordered list Nav bar has space on end

2009-09-16 Thread Tim Snadden
On 17/09/2009, at 3:19 PM, Brian M. Curran wrote: > Hi, > I'm building a test page at http://www.brianmcurran.com/LLindex.html > and I have a problem with the Navigation bar. There is a little > space on the end of the Nav bar that offsets it from the border of > the main content. I however

Re: [css-d] sorry - site re-check - haslayout?

2009-09-15 Thread Tim Snadden
On 16/09/2009, at 1:32 PM, MEM wrote: > 2) > Any clue to the fact that the background image isn't displaying on > the menu > on ie6 and ie7 ? Did you not get the repeated messages where I said that the links needed layout? Here is what I said: "Also, I think I said before that you should giv

Re: [css-d] sorry - site re-check - haslayout?

2009-09-15 Thread Tim Snadden
On 16/09/2009, at 12:58 PM, David Laakso wrote: > MEM wrote: >> Please on IE6 and IE7 the #slideShow div is hidden somewhere. >> >> Issue on IE6 and IE7: >> http://www.nuvemk.com/rebelate/rebelatehome/home7.html >> >> > > > > > > #slideShow > { > position:absolute; <--- :: delete ::

Re: [css-d] current navigation indicator for included menus

2009-09-15 Thread Tim Snadden
On 16/09/2009, at 8:12 AM, Sandy wrote: > Hey all, > > I have a little site where the main menu is an include. Each link list > item has an id, and I add a style for that id in the header of the > current page that shows it's the current item. > > http://askon.ca/en/index.shtml > http://askon.ca/

Re: [css-d] Current Navigation Indicator - the craziest error ever!

2009-09-14 Thread Tim Snadden
On 15/09/2009, at 2:56 PM, MEM wrote: >> Maybe you are thinking about a:active? Try styling that. > > I believe I'm styling that on my css. > Here: > #mainMenu li a:hover, li a:active > { > text-decoration:none; > background-image:url(../images/hover.png); > background-position:

Re: [css-d] Current Navigation Indicator - the craziest error ever!

2009-09-14 Thread Tim Snadden
On 15/09/2009, at 2:56 PM, MEM wrote: >> Maybe you are thinking about a:active? Try styling that. > > I believe I'm styling that on my css. > Here: > #mainMenu li a:hover, li a:active > { > text-decoration:none; > background-image:url(../images/hover.png); > background-position:

Re: [css-d] Current Navigation Indicator - the craziest error ever!

2009-09-14 Thread Tim Snadden
On 15/09/2009, at 1:09 PM, MEM wrote: >> I'm afraid that I don't know what you mean and I don't know what it's >> meant to look like. There is a red background color on hover and >> there >> is a different color/background image for the link with the class of >> 'current'. Show us an image of

Re: [css-d] Current Navigation Indicator - the craziest error ever!

2009-09-14 Thread Tim Snadden
On 15/09/2009, at 8:12 AM, MEM wrote: > >> It *is* highlighted. Have you changed it since you sent this >> message? >>> >>> O.o No. >>> In IE6 and IE7 I see them. >>> When I click on one of the navigation links, I'm expecting to see a >> red >>> image above the letters, I'm afraid that I do

Re: [css-d] Current Navigation Indicator

2009-09-14 Thread Tim Snadden
On 15/09/2009, at 5:58 AM, MEM wrote: > Hello list, > > After David's advices, my site was checked (well, it never is > completely, > but we have to stop at some point), still: > > > http://www.nuvemk.com/rebelate/rebelatehome/css/home6_ie7.css > > http://www.nuvemk.com/rebelate/rebelatehome/cs

Re: [css-d] Warnings on same color in different contexts and a clear semantic approach reason

2009-09-11 Thread Tim Snadden
On 12/09/2009, at 8:23 AM, MEM wrote: >> 1) >> I see a "non semantic approach" if I may call that, by using empty >> >> tags to apply a clear property. Something like: >> >> >> >> And on the css have, something as: >> .clear >> { >> clear:both; >> } >> >> >> Is this technique valuable fo

