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CSS - Css Layout Check/improvements/suggestions
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This is my first CSS layout. I would like to know if there is a better way to code this or what improvements or changes should be done. Thank you, Lutek <html> <head> <title>Title</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css" media="screen"> body { margin-top: 0; text-align: center; background-color: #d30000; } #container{ margin: 0 auto; width: 650px; height: 800px; text-align: left; background-color: #FFFFFF; } #header { float: left; width: 100%; background: #FF9900; } #box-left { float: left; width: 33.3%; background: #FF0000; } #box-center { float: right; width: 33.3%; background: #ffff93; } #box-right { float: right; width: 33.3%; background: #ffff93; } #footer { float: left; width: 100%; background: #FF2200; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="container"> container <div id="header">header</div> <br> <div id="box-left"> box-left</div> <div id="box-center">box-middle</div> <div id="box-middle">box-right</div> <div id="footer">footer</div> </div> </body> </html> Similar Tutorialshttp://www.mihomeanddesign.com/test/ I was hoping someone would have a suggestion as to how to lay this site out without using absolute positioning for the #mainimage div. I know that I could float it right within the main wrapper, but I also want the top nav and the footer to extend 100%. I want to do this to avoid having to put "style="padding-bottom: 423px; " in every <p> at the bottom of the page if there is not a lot of text on it... like on the home page and the contact page. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Hi there, I've read that for using decorative images in web design its preferred that you apply them as background images instead of using the <img> tag, as using the <img> tag stops the page from displaying until all the images have fully loaded in the browser, where as using a css background image will output the page completely, then start to load in the images (users can start reading the text whilst the images load in). I was just wondering really if anyone else has used this method and gone to the extreme measure if replacing all <img> tags with css background images to dramatically improve their page load speeds? So for example... before Code: <img src="my_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Thumbnail Graphic" title="Thumbnail Graphic" width="100" height="70" /> after Code: .thumb {
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width: 100px;
height: 70px;
}
<div class="thumb" style="backgound-image: url('my_thumbnail.jpg");"></div>
Just an idea really, not sure on how standard compliant it is but I might test it out later to see what speed improvements it brings. I'd be very interested in anyones thoughts I would appreciate any advise as to whether this degrades properly as the browser is narrowed. I didn't post this in the "critique" forum because my only concern (right now) is related to CSS. There is a separate style sheet for handhelds, so if you have one I would appreciate a look from there also. Most links are still inactive. Liquid design TIA, Rob Hey, everyone! I was wondering if someone could advise how I could vertically center this page using CSS. I'm trying to create the look of gotgosh dot com but in CSS. Thank you! Kyler Here's the CSS code: * { margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { background: #666666 repeat-x; color: #000000; } #center { position: absolute; width: 100%; float: none; } #outercontainer { width: 760px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto; } #menu { height: 70px; background:#FF0000; } #container { position: relative; height: 500px; overflow: auto; border: 10px solid #FFFFFF; background-color: #FFFFFF; } #barst { height: 20px; width: 100%; background: #00FF00; } #barsb { height: 20px; width: 100%; background: #00FF00; } Here's the HTML code: <head> <title>enter title here</title> <meta name="description" content=" " /> <meta name="keywords" content=" " /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-gb" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="center"> <div id="barst"> </div> <div id="outercontainer"> <div id="menu">---- HEADER --- -----------------</div> <div id="container"> <p>Vivamus pellentesque sem id massa. 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Praesent laoreet mi vitae nisi. Sed fermentum massa. Vivamus pellentesque sem id massa. Aliquam nisi. