Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 06/08/06 22:28

Ed Mulroy wrote:

> I appreciate the link to that site. I know it is XHTML instead of
> HTML but I should still be able to learn a lot from it. I also like
> the line: BMW - cheaper than a psychiatrist!

There is very little difference in writing the code between the two; the
pages are laid out the same.

>> ...It's not really necessary to attempt to achieve pixel-perfect
>> design across browsers, because the visitors will only ever
>> visit with one...

[Rather than copy my post up here, why not just go down there, and reply
interleaved with mine, as I'm doing here, and not requote the whole
thing?]

> Yes, but there may be other issues. An example, but not a significant one,
> just one for both of which I recall the details of and which is easy to
> describe.
>
> Given this:
> <a name="some_name">Description</a>
>
> My style sheet has navy (#000080) text and a white background. For a:hover
> an underline and light blue background color appear.
>
> In IE "Description" always shows as navy text on white. In Firefox
> "Description" is underlined when you hover. I use that construct for
> titles, sub-headers separating logical groups. The underlining suggests to
> the user that he can click on the title to go somewhere.

Perhaps you need: text-decoration: none; in your hover style? I'm
about to leave the house, so don't have time for a deeper dig.

> The Firefox behavior annoys me. You can say it doesn't matter but that's
> only that it doesn't matter for you :-)

Then change it. S'far as I know, IE and all the rest treat an <a> hover
the same.

> Therefore I use this rather ugly construct instead:
> <a name="some_name"></a>Description

...and nothing to click on.

>> ... Notice also that the menu code comes after the content in the
>> source, ...
>
> Then I have "lucked out" as most of my pages have the menu after the
> content merely because it was easier to work on the content with the
> menu below. However the rental site does not. I'll change it.

Really easy where there aren't table cells to deal with... <g>

> If you are curious, the other, non rental pages are all listed in the
> site map:
> http://home.nc.rr.com/emulroy/sitemap.htm

Yep, already saw that, though didn't delve too far.

--
-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer

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