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| Chris Beall 2005-12-13, 11:40 pm |
| Ed Mullen wrote:
> Ok, I get the thing about specifying color and background-color
> together. So I specify:
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> background-color: transparent;
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> in my CSS file. And I still get the warning.
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> The CSS file is: http://ed.mullen.home.comcast.net/styles/ahs.css
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> The warning is:
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> Line : 41 (Level : 1) You have no background-color with your color :
> #logo_1
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> If I specify a color (e.g. #fff;) the warning goes away. So, is
> transparent an illegal value? Doesn't seem to be according to:
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> http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/colors.html
> http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_background-color.asp
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> Color me confused.
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Ed,
Transparent is valid, but does not resolve the validator's concern that
the user may have assigned a background color which is incompatible with
your new foreground color.
It's a warning, not an error. If transparent is appropriate to your
situation, leave it.
Chris Beall
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| Ed Mullen 2005-12-13, 11:40 pm |
| Chris Beall wrote:
> Ed Mullen wrote:
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> Ed,
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> Transparent is valid, but does not resolve the validator's concern that
> the user may have assigned a background color which is incompatible with
> your new foreground color.
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> It's a warning, not an error. If transparent is appropriate to your
> situation, leave it.
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> Chris Beall
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Thanks, Chris, for the explanation.
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Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
http://mozilla.edmullen.net
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