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CSS - Css Posting
So, I've been branching away from the php forum, and trying to help out here, and I have several annoyances about the way people post... so I was wondering if we could put up a sticky (I know a lot of people wouldn't read it anyway...) about how to post in the css forum...
I was going to send this via PM to the mods, but I didn't want to overstep my bounds. Things to be covered... 1 - Before you post your question, make sure your code and css validates! 2 - If you are providing a link to your page, make it an actual link. 3 - If your css isn't embedded, provide a link to it too, or paste it. Along with the usual things... 4 - Be descriptive... what do you think it should look like, what's it look like now, what's it not doing "right"... it's amazing (I'm guilty too) how many people post a "look at this, how do I fix it?" but we don't know what it's supposed to look like. I'm sure there is more... sound off! Similar TutorialsCSS Forum Posting Guidelines Some very important things to keep in mind before you post your question: Note that if it appears you haven't read this, we're most likely just going to point you to it. BEFORE YOU POST Before you post your question, make sure your X/HTML and css validates! Visit w3.org to validate your X/HTML and css, if you don't, that's the first thing we are going to ask you to do. Invalid X/HTML and/or css gets unpredictable results. X/HTML Validator CSS Validator Here is a sample template you can use to make sure your test code is fully functional: 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>
<!--Don't add anything above this line, you may change the DTD to match your page-->
<title>Test Page</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<!--Uncomment the following line and remove the embedded style sheet if your style is external-->
<!--<link rel="stylesheet" href="includes/style.css" type="text/css" />-->
<style type="text/css">
/*add your styles here, or remove this section if your styles are external*/
body{
background-color:#ffffff;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<!--Put your x/html code here-->
</body>
</html>
USE YOUR RESOURCES As with all forums, there's a pretty good chance your question has already been answered... but css being what it is, you may not know exactly what you are looking for. Have a look at the resources sticky, or try searching for your problem. BE DESCRIPTIVE Spell it out for us. What do you think it should look like, what does it look like now, what is it not doing "right"... It's amazing (I'm guilty too) how many people post a "Have a look at this, how do I fix it?", but they don't tell us what it's supposed to look like. PROVIDE EXAMPLES Give us a link, or paste your code... we can't read minds, especially through the net. If you are providing a link to your page, make it an actual link using the bbcode tags, rather than just pasting the URL. If your css isn't embedded or inline, provide a link to it too, or paste it if it's not too big. USE A DESCRIPTIVE TOPIC NAME Topics which are simply... CSS Problem Please Help IE not working! Won't get many responses, try and come up with something a little more descriptive... Getting rid of space around floated divs in IE My footer won't stay at the bottom By the way, these are examples of problems that can be searched for... ALL PROBLEMS, BIG and SMALL Remember that the C in CSS stands for cascading, upper level elements have an effect on the lower level elements... If you have a large css sheet and a lot of code on your site, and one thing isn't working the way it should, chances are something else is interfering... try simplifying your code and see if it will work that way... An old debugging technique is to break it down into smaller portions in order to isolate the problem... Mod edit: Stickied, locked and posts removed. If anyone has anything they'd like to add to this guide, please feel free to PM me and I'll add it if needed. Thanks, Jon. Hello all! I wasn't sure where to post this since I don't know where my problem lies, in css or php. In a nut shell, when displaying values from mysql database in a css div, the data is displayed correctly 9 times out of 10, but there is always that one time it is messed up. Thank you for your help. Let me know if you need to take a look at my code (it is pretty lengthy to be posted on here). |
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