XHTML1 fixes required

1) You need to use javascript to do that.

2) You should specify which browser (IE) gives you trouble. The use of empty divs with bg images is trouble coming. The resizing of my IE window is impolite.

cheers,

gary

IE does not support xhtml. Only modern browsers do.

Well that page has just been closed smartish, I know Gary has mentioned this, but in case it wasn't clear, never, never mess with the users browser ever; it's not impolite it's downright invasive and not the province of the web designer to decide what size the users browser may be and you can not use it as a means to satisfy constraints in your design.

Remove that piece of code

Hugo.

OK thanks for the candid feedback - I've removed that script (I wasn't convinced by it anyway as it served no real purpose).

Re. my original questions however, any ideas on what's causing the problem with #2? (forget about #1 - I'm handling it differently)

2) You should specify which browser (IE) gives you trouble. The use of empty divs with bg images is trouble coming. The resizing of my IE window is impolite.

cheers,

gary

Gary, sorry - the IE browser I'm using is version 6.0.2... sp2.

Re. the issue of empty divs with big images being trouble - could you expand on this? I'm not quite sure I follow?

Thanks!

The W3 says that UAs (browsers) should ignore empty <p></p>s, and they strongly suggest that all empty block elements be ignored. If a browser should someday follow the suggestion, and it will happen in +xml pages, you'll be missing all those images. If the image is a part of the page, make it foreground. Assume that all background images will be ignored and that all empty block elements will be ignored. If that messes up your page, you have a problem.

Since you removed the script, I went back to view your page in IE and found that the link was gone. Are you no longer pursuing that issue?

cheers,

gary

Yes that's very laudable of the W3C Gary, but a bit of a bugger to observe!

In what way? If the background image is the only thing in the element, why not make it foreground? If there is other content besides the bg image, why then, there's no problem. But, my experience isn't all that broad, so there are very likely situations that my 'law' doesn't apply to.

cheers,

gary

Gary, nope - they're still there. Click here:

http://www.condottiero.com/rework/pano_tours4c3.html

There are those situations where one is asked to code in all sorts of fiddly graphic embellishments, little arrows that must drop down into and over a backgrounds, little corner markers over elements already containing background graphics.They tend to be images that you wouldn't really want as foreground and as background elements have no real content as such.

Hugo.

Apologies Steiner for taking your thread slightly off topic.

No problem Hugo - but do you have any idea why the header graphics are throwing my layout out after a simple addition of a hyperlink to itself :?:

For an example view of what it looks like in IE 6:

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My guess is that IE adds a surrounding pixel to an image with a hyperlink - thus making it think it's too wide to fit the enclosing space. But if that's the case, is there a work around?

It's this line in your text rules css sheet:

a{ 
	text-decoration: none; 
	display:block; 
	color:#ffffff; 
	font-style: normal; 
>>>height: 100%; <<<<<<< 
}

Not sure why you want to make your generic anchor elements block level, they are an inline element, just make them block for specific instances of navigation etc.

All the height was doing is expanding the width across the header pushing the other elements down, if you were trying to gain a full clickable header then I think you'll have to find another way.

I have to say that your rules seem vastly complicated and probably a little overstated in places it makes following things rather difficult.

Hugo.

Hugo - you're a bloody star! That block element had been placed there as an experiment many moons ago - I simply forgot about it.

Re. my css being vastly complicated - I can well believe it. I'm trying to teach myself and in the process am getting alot of help from friends. The combination of these factors is probably leading to dogs breakfast style, style sheets.

Anyway - that aside, this helps a great deal and your help is much appreciated.

Many thanks!
Steiner

Good catch, Hugo. I figured it was in the a rules, but there are, what, 53 of them?

cheers,

gary

It was a bit of a job locating that text rule sheet to start with.