Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 03/06/07 14:51

Norman wrote:
> On Mar 6, 3:21 pm, "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4...@centralva.net> wrote:
>> Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
>>> Scripsit Norman:
>>>> http://uktravellist.info/information/template.xhtml.en
>>> You have _far_ worse problems than you have mentioned so far. Calling
>>> the page appearance crap would be an insult to crap, to put it mildly.
>>> For example, horrendously small serif text in light blue on white
>>> background is basically criminal, or should be declared criminal.
>>> Consider learning the basics of web design from a good book.
>> Totally agree, you have a real mess here guy! If you have problems you
>> need to simplify to isolate...it looks like you have
>> DIViditous....overly complicated.
>>
>> But back you the *one* problem which you are asking about. The problem
>> is *not* with your DIV, UL, or LI! But a padding issue your can see by
>> adding temporarily to your style:
>>
>> #leftcontent ul li a {
>> background-color: #ffe;
>>
>> }
>>
>> And you will discover the source of your (this) problem.

>
> It was the padding in the ul li a that was the cause.
>

Yes it was. But as both Jukka and I have said, it is the least of your
problems. You need to simplify. No need for so many wrapping DIVs. Strip
your markup up down to the bare essentials and learn about about CSS and
*selectors*. Development will be much easier in the long run.


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Take care,

Jonathan
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