CSS - Exact Print Layout With Css

Hello, I am using an OS Commerce layout for a client's website. On this page - www.mts-diesel.com you will see how I have the homepage laid out in anticipation of design, with 3 divs of varying colors. One div with an id of #hp_left is where I want to put a nice jquery code. But when I insert that into #hp_left it breaks the whole layout, was seen here www.mts-diesel.com/index2.php I'm not sure what in the css in the code for this script is breaking my layout but Ithought someone here might be willing to shed some light. A big thank you. Tom

I am working on the new home page which is based on a template.

The left sideColumn is working fine, however I am having a few problems with the mainColumn layout.

Here is a static image to show what I want it to look like

Here are the problems I am having:

1) The #scroll box is place where I want it in IE but in foxfire it is right up against the left side of the #sideColumn partially hidden.

There will be text that scrolls into this box and stops. I haven't started on the part yet - in case that makes a difference. Not my choice, but that is what the bosses want.

2) I want the image centered horizontal within the #mainColumn. Here is what I have for the css:

#home img {
margin: 5px auto 5px auto;
}

which I thought would do the trick, but it's not.

3) I want the p text to have a 40px margin on the right and left side like the .large does.

Here is what I have for the css:

#home p, .large {
margin: auto 40px auto 40px;
}

It works for the .large (Welcome to Vitalograph), but not for the text below it. At one point I had it working, but after addtional changes fixing other problems, now it doesn't and I can't figure out why.

Here is the xhtml starting at the 2 column part (wrapper): Code:

  	<!--begin wrapper-->
  	<div id="wrapper">
  
  	<!--begin side column -->
  	<div id="sideColumn">
        <span class="category">Products</span>
    <ul>
		<li><a href="/products/spirometers.html">Spirometers</a></li>
		<li><a href="/products/clinical_trials.html">Clinical Trials</a></li>
		<li><a href="/products/asthma_copd.html">Asthma & COPD</a></li>
		<li><a href="/products/smoking_cessation.html">Smoking Cessation</a></li>
		<li><a href="/products/resuscitaion.html">Resuscitation</a></li>
	</ul>
	
	<span class="category">Resources</span> 
    <ul>
      <li><a href="/resources/contact_us.html">Customer Support</a></li>
	  <li><a href="/resources/training_services.html">Training & Services</a></li>
      <li><a href="/resources/exhibitions.html">Exhibitions</a></li>
      <li><a href="/resources/newsletters.html">Newsletters</a></li>
      <li><a href="/resources/downloads.html">Downloads</a></li>
      <li><a href="/resources/useful_links.html">Useful Links</a></li>
      <li><a href="/resources/industry_information.html">Industry Information</a></li>
	  <li><a href="/resources/industry_information.html">Sitemap</a></li>
	</ul>
  </div>
  <!--end of side column -->
  
  <!--begin main column -->  
  <div id="mainColumn">
  
  	<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Main_Section" -->
  
  
  
    <div id="home">	
        <div id="scroll"><span>scrolling news will go hear and stop</span></div>
		
        <img src="/images/boys_bubbles.gif" width="485" height="333" alt="boys and bubbles" />
	
		<span class="large">Welcome to Vitalograph</span>
		
		<p>Vitalgraph offers a wide range of spirometers along with other asthma 
          management equipment with over 40 years experience. From simple hand-held 
          units to sophisticated Windows based spirometry systems, we have it 
          all. Check out our full line of respiratory equipment under the product 
          category.</p>
		
		
      <p><a href="/about_us/about_us.html">more about us...</a></p>
		
		
	</div>
  
  
  <!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
  
  </div>
  <!--end of main column -->
  
  </div> 
  <!--end of wrapper--> 

Here is the vitalograph_master.css: Code:

body {
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	text-align: center;
	background-color: #ffffff;
	color: #515151;
	margin:0px;
	padding:10px;
}

/*page container settings*/

#page {
	width: 750px;
	height: 600px;
	border: 1px solid #5094F9;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	overflow: hidden;
	margin: auto;
	padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
	text-align: left;
}

/*logo header and tag settings*/
	
#header {	
	margin: 0;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	width: 450px;
	height: 36px;
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #5094F9;
	text-align: left;
}

