Stylesheets - Difficulty in the beginning

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Difficulty in the beginning

sciontologist

2006-11-19, 7:36 pm

( 9 in the first place, means difficulty in the beginning? )

I'm new at css, at least for the sizing, positioning
and decorating of div tags.

But I am a java/c/c++/perl/php/sh/bash programmer,
so I ought to be able to catch on fast.
But it isn't working out that way.

I tried to make a simple header-above two column layout.
My first stab looked fine on Firefox, running on linux.
The css validated at w3c with no errors. The same
page looked mostly the same on Safari on Mac, but
it looked like it had a skin disease on IE6 on XP.

This sounds a lot like the early days of javascript.
What good is w3c validation if the layouts still differ
from browser to browser?

I did use a lot of width: some%; sizing.
When I changed to hard-coded pixel sizes
the differences between browsers became
less apparent, but were still there and still
visually disconcerting.

Does learning CSS mean learning the quirks
of all the major browsers? The now unfashionable
use of tables-based layouts is at least portable.

Beauregard T. Shagnasty

2006-11-19, 7:36 pm

sciontologist wrote:

> The now unfashionable use of tables-based layouts is at least
> portable.

So is CSS, if written correctly. Have you a URL to the problem page?

Look around at some templates; maybe give you some ideas.
http://benmeadowcroft.com/webdev/cs...eft-column.html
http://webhost.bridgew.edu/etribou/layouts/ ...

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-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

Andy Dingley

2006-11-19, 7:36 pm

sciontologist wrote:
> The css validated at w3c with no errors. The same
> page looked mostly the same on Safari on Mac, but
> it looked like it had a skin disease on IE6 on XP.

"It's all rubbish but I'm not going to post a URL to my concrete
example so you can see what might be wrong with it"

You really are just a troll, aren't you?

If you like, then CSS and RDF are both worthless and you should stick
to the tables you prefer. Now go away and don't bother people who are
trying to move forwards.

sciontologist

2006-11-19, 7:36 pm

What is a troll. I was expressing
anger and dissapointment.

I was pissed off because I had such
high hopes for CSS, and (at first glance)
it started to look like deja-javascript all over again.

..... spent a few hours making a template.
It did validate. It did look different in
IE6, than on Firefox.

I will post it at some point.
Can't do it now.

Andrew

2006-11-19, 7:36 pm

On 15 Nov 2006 12:46:53 -0800, "sciontologist"
<Sandy.Pittendrigh@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote:

>What is a troll. I was expressing
>anger and dissapointment.
>
>I was pissed off because I had such
>high hopes for CSS, and (at first glance)
>it started to look like deja-javascript all over again.
>
>.... spent a few hours making a template.
>It did validate. It did look different in
>IE6, than on Firefox.
>
>I will post it at some point.
>Can't do it now.

Hi,

Did I hear someone ask 'What is a troll'?

http://www.andrews-corner.org/troll.html

Although you sound more frustrated than troll-like :-)

Andrew.
--

Andrew
http://www.andrews-corner.org/

dorayme

2006-11-19, 7:36 pm

In article <3f6nl2t48de99vpqk30jpio3iot3f7qav4@4ax.com>,
Andrew <sorry.no.email@post_NG.com> wrote:

> On 15 Nov 2006 12:46:53 -0800, "sciontologist"
> <Sandy.Pittendrigh@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Did I hear someone ask 'What is a troll'?
>
> http://www.andrews-corner.org/troll.html
>
> Although you sound more frustrated than troll-like :-)
>

Still, it is a condition that can be lessened. I know. I remember
well my first meeting:

I walked into it, chairs all in a circle, people already there:

"Hi, my name is dorayme... and I am a troll"

Believe me, it helped. I don't like the prayer stuff, but it is
still worth it...

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dorayme