Re: [css-d] missing background repeat image in IE

2009-09-10 Thread Tim Snadden
On 10/09/2009, at 9:50 PM, Chris Blake wrote: > Hi, > > http://forge.redrunner.co.uk/node/3?q=node/1 > > I have had reports that the background image that repeats down the > Navigation UL is not showing up in Internet Explorer. It's usually a good idea to specify which version of Internet Explor

Re: [css-d] Drop down arrows not in correct position in Drop Down menu

2009-09-03 Thread Tim Snadden
On 3/09/2009, at 5:11 PM, Rod Castello wrote: > Hope that this isn't OT. I posted it here because there is some CSS > involved in styling the list. > > I'm using this: Chrome Drop Down Menu- Author: Dynamic Drive > (http://www.dynamicdrive.com > ) > > The drop down arrows are all bunching up

Re: [css-d] mysterious bullets that will not go away! (cross browser)

2009-08-30 Thread Tim Snadden
On 31/08/2009, at 11:01 AM, Cathy Tibbles wrote: > Obviously its somewhere, but I've tried all the tools up my sleave, > including validating - still have NO idea where these bullets are > coming > from! Even inline styling isn't getting rid of them! > If someone wants to take a crack at it, I

Re: [css-d] removing tables

2009-08-27 Thread Tim Snadden
On 28/08/2009, at 6:53 AM, Greg Wilker wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: David Hucklesby [mailto:huckle...@gmail.com] >> Subject: Re: [css-d] removing tables >> >> >> Something like this, perhaps? >> >> http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=97480 > > That helped with marg

Re: [css-d] external link indicators

2009-08-26 Thread Tim Snadden
On 27/08/2009, at 9:49 AM, Chris Williams wrote: > Except that your rule doesn't get https:// > >> From: Tim Snadden >> Subject: Re: [css-d] external link indicators >> >> Further to my original reply... >> >> a[href^='http://'] { /* y

Re: [css-d] external link indicators

2009-08-26 Thread Tim Snadden
On 27/08/2009, at 9:02 AM, tommy_til...@arwb.uscourts.gov wrote: > Can you or has anyone ever used CSS to indicate that a link would > take you > outside the current web site? Trying to come up with some way to let > the > user know they are exiting my site. I open the link in a blank > tar

Re: [css-d] external link indicators

2009-08-26 Thread Tim Snadden
On 27/08/2009, at 9:02 AM, tommy_til...@arwb.uscourts.gov wrote: > Can you or has anyone ever used CSS to indicate that a link would > take you > outside the current web site? Trying to come up with some way to let > the > user know they are exiting my site. I open the link in a blank > tar

Re: [css-d] Drop-down Nav breaks in IE8

2009-08-25 Thread Tim Snadden
On 26/08/2009, at 10:17 AM, Kristen Walker wrote: > Hi David, > I am not quite sure I understand what you mean. I ran the css file, > http://www.sbceoportal.org/adams/templates/adams_website_template/layout_set > up.css. Through the w3.org validator, and it doesn't find any > errors, but > do

Re: [css-d] IE 6 and 7 Some Elements don't scroll

2009-08-22 Thread Tim Snadden
On 22/08/2009, at 9:09 AM, Rod Castello wrote: > Also, I've tried to validate the HTML and got some errors regarding > the flash file. Is there a tutorial for placing flash files into > HTML AND getting it to validate? http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/ - insert using javascript. http://ww

Re: [css-d] Position absolute and parent

2009-08-21 Thread Tim Snadden
On 21/08/2009, at 8:25 PM, Tommy Ahlbäck wrote: > Thanks for the quick reply. > > > 21 aug 2009 kl. 09.42 skrev Tim Snadden: > >> >> On 21/08/2009, at 7:32 PM, Tommy Ahlbäck wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Must a parent element to a "