#header img {
    vertical-align: -7px;
    }

.tagline {
	color: #5094F9;
	font-size: 16;
	font-style: italic;
	font-weight: bold;
	display: inline;
	clear: both;
	line-height: 20px;
	margin-left: 10px;
}

/*top bar settings*/

#topbar {
	float: top;
	height: 20px;
	background-color: #5094f9;
	clear: both;
	padding-left: 10px;
	text-align: left;
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#topbar a:link, #topbar a:visited {
	background-color: inherit;
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#topbar a:hover, #topbar a:active {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #5094F9;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#topbar ul {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding-top: 2px;
}

#topbar li {
	display: inline;
	margin-right: 160px;
}

/*Main Section two columns under top section*/

#wrapper{
	padding: 10px 10px 10px 0px;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
}

#sideColumn {
	float:left;
	width:155px;
	height: 78%;
	background-color: #5094F9;
	padding-top: 50px;
	padding-left:10px; 
	padding-bottom:10px;
	pading-right: 10px;
	margin-right: 10px;
	text-align: left;
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-weight: bold;
	line-height: 20px;
}

.category {
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-size: 16px;
	font-weight: bold;
	letter-spacing: 5px;
}

#sideColumn a:link, #sideColumn a:visited {
	background-color: inherit;
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#sideColumn a:hover, #sideColumn a:active {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #5094F9;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#sideColumn ul {
	list-style: none;
	padding: 15px 0px 15px 10px;
	margin: 0px;
}

#mainColumn {
	padding: 0px;
}

/*footer*/

.footer {
	font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 9px;
	color: #999999;
}

/*text*/

.large {
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #5094F9;
	font-size: 18px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
}

Here is the home.css: Code:

/*home page*/

#home {
	margin: auto;
}

#home img {
	margin: 5px auto 5px auto;
}

#home p, .large {
	margin: auto 40px auto 40px;
}

#home a:link, #home a:visited {
	background-color: inherit;
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #5094F9;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#home a:hover, #home a:active {
	background-color: inherit;
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #990099;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#scroll {
	width: 560px;
	padding: 5px;
	background-color: inherit;
	border: 1px solid #5094F9;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Hi there and thanks for reading & helping! I am new to this site, but here is my question:

I need to build about a 20 page website. I have been told I should do the "layout" for each page using CSS. Is it possible for each page to "link" to one CSS file for layout instructions? I have found suitable CSS layout templates but am unsure how to link each page to the external CSS file for a basic "header, 2 column, footer" layout, or if it is even possible?

Hi,

All the content of my web page is in a table which is 760 pixels width.

This is fine on the screen, but when printing, the right part is cut.

I tried to set a new css print stylesheet <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="print.css" media="print"> to avoid this problem, but it is not working.

I tried to change the margin and padding, but there is no change. I still have the same problem.

I tried many different configurations, but none of them worked... I did probably something wrong.

I know that the page is properly printed if I change manually the print setting (file -> page setting) margin to 5mm, but how can I do it with the css, in order than everybody who would like to print the page has the complete page printed?

Could someone help me?

Many thanks

Hello all,

I have been trying to get my website to comply with googles page speed and yahoo's yslow.

I had 2 seperate css files one for print and one for screen and they wanted them combined. I searched and searched for a way to do this and well I am going to post here how I got things to work in hopes it helps someone else.

<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen, print" >

NOTE if I make it media="all" print does not work


here is code for the main css file that combines the 2 into 1. NOTE also the print is NOT loaded until it is needed.

@media screen {
/* all screen CSS goes in here */
}

@media print {
/* all print CSS goes in here */
}



U ask why a print.css file? simple it lets me force page breaks so images don't get cut in half. it lets me set a legable size font or larger than what is displayed on screen.

Ok here is my problem... in the print.css I don't want to print my backround image. I want just a plain white background. I use a "sprite" to call picture frames for screen. These frames use part of my background image... thus they look bad printed.

How do I in the print.css file tell it NOT to print this frame.png file?

