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CSS - Table-designing Css Boxes
Sorry if I'm being repetitive, this has been discussed before, but still there is something preventing me from making CSS boxes behave properly.
Everything has to do with stopping <TABLE> and starting <CSS>-based thinking. I mean, there shouldn't be so much magic and wonderdust as I trick myself into believe. My problem is very simple; I'd like the design to do the following: [wrapper: full width, 5px padding all over] [variable size image container, 2 px padding all over, staying on the left at all times] [variable size text container, staying on the right at all times, stretching full width so it touches the image container] Here's an example of the design: Code: ------------------------ | (wrapper) | ||------||------------|| ||image || text || ||------||------------|| ------------------------ I thought I had it made when I read that you basically can look at creating a table based design as using a combination of DIV's and SPAN's, havind the DIV's being looked at as rows and SPAN's as columns/cells. But for some reason I can't seem to get the full grip out of it. I've had *some* success with this, but I'm having horrible problems with making the text get to the top left of the container. It *always* stays at bottom left, no matter how I adjust my DIV's, SPAN's or properties of those. I can't seem to make the boxes have any actual "space"; when I add margin properties to either box, I can't locate it, it's as if the container isn't there. I can get the wrapper to behace though. While I'm at it, is there some good, solid, documentation of how the boxes work and interact? I've read *alot* of different articles, looked at w3c, checked other peoples code (which actually have teached me the most), but I'd like to have some kind of resource that gives me the knowledge of "box modelling" to such an extent that I should be able to solve in not all but most problems, like this simple one. Thanks for taking time to read through all this. I know it won't become a FAQ or rooted topic, but I'm hoping perhaps someone with the same problem as I have will benefit from this. Similar TutorialsHi, As you know css is the new way of desinging web sites. Does anyone have or know of any tutorials on designing sites based on css. Thanks uno_turko Hello! i am new to this forum and new to this whole html css thing also. But reading through these forums and a couple books has helped me alot. I just had a question that i have not been able to find the answer to. When you first start building a site, do you have all the design elements squared away first? or do you do all the coding first? (when designing with CSS). I am at a stage where I know what i want me pages to look like and have even started on the basic coding but was just curious if i should take a step back and design all the graphics that i will have on my site. Thank you in advance! hey.. i have this design where i need it to do this http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/cssframes/ only in the orange field where there is a login form on the picture.. but i can't get it working.. so i am very stock.. plz help I am new to design but really doing my best to keep up with the big boys. I am trying to tweak my site on Wordpress to have a oversized, and fluid footer. Long story short I want my site (sac247[dot]sacobserver[dot]com) to have a footer that looks like venturebeat[dot]com or mashable[dot]com. Can someone help me get started on how to break my colors out of the widget box? I am curious to know what many of you think about the design consideration for 800 x 600. I am about to start a major project and am considering going to a fixed width of 1024 instead of my current default of 770. As I see it only about 1 of 10 use 800 x 600, and I think that will go down in the not too distant future. I wouln't mind learing how to scale a site so it looks good in any resolution but as I understand it you can not scale images that many of my site layouts depend on. Tom hola. 1.i am looking for quick tutorials on how to cross-platform web design a page without using tables. 2. and why people dont like to use tables? ++thanks in advanced. +ckill3r Hi, Is it possible to make 3 different sites depending on the client browser medium? I have a flash site, that needs to be presented non-flash for the iphone, and another non-Flash site for the ipad. Is there a way CSS can detect these 3 different browser mediums? If so, then how? thanks - Hi I am trying to learn how to design and develop a website that has consistent behavior across browsers, browser window size and screen resolution. What are the industry best practices for designing and developing such websites. Your help is appreciated Thanks hi, Im making a site, and i decided to use CSS instead of tables. I have used basic CSS before, but it gets abit harder when i start making boxes etc. Here is my code so far - layout.css - (one that gets included on each page) Code: @import "style.css";
