CSS - Standards Compliant Browsers Ignore My Background-color Attribute?

I'm fairly new at CSS, but I am stumped with an issue I am having getting my H1 and H2 tags to show a color.

Now the problem. I have styled the Header tags in my CSS for a <div> tag that will contain the text on my page. They are to have the color of my navigation bar on the left of the page (value #cc0000). The nav bar is styled with a CSS created by a spry in Dreamweaver CS3. My text is styled by a separate CSS document (con-ed.css) which is found in a different directory.

I created all of the style elements for my <h1> and <h2> tags and they look fine in Dreamweaver. But when I open the page in a Web browser such as Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer, all of the formatting of the tags displays EXCEPT the color value I mentioned above. I am guessing that I have a cascading issue going on, but I haven't been able to figure out where it would be. I am loading the con-ed.css stylesheet first, so its values should override any other sheets, plus there is no mention of <h1> or <h2> in the stylesheet for my navigation bar.

Any help or suggestions you could give will be greatly appreciated!

wncmacs

I'm trying to set the background image of my header and for some reason its not being applied at all.

CSS:
Code:

#header
{
    background: url('../Images/Master/Header_Background.jpg');
    color: White;
    width: 1000px;
    height: 150px;
    position: relative;
}

The image is the same height and width of the header. I know the image is there because I can use the same url in an <img> tag and it shows up fine. The header is inside a container which I'm not setting any background attributes at all. I'm not setting any for the body either. I don't know why the image isn't showing.

Thanks.

Hi,

I have made a page using <div> tags.

<div id="page">
<div id="leftmenu">
</div>
<div id="mainarea">
</div>
</div>

My problem is that sometimes, the leftmenu is longer than the main area(1) and sometimes its the opposite- the main area is longer than the leftmenu(2). I want them both to be of the same height. (3)

How can I do this? Plz Help!

I have pasted the style codes for the 3 tags below.


(1)


(2)



(3)

#mainarea {
background-color:#FFFFFF;
float:left;
position:relative;
right:0pt;
width:630px;
}

#leftmenu {
background-color:#EEEEEE;
float:left;
left:0pt;
position:relative;
width:140px;
}

#page {
background-color:#FFFFFF;
position:relative;
width:770px;
}

Hey Guys!

I'm going absolutely bonkers trying to find out how to change the color of the background of a certain element on my site. I installed Vanilla forums on my site and am trying to customize the css script.

If you look at the page, you will see an annoying white in the body. I am trying to make the background of that #F6F6F2. Could you guys possibly put me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Here is a link to my page:
shipswatchdotcom/forum/vanilla/aaa.html

Here is the css script:
Code:

#Body {
	margin: 0;
	width: 99.9%;
	position: relative;
	background: #F6F6F2;

}
#Head {
	background: #B8D4B8;
	padding:0;
	margin: 20px 20px 0;
	text-align: left;
	position: relative;
}
div.Popup h1,
div.Popup h2,
div.Connect h1,
div.Connect h2 {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #3b5998;
}
.Banner {
	padding: 10px;
	text-align: left;
	position: relative;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
.Banner ul {
	background: #B8D4B8;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
.Banner ul li {
	display: inline;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
.Banner ul li a {
	font-weight: bold;
	padding: 3px 6px;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #336633;
	display: inline-block;
}
.Banner ul li a:hover {
	background: #E5F0E5;
}
.Banner ul li a.SignOut {
	font-weight: normal;
	position: absolute;
	top: 10px;
	right: 10px;
}
.Banner ul li a span {
	border-radius: 3px;
	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
	padding: 1px 2px 0 1px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border-right: 1px solid #F6F6F2;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #F6F6F2;
	color: #F6F6F2;
	font-size: 9px;
	position: relative;
	top: -3px;
}
#Content {
	float: none;
	width: auto;
	margin: 0 280px 0 10px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#Panel {
	float: right;
	margin-right: 10px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#Panel div.SearchBox input.InputBox {
	width: 200px;
	margin-right: 4px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
div.SearchBox {
	margin-bottom: 6px;
}
body.Profile div.SearchBox {
	display: none;
}
body.Profile #Content {
	float:none;
	width: auto;
	margin: 0 10px 0 280px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
body.Profile #Panel {
	margin: 0 0 0 10px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
form.Activity textarea {
	width:99%;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#Foot div {
	width: auto;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
body.Post #Content {
	width: auto;
	margin:0 20px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#ConversationForm textarea.MultiComplete,
#ConversationForm .TextBox,
#MessageForm textarea,
div.Comment div.CommentForm,
div.Comment div.CommentForm textarea,
div.CommentForm textarea,
#DiscussionForm input.InputBox,
#DiscussionForm textarea {
	width:99%;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#ConversationForm form {
	border: none;
}
div.Preview div.Message,
ul.MessageList div.Message {
	clear: none;
}
#DiscussionForm form {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
div.MessageForm,
div.Tabs {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
}