I assume I will use .noprint DISPLAY:none or something to that effect but where and how to impliment this is over my head and I cannot find any examples of how to do it.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help

whonoes

Use relative rather than absolute units in CSS property values. WCAG1 AA 3.4 ,
Absolute units are cm, mm, in, pt and pc, as well as absolute size keywords like x-small. Partially sighted users often use the "large fonts" mode of Windows, which makes each pixel larger than usual. This usually causes problems with pixel based layouts, which also perform badly on handheld and widescreen displays. Percentage values "stretch" according to screen size and work on a large range of display sizes.


hello again folks,

Man I am lost on this warning any help? Below is my print.css file

body {
color : #000000;
background : #ffffff;
font-family : "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size : 12pt;
width: auto;
background-position: center center;

}
a {
text-decoration : underline;
color : #0000ff;
}



Thanks once again for all your help!

whonoes

Hi there..I have a big problem here..I was told to put a print button in the web page and the page nust be printed out in landscape...he setting must be done in the coding not manually..and i found this coding below but not sure where to put in...
PHP Code:
<style type="text/css" media="print">
div.page    { 
writing-mode: tb-rl;
height: 80%;
margin: 10% 0%;
}
</style> 





and i have done with the print button..

PHP Code:
function printit(){   
if (window.print) { 
    window.print() ;   
} else { 
    var WebBrowser = '<OBJECT ID="WebBrowser1" WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 CLASSID="CLSID:8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2"></OBJECT>'; 
document.body.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeEnd', WebBrowser); 
    WebBrowser1.ExecWB(6, 2);//Use a 1 vs. a 2 for a prompting dialog box    WebBrowser1.outerHTML = "";   
} 
} 
</script> 

<SCRIPT Language="Javascript">   
var NS = (navigator.appName == "Netscape"); 
var VERSION = parseInt(navigator.appVersion); 
if (VERSION > 3) { 
    document.write('<form><input type=button value="Print this Page" name="Print" onClick="printit()"></form>');         
} 
</script> 




now the problem is with the landscape...pLS anybody..HELP..!!

I have a print style sheet which has an undesired result. Apparently by default it prints the url (and the page title) at the top of each page. Can I tell it not to do that or is that a browser preference that can't be overridden with CSS?

Hello all,

Not sure if this is a CSS or Javascript question..

I have a page which has an external CSS sheet, with a part for the @media print styling.
On this page I'm also using (throughout my site) a javascript navigation bar.
The idea is that when user clicks on a print-button, the whole navigation bar disappears, before printing.

The Javascript seems however to add additional DIVS when loading the page which are without any ID, class or nametag, so I tried to get to this "navigationbar-div" via CSS selector combinations - just to find out that apparently CSS cannot select these divs (- maybe because they were added by javascript at runtime???). No matter what I try, it's like CSS doesn't "see" there's additional divs there..

I've also tried to select the concerning DIVs through DOM, but apparently this is still buggy even for modern browsers, so I rather not touch it..

Is there anyway I can get rid of the Javascript navigation bar in my print stylesheet?

Thanks for your help!

I put together the following site ... http://www.themax.co/

I am trying to create a style sheet for the PRINT pages, but I ran into some problems (the main site looks fine, but the print page doesn't).

First, go to the page...
http://www.themax.co/?page_id=6
When you go to print, and look at the print preview (in Firefox). most of the content is pushed to the second page. I assume this is because of the style .pagesidebox (which is a column that spans the entire page) ... I think this is causing the rest of the content to go to the next page. Any idea how to fix this?

Second, I have a logo that goes against the black background (on the website) and a white logo that is supposed to appear on the print page. So, in the print.css stylesheet, I called the background-image to point to the new image. However, the new image is not showing up when printing. I assume this is because the image is a BACKGROUND image, and the print settings are set to NOT show backgrounds. Is there a way around this (using CSS)? Since there are two logos (one on white, and one on black), I can't place the image inside the html page (I have to use CSS).

Please let me know. Thanks!

Hi all.

This is the first time that I am using a print css to define the style of how my web page is printing. However, I am having trouble setting up a style sheet that [IE, Netcsape, (PC) ], [Safari, IE and Netscape (Mac)] all recognised and conform to. Particularly, my div tags for some content seemed to work, while some other div tags do not work. My working file is online: http://www.cfdr.co.uk/kw/examples.htm. My print css file is: http://www.cfdr.co.uk/kw/css/print.css

I have 2 major problem.
Problem 1: Div tags are not recognised
I want to hide the div ids (navigation1, navigation2, navigation3, navigation4, navigation5, navigation6, credit, left content). For example, I have used:
#navigation1 {display:none;} in my print css file. However, none of the browsers recognised this. My menu still keep apprearing on my print preview.

