Re: [css-d] Will the unsemantic HTML elements B and I be soon phased out?

This talk of deprecation is ludicrous! It's one thing to urge use of CSS for new web pages, but quite another to want to forbid the use of older, so-called 'deprecated' facilities.   It's also silly to expect authors to comb through all of their older pages to eliminate everything that is not

Re: [css-d] Simple display of concentric circles

Thanks a million for the assistance, Tom. I doubt that I would ever have figured that out. It's not exactly intuitive that specifying a 'border radius' for a square object is the way to specify a circle.   I must confess that I haven't yet figured out why a margin of 26px is called for. It obvi

[css-d] Simple display of concentric circles

I've got some sort of mental block. I would like to display a series of concentric circles with diameter 2 cm, 4 cm, 6 cm, 8 cm ...   At the moment, I have .circle1 { border: 4px solid #99;   height: 60px; width: 60px; border-radius: 60px; }   .circle2 { border: 4px solid #990

Re: [css-d] Graceful adjustment to decreasing window width

>Please consider http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/index_next_tt.html . > >Bruce >--- > >Who controls the markup: you or Tinkerbell? > >Chelsea Creek Studio >http://ccstudi.com >-- Máiréad Nesbitt decides what she wants on the site and I struggle with the coding. Not a trivial pursuit at my age. The

[css-d] Graceful adjustment to decreasing window width

Please consider http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/index_next_tt.html . This page now degrades more or less gracefully as the window width is decreased. More or less. Before the photo at the right can overlap the text in the middle section, as the width is decreased, it is dropped down to a lower po

[css-d] Apportioning the window width dynamically.

With critically appreciated  assistance from Vince Aggrippino, I'm learning! Please consider the page at http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/index_next_tt.html . Is there a technique that will cause the middle section (text) to use the entire available width between the thumbnails at the left and the

Re: [css-d] Keeping a DIVision in the foreground.

>The z-index will only work for positioned elements, but I realize you don't >want to change the positioning of your div#middle_third. You can use >position:relative to fix that. >I tested it on Firefox using z-index:10 on the div#left_third and >position:relative; z-index:20 on the div#middle_

Re: [css-d] Keeping a DIVision in the foreground.

 "Jered Boxman" >If I'm correct, the thumbnails at the left have a position of >absolute. That means they are taken out of the usual flow of elements >and will stay where you've positioned them. You could put them in a >wrapper and set that wrapper to float left? Then you can position the >thumbna

[css-d] Keeping a DIVision in the foreground.

On the page at  http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/index_next_tt.html  all looks as intended with wide windows. As the width is decreased, the large photo is dropped 'downscreen'. All right, too. But the information in the middle slips under the thumbnails at the left and under the menu at the right

[css-d] FW: An elementary question on absolute positioning

On the page at  http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/index_next_tt.html  I have a group of absolutely positioned thumbnails. I expected them to appear within the containing block called left_third. Instead they appear to be positioned on the page. Is that a question of some attribute that I need to sp

Re: [css-d] An embarrassingly trivial question

>On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:16:55 -, wrote: > >> I suspect a truly trivial error here, but I just can't see it for the >> life of me. > >> > >> >> #left_third { > >Because your div IDs use hyphens, and the stylesheet references IDs with >underscores > >Andrew Frazier >-- Ow, ow, ow! I'm glad th

[css-d] An embarrassingly trivial question

I suspect a truly trivial error here, but I just can't see it for the life of me. Why does the following at  (  http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/index_next_tt.html  ) not result in a horizontal row of three DIVs? And why are no borders displayed? Thanks to anyone who can straighten me out. Bruce

Re: [css-d] Off-topic : was IE6 (was can style sheets be too long?)

>If, at the time of development, no more recent version >of IE than IE6 was available, then they may have had >little alternative, IMHO. > >Philip Taylor One can support IE without making use of proprietary features available only with IE. That's never a good idea. Bruce

Re: [css-d] IE6 (was can style sheets be too long?)

>My current employer - and the previous employer - use IE6 as their >official corporate browser. The reason the current employer uses it? >High end mission critical enterprise web apps that work only with IE6. >Replacing the apps would cost millions of dollars or more, not worth it >for the relativ

Re: [css-d] Centering an entire page in the available window.