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Quisque sem. Curabitur tellus. Proin sit amet libero. Vivamus massa mi, pharetra in, ultricies vitae, vestibulum non, lectus. Nam quis ante ut nisl pharetra congue. Praesent laoreet mi vitae nisi. Sed fermentum massa.Vivamus pellentesque sem id massa. Aliquam nisi. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Quisque sem. Curabitur tellus. Proin sit amet libero. Vivamus massa mi, pharetra in, ultricies vitae, vestibulum non, lectus. Nam quis ante ut nisl pharetra congue. Praesent laoreet mi vitae nisi. Sed fermentum massa. Vivamus pellentesque sem id massa. Aliquam nisi. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Quisque sem. Curabitur tellus. Proin sit amet libero. Vivamus massa mi, pharetra in, ultricies vitae, vestibulum non, lectus. Nam quis ante ut nisl pharetra congue. Praesent laoreet mi vitae nisi. Sed fermentum massa.Vivamus pellentesque sem id massa. Aliquam nisi. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Quisque sem. Curabitur tellus. Proin sit amet libero. Vivamus massa mi, pharetra in, ultricies vitae, vestibulum non, lectus. Nam quis ante ut nisl pharetra congue. Praesent laoreet mi vitae nisi. Sed fermentum massa. Vivamus pellentesque sem id massa. Aliquam nisi. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Quisque sem. Curabitur tellus. Proin sit amet libero. Vivamus massa mi, pharetra in, ultricies vitae, vestibulum non, lectus. Nam quis ante ut nisl pharetra congue. Praesent laoreet mi vitae nisi. Sed fermentum massa.<br /> <br /> Vivamus pellentesque sem id massa. Aliquam nisi. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Quisque sem. Curabitur tellus. Proin sit amet libero. Vivamus massa mi, pharetra in, ultricies vitae, vestibulum non, lectus. Nam quis ante ut nisl pharetra congue. Praesent laoreet mi vitae nisi. Sed fermentum massa. Vivamus pellentesque sem id massa. Aliquam nisi. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Quisque sem. Curabitur tellus. Proin sit amet libero. Vivamus massa mi, pharetra in, ultricies vitae, vestibulum non, lectus. Nam quis ante ut nisl pharetra congue. Praesent laoreet mi vitae nisi. Sed fermentum massa.Vivamus pellentesque sem id massa. Aliquam nisi. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Quisque sem. Curabitur tellus. Proin sit amet libero. Vivamus massa mi, pharetra in, ultricies vitae, vestibulum non, lectus. Nam quis ante ut nisl pharetra congue. 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Vivamus massa mi, pharetra in, ultricies vitae, vestibulum non, lectus. Nam quis ante ut nisl pharetra congue. Praesent laoreet mi vitae nisi. Sed fermentum massa.Vivamus pellentesque sem id massa. Aliquam nisi. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Quisque sem. Curabitur tellus. Proin sit amet libero. Vivamus massa mi, pharetra in, ultricies vitae, vestibulum non, lectus. Nam quis ante ut nisl pharetra congue. Praesent laoreet mi vitae nisi. Sed fermentum massa. Vivamus pellentesque sem id massa. Aliquam nisi. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Quisque sem. Curabitur tellus. Proin sit amet libero. Vivamus massa mi, pharetra in, ultricies vitae, vestibulum non, lectus. Nam quis ante ut nisl pharetra congue. Praesent laoreet mi vitae nisi. Sed fermentum massa.</p> </div> </div> <div id="barsb"> </div> </div> </body> </html> I don't really have a designers eye, so stuff I make tends to look like crap, but I try and make sure it's fuctional. I have a quick thing I made for an internal project at work, but need some suggestions on the design. It's mostly CSS based, but right now I see at least one problem with it: The side bar is positioned using fixed positioning, so if I fill up the bar, the stuff that falls off the end won't be available anymore. I don't want to use overflow: auto/scroll because it would make a nasty scrollbar in the middle of the page rather than on an edge. My server isn't working right now so I can't upload the copy of the page/css I made to it, so I will attach a zip file of the files. Any suggestions for improving this so that the problem I see is elimated, but a decently looking page still exists would be appricated. I have a design that I need to slice out. I had done this previously making the logo (the cocktail glass/flag/name/ball and green) in a sep div using a .png background and z-index layer for positioning. The problem is, in IE it came up with the ActiveX prompt to present, and in FF, It didn't show up. What