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Proper usage of Floats (For those who love CSS standards)?

I would like to know if I'm using floats in the right way (efficiently) in this code bellow. There are basically 3 columns (with float left, left and right assigned respectively). Am I using too many floats? Will this cause me problems if I add or delete columns? This is my index.html: <div id="content"> <div id="left-column"> <h2>...

How to set div background color to 'none' using jQuery's css?

$('#element').css({'background-color':'none'}); The code above doesn't work. Is there a way to do it? ...

Can't get div positioning correct in IE7

I can't for the live of me figure out how to get one element in my layout to be placed properly in IE 7. You can see the page here: http://www.iancreates.com/debbie/contact/ Works fine in Firefox, but if you look in IE 7, you'll see the sidebar is beneath the body content. I've tried everything I could think of (floating both divs, cha...

How to center absolute element in div?

I need to place the div (absolute) element in the center of my window. But i am having problems doing so, because the width is unknown I tried this. But it need to be adjusted because the width is changing. .center { left: 50%; bottom:5px; } Please help, Thanks ...

Change background position with jQuery

Hi! I'd like to change the background position of a CSS-class while hovering a li-element. HTML: <div id="carousel"> <ul id="submenu"> <li>Apple</li> <li>Orange</li> </ul> </div> CSS: #carousel { float: left; width: 960px; height: 360px; background: url(../images/carousel.png); } Any sug...

web design examples by element type

Hi, I'm trying to improve the style of a website. I'm looking for some examples of beautifully styled HTML elements (tables, lists, headings, etc.) that I can draw on for inspiration, or just copy and paste verbatim (if that's permitted). Some explanation of how the styling was achieved would be nice, but is not absolutely necessary, a...

Fix Size of Login Box in Drupal Theme

I've asked this question previously here, and thought it was fixed, however, it is only fixed in firefox. In Safari the login box is now very wide, jutting out over the page contents. Here is what it looks like in Safari, and here is what it looks like in Firefox. I originally went about fixing it by creating a drupal module which chan...

Centering Problem

I cant seem to get this to work. http://www.keironlowe.host56.com What I need is the banner with the low opacity image on it to be centered no matter the resolution, Ive tried a wrapper but because the wrapper is a width of 800 it cuts of the image, i've tried margin:0 auto; and i've even tried using the tag but it still doesnt center...

CSS rule based on content

Hi SO, I would like to apply a different style to all anchors containing a specific word. Can it be done in pure CSS? It's ok if it's CSS3-only. Thanks ...

CSS HTML Multiline navigation examples

I am creating a horizontal navigation for a web site. Below is an example of the markup (I have little to control on this as it is being generated for me). <div id="menu"> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu"><span><a>Link 1</a></span></li> <li class="menu"><span><a>Link 2</a></span></li> <li class="menu"><...

Neither IE7 nor IE8 render PNG transparency

I've got an element, an image, defined as instrument in css and for the life of me I cannot get it to properly display a png with transparency in IE7 or IE8 -- works fine in Safari and FF. I really don't care about IE6 since it would need some sort of hack -- 7 and 8 should just work though, right? There shouldn't be anything else need...

Why does a rails app on heroku serve assets via all.css and locally via individual files

I'm a rails newbie, I've been trying to figure out what is going on with the stylesheets_link_tag on heroku. If I use = stylesheet_link_tag "style", :cache => true heroku uses "all.css" and does not pick up the stylesheet, but if I use = stylesheet_link_tag "style", :cache => false it serves the stylesheet using its name "style.c...

Non Rectangular CSS Image Links

I have the following requirement: A large image contains several 'hotspots' that need to link to other pages. Sounds simple. I have created a simple html page, a div with the background image and absolute positioned links using CSS with image sprite rollovers. However, I have now been presented with another image and the hotspots are n...

It looks like a button, but it is not an input element. How can such an element be created?

It looks like a button, but it is not an input element. How can such an element be created? ...

How to open 2 different link one in same window and another one in new window from one link?

How to open 2 different link one in same window and another one in new window from one link? I want to open one link in parent window and other one in new window not new tab in all A-Grade browsers ...

If i have same navigation on 2 places in every page , one is in dropdown and again is in left sider bar will it create difficulties for screen reader user?

If i have same navigation on 2 places in every page , one is in dropdown and again is in left sider bar will it create difficulties for screen reader user? ...

sifr: Opera-Bug: Flash Object too wide

Hey there, I have used sifr to replace the fonts for headlines. It works fine in Firefox and IE. http://design.speak-friend.com/ In Opera however, the headlines of the articles (object-tag within a-tag with-in h1-tag) get as wide as the used text is. If I limit the size of the object-tag via css, it just get's cut off (meaning some te...

CSS boxes will not float from lower right corner

Hi there, I've been searching for this solution for a while now... [bla bla... google.. bla]... I have created an example where I'm almost there, but not quite: http://www.mikael-sandbox.com/puzzlecss/ What I have left here is that I want the number 1 to always be in the lower right corner. This is the case as long as I have ONE singl...

Asp.NET AjaxToolkit Calender Extender css issue

Hello I have a problem with the Asp.NET AjaxToolkit Calender Extender. The problem is that the Calender extender is picking up (inheriting) the style of table in the main css file that I have created for my web pages, which causes the Calender Extender to not being displayed properly. Is there a way to prevent the Calender Extender fro...

Both columns same height as deepest column?

If I have a div layout like this: <div id="stretchyheader"></div> <div id="fixedwidthwide"><div> <div id="fixednarrow></div> <div id="footer"></div> Which makes something like this: ----------------------------------------------------- | stretchyheader | ---------------------------------------------...