/* Tabs */
div.Tabs {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	padding: 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;
}
div.Tabs ul {
	padding: 0 8px;
	white-space: nowrap;
}
div.MessageForm {
	padding: 8px 8px 5px;
}
div.MessageForm div.Tabs {
	padding: 0 8px;
}
div.Tabs li a,
div.Tabs li a:link,
div.Tabs li a:hover,
div.Tabs li a:active,
div.Tabs li a:visited {
	font-size: 11px;
   margin: 0;
   border: none;
   border-radius: 0;
   -moz-border-radius: 0;
   -webkit-border-radius: 0;
   background: #F6F6F2;
   color: #336633;
   text-decoration: none;
   padding: 8px 10px;
	line-height: 11px;
}
div.Tabs li a:hover {
   text-decoration: underline;
}
a.Active,
div.Tabs li.Active a {
   background: #F6F6F2;
   color: #336633;
   margin: 0;
   border: 1px solid #aaa;
	border-bottom: none;
   border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
   -moz-border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
   -webkit-border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
   display: inline-block;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 12px;
   font-weight: bold;
   text-decoration: none;
   padding: 6px 10px;
	position: relative;
	top: 1px;
}
div.Tabs li a span {
   line-height: 1;
   font-size: 80%;
   padding: 0 3px;
   border-radius: 3px;
   -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
   -moz-border-radius: 3px;
   font-weight: normal;
	background: #F6F6F2;
   color: #4A7023;
   margin: 0 0 0 4px;
}
div.DiscussionsTabs div.SubTab {
	font-size: 11px;
	border-radius: 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0;
	border-top: 1px solid #aaa;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	margin:0;
	padding:4px 8px;
}
div.HeadingTabs ul {
	margin: 8px 0 0;
}
body.Discussion a.Bookmark {
	margin: 6px 2px;
}
div.Preview {
	border: 1px solid #aaa;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	margin:0 0 8px;
	padding: 8px;
}
.Foot {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: none;
}
div.MorePager a,
div.MorePager a:link,
div.MorePager a:visited,
div.MorePager a:active,
div.MorePager a:hover {
	border-radius: 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: none;
	color: #4A7023;
	line-height: 1;
	padding: 0;
	text-decoration: none;	
}
div.MorePager a:hover {
	color: #4A7023;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
body.add #Content {
	margin: 0 10px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}

/* Panel Boxes */
#Panel div.Box {
	border-radius: 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0;
	box-shadow: none;
	-moz-box-shadow: none;
	-webkit-box-shadow: none;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	padding: 0;
}
div.Box h4 {
	color: #4A7023;
}
ul.PanelActivity,
ul.PanelInfo {
	border-top:1px solid #ccc;
}
ul.PanelActivity li,
ul.PanelInfo li,
ul.PanelInfo li.Active {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
}
ul.PanelInfo li.Active {
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#Status {
	border-radius: 2px;
	-moz-border-radius: 2px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 2px;
	background: #eee;
	color: #000;
	line-height: 1.6;
	padding: 3px 6px;
	margin: 0 0 8px;
}
body.Profile ul.PanelInfo {
	border: #F6F6F2;
}
body.Profile ul.PanelInfo li {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
body.Profile ul.PanelInfo li a {
	font-size: 12px;
	display: block;
	padding: 0 6px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
body.Profile ul.PanelInfo li a:hover {
	background: #F6F6F2;
}