Re: [css-d] Position absolute and parent

2009-08-21 Thread Tim Snadden
On 21/08/2009, at 7:32 PM, Tommy Ahlbäck wrote: > Hello, > > Must a parent element to a "absolute" positioned selector always be > set to "relative" or can it also use the value "absolute"? It does > work with "absolute" in my case, I'm more intrested if it's by the > book or not? Yes - absolute

Re: [css-d] Hover usually works but not always

2009-08-21 Thread Tim Snadden
On 21/08/2009, at 5:06 PM, christi...@netscape.net wrote: > > On 21/08/2009, at 8:23 AM, christi...@netscape.net wrote: > >> On a site I am building at: >> >> http://www.murphytx-online.com/murphy/ >> >> when you hover over top navigation list items that have submenus >> those submenus usually co

Re: [css-d] Hover usually works but not always

2009-08-20 Thread Tim Snadden
On 21/08/2009, at 8:23 AM, christi...@netscape.net wrote: > On a site I am building at: > > http://www.murphytx-online.com/murphy/ > > when you hover over top navigation list items that have submenus > those submenus usually come into view but every once in a while they > do not. When I have

Re: [css-d] Safari Alignment Problems

2009-08-20 Thread Tim Snadden
On 21/08/2009, at 6:36 AM, Ecklund, Karen - DNR wrote: > Thank you to those who replied with suggestions for my alignment > issues in Safari...One of my issues has now been resolved. The > other is still a problem: > >> >> http://ua.dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/testing/20005855.jpg >> BrowserCam screen

Re: [css-d] li's indenting

2009-08-19 Thread Tim Snadden
On 20/08/2009, at 7:18 AM, lev rickards wrote: > The following page has an unordered list of 's with a variety of > content held within the p, including a left floated image. The 's > are set to clear:both. In ie6, the page gives an odd step-wise or > nested indentation effect. Any thoughts? (I'm

Re: [css-d] Safari Alignment Problems

2009-08-19 Thread Tim Snadden
On 20/08/2009, at 8:02 AM, Ecklund, Karen - DNR wrote: > Thanks Theresa...I have now validated the html and the display > problems are still there...any more suggestions? Thanks. Karen > > -Original Message- > From: Theresa Mesa [mailto:trixiesirishe...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, Au

Re: [css-d] Site Help - Problem with IE7 in some circumstances (on wide monitors)

2009-08-17 Thread Tim Snadden
On 18/08/2009, at 3:49 PM, Edward Spodick wrote: > > Good morning, everyone. > > I have just learned that our updated website design breaks our > navigation bar in MSIE7 on 22" wide monitors with 1680x1050 > resolution and 96 DPI Windows settings. Several other MSIE7 > configurations are n

Re: [css-d] IE6 problems: positioning and unwanted centering

2009-08-17 Thread Tim Snadden
On 17/08/2009, at 6:42 AM, Kristen Murphy wrote: > I posted last week and haven't received any responses, so I'm trying > again. I would greatly appreciate any advice. > > I'm designing a Drupal theme. It looks right in FF, IE7, Safari, and > Opera, but I'm seeing the following problems in IE6: >

Re: [css-d] Fix for chrome browser

2009-08-13 Thread Tim Snadden
On 13/08/2009, at 10:47 PM, bharani kumar wrote: > what is the use of imortant ...in CSS Important is used to over-ride the CSS cascade and ensure that a rule is applied. It can be useful in some circumstances. All I'm suggesting is that it is a good rule of thumb for beginner/interm

Re: [css-d] Fix for chrome browser

2009-08-12 Thread Tim Snadden
On 13/08/2009, at 3:02 PM, bharani kumar wrote: > I find some one using > > height:120px; !important for IE fix > > > Am used this fix , but no positive output , > > Can u tell me , its really works or not Try putting !important before the semi-colon. I would suggest that 'important' shoul

Re: [css-d] first-child and + selector issues

2009-08-12 Thread Tim Snadden
On 13/08/2009, at 9:24 AM, Vincent Pollard wrote: > I'm having a lot of trouble getting a couple of lines of css to work > in > IE8. > > It works in Firefox but not IE8. Any ideas why? Is it the doctype? IE8 > bug? Some error I've overlooked? > > > > Here's the site: http://tinyurl.com/lo468u <

Re: [css-d] Weird alignment issue with IE 7...