I'm trying to do is, keep the dropshadow on the logo over the rest of the imagery. Am I over thinking this??? http://www.rustbug.com/the19thhole/index.html Hello, I have attached my zip file and this is my first attempt on CSS2 (plenty of comments in the code), if some could look at it and recommend any suggestion and why that would be TERRIFIC. My main question is, what happens if the is say...4-5 paragraphs of text on the home page, under "Company Overview", the page then looks stupid, how do i extend the containers around the #middleContainer so that it looks intact. If you want to see the page it is also accessible at http://awo.loadedtechnologies.com/ Thanks you for your Help I've just been given the assignment to write a script that given a set of form elements by the user it will create a page with those form elements displayed and a submit button on the bottom. The form elements the user defines can be text fields, text areas, dropdown boxes, option groups, and checkboxes. The user also gives me a title for each form element. He can give me these form elements in any order and I need to display them in that order on the page. My question is, how do I arrange these form elements so they always look good together and I don't have funny gaps or unprofessional looking design? It would be easy if it was just text fields and area, but then I have to throw in option groups and checkboxes that can be any number in a row. Does anyone have some good form organization rules that could help me? Thanks!! 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? Sometimes I forget ";" or make some syntax mistake in css file. How to check if everything is ok with CSS file. Now, I just look on the html code and look for the changes. But is there a way to check for syntax errors in CSS file? Thanks hi, i'm a CSS newbie still sorting out all of the browser issues, hacks, box problems and general confusion (hmmm, and you wonder why i've waited so long to learn CSS?). I don't have IE 5.x to check my first effort with & was hoping someone on this forum could take a quick look & see if it matches the screen shot i've linked to below. btw - does anyone here know if it's possible to have two versions of IE installed on the sample PC? I currently have IE6 installed & couldn't find any useful info on Microsoft's web site (i apologize for the ? but i'm a mac user and delving into windows makes me, well, shudder a bit). Test Page Screen Shot of Correctly Displayed Page my brain on CSS is there a way to check if a page-break is going to happen? ex: if i print a long document that takes up 2 pages... i want to knwo where a page break will occur... http://www.mattcampy.com/therealsamsclub Everything looks cool till the bottom of the browser, the page background just stops randomly. Can anyone point me in the right direction? CSS file: http://www.mattcampy.com/therealsamsclub/s/styles.css Hi, I am mainly concerned if this page's button navigation looks okay in Internet Explorer. It looks okay in Firefox, but when I view it in IE the blue background keeps popping through. I have been told that it looks fine in IE, but it does not in MY version of it. So would you please use Internet Explorer to look at.... http://thetransactiongroup.net/advisor/NEW/thursday5.asp Again, it's the left navigation buttons I am only concerned about. If it looks okay to one or two of you then maybe it's some bug in my own copy of IE. If you see the button problem in IE then I will then ask for help to fix it. THANKS Rowby I've uploaded a test page re how do I get a content div to scroll under [apologies for new thread]. It renders fine in Camino-Shiira, Safari, iCab, Firefox, IE Mac 5.2x, but not too good on Opera 8.52 Mac [fuhgeddabout Netscape 4x]. 1) Can someone provide some feedback on how it renders in Windows IE/FF? 2) Is the CSS a reasonable structure to convert the other pages of my site to? The template would be a fixed sidebar, fixed clock header (different-pages different-heights) and relatively positioned content. Two of the javascript clocks and the table are running ahead of time in debug mode. The test page is [obsolete link deleted]; clicking w3c css validator at bottom shows .css file. Issues in Opera-Mac indicate all is not well: a) table is one to two pixels wider (cut-off by overflow: hidden) b) scrolling table div eventually "catches" and drags fixed header when it scrolls. c) anchor "top" doesn't work from the bottom link. |
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