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Posted by David Stone on 10/23/06 11:48
In article <YpGdndl6zdnxdKbYnZ2dnUVZ_tGdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
Jim Moe <jmm-list.AXSPAMGN@sohnen-moe.com> wrote:
> sllrphoto@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > The blog (which is at http://lazycomic.blospot.com/ ) is a basic two
> > column style, with the right column being the one that's giving me the
> > problems.
> >
> Bad URL.
>
> > In IE, it has nice padding around the text in the right column and
> > decent spacing between it and the left (main) column. It also sits
> > rather nicely in the middle of the window.
> >
> > PROBLEM #1 > In FireFox, the text in the right column is slammed right
> > into the left edge of the column. The bulleted items even go into the
> > main column. (I've noticed the FF users continue to read my blog -- and
> > I appreciate it -- but it looks rather dreadful.)
> >
> Without a useful URL I'm only guessing.... Each browser has a different
> idea about how to apply padding and margins, and how much. A way to
> achieve a mostly uniform look across browsers is to use
> html * { padding: 0; margin: 0; }
> and explicitly specify the margin and padding for every element.
>
> For <ul> in particular, FF and IE use distinctly different values; I do
> not remember which is which but one uses padding to indent a <ul>, the
> other uses margin. If you set margin or padding to 0, one browser renders
> the list without indent on the left.
A related problem is if the <ul> is in a middle or right column <div>
which does not have a left margin set explicitly...
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