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Multi column dynamic PHP list.

So what I'm trying to do is select all the distinct months from my database and then print them in a list. That, I can accomplish. The problem lies in the fact that I need my list to be two column. The way that I achieve this with CSS is by using 2 different div's "left" and "right" which are floated next to each other. This poses a prob...

Which approach will create less cross browser problems? see example image.

Is thee any benefit to wrap Main content and Context div in a content div? Column can be increased. like 1. Main content 2. left sidebar 3. right sidebar. My main question is is there any benefit to wrap all in another div? ...

Dynamic CSS is not working in IE6 and IE7

I have created a page with 4 widgets each having a table with in it. User can click on the header of the widget to select it. On doing so, the widget will get a class "widgetSelected" and the selected column of table in it, will have a light blue color. If someother widget is selected, the "widgetSelected" class will get removed from thi...

Floating Characters in CSS and Javascript

I'm working on an English/Thai phrase app. In addition to displaying both English and Thai text, I need to display Phonetic text. The Phonetic text is English characters with arrows indicating inflection above the syllables. Example: knuckles ↘      ↑ kaw-new In that example, the falling arrow should be centered above "kaw" and th...

What is best css unit to make the the webpage look good even after zooming?

My page looks good without zooming. but when i zooming in firefox and in IE, it looks ugly because some of the contents wraps down in to next line. I think that the problem is in unit i am using. I am using pixels for setting the width. What units I should use to prevent ugly look of pages while zooming?? Plz help ...

Questions every good web UI developer should be able to answer

By "web UI developer", I mean someone whose primary job is to craft pages using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. They should probably be able to learn enough PHP or Rails or something to get by when creating pages that draw their information from a more sophisticated back-end, e.g., <div>Your <?=$subscription['title']?> Subscription</div> Th...

Sites with hideable announcements/tips

Does anyone know of any site that uses javascript to generate a tip/message/announcement block that has a 'Hide this' option? Preferably like Stack Overflow where other containers get shifted up when the tip/announcement is hidden. I'm just trying to compile a list of sites using that feature. Thanks ...

How to convert all color code #XXYYZZ to shorter 3 character version #XYZ of whole css file?

How to convert all color code #XXYYZZ to shorter 3 character version #XYZ of whole css file? ...

If i can include css per page basis then should i mak different css file for each page if needed ?

If i can include css per page basis then should i mak different css file for each page if needed other than reset css file? i use eric meyer css reset code in main.css ...

Can we make onclick effect in css like we have :hover?

I'm making a Accordin for a site when i will click on + icon then another div will show. i'm using jquery for this. but is this possible in css to open a div on click on another element ...

How to give css style on any X/HTML element if javascript is disabled?

i want to do it from external css file. i have a div#abc in main css but i want to set display none for this div only if javascript is disabled ...

Is there a workaround for z-index stacking contexts?

Sample of the problem Let there be 3 divs. <div id="div1"><div id="div2"></div></div> <div id="div3" /> If div2 has a higher z-index than div3 but div1 has a lower z-index than div3, then div2 will be shown below div3. Is there any way to have div2 be above div3 without changing the z-index of div1 or making div2 a sibling of div1/d...

Can I scatter divs around a page randomly using only HTML and CSS?

i want to have a box in the centre of a page and several boxes scattered around, with different sizes, random positions, and no overlap. I think this is not possible to do with just html and css, and javascript/html DOM is needed. Have you seen examples of this? Do you have any tip or piece of code that can be helpful? Dont mind if it ...

CSS: Making tabbed menu. Ideas needed.

Hi! I want to create a menu in CSS in balsamic style (see: http://img.skitch.com/20100130-pr6qp63amd1nkwy4xar2ds3xex.png) how it looks like. I just started working on it, but already got to lock... No idea how to do it in CSS. So mainly have following gaps: How to make slightly rough borders on it? I thought to use an background imag...

same height of columns with 960.gs?

i've got 4 columns in one row and depending on how much information i put in each of them they will have different heights. you can see that if you put a background color on them. how do i give the other columns the height of the column with the largest height? ...

Cant find the correct selector for jquery form click

This is a very basic question. I am building a website using the google custom search api to display search results on my page. By default, google displays the search-results box on the page (without any actual results) at all times, and the list is populated when the user clicks the search button. My goal is to hide the search results b...

center a span amongst 4?

i've got 4 spans in a row. <div id=container> <span id="1">blue</span> <span id="2">red</span> <span id="center">all colors</span> <span id="3">grey</span> </div> i want to have the 'all colors' in the center of the webbrowser and the blue and red to the left of it, and the grey to the right. how could i do this? ...

How to keep memorize all CSS shorthands?

I never forgot and always use shorthand for margin and padding because it runs clockwise, but how do you remember the others? Do you use CSS shorthand wherever possible? What are the best ways to remember different shorthands? Update: I also found 2 good shorthand Cheat-sheet. Png - http://www.catchmyfame.com/wp-content/uploads/200...

CSS: url() - what's better?

What should I use in my CSS: /* Example #1: */ background-image: url(image.png); /* Example #2: */ background-image: url("image.png"); /* Example #3: */ background-image: url('image.png'); What says the W3C? What's really the "right solution" from the W3C? ...

Will an image with style="display: none" still be downloaded and cached?

I'm trying to figure out a way to cache the next and previous images in my gallery script ... I'm wondering if this is a good way to do it. Also, is there any way to manually specify the cache time for the downloaded image? ...