Problem 2:
As a result of the div tags not recognised, I am unable to hide the left columm, which originally contained the logo and image. This has left my text on the right columm to be cut off at the margins. I do not know why this happens.

Please, does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Joyce

Hi

Could someone assist me in making a print stylesheet for this site please!

http://calibrehr.com/new/

What I need is:

just the logo to display (remove nav)
The text in the orange block to span the width of the page
Remove subnav
Some how diplsay the text that is in the purple boxes below the main content text

I am stuck as to what to do and could really appreciate some help

Many thanks!

I have a three column layout page which looks fine in IE as well as Firefox. But if I try to print the page, it prints the entire page in one column. Also, backgrounds are not printed.

Searching on google, it seems CSS is the cause behind this. I could not find any solution though.

Here is my CSS.


Code:

html {overflow-y:scroll;} 

body {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #354963;
	font-size: 8pt;
	font-weight: normal;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 120px 0px 0 0;  
}

#wrapper {
	position:absolute;
	top:0;
	left:0;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	background:#003333 url(/corporateBanner/corporateBanner.jpg) 0 0px;
	width:100%;
	height:100px;
	font-size:8pt;
}

#bannerWrapper {
	position:absolute;
	top:0;
	left:0;
	z-index:2;
}

#bannerTitle {
	position:absolute;
	top:28px;
	left:80px;	
	color:white;
	font-size:26pt;
	width:600px;
	margin:0;
	border:0;
	font-weight:normal;
	z-index:2;
	white-space: nowrap;
}

.hiddenLabel {
	display:none;
}

#topmainMenu {
	position: absolute;
	right: 0;
}
#topmainMenu a:hover {
	text-decoration:underline;
}

#mainTabs {
	position:absolute;
	top:	82px;
	left:	-6px;
	width:	600px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}
#mainTabs ul li {
	float: left;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0px;
	list-style-type: none;
}
#mainTabs ul li a, #mainTabs ul li a:visited  {
	font-size:8pt;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	width:105px;
	text-align: center;
	height:19px;
	display:block;
}
#mainTab1 a:link, #mainTab1 a:visited, #mainTab2 a:link, #mainTab2 a:visited, #mainTab3 a:link, #mainTab3 a:visited, #mainTab4 a:link, #mainTab4 a:visited, #mainTab5 a:link, #mainTab5 a:visited, #mainTab6 a:link, #mainTab6 a:visited, #mainTab7 a:link, #mainTab7 a:visited {
	background: transparent url(../images/tabs/primary/tabBG.gif) top left no-repeat;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}
#mainTab1 a:hover, #mainTab2 a:hover, #mainTab3 a:hover, #mainTab4 a:hover,#mainTab5 a:hover,#mainTab6 a:hover, #mainTab7 a:hover {
	color: #000000;
	background-position: left -19px;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#T1 #mainTab1 a:link, #T1 #mainTab1 a:visited, #T2 #mainTab2 a:link, #T2 #mainTab2 a:visited, #T3 #mainTab3 a:link, #T3 #mainTab3 a:visited, #T4 #mainTab4 a:link, #T4 #mainTab4 a:visited, #T5 #mainTab5 a:link, #T5 #mainTab5 a:visited, #T6 #mainTab6 a:link, #T6 #mainTab6 a:visited, #T7 #mainTab7 a:link, #T7 #mainTab7 a:visited {
	color: #000000;
	background-position: left -19px;
}

#subMenu {
	position:absolute;
	top:100px;
	left: 0px;	
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	background: #FFF;
	height:15px;
	width:100%;
}
#subMenu ul {
	border: 0;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	text-align: center;
}

#subMenu ul li {
	float: left;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0px 10px 0px 7px;
	list-style-type: none;

}
#subMenu ul li a {
	float: left;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 2px 1px 0px 0px;
	color:#000066;
	text-align: center;
	display: block;
	line-height: 16px;
	font-size: 8pt;
	font-weight:normal;
	text-decoration: none; 
	width:auto;
	height:15px;
	letter-spacing: 0px;
}
#subMenu ul li a:hover {
	text-decoration:underline;
	color:#0A3C91;
}
#subMenu ul li a.current {
	text-decoration:underline;
	font-weight:bold;
	color:#0A3C91;
}

