CSS-tables borders -template
This is a very rough - totally undone template
Before i go any further i would like to know if it holds together in :
IE6
NN6
as far as the table borders and text box borders.
Also, if it centers ok, on larger monitor sizes.
I am using IE5, 800x600, and it displays how i want it too.
I have replaced some table code for borders into the main.css file.
I know it doesn't display in NN4.7
..but that is ok at the moment.
Most links don't work, and i need to add graphics where you may see an unusual display
I am just trying to see what works in higher browsers with css and tables to get a basic template going.
http://web.hypersurf.com/~sun/test1/indextest.shtml
thanks
dragonsjaw
"Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight- 'Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight." - Bruce Cockburn
detox posted this at 01:20 — 24th January 2002.
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haven't loaded up IE6 yet.
NN6 you lost the text box borders, and really flattened out.
from just a quick (very quick) look at your code you have one text box in a blockquote (bad if your resizing as it wont hold its intended shape) and then two with the text box class (which flatten out as well), which really does flatten out at 1024 x 768.
Personally I do not like looking at sites that expand to such a degree. There have been a lot of threads both here and at other forums which say that the optimal width for text is approx 500 px. I would stick to that if I were you.
disaster-master posted this at 13:10 — 24th January 2002.
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Looks good in IE 6.0 at 800 X 600.
I like the layout but not too crazy about the colors (green especially). Maybe it will be better when you get the graphics up.
dragonsjaw posted this at 17:16 — 24th January 2002.
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detox-
if i am losing all the borders in NN6 and thus flattening out, i will be back at the drawing board.
If i do get that fixed, i will center the table with a fixed width to prevent the 'all across the page text' which i don't like either. Thanks for taking a look.
d-m:
Your the only one to look at it in IE6 and i am glad to know that at least it looks like i intended, at 800x600.
Now the struggle to find out why the Css isn't holding in NN6..any takers?
thanks for your help
dragonsjaw
"Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight- 'Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight." - Bruce Cockburn
Busy posted this at 22:26 — 24th January 2002.
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having a look in ns6 i see the webdings font is being ignored
"bauhaus lt BT" font is also being ignored (i have over 800 fonts, but even I dont have that one), also "tempus sans itc" and xoxoxa
and looking thru your css file you have a few uncompatible things.
dont use fancy fonts, even webdings isnt safe, what you want to do with webdings can be done other ways, if you must or cant use the hex codes use symbol font.
you could also check/remove your doc tag as this has a weird effect with NS6
dragonsjaw posted this at 00:36 — 25th January 2002.
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Busy..
sorry about that..please ignore the fonts for title and such as they will become graphics.
ok, i did that, but that doc type was given to me by someone who said it was the one to use with NN6!!
I have uploaded a new css page which did validate at w3c and a new html page that also vlaidated on CSE Validator lite...
http://web.hypersurf.com/~sun/2cd/2index.shtml
again i am looking for the table and div borders to work in NN6???
I will fix the flattening out in bigger windows once this is fixed.
Thanks to any one who helps..
dragonsjaw
"Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight- 'Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight." - Bruce Cockburn
detox posted this at 02:46 — 25th January 2002.
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dragonsjaw,
Your boxes look fine now on NN6, sorry but I didn't have time to look through the css the first time.
dragonsjaw posted this at 03:07 — 25th January 2002.
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someone on another board posted a screenshot for me..
It is holding together now pretty good.
That's really ok, i got enough info to figure out what to look at and then spent the day refining and validating and learning..
Now i will stop it from expanding so far!
Thanks for taking the time!
dragonsjaw
"Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight- 'Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight." - Bruce Cockburn
Busy posted this at 06:59 — 25th January 2002.
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Just cause it validates doesnt mean it displays the same, theres more than one way to do anything that will also validate.
welcome to the land of browser differences
detox posted this at 13:30 — 25th January 2002.
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I always make a rule of having a browser sniff and pointing different browsers to different css files. As busy said, simply validating a css file does not make it browser friendly.
Not trying to preach to the choir.
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