CSS - Firing A Css Class When Page Loads

I'm not sure if we are allowed to post urls here or not, didn't see anything against it but I'm sure someone will inform me if we can or can't.

Anyways I'm having problems getting the "current" class to work for the active page. I want the current page to use the rollover id.

This is a code snippet that should be enough to figure out how I am doing my navigation. I am using a single image and shifting it depending on the state it's in.


CSS Code:
Original - CSS Code .nav1 {float:left; position:relative;display:block;} .nav1 li {margin:0px; padding:0px; display:inline;} .nav1 li a {height:30px; float:left; list-style:none;} a span { position: absolute; left: -999em; }/*This hides span text for when CSS is supported*/ #home a{ float:left; background-image: url(images/nav_main_1.png); display: block; height: 30px; width: 132px; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px -31px; } } #home a:hover, a.current{ background-image: url(images/nav_main_1.png); background-position: 0px 0px; } #news a{ float:left; background-image: url(images/nav_main_2.png); display: block; height: 30px; width: 131px; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px -31px; } #news a:hover, a.current { background-image: url(images/nav_main_2.png); background-position: 0px 0px; }

  

 .nav1 {float:left; position:relative;display:block;}


 .nav1 li {margin:0px; padding:0px; display:inline;}


 .nav1 li a {height:30px; float:left; list-style:none;}


 a span { position: absolute; left: -999em; }/*This hides span text for when CSS is supported*/


  


 #home a{


     float:left;


     background-image: url(images/nav_main_1.png);


     display: block;


     height: 30px;


     width: 132px;


     text-decoration: none;


     background-position: 0px -31px;


 }


  


 }


 #home a:hover, a.current{


     background-image: url(images/nav_main_1.png);


     background-position: 0px 0px;


 }


 #news a{


     float:left;


     background-image: url(images/nav_main_2.png);


     display: block;


     height: 30px;


     width: 131px;


     text-decoration: none;


     background-position: 0px -31px;


 }


 #news a:hover, a.current {  


     background-image: url(images/nav_main_2.png);


     background-position: 0px 0px;


 } 

html4strict Code:
Original - html4strict Code <ul class="nav1"> <li id="home" class="current"><a href="#"><span>Home</span></a></li> <li id="news"><a href="#"><span>News</span></a></li> </ul>

  

 <ul class="nav1">


         <li id="home" class="current"><a href="#"><span>Home</span></a></li>


         <li id="news"><a href="#"><span>News</span></a></li>                    


 </ul> 

Any help is greatly appreciated, I would imagine I am missing something simple.

I've read several forums and know that the technique I'm trying to achieve is possible, however I can't seem to get it to work. Basically I'm trying to shift the background positions of both the list item I'm hovering over and the next list item. I'm sure its just a syntax error and not a logic error, anyways the code is below - any help would be greatly appreciated!

Code:

HTML Code

<div class="menu">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#" class="search"></a></li>
        <li><a href="#" class="battery"></a></li>
        <li><a href="#" class="cart"></a></li>
        <li><a href="#" class="contact"></a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

CSS

.search, .contact, .cart, .battery
{
    width:100px;
    height:30px;
    margin-left:-1px;
    display:block;
}

.search
{
    background-image:url(Images/search.png);
}
.contact
{
    background-image:url(Images/contact.png);
}
.cart
{
    background-image:url(Images/cart.png);
}
.battery
{
    background-image:url(Images/battery.png);
}

ul li a.search:hover
{
    background-position:0px 60px;
}


ul li a.search:hover ul li a[class=battery]
{
    background-position:0px 60px;
}

Sorry for the lousy title, can't come up with better wording....

What I'm trying to say is can someone give me an example code of a css syntax that accept one css classname and add a few more properties to it under a different class name. Sort of like merging two classname into one.

Thanks...

I am generating a list with PHP that is going to be printed out and hung up for display. I would prefer if the following weren't printed.

1) Top Left - Page Title (I know I can have this disappear by having a blank title, but I would prefer to have one)
2) Top Right - Page URL
3) Bottom Left - Page number (ex: 1 of 2)
4) Bottom Right - Date

Is there any way to print the list without these? I wasn't sure if there is some css I can use, or if this is something that the printer prints automatically.

Thanks

Problem solved.

When defining css in a webpage, it can be done using either a class or id. My understanding is that css uses . notation with classes and # notation with id's, regardless of whether the actual css is in the webpage itself of linked externally. Please correct me in error. My css uses classes and external . notation. When I use id's only and # notation exernally, I lose all my styling. Its only when I use the # notation internally that the styling works. In order to use external css I need to declare both a class and id and dot notation. Internally only an id. Is this correct behaviour?

I am new to CSS and confused about when to use id # and when to use class .

Some enlightenment on the benefits/purpose of each would be helpful. I have read several tutorials - but the same pretty much the same to me so I must be missing something

Thanks!

In CSS, which would be more appropriate (or I suppose semantically correct) to use, p.text or .text p ? P representing the <p> tag, and "text" representing the class "text".

Any info or links to pages with info on this matter would be greatly appreciated!

Which is better to use id (#) in CSS or to use class (.) ??

does it affect website rank?

The book i am reading does not clear this up. When would you use class vs id to put elements in different catagories? why not use all id? It seems to make more sense.. ie. make all headers id="header"
and divs also class.

thank you in advance

I'm using ASP.NET 2.0 for my site. I already have a CSS that is working for the site; however, because an ASP.NET lable requires CSS Class, how do I convert my current CSS to a CSS Class? I know that a CSS class start with a period then a unique name. The problem is how do I implement the li, ul, a, and so on. Here is what I have that I want to convert to a CSS Class.