/* Sign In Page */
body.Entry #Content {
	text-align: center;
	margin: 0 auto !important;
}
body.Entry #Content div.Box {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: 0;
}
div.Methods {
	border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
}

/* Messages */
div.DismissMessage {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding:6px 8px;
	border-radius: 3px;
	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
}
div.DismissMessage a.Dismiss:hover {
	color: #000;
}
div.Warning {
	background: #d00;
	border: 1px solid #b00;
	color: #F6F6F2;
	text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #444;
}
div.Warning a.Dismiss {
	color: #F6F6F2;
}
#Content div.Box {
	color: #000;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: 1px solid #F6F6F2;
}
body#dashboard_entrycontroller_signin div.Box {
	border: none;
}
/* Autocomplete */
.ac_results {
   border: 1px solid #d7d8da;
	color: #000;
   border-top: 0;
   background-color: #F6F6F2;
}
.ac_results li {
   border-bottom: 1px solid #d7d8da;
}
.ac_lastitem {
   border-bottom: 0 !important;
}
.ac_results strong {
   background: #F6F6F2;
}
.ac_over strong {
   background: #F6F6F2;
}
.ac_over {
   background: #3b5998;
   color: #fff;

}

Having an issue with the background color in a div.

The color shows up in I.E. but not in Firefox.

I have a div with a width of 100%. Inside the div is an unordered list with two list items.

Here is the css:

div#nav {
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
background-color: #EAE9E4;
}

#nav ul {margin: 0; padding: 0; }

#nav li {
list-style: none;
float: left;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 15%;
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 20px;
white-space: nowrap;
}

Essentially this will be a navigation aid below the banner of the webpage. The list items will contain anchors which will appear as "buttons". The containing div extends to the end and I want it to have a background color.

Any help appreciated.

Hi there people,

I have a question about CSS but before I start off asking this question I'll introduce myself.

I'm a new user of this great forum, my name is Dwight and I'm a student on the "Graphical Lyceum Amsterdam" where I follow the education for "Multimedia Designer".

Ok so now you know me a little, I'll start off asking my question.

Question: I have to change the layout for a html page that askes for information from different asp pages, but that's not my problem . The problem is that I have to make some td's a different color -the background that is- but the problem is that I can't change the html page itself (it is automaticly generated and I don't have permission to change it).
So my question is can someone tell me how I can change the color of some (not all!) td's with CSS without making classes?

Tnx, Dwight

i wanted usersto choose their own style sheet by giving them different links like red, green, blue which will take them to different layouts or background color page. the problem was that worked only for that particular page but if they click on any link or menu from that page it will take them back to the default color.
is there any way that i can set so that their choice will stay throught their surfing ?
any thoughts ?

hanks

Hi,

I am trying to apply a background color to an item other than the body but I cannot make it display in IE 6 or 5.5. I have tried applying it to both <div>'s and <p>'s. Does IE not support the background-color property outside of the page background?

I'm using Wordpress 3.0.4 with the WP Remix theme 3.0 for my website. URL: joelwyant.com

I want to be able to add a page to the site during the Christmas season. To make it standout more, I'd like that specific page to always have a different background color in the navbar than the other "normal" pages. I have the CSS for the navbar style, but I don't know where to begin to make it specific to just that one page.

In other words, how do I create CSS that overides the normal navbar background color for just that one specific page?

Any thoughts, suggestions, or guidance is much appreciated!