2009-08-11 Thread Tim Snadden
On 12/08/2009, at 7:41 AM, Michael Beaudoin wrote: >> -- >> >> Message: 22 >> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:22:02 -0400 >> From: David Laakso >> Subject: Re: [css-d] Weird alignment issue with IE 7... >> To: Michael Beaudoin >> Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org >> Message-

Re: [css-d] Min-Width Question

2009-08-11 Thread Tim Snadden
On 12/08/2009, at 6:59 AM, Christopher Barth wrote: > Under what circumstances might a container that has min-width set not > grow beyond the size of min-width? I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this question. Do you mean - what are some possible reasons as to why an element that you belie

Re: [css-d] List numbers disappearing in IE 7

2009-08-10 Thread Tim Snadden
On 9/08/2009, at 12:58 PM, Matt Hampel wrote: > On my site, the number of an ordered list item will disappear when > the list > begins with a blockquote. This problem occurs in IE 7, but not > Firefox or > Safari. > > Here's an example: > http://arborupdate.com/article/1843/primary-results-co

Re: [css-d] Weird alignment issue with IE 7...

2009-08-10 Thread Tim Snadden
On 11/08/2009, at 1:10 AM, Michael Beaudoin wrote: > I just finished roughing out a site for a client and it looks good in > all browsers, except there is an alignment issue in IE 7. If you look > at these sample pages: > > - http://www.ba-doyn.com/junk/saw/index.htm > - http://www.ba-doyn.com/ju

Re: [css-d] need help debugging float layout of IE5.5, 6, 7 - wordpress theme

2009-08-09 Thread Tim Snadden
On 9/08/2009, at 9:12 AM, Don Spark wrote: > I would appreciate some help in my attempt at a CSS float layout on > wordpress - working on a mac without a wintel machine.(sniffle) > > This is my current 'Ohlone' working draft layout template: > http://www.modernia.net/oh/6/ Stylesheet not found.

Re: [css-d] css-d Digest, Vol 80, Issue 21

2009-08-08 Thread Tim Snadden
On 1/08/2009, at 5:58 AM, Debbie Campbell wrote: >> re:[css-d] sticky footer up a little too high > >>> http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/getborn/ >> >> Firstly your IE stylesheet is being served to all browsers. That's >> not >> the cause of this problem but it will cause you problems do

Re: [css-d] Flaky Dropdowns

2009-08-08 Thread Tim Snadden
On 8/08/2009, at 7:26 PM, christi...@netscape.net wrote: > On the site I am working on at http://www.murphytx-online.com/ > murphy/ the top navigation has sub navigation that branches off some > of the top level choices. The problem is that sometimes you can then > mouse down to the new opti

Re: [css-d] Growing a section vertically...

2009-08-07 Thread Tim Snadden
On 8/08/2009, at 4:42 AM, Michael Beaudoin wrote: > I have a test where I would like to get the colored section this page > to grow as the copy gets larger. > > Right now I have a set height, and I know that's not the way to do it, > but I can't seem to get it to get larger vertically. > > You ca

Re: [css-d] Interesting issue with IE6, borders, and negative margins

2009-08-07 Thread Tim Snadden
On 7/08/2009, at 3:00 AM, Mike Smith wrote: > Hello all, > > I have some HTML being generated by our CMS that is creating a > nested list > for a menu. > The issue at hand: > > The sub-navigation on this menu is supposed to have a divider > between each > item. I used a border-bottom on each

Re: [css-d] Drop Down Menu in IE6- Z Index issue? Please help!