#nav {
padding: 0;
clear: both;
}
body.main #nav, body.blogger #nav {
float:right;
width: 220px;
\width: 250px;
w\idth: 220px;
margin: 10px 10px 0 0;
padding: 0;
}
body.second #nav {
float:left;
width: 200px;
\width: 210px;
w\idth: 200px;
padding:0 0 20px;
margin: 0;
}
body.second #nav img {
padding-bottom: 10px;
}
#nav a { color: #006; }
body.second #nav ul {
list-style: none;
padding: 0 0 0 5px;
margin: 0;
}
body.second #nav ul li {
margin: 0 0 7px 0;
font-size: 11px;
}
body.second #nav ul li ul li { margin: 0 0 5px 15px; }
.skip { display:none; }
/* end #nav */

#content p, #nav p {
padding: 0;
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 10px;
line-height: 140%;
}
#content li, #content ol {
margin-top: 0;
line-height: 140%;
}
code, pre { font-family:"Courier New", Courier, mono, monospace; }

/* definition lists, all that and a bag of chips! */
#content dl {
margin:0px;
padding:0;
}
#content dt { font-weight: bold; }
#content dd {
margin-top: 0;
margin-right: 0;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-left: 0;
padding: 0 5px 0 0;
}
/* end definition list*/

Any help is appreciated.

So I want to create a really simple css file that uses a lot of the same styles. For example I may create a box that takes up two fifths of the page, and is floated left or right, similarly I may have a box that takes up three fifths, or four fifths etc.

The main thing here is that I'm thinking the specifics will be placed inside an ID like so:

Code:

#twoFifths {width:275px; padding: 0px 12px 0px 50px;}
#threeFifths {width:375px; padding: 0px 50px 0px 12px;}

And then to handle the float I'd use a class like so:
Code:

.floatRight{float:right;}
.floatLeft{float:left;}

Is this considered good practice? Obviously as I generate layouts I may want to float either right or left so having an ID for every single thing I may want to use would be a little overwhelming. The problem with this of course is that I can't call an ID twice in a page, and I can't have more than one class... so for example:

Code:

	<div id="templateBlueBox" class="floatRight">
		<h2>Six free lessons</h2>
		<p>These free Lessons are great to read online or print out and carry with you.</p>
					</div>
					
	<div id="templateGreenBox" class="floatRight">
		<h2>New Features</h2>
	        <p>Some fun, helpful study tools to help you get more out of every Lesson. Check them out!</p>
					</div>
				
	<div id="templateOrangeBox" class="floatRight">
		<h2>Sign up for email updates</h2>
		<p>So we can let you know when you can subscribe to get it every week.</p>
	</div>
					
	<div id="templatePinkBox" class="floatleft">
			<h2>Send us feedback</h2>
			<p>Is it the coolest thing ever (or is it just okay)? Tell us what you think!</p>
			</div>
					
	<div id="templateBlueBox" class="floatLeft">
		<h2>Submit photos</h2>
		<p>
		You can be part it..</p>
	</div>

So as you can see I'm having to repeat the id templateBlueBox. Is there a better approach for accomplishing this?

Hi There,
I am working with an online educational system and working to style it accordingly. The system has "modules" that contain information of various types in their own distinct boxes. I would like to target each heading and style it individually ie different colours etc. I know this is probably a very basic problem and I'm relatively new to the process, but any help would be much appreciated.

Here is the html generated by the system for one of the boxes "module:_148_1"

...............Start HTML Snippet

<div class="portlet clearfix " id="module:_148_1">
<!-- extid:148: --> <h2 class=" ">
<span class="moduleTitle" >What's happening at Ivanhoe</span>
</h2>
<div class="edit_controls">
</div>
<div class="collapsible" style="overflow: auto;">

............................End HTML Snippet

My Current generalised styling on all boxes is achieved via the following css

#moduleTitle,
.portlet h2 {
color: #fff;
padding: 4px 52px 5px 6px;
background: #13770a;
background-image:url(images/headings_details.png);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right top;
margin: 0;
font-size:110%;
font-weight:bold;
position:relative;
vertical-align:middle;
overflow:visible;
}

As an example, if I wanted to target this particular module with ID module:_148_1 and set the background colour to #a0012e how would I best achieve this?

Many thanks
Chris

Thanks for taking the time to read my question.

I can never seem to get this right....

I have this line that I want to affect:

Code:

<li><div class="VACont"><a href="">Edit User</a></div></li>

and I want to be able to edit it with

a:link {}
a:visited {}
a:hover {}
a:active {}

How do I refer to the link with out having to add a class to the <a> tag?

I've tried:
Code:

VACont.a:link {text-decoration: none;}
li.VACont a:link {text-decoration: none;}
a:link li.VACont {text-decoration: none;}

So far no luck.

Thanks,

Brad

Trying to migrate vbulletin software to xhtml 1.1 using CSS and I have run into a bit of a problem.

It was my understanding that a class can have the same name as another class but behave differently if the parent classes are different.

For example:

table.main .bigWrap .color {
color: blue;
}

Would be different than:

table.sub .bigWrap .color {
color: red;
}

I assumed that .color's parents dictate it's behaviour so main tables and sub tables will display different colors. Is this indeed the case or am I off base?