Dreamweaver - Macromedia CSS Article Problem

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Macromedia CSS Article Problem

Phomari7

2006-02-07, 10:52 pm

I'm referring to part 4 of Macromedia's CSS article:

http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dr...s_pt4_mx2004.ht
ml

To prepare for part 4 I downloaded the html and css files from part 3 and
started part 4 from there.

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/...ples_mx2004.zip

The problem begins with the very first instruction in part 4, "Preparing Your
Page for Debugging", found at

http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dr...s_pt4_mx2004_02
..html

The article suggests giving a background color to all the containers for
debugging, a great idea. As instructed, I color the main content area by
adding a #content id with a background-color. However, as soon as I make this
tiny addition to my css file my page no longer displays correctly. When I run
it in the browser the H1 header text, and the block of text to the right of
Image 1 no longer appear. I can make them appear by scrolling my browser or
clicking one of the NAV links.

This is very odd behavior. It seems to be connected somehow to the .leftimage
css class applied to Image 1. If I remove the float: left from that class, all
the text reappears, but I can't get that image to float without creating the
problem.

I am using IE6. Thanks very much for any insights!

-jheske

Paul Whitham TMM

2006-02-07, 10:55 pm

If you have DW8 then you do not need to manually color your divs to see
them. That is now built in under View, Visual Elements, CSS Backgrounds.
This is much better that the previous methods as you don't muck with a CSS
file.

--
Paul Whitham
Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
Team Macromedia Volunteer for Dreamweaver

Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net

"Phomari7" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:drrpjd$eh8$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> I'm referring to part 4 of Macromedia's CSS article:
>
>
> http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dr...s_pt4_mx2004.ht
> ml
>
> To prepare for part 4 I downloaded the html and css files from part 3 and
> started part 4 from there.
>
> http://download.macromedia.com/pub/...ples_mx2004.zip
>
> The problem begins with the very first instruction in part 4, "Preparing
> Your
> Page for Debugging", found at
>
>
> http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dr...s_pt4_mx2004_02
> .html
>
> The article suggests giving a background color to all the containers for
> debugging, a great idea. As instructed, I color the main content area by
> adding a #content id with a background-color. However, as soon as I make
> this
> tiny addition to my css file my page no longer displays correctly. When I
> run
> it in the browser the H1 header text, and the block of text to the right
> of
> Image 1 no longer appear. I can make them appear by scrolling my browser
> or
> clicking one of the NAV links.
>
> This is very odd behavior. It seems to be connected somehow to the
> .leftimage
> css class applied to Image 1. If I remove the float: left from that
> class, all
> the text reappears, but I can't get that image to float without creating
> the
> problem.
>
> I am using IE6. Thanks very much for any insights!
>
> -jheske
>
>
>