 "David Postill" : >http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.celticmanner.com%2F_CNexplore%2Findexsource.html >144 errors > >http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?profile=css21&warning=0&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.celticmanner.com%2F_CNexplore%2Findexsource.html >9 errors > >S

Re: [css-d] Centering an entire page in the available window.

> Tim Climis wrote: > You do need a width on the body. By default, it's 100% of the browser, but > looking at the stuff inside, it only needs to be 885px. > Once you give the body a width, it'll center itself up. > body { > margin: auto; > width: 885px; > } Here I am again. I added a width, but

Re: [css-d] Centering an entire page in the available window.

Thanks to all for the assistance. Monday, August 15, 2011 8:52:49 pm Ted Rolle Jr. wrote: > > You're almost there. First, you don't need text-align: center. That's > > extra. But you do need a width on the body. By default, it's 100% of > > the browser, but looking at the stuff inside, it only nee

[css-d] Centering an entire page in the available window.

I expected body {     margin: auto;     text-align: center; } To center the entire content on a page. I am obviously wrong. The page is at  http://www.carlos-nunez.de/ It must be very simple. Thanks for any assistance. Bruce

[css-d] Peculiar contraction

I've seen the contraction "How's about ..." here two or three times in recent days. Can someone please tlell me what it means? What does the apostrophe replace? B. Somers __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.c

Re: [css-d] Quirks compendium?

> "Michael Geary" wrote: >That would also let Adobe present the BrowserLab UI in your own language >instead of English if they support it (and it looks from the URL like they >may have other languages besides English). That always annoys the daylights out of me. They don't know what my languages

Re: [css-d] CSS3 animations considered harmful

David Laakso : > >CSS is a programming language: albeit, a very simple one. It copes with >"look and feel." Expanding CSS to include more than that is scary. But >therein may, or may not, lie the future. /Push the envelope./ Oh please, folks! CSS itself is not a programming language. It is a st

Re: [css-d] IE8

Thanks, Alex, for the link to IETester. I'll give it a try. Bruce __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- ht

[css-d] IE8

I test new webpages with several browsers, including IE6 and IE7 (on separate machines). "Windows Live" is now suddenly touting "The new Windows Live Internet Explorer 8 Browser" in a newsletter. That newsletter has NO information on CSS processing by IE8 or on the possibility of installing mo

Re: [css-d] Making a simple form look identical across the main browsers

What is the purpose of all the empty lines, Frank. Are they intended simply to annoy people? Bruce -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: John Franks Gesendet: 25-Apr-2010 22:45:31 An: "CSS Discuss.org" Betreff: [css-d] Making a simple form look identical across the main browsers > >Hi all,

Re: [css-d] Synchronized paragraphs in adjacent columns

Thanks for all the tips. >> You asked the same question about the same site around a year ago, and >> received an appropriate answer from Georg Sortun on how to make >> corresponding paragraphs begin on the same line. Check the list archives. Ow! I had completely lost track of that. Thanks. I

Re: [css-d] Synchronized paragraphs in adjacent columns

> Von: "Climis, Tim" > > I hope that someone will have a suggestion for me. > > Brace yourself... > > I actually think that this could be argued to be a legitimate use of tables > to display tabular data. It's certainly not tabular data in the tradition > spreadsheet sense, but it is data th

[css-d] Synchronized paragraphs in adjacent columns

Hello, At http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/press/press8a.html I have an article in French and my English translation, in adjacent columns. Corresponding paragraphs of the original and the translation begin on the same line, although the paragraphs are usually of different lengths. This was done i

Re: [css-d] Text alignment

Peter wrote: For example, you have some stray Unicode characters directly in the :  ... If it was me, I'd ditch the line breaks, put the paragraph you want centered in the batch025 div, decide how wide you want it, give the a class (e.g. something like 'centred-caption') and then style it w

[css-d] Text alignment

I hope I'll be excused for another question that is presumably all too simple. I must be overlooking something obvious. I want the image 004.jpg centered in its column. It is indeed, at http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/_bruce/news/BSOt.html I want the paragraph "The Cultur-Casino in Berne ..." cen

[css-d] Separation of display sections

On the page at http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/_bruce/news/tinkerbellnew.html , I have within a code division (...) with id='batch01', a 'definition list' containing three images with captions, followed by three paragraphs. Can anyone see why the first paragraph border in the display (blue), defin