2009-08-06 Thread Tim Snadden
On 7/08/2009, at 4:24 AM, Rebecca Gessler wrote: > Hi everyone, > This is really driving me crazy. I am pretty sure this has something > to do with the way my z-indexes are set up. The problem is only with > IE6... IE7 it works fine and also FireFox. > > The drop down menu in IE6 comes down and o

Re: [css-d] Image gallery question

2009-08-06 Thread Tim Snadden
On 6/08/2009, at 5:26 PM, Debbie Roes wrote: >> >> #box { float: left; } /* will ensure that the box 'shrink-wraps' >> around you content. */ >> >> #wrapper { overflow: auto; } /* will ensure that your float is >> contained */ >> >> #footer { clear: both; } /* will ensure that your footer clears

Re: [css-d] Image gallery question

2009-08-05 Thread Tim Snadden
On 6/08/2009, at 3:19 PM, Debbie Roes wrote: > Hi All, > > Just finishing up a site for a photographer client. It doesn't work > yet in > IE6, so I may have some questions about that tomorrow. > > However, today's question has to do with the image gallery prototype: > > http://www.incline2000.

Re: [css-d] Drop Down Menu works in IE7 but not IE6

2009-08-05 Thread Tim Snadden
On 6/08/2009, at 6:33 AM, Rebecca Gessler wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am having trouble with my css drop down menu. The drop down will > display properly, overlapping all appropriate divs, but it won't stay > there for the mouse to go over it unless I changed the z-indexes of > the divs it overlaps

Re: [css-d] No space below Nav bar

2009-08-05 Thread Tim Snadden
On 5/08/2009, at 9:02 AM, Brian M. Curran wrote: > Hi, > I can't get a space between my nav bar and my header text. I > followed the book "Bullet Proof Web Design" to create the nav bar, > and got the header to sit below the nav bar only by adding the > clear: right; rule to the header text

Re: [css-d] integrating CSS with ASP randomizer

2009-08-04 Thread Tim Snadden
On 5/08/2009, at 4:23 PM, Jenni Beard wrote: > __ > Thank you Tim. I am working on implementing this and have a > question about > your answer. I've tried to figure out how to create a randomizer for > the div > id itself and

Re: [css-d] Unexpected Class Selector Results

2009-08-04 Thread Tim Snadden
On 5/08/2009, at 11:43 AM, Brian Ogden wrote: > I have the following class in my site wide css file: > > select.formCell > { >background: #cfcfcf; >border: 1px solid black; > } > > These styles are being applied to select elements on my entire site, > not > just those with the class="fo

Re: [css-d] Menu bar in Safari hides content

2009-08-03 Thread Tim Snadden
On 4/08/2009, at 6:09 AM, Timothy Burgin wrote: > David, > > Thank you! Taking the overflow out helped get the content back but > now I'm seeing the last menu item "Philosophy" not being formatted by > the css in Safari, and in IE 6 the last two are not formatted with the > css. Weird! Any sug

Re: [css-d] Nav bar not showing up in Firefox - PART 3-CLARIFICATION

2009-08-01 Thread Tim Snadden
On 2/08/2009, at 12:13 PM, Brian M. Curran wrote: > In IE7 it looks perfect. If something looks right in IE and wrong in any other browser there's a good chance you are doing something wrong! Make it work correctly first, then find out what ridiculous hoops need to be jumped through to for

Re: [css-d] integrating CSS with ASP randomizer

2009-08-01 Thread Tim Snadden
On 2/08/2009, at 6:54 AM, Jenni Beard wrote: > My question is, I am planning to use a CSS layout. But, I will also > be > using ASP code so that the image of the dancer will "randomize" > about 4-6 > similar images when a new page is loaded. I know that ASP is OT for > this > list, but I'

Re: [css-d] Styling a definition list

2009-07-30 Thread Tim Snadden
On 30/07/2009, at 3:45 AM, Andy Stevens wrote: > Hi, > > I have a page with an existing unordered list > > > (more or less) that I reckon, from a semantic viewpoint, ought really > to be a definition list. So as a first step I swapped it for > > In these terms, > > 'content' means the stuff you

Re: [css-d] sticky footer up a little too high

2009-07-30 Thread Tim Snadden
On 31/07/2009, at 1:48 AM, Debbie Campbell wrote: > My sticky footer is not sticking to the bottom of my browser window: > >> http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/getborn/ Firstly your IE stylesheet is being served to all browsers. That's not the cause of this problem but it will cause you

Re: [css-d] Timing with css?