body {
margin:10px 10px 0px 10px;
padding:0px;
}
#leftcontent {
position: absolute;
left:10px;
top:50px;
width:200px;
background:#fff;
border:1px solid #000;
}
#centercontent {
background:#fff;
margin-left: 199px;
margin-right:199px;
border:1px solid #000;
voice-family: "\"}\"";
voice-family: inherit;
margin-left: 201px;
margin-right:201px;
}
#shoutbox {
position: absolute;
right:10px;
top:50px;
width:200px;
background:#fff;
border:1px solid #000;
}
#rightcontent {
position: absolute;
right:10px;
top:50px;
width:200px;
background:#fff;
border:1px solid #000;
}
#banner, #footer {
background:#fff;
height:40px;
border-top:1px solid #000;
border-left:1px solid #000;
border-right:1px solid #000;
voice-family: "\"}\"";
voice-family: inherit;
height:39px;
}
#footer {
background:#fff;
height:40px;
border-bottom:1px solid #000;
border-left:1px solid #000;
border-right:1px solid #000;
voice-family: "\"}\"";
voice-family: inherit;
height:39px;
}
#banner h1 {
font-size:16px;
padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;
margin:0px;
}
#shoutbox, #rightcontent p {
font-size:10px
}
style.css - text formatting etc. Code: body {
font: 12px/1.2 Tahoma;
background:#ddd;
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
}
a {
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:bold;
color:#c00;
}
pre {
font-size:11px;
color:blue;
}
ol {
margin-right:40px;
}
li {
margin-bottom:10px;
}
p,h1,pre {
margin:0px 10px 10px 10px;
}
h1 {
font-size:14px;
padding-top:10px;
}
it produces a good layout, with a header, 3 coloums and a footer. whoever, the boxes expand at different rates and the footer doesnt move down. the header also doesnt expand. i know how i can fix this, but i dont know how to fix it without making it so that its locked at a resolution. i would like the site to exapand as the window is made larger. here is an image of what i get - and this is what i am aiming to acheive - as you can see, i want all the boxes to be the same length, which is defined by the size of the largest box. also, i want to create 2 or more boxes on the left, only the bottom of which gets made longer. on the first image you cannot see the extra box because it is covered by the other one :-/ i would be greatful for any help you guys can provide me thanks, dynamyt Hi I am creating a new site for a friend in Wordpress ilovelifebecause.com I can usually muddle through in css to make changes, but i'm stumped at the moment. What I am trying to do is swap around the two cream coloured boxes so the larger one is on the right, the thinner one on the left and the blue box in the middle still. I've tried a number of things in the css file but can't seem to find the right method - can anyone help? many thanks in advance Paul My boxes line up horizontally perfectly in Firefox but not in IE7 (not suprisingly). Because of the rules I can't show you the link but the html places two boxes side by side lined up so that they are the same distance from the top. It looks right in Firefox but IE7 drops the right box about 10 pixels or so. My Html is this: <div id="newsboxleft"> <div id="newsboxright"></div></div> My CSS is this: #newsboxleft { margin: 10px auto; position: relative; top: 0px; left: -187px; width: 350px; height: 142px; background: url(../images/newsboxleft.jpg) repeat-x top; border-top: 0px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0px; clear: both; } #newsboxright { margin: 10px auto; position: relative; top: 0px; left: 373px; width: 350px; height: 142px; background: url(../images/newsboxright.jpg) repeat-x top; border-top: 0px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0px; clear: both; } I hope someone can help. Thanks. Hi guys, I am trying to achieve the following: Box 1 | ------ Box 2 | ** With a 3rd box to the right of box 1&2 I have got this far but cant work out how to do 'box2' Code: <div id="box2"> box 2 </div> <div id="box3"> box 3 </div> Code:
#box2 {
float: left;
padding: 10px;
margin: 20px;
background: #ffffff;
width: 100px;
/* ie5win fudge begins */
voice-family: "\"}\"";
voice-family:inherit;
width: 100px;
}
html>body #box2 {
width: 100px;
/* ie5win fudge ends */
}
#box3 {
float: right;
padding: 10px;
margin: 20px;
background: #ffffff;
width: 100px;
/* ie5win fudge begins */
voice-family: "\"}\"";
voice-family:inherit;
width: 100px;
}
html>body #box3 {
width: 100px;
/* ie5win fudge ends */
}
Can anyone possibly help? I have 4 or 5 form controls that I want in a horizontal line. Each form control has a label above it, and I'm using <br>s to position the form control below the label. I thought that wrapping each "label<br>form control" with a <span> would turn the whole thing into an inline block, where the next <span> would line up next to it, like the next <td> in a <tr>. Code:
<div id=secondline>
<span id=ed>
<b>Event Definition</b>:<br>
<textarea name=inject cols=45 rows=6></textarea>
</span>
<span id=after>
<b>After</b><br>
<select name=next size=8 multiple>
<option value=0>0
...