Joel

I have this transparent png image and it looks great on a web page when you put a background color on it. the only transparent part is the border, the rest is white, so the bg color is really for border.

When you go to print it, however, printers dont normally show bg colors
Is there some way how I can force printing the the bg color when the user prints the page? (I know some times u can configure that on their printer but I don't want them to have to do anything. )

My page works great in firefox, but in IE the top navigation div (top_navigation) SHOULD have a background color of red for testing perposes, but the color doesn't change! It looks like its inheriting the background color #e4dfd7 from the css body tag.

I've tried using an inline style, or using !important, nothing works, and I have to make this available in at least IE6 and up.

Thanks in advance for any help!

html code -> cosmosristorante dot com / ox / index.asp

Hello,
I can't seem to figure out how to get the body of this page to be white...

you can see the page at: www.brandontutmarc.com/vlr
and the attached CSS is at: www.brandontutmarc.com/vlr/viva.css

Here is what I'd like it to look like: http://www.brandontutmarc.com/vlr/vlr1.jpg

Any help is GREATLY appreciated...

OK - I know all about the media="print" attribute. But I don't know how to force a background color (styled in a div tag; ie "background-color: black;") to print when the webpage is printed. I would think this would be a fairly common requirement but have not stumbled upon it.

Also, it probably doesn't matter but I have been using Javascript to add the divs to the page dynamically, so I don't know if that would have any effect. Probably not.

Any help would be appreciated.

I have three "buttons" that are essentially <div> elements on a page made to look like a button. I would like to make the background color change for the button on the "hover" state, but for some reason the only part of the background that changes on the hover state is the area only behind the text.

Here's my code. I'd like the whole background area to change, anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Code:

.prioritycontainer {
width: auto;
float: left;
display: inline;
margin: 0px 0px;
padding: 10px 0px;
}

.prioritybutton {
float: left;
width: 150px;
height: auto;
display: inline;
margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;
padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;
background-color: #978047;
border: solid 1px #CCBC77;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}

.prioritybutton a:link {
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}

.prioritybutton a:visited {
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}

.prioritybutton a:hover {
color: #fff;
background-color: #A19058;
text-decoration: none;
}

.prioritybutton a:active {
color: #fff;
background-color: #A19058;
text-decoration: none;
}

Markup on .html page is as follows:

Code:

<div class="prioritycontainer">
<div class="prioritybutton"><a href="one.htm">One</a></div>
<div class="prioritybutton"><a href="two.htm">Two</a></div>
<div class="prioritybutton"><a href="three.htm">Three</a></div>
</div>

Any help would be very helpful.

Thanks,

Brian

With IE, the background of SELECT elements is not respecting the CSS file setting. But IE does respect the CSS for the INPUT element. Netscape 7.1 and Mozilla Firefox work correctly for SELECT and INPUT.

Here is a snippet from my stylesheet file:

SELECT
{
FONT-WEIGHT: normal;
BACKGROUND: beige;
COLOR: darkgreen
}
INPUT
{
FONT-WEIGHT: normal;
BACKGROUND: beige;
COLOR: darkgreen
}

I have tried #FFFFD8 and #F5F5DC as alternatives to the name "beige" for the SELECT entry. Result is always white. Yet my text boxes show properly as beige so I am confused about why that name is ignored for SELECT elements. Note that I can change the entry to something basic like BACKGROUND: yellow and that displays correctly (but I don't want yellow - I want beige - like the INPUT element).

These SELECT and INPUT elements are always in some table such as:
<td class=genericinputleft>Starting Date<select name=dd1 etc.

Could there be a cascading problem in IE ? Here is the CSS:

.genericinputLeft
{
FONT-WEIGHT: bold;
FONT-SIZE: x-small;
BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%;
COLOR: black;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial;
text-align: left;
vertical-align: top
}

I have tried commenting out the BACKGROUND entry from the class above but that does not seem to help. Thanks.