Re: [css-d] Very simple display of images

r...@catjuggling.com wrote > I know you didn't ask for a critique, so I hope I didn't overstep my bounds. No problem with that. I'm interested in all opinions. > I am using a laptop with a wide screen monitor, and this page always comes up > with the > first two images on top and the third one

[css-d] Very simple display of images

Hello, I'm hoping for your indulgence once again. On the page at http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/_bruce/news/tinkerbellnew.html, I have three groups of photos. Please don't let the borders disturb you - they are merely a construction aid and will be removed. The first group is displayed as I w

Re: [css-d] Very simple display of images (should be)

> Kate wrote > Its took me simply ages to get two images with captions under. In the end I > went to W3C for a table that does what I want. > I could arrange what I want easily using tables, but only for a definite window width. I would like it to adjust gracefully as the width of the window i

Re: [css-d] Very simple display of images (should be)

Thanks to all who made suggestions. > kate.007 wrote: > Why not. Is it because it would render your pages invalid by W3C? Yes, with XHTML 1.0 Transitional, the validator does not accept ... tags within ... tags. I had chosen because I intended the images to be preceded by and succeeded by te

Re: [css-d] Very simple display of images (should be)

Apparently, I cannot have ... tags within... tags, as in second batch, part 1 Dom Rich and Brendan How then, can I keep the captions together with the photos? Bruce __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-di

[css-d] corresponding paragraphs

On the page at http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/press/press8a.html there is an article in French with a translation. It was a simple matter to place the two texts side by side and at the same time, assure that corresponding paragraphs begin on the same line, by using tables. Is there a standard te

Re: [css-d] Adding captions to photos

jeffrey morin wrote: i think this is an easy and solid structure caption text caption text just float your divs left so they rest next to each other. - Thanks Jeff. That looks reasonable to me, which of course, may not mean much! My three images had a common

[css-d] Adding captions to photos

For purposes of relaxation, a terribly simple beginner's question that surely any of you can answer. I hope for your indulgence. I am displaying two images side-by-side: I want to add captions. Until now, I would have done it quickly employing a table. Can anyone outline briefly for m

[css-d] The SEO plague

"Search Engine Optimization" is a pretty disreputable and reprehensible business. It has picked up since the Internet became so radically commercialized. I don't appreciate finding "your site" at the top of the list when I am looking for something else. And it's due to the stupid back-link sc

Re: [css-d] scrollbar position

David Laakso wrote > There is hope from Sweden. > > > ~d In my mail system, clicking on that link copies it to the URL-field with the trailing gt-sign, and thus leads to Oops! Something went wrong. You may have f

[css-d] Chrlo

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[css-d] Chrome browser

Am I the only Chrome user who finds no Help-facility? Bruce __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://c

[css-d] Truncated columns

Hello, I'm certain that this is a terribly elementary question, but I have not been able to solve it. I'd appreciate any push in the right direction. On the page at http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/index.html , the middle column can be scrolled but the left- and right-hand columns are truncated at

Re: [css-d] Firefox bug on on new Macs?

michael_mabe...@yahoo.ca wrote: >> > . . . For some reason, I keep getting a "not found" error message > when trying to go to that URL. Hello Michael, If you click on that link as is, the greater-than sign at the end will lead to a "not fou

Re: [css-d] Equal heights solutions

> "Ingo Chao" > > Ideally, your layout idea would adapt to suit the constraints of CSS > implementations. That means, it would be probably better to design > without the need for equal height columns. > " to suit the constraints of CSS implementations" What is to be the successor to CSS that w

Re: [css-d] Element alignment.

bruce.som...@web.de wrote: > Again at http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/initial.html - > > how can the borders on leftcontent and rightcontent extend out the > bottom of the window? "Els" replied: > rightcontent: > height: 100%; > border: 4px double black; > > 100% plus 4px is more than 100%. > >

Re: [css-d] Element alignment.

> Von: "Els" > Gesendet: 06.03.09 01:20:19 > An: bruce.som...@web.de > CC: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Betreff: Re: [css-d] Element alignment. > bruce.som...@web.de wrote on Friday, March 6, 2009: > > > > Von: "Els" > > > > bruce.som...@web.de wrote: > > > > > > > http://www.maireadnesbitt

Re: [css-d] Element alignment.

> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: "Els" > Gesendet: 05.03.09 23:11:12 > An: "css" > Betreff: Re: [css-d] Element alignment. > bruce.som...@web.de wrote: > > > I would appreciate it, if someone would look at > > http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/initial.html > > > > The page has three col

[css-d] Element alignment.

I would appreciate it, if someone would look at http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/initial.html The page has three columns: leftcontent, centercontent and rightcontent. Why does the centercontent not begin at the top of the window? centercontent has no top margin, while rightcontent has a top margin

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

> > > -- > http://www.gunlaug.no condiional comments are claptrap of the top order. CSS is an interesting concept, but the implementation remains a bad joke! Bruce _

[css-d] Splitting wide columns of text

Hello, I have a web page with three columns. The left-hand and right-hand columns are of fixed width. The middle column is so arranged, that the column 'adjusts itself' to make full use the different screen widths. At larger screen widths, the length of the lines becomes a bit long for convenie

Re: [css-d] Centering images with caption in a column

Gunlaug Sørtun wrote > > I don't understand what you want, which makes it a bit difficult to even > suggest solutions. So, before going into practical matters, have a look > at this on varying window-sizes in a reasonably CSS-aware browser... > >

Re: [css-d] Centering images with caption in a column

Georg wrote I don't understand what you want, which makes it a bit difficult to even suggest solutions. So, before going into practical matters, have a look at this on varying window-sizes in a reasonably CSS-aware browser... regards Georg -

Re: [css-d] Centering images with caption in a column

Scott Demontluzin" wrote change #wrapper { width: 55%; } to #wrapper { width: 520px;} Scott Thank you Scott. That takes me down to a width of 1024px at any rate. I don't yet understand why it works, but I hope to. I wonder how much longer we will have to worry about widths less than 1024.

Re: [css-d] Centering images with caption in a column

david wrote Hmmm, something like this? http://www.clanjones.org/stnicks/20081214.php -- David Thanks David. Looks very promising, of course. It will require some study on my part. I feel that I'm about to learn something -- that's always good. Bruce. __

Re: [css-d] Centering images with caption in a column

Scott Demontluzin wrote > Hi Bruce, I did a test page that I think will work for you > http://scottdemontluzin.com/test/centered_images.html > I placed the images in an unordered list and floated the list to the left. > Best, Scott >

Re: [css-d] Centering images with caption in a column

Mustafa Quilon" Re: [css-d] Centering images with caption in a column > #figure { > text-align: center; /*This should do what you want*/ > } > > - Mustafa > __ Thank you, but I hadn't made it clear. It's the 'block' of two image

[css-d] Centering images with caption in a column

The page at http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/CSSexp.html has fixed-width columns at the left and right (not of the same width) and a column of variable width, depending on the screen size, in the middle - shown temporarily with a blue border. In that middle column, I have a pair of images with capt

[css-d] rudimentary advice for a CSS-neophyte

If anyone feels kindly inclined to take a look at the site http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/ you'll find the text Click here for reviews and more photos.__Current Irish press (in English) __Irish Daily Mail, 24 Nov 2008 RTE Guide, 25 Nov 2008 appearing in

Re: [css-d] Testing CSS for higher screen resolutions

Ah but caution. If you change your resolution in Windows, it will foul up your desktop arrangement. It will not be restorted if you again select your original rsolution. Bruce > Another trick, which you may have already thought of, is to just play with > the resolution on your own screen...

Re: [css-d] Background graphic on {body}

>> And for the sake of the list sanity and etiquette, PLEASE BOTTOM >> POST!!! >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottom_post Can someone please explain what is so great about bottom-posting? I find myself scrolling down through long columns of already familiar content, just to see whether the new

Re: [css-d] Misc classes naming conventions

> This is a button > This is a button Yes. yes, yes! I would vote for button c1 and button c2. Those remain valid and suggest two button types. even if you change the colors. Bruce __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://w

Re: [css-d] Best Practice for Browser Differences ?