<option value=100>100
</select>
</span>
</div>
but, alas, it doesn't work like that. How can I get Code: <tr> <td>label<br>form_control</td> <td>label<br>form_control</td> </tr> behavior without using tables? Hello, I created a site with floating frames and it looks good in IE6 and FF/Mozilla. But I have one problem: I use in my dynamic layout an ID more then once (thats not OK according w3 validation) I tried to do something with pseudo classes but this works not really goed. My "uni" thumb box is used on two diff. pages The skyscraper: http://www.all4yourwebsite.com/ and the result/search page: http://www.all4yourwebsite.com/search.php I know there is a solution, but because the tumbbox have to be much flexible the solution must be simple as the current (wrong) solution. Anyone an idea? Hallo, I have in several cases serious problems with floating boxes. Not with the standard layout's like here described http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/ but with more complicated layouts. I know to place the float attribute but have problems with setting the clear attribute. Does some know a good source where I find more information or documented examples ? Finally I can fix my problems, but it take so much time of testing... Thnaks Hello: I'm trying to place two drop down boxes at the right of my page. When I view the pages in Firefox and Internet Explorer, they are so far off. You can view the page yourself by visiting: http://www.informedmortgage/100-financing.html I've tried changing widths, margins, etc and am having no luck. I can use some help. I hope someone can help me out. Thank you. Back to top Im trying to replicate the vertical navigation style that is used on the Mozilla Firefox Website (as seen to the left). I have sucessfully done this useing images, with the exclusion of a space problem between the items and the end images in FireFox. I am using the strict.dtd and am frustrated with this problem. Iff anyone can help me create a nav with this style that would be wonderful. Here is the css im using: Code:
.cssnavend {
position:relative;
font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;
display: block;
width: 209px;
height: 9px;
margin: 0;
margin-bottom:0px;
padding: 0;
}
.cssnav {
position:relative;
font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;
background-image: url(images/but-over.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
display: block;
width: 209px;
height: 31px;
margin: 0;
margin-bottom:0px;
padding: 0;
}
.cssnav a {
display:block;
font-size: 11px;
width: 209px;
height: 31px;
display: block;
float: left;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
color: #096CCE;
text-decoration: none;
}
.cssnav img {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
border: 0;
}
.cssnav a:hover{
color: #000;
}
* html a:hover {
visibility:visible
}
.cssnav a:hover img{
visibility:hidden
}
.cssnav span {
position:absolute;
left:7px;
top:7px;
margin:0;
cursor: pointer;
}
#box {
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 0;
width: 209px;
display: block;
}
#boxtop {
width: 209px;
height: 11px;
}
#boxcontent {
width: 209px;
background: #DFE5EB;
}
#boxbottom {
width: 209px;
height: 11px;
}
#boxtext {
width: 209px;
background: #DFE5EB;
padding: 2px;
}
The following code is me testing my css. The first group is useing the cssnav styles. The 2nd group is using the box styles. The 3rd group is a try at making a content box with rounded corners that is a spacific width. Unfortunatly, the content of the box will not wrap to the width of the box, instead it continues on 1 line and outside the box. Code: <div class="cssnavend"><img src="images/but-top.jpg"></div> <div class="cssnav"><a href="index.php"><img src="images/but-up.jpg" /><span>Home</span></a></div> <div class="cssnav"><a href="#"><img src="images/but-up.jpg" /><span>This is a test</span></a></div> <div class="cssnav"><a href="phpbb/index.php" target=_blank><img src="images/but-up.jpg" /><span>Forum</span></a></div> <div class="cssnavend"><img src="images/but-bot.jpg"></div> <br><br> <div class="box"> <div class="boxtop"><img src=images/but-top.jpg></div> <div content="boxcontent"> <div class="cssnav"><a href="#"><img src="images/but-up.jpg" /><span>Home</span></a></div> <div class="cssnav"><a href="#"><img src="images/but-up.jpg" /><span>This is a test</span></a></div> <div class="cssnav"><a href="#"><img src="images/but-up.jpg" /><span>Forum</span></a></div> </div> <div class="boxbottom"><img src=images/but-bot.jpg></div> </div> <br><br> <div class="box"> <div class="boxtop"><img src=images/box-top.jpg></div> <div class="boxcontent"> <div class="boxtext">This is some text inside of the box. This text should wrap and be padded.</div> </div> <div class="boxbottom"><img src=images/box-bot.jpg></div> </div> Thank you all who help. i have two css boxes on the company lan, and for one person the two boxes wont appear? is this a problem with internet explorer? Hey guys, This seems like a really simple thing to accomplish, but I'm just having trouble locking on to what exactly to put in the code. Basically, I want to have two rows of four horizontal boxes, with the two rows of boxes and the contents of each box centered. How do I go about doing this? Should I use <span> for each box and then just use absolute positioning? Or should I put them in a container <div> or something? If anybody has any code samples, that would be a big help. I just want it to end up looking like this: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] ...with all the boxes centered on the page. Thanks for the help! - Luke |
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