#dateStamp {
	position:absolute;
	right:5px;
	top:83px;
	letter-spacing:0px;
	font-size: 8pt;
	font-weight:bold;
	z-index:2;
}

#subContentWrapper {
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	width:100%;
	height:auto;
	border-top:1px solid #000;
	background: #fff;
	line-height:normal;
}

/* For the text under column */
#subContentWrapper p {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 5px;
	font-size:8pt;
}

/* IE7 1px rounding error. margin-left:-1px; */
/* 25% + 50% + 25% does not work in IE6. (24.8% + 50% + 24.8% works). Overwrote the code in the Home Page. */
#main3Column  {
	float: left;
	width: 50%;	
}
#leftColumn {
	float:left;
	width:25%;
	margin-left:-1px;
}
#rightColumn {
	float:right;
	width:25%;
}
.columnBoxLeft {
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px;
	margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;
}
.columnBoxMiddle {
	padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
	margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;
}
.columnBoxRight {
	padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;
	margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;
}

/* Clears the column floats so the footer can center directly below them. */
.cleaner {
	clear:both;
	height:1px;
	font-size:1px;
	border:none;
	margin:0; 
	padding:0;
	background:transparent;
    margin-top: -1px;
    overflow: hidden;
}
	
#revdate { 
	padding: 0px;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 8pt;
	height: 17px;
	width: 100%;
	text-align: center;
	color: #354963;
}

/* Footer styles */
#mainFooter {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px;
	background-color: #363459;
	color: #fff;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 7pt;
	height: 25px;
	border-top: 1px solid #000066;
	text-align: center;
	float: left;
	clear:both;
	width: 100%;
}

#mainFooter p {
	margin: 0;
	padding:0;
	background: transparent;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	font-size:7pt;
	font-weight:bold;
	width:220px;
}
.rightFloat {
	float:right;
	text-align:right;
}
.leftFloat {
	float:left;
	text-align: left;
}
#mainFooter p.leftFloat {
	margin:6px 0 0 4px;
}
#mainFooter p.rightFloat {
	margin:0px 5px 0;
}
#mainFooter p span {
	visibility: hidden;
}

Here is a simple page that I put up using the above CSS (main.css) which has the issue I described above. Use print preview and you will see all the 3 columns one below another.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Test Page</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="main.css" media="screen"/>
</head>

<body>

<div id="subContentWrapper">

<div id="leftColumn">
<div class="columnBox">
<h2 class="channeltitle">Left Column</h2>
<p>Your Text Here</p>
</div><!--/columnBox-->
</div><!--/leftColumn-->

<div id="main3Column">
<div class="columnBox">
<h2 class="channeltitle">Main Column</h2>
<p>Your Text Here</p>
</div><!--/columnBox-->
</div><!--/main3Column-->

<div id="rightColumn">
<div class="columnBox"> 
<h2 class="channeltitle">Right Column</h2>
<p>Your Text Here</p>
</div><!--/columnBox-->
</div><!--/rightColumn-->

</div>

</body>
</html>

Hello,

I have tried to make a print page using CSS to set the display to none for areas that I don't want printed. This works fine in Firefox but Exploder always pritnts a blank page first. Has anybody had similar problems?

Thanks

I created a print.css for my site, but it still does not work and would appreciate any help.

Here's my site:
http://seniormobility.org/test/actionplan.html

Here's the print.css code:
Code:

body, .maincopy {
	background-color: transparent;
	font-size: 12pt;
	font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	color: #000000;
}

#navcontainer, #header, #header_pic, #text_control, #header_breadcrumb #search_box {
	display: none;
}

#container {
	width: 100%;
	margin: 0;
	float: none;
}

#pagename, #main_content, #main_content_home {
	border: 0;
	width: 100%;
	margin: 0 5%;
	padding: 0;
	float: none;
	overflow: auto;
}

When I do a print preview or actually print in both IE8 and FF, all the text gets cut-off on the right. I'm not sure what I'm missing.

Thanks in advance for everyone's help!