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Posted by 1001 Webs on 11/07/07 00:09
On Nov 7, 12:26 am, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2007-11-06, 1001 Webs wrote:
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> > On Nov 6, 11:20 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 2007-11-06, 1001 Webs wrote:
> >> > On Nov 6, 10:01 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> On 2007-11-06, 1001 Webs wrote:
> >> >> > On Nov 6, 8:50 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> ...
> >> >> >> It is not hard to do the right thing with CSS. It is, perhaps, too
> >> >> >> easy to do the wrong thing.
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> >> >> > That's the problem as I see it too.
> >> >> > For example. there are too many options just to assign font-size.
> >> >> > Why, in the name of God don't they stick to percentages or whatever?
> >> >> > , but c'mmon this is just absurd
> >> >> > Or a conspiracy ...
> >> >> > BTW, right now I am rewriting my style sheet with font-size: small;
> >> >> > etc., but I'm not that sure it will render well I I
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> >> >> > have copied it from w3.org's front page:
> >> >> >http://www.w3.org
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> >> >> > I can't go wrong that way, right?
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> >> >> Right, if you use it the way they do, which means not for regular
> >> >> text. They use it only for things such as copyright notices and
> >> >> legalese.
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> >> > I have to settle for something.
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> >> No, you don't.
> > Uh?
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> >> > What's your advice?
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> >> Don't use anything; it's unnecessary.
> > Beg your pardon?
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> Remove ALL font-size specifications. Then add the few (if any) that
> are needed to fix up the page.
I have already done that.
Here's how it looks now:
html, body {
margin: 0px;
background-color: #2E75D8;
line-height: 130%;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
}
> >> > I tried with percentages and didn't look right, but I wasn't taking
> >> > into account inheritance ...
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> >> URL?
> >http://www.1001webs.net
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> I cannot read it; it is far too small.
What's your browser?
> > The style sheet comes from a Template supplied by a third party.
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> I hate to be a third party pooper, but you should find a different
> party.
Too late for that.
I have 10 people working upon that design, translating and else.
Whatever fix can be done it has to be through the stylesheet.
In the near future we'll go XHTML tableless, but now there's no time
for transitions.
> > Problem is that I have to use it for the front end if I want it to
> > look exactly the same as the backend (a phpCOIN installation), so that
> > it is consistent with the overall look of the site when a customer
> > logs in.
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> Why do you want a consistently unreadable format?
The style sheet has to be applied to the CMS Template as well and
there are lots of classes related to different menus.
What I mean is that it has to work for both the front end and the back
end which is a CMS:
http://www.1001webs.net/coinen/
> >> > Many people recommends percentages for html/body as a "global" setting
> >> > and then using ems from then on.
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> >> The biggest mistake in CSS is specifying too much.
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> > Then you're going to LOVE this style sheet;
> >http://www.1001webs.net/en/styles.css
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> 39,764 bytes for a style sheet? That's bizarre.
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> There are more than 240 font-family specifications, but there are
> only three different specifications.
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> 90% (or more) of the stylesheet is redundant.
>
> After removing all 236 font-size specs, the page is readable and
> looks almost good. Removing all 60 instances of 'text-align:
> center;' would make the page even better.
Probably.
I finish trimming it and I'll try that as well.
Haven't uploaded yet because a few things are oversized and out of
place.
More so when I get into the CMS,
Thanks for everything.
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