2009-07-29 Thread Tim Snadden
On 29/07/2009, at 10:40 PM, Andzia wrote: > Hello, I have this website almost finished: > http://klikerlab.pl/ > and I had an idea, that maybe I could make it more active, by > changing the > image to the left, each day. Can it be done with css? For example, > that the > chicken would be disp

Re: [css-d] header appearing twice in IE8

2009-07-20 Thread Tim Snadden
On 20/07/2009, at 6:15 PM, Jo wrote: > > > OMG - how red is my face! Almost as red as mine when my colleagues saw me looking at your site ;-) This type of thing happens to us all. Validating regularly throughout the development process is a good practice and prevents these types of errors sl

Re: [css-d] header appearing twice in IE8

2009-07-19 Thread Tim Snadden
On 20/07/2009, at 2:03 PM, Jo wrote: > > > #header { > height: 175px; > background-image: url(images/bannerlogobelleintimates.jpg); > background-repeat: no-repeat; > background-position: left top;} > > #searchboxheader{ > text-align: left; > padding-top: 118px; > padding-left: 810px;} > > Can anyo

Re: [css-d] css image reveal rollover problem

2009-07-10 Thread Tim Snadden
On 10/07/2009, at 4:41 PM, Sara Ullman wrote: > I'm not sure how to respond within a thread so apologies for that. I > want to > thank Tim Snadden and Bobby Jack for your help. I feel foolish that > I missed > that. Tim I tried your most simplified code but wasn't

Re: [css-d] General Check

2009-07-09 Thread Tim Snadden
On 10/07/2009, at 3:59 PM, Tim Snadden wrote: > > On 10/07/2009, at 3:44 PM, MEM wrote: >> >> Unfortunately, there is still a lot of people that uses FF2 on this >> side of >> Atlantic. Can I have help on solving that issue? >> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windo

Re: [css-d] General Check

2009-07-09 Thread Tim Snadden
On 10/07/2009, at 3:44 PM, MEM wrote: > > Unfortunately, there is still a lot of people that uses FF2 on this > side of > Atlantic. Can I have help on solving that issue? > Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.22) Gecko/ > 20090605 > SeaMonkey/1.1.17 > Doesn't display proper

Re: [css-d] css image reveal rollover problem

2009-07-09 Thread Tim Snadden
On 10/07/2009, at 11:25 AM, Tim Snadden wrote: > > #photonav li.dmitri a:hover { > background-position: 0 -217px; > } Even better would be one rule for them all. #photonav a:hover { background-position: 0 -217px; } __

Re: [css-d] css image reveal rollover problem

2009-07-09 Thread Tim Snadden
On 10/07/2009, at 11:01 AM, Sara Ullman wrote: > Greetings CSS enthusiasts, > > I am struggling with some problems with a site I am building for a > friend. I > found some instructions for doing rollover button navigation using > images > that have the normal, off state plus the hover state c

Re: [css-d] Preventing images/text from wrapping when window is narrowed

2009-07-08 Thread Tim Snadden
On 8/07/2009, at 12:49 PM, Anne E. Shroeder wrote: > A client handed over to me a site that had just awful code (the > original > http://www.inspiredcre8tions.com/red/) and I cleaned it up, made it > more > semantic and validated it http://www.language-works.com/RED/indexNEW.htm > but she is

Re: [css-d] firefox problem

2009-07-07 Thread Tim Snadden
On 8/07/2009, at 7:44 AM, Tri-State AdVantage wrote: > I cannot get this page to read correctly in Firefox. > http://www.hcam.net/posts.html > I got it to work correctly in Explorer by putting a wide border on > the right > hand side of the photo so that the discription is pushed below the >

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