al_m473
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WP book for newbie
thanks for the reply 'TheDoc' and I see that you are a fellow Canadian, I am in St Thomas, ON and I am glad that I chanced upon css-tricks a few years ago, I really like what Chris shows us and have learned quite a bit by just following th…
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CSS template
I knew Chris had one around http://tutorialblog.org/designers-toolb ... -template/ Al
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In need of a reliable PSD to XHTML/CSS Service?
PSD2HTML Chris used to advertise PSD2HTML service and had used them. Don't see that ad on the main page anymore, not sure if he still is advertising them. Al
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Our newly designed business website
using IE7, nav does not display correctly in your Tod Builders site I like the look of your site, and I don't mind the underline on the site nav. One of my beefs about sites like yours is that you don't introduce yourselves to me. Maybe i…
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basic start code
check out the top entry in this forum Al
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How do you validate your HTML?
although you are seeing more and more HTML5 articles, I don't think anyone has suggested that it be adopted as the standard yet, at least not until more of the major browsers support it broadly. stick with XHTML Strict for now Al
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Drive Snapshot
I have a test XP system that I am using for these evaluation tests. trying to use it the other day on a test system, created backup file OK. I then restored the backup to a second drive and got a note about the second drive needing to be active (e…
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Newb Site Ideas?
checked out the nanaimo site, check out "risk management" on the dropdown menu under "departments', is that not an unusual entry under that? also notice on this site that there is a mobile version of the site, never have seen t…
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[Solved] Bug in IE
may be menu stepdown problem, do a search on css-tricks for article Al
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Don't make me use tables boss!
similar question to the one about the close minded teacher, again, is it worth it from a job point of view to fight it? I guess only you can answer that. I think you have found out that as I said before he who pays the bills usually calls the tune, …
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Convincing My Close-minded Teacher
the question is not what to use, rather ask who is marking your work? if the mark means something to you, just use MS stuff, otherwise I guess you can use whatever you wish. what would you do in the work world if someone whp pays your paycheque tol…
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How to Create a Big Footer (like CSS-Tricks)
creating a footer is the same as creating a header, just at the bottom of the page view not at the top. the problem of a fixed footer is a different matter. Al
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Easy FrontPage alternative for inexperienced coworker
I was kind of in the same situation 2-3 years ago, I was asked to maintain a web site, I did not know anything about HTML/CSS but did do some of the online tutorials (www.w3schools.com is one), and now usually code/edit the web page in NOTEPAD. I …
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HALP! I've resorted to tables!
your problem is menu stepdown with ul lists, I know Chris had a fix here on CSS-Tricks, do a search for it, search for "menu stepdown" better than going to tables Al
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Site Recoding - Up to Standards Finally!
like it, didn't notice the shadowing until I looked at site in FF like the navigation, like the way the multi-level nav is handled Al
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A website for review -
layout does not look good in IE7, not sure but I doubt the right side of the screen would be blank as it is. will try later in FF al
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Working out positioning from a template to final website
have you watched the latest video by Chris Coyier? in that, he is creating a PSD for a website and has an idea of some of the things to be on the page but does not seem to have a final layout in mind but rather works it out in the design as he cre…
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Media Temple
what part of Canada, FAQPAL? sw Ontario here, Al
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Finally I might be finished :D
sounds like quite the journey, Lee. I remember years ago, I went out to a small town near where I lived at the time to see hand colored slides by a man who had biked from the north of Africa to the south. He did this trip in the 30s, and had quite …
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Help with page displaying incorrectly in IE
I don't see any kind of CSS reset, that does affect how elemnts are displayed one browser to the next. lots of ways to do it, simplest is "* {margin: 0; padding: 0;}" or use something like the Eric Meyer reset http://meyerweb.com/er…
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CSS dropdown menu not working in IE6/IE7
are you doing any kind of CSS reset? after minimal looking, I cannot see anything, that would certainly affect the margins and paddings, which is what probably be causing the problem. Al
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New Look CSS-Tricks
some problems here with IE7, downloads tile gets cut off, new posts (icon, image, ?) not showing in forums in section titles, will keep an eye out for others will try it in FF Al
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Tables must die
can you not center #main_nav by adding "text-align: center;"? it does have a width so should center. Al
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Web Page Snap
I would think it has to do with me getting images from their servers, if there are a lot of images and they are large, then it takes time to download them to me, therefore you will have delays in loading the images I really notice this in noupe.com…
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CSS Drop Down Menu Problem in IE6
http://css-tricks.com/simple-jquery-dropdowns/ this is an article from CSS-Tricks.com that should address that problem, you need to use jquery code to make the dropdown work properly in IE6 Al
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anythingslider images not displaying correctly...
check that the HTML elements used in anythingslider are the values you think they are. I had a similar problem with s3slider where the values set for ul, and li were screwing up the settings for the s3slider section. Al
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Please comment on my website!
logo at top needs to be moved up stepdown menu problem, do search on css-tricks for solution font is much too small for my old tired eyes Al
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Menu-button background positioning
there is a feature in Firebug for FF called Inspect. Click on the item on the screen and Firebug shows you the HTML and CSS code which generates the display. Inspect button is on the top left part of the Firebug screen, and it is a great feature fo…