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[zodiac]

Hello :)

I am attempting to format the b2.php file by linking to an external stylesheet, but something is overriding my CSS definitions. Any idea what it might be and how to get around it?

on a side note, what exactly is "rss syndication?"

thanks much, and keep up the great work!

-Paula

[.Chris]

We'd need to see an example..

[zodiac]

the b2.php page was renamed and posted here:
http://stonerwitch.net/iframe.php

the css file is here: http://stonerwitch.net/stonerwitch.css

to see the page in context look here: http://stonerwitch.net/index-new.php

specifically, I can't get it to recognize my <p> color definition. I'm working in Mac OS 8.1, the problem shows up in both Opera and IE 5

-Paula

[.Chris]

I'm not an expert at all, okay. But where you have

[DarkWulf]

seems to me the p, div applies it to both p AND div.

[michel v]

I'm seeing the yellowish color too, on Mozilla.

[.Chris]

I understand that DarkWulf. However, I never seen anyone do their css in that manner to define 2 elements.

[Guest]

hey all thanks for your help. i figured out the problem... it wasn't the code, it was the stupid old browsers i have to use until i'm able to upgrade later this year. i fixed it by quitting them all and reloading. seems i have to do this periodically... ah well.

the trick with defining two elements at once is something i picked up from zeldman.com. I was suspicious of it too at first but apparently its valid, plus all the browsers seem to support it. if anybody finds one (aside from very old ones) that doesn't work I'd be interested in knowing about it.

thanks again! :)
-Paula

[DarkWulf]

you learn all sorts of weird things looking at other people's code.

i never realized that using the # sign can be used to point at specific ID's instead of classes. incidentally, you can also use stuff like "#nav td.class" and it only affects td tags with the class class within the element whose' id is nav.

i wonder where this stuff is listed.

[dtdgoomba]

Whenever I ask my comp sci roommate those questions, he sends me to w3c.org

i just went looking now and got this
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1#id-as-selector

This was the main page for their CSS stuff
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/

I was checking how they set up that banner in the top right for navigation as well...

hope that helps

[.Chris]

Yup, that's where I go.

[lousypoet]

Yep, I go there, too, when I can't figure something out.

I know a lot of those sorts of tricks. I used to try to cut every byte I could from my stylesheet while still having the same effects and having it still be valid. Quite tricky.
Just some I think are most interesting ...

if you want every submit/reset/button input type to have a different cursor style, say a pointer, instead of writing class="pointer" in every html tag, do this (works in mozilla/nn6, maybe someday in IE)
input[type=submit]{cursor:pointer;}
or
*[type=submit]{cursor:pointer;}
or
[type=submit]{cursor:pointer;}

A neat thing I found in an ALA article which I've used extensively is a certain definition in a print stylesheet (those are fun by themselves). It displays the href attribute of a link in parenthesis after the link text when you PRINT the page, because links are pretty useless in print otherwise.

[afterefx]

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