Thank you. It WAS a riddle at that! Bruce > Morning Bruce > > You wrote > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > > I have PPK's book on Javascript but have not studied it thoroughly. > > > > > > PPK? Is your message intended as a riddle? > > > > This will solve the * riddle *. [1] > > Best > > Jim

Re: [css-d] Best Practice for Browser Differences ?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] : I have PPK's book on Javascript but have not studied it thoroughly. PPK? Is your message intended as a riddle? __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FA

Re: [css-d] validation question

tedd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've learned something new every day of my life, and I'm getting damned tried > of it. :-) > > Cheers, > > tedd > -- You shouldn't be. When you stop learning, you're dead, whether you realize it or not! Bruce _

Re: [css-d] IE7 targeting hacks working in Opera

How many years have we been waiting for a clean and consistent cross-browser implementation of CSS2? How many? And we are now expected to be optimistic about CSS3! The industry is certainly not spoiling or serving web site designers! Bruce > Von: Alan Gresley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Betreff: [c

Re: [css-d] three numbers

> > According to the specifications, giving three values for margin: > > is perfectly legal and valid. > > > > The sequence of messages here illustrate pretty well, that it's a > > poor idea! > > How so? > > It is a recognised and neat way writing margin and padding rules. > > If it is recommend

Re: [css-d] three numbers

According to the specifications, giving three values for margin: is perfectly legal and valid. The sequence of messages here illustrate pretty well, that it's a poor idea! __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss

Re: [css-d] Site Check PLEASE

> Von: Hairball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gesendet: 11.08.07 12:44:27 > An: CSS-D > Betreff: [css-d] Site Check PLEASE > I added photo gallery please give pointer on what to improve . > Thanks Would you have time to tell people what you are referring to? __

Re: [css-d] I've got the IE blues...

On 30/07/07, David Laakso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Lockerbie wrote: > On 30/07/07, David Laakso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John Lockerbie wrote: > > On 30/07/07, David Laakso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > John Lockerbie wrote: > > > I forgot to say, I've still got the problem

Re: [css-d] I've got the IE blues...

Jim Nannery wrote: Morning Bruce You wrote > John Lockerbie wrote: > >> PS Fwiw, top-posting is making it impossible for anyone to follow >> this thread-- write below (rather than above) those you reply to >> on the list > > That fad is your personal preference. Many of us dislike scrolling down

Re: [css-d] I've got the IE blues...

John Lockerbie wrote: > PS Fwiw, top-posting is making it impossible for anyone to follow > this thread-- write below (rather than above) those you reply to > on the list That fad is your personal preference. Many of us dislike scrolling down through long quotes to see whether the current post

[css-d] More up-to-data code ?

Hello, I had a display that looked like this: Máiréad is co-composer of the original score for the dance show Invasion. -- Choreographed by Stephen C. Scariff and Ronan Morgan. -- Music by Máiréad Nesbitt and Tibor Kasza. -- Directed by Robert Alföldi. Watch this space for tour dates. through

Re: [css-d] CSS instead of a table

"Paul Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re: [css-d] CSS instead of a table > I think you have a misconception. Tables are "supposed to [be] > despise[d]" when they are used to control layout. When they are being > used to present actual tabular data, in my mind, a table is the way to > go. As far as the

[css-d] CSS instead of a table

Here is the code for an extremely simple web page constructed with the use of a table. I would like to make it simpler and more readily maintainable, but I don't know where to start in duplicating it with CSS, avoiding the use of a table, which we are supposed to despise. Does anyone feel incl

Re: [css-d] Two images side by side

Nice non-original sermon. Do you also have a suggestion for the solution of the original poster's problem? Bruce > This topic has been discussed so exhaustively over the past few > years, I'm frankly surprised you're raising it again here as though > it were new terrain to be explored. And h

Re: [css-d] Can two IE7 running on Win XP render different?

"Ian Young" wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/2nzg5s > What do you folks see? It looks good with Firefox and WIN2000 and at 1280x1024 If I were you, I would insert a short neutral image, perhaps gray, after each of the photos. They look very peculiar when one is superimposed upon another. Bruce

[css-d]

> Hello ! > > I have three DIVs and a ul li menu which use JavaScript for displaying > sub-levels (The menu is build dynamically). The script make a transform for > IE when mouse hover, adding the class "sfhover". > The menu jump to the right when my mouse come hover a button. > I'm getting crazy a