Sun, 2004-05-09 21:34
and for my next question...
can anyone tell me why this code lays out fine in ie (for once) while in mozilla and opera it seems like the #buttons and the #date divs cannot co-exist on the same line (or something like that).
here is the code for the two divs (the whole thing is attached if anyone feels like looking or better still have a look at www.glasgowapartment.co.uk to see what i mean)
#buttons{
position: absolute; bottom:0px; left: 10px;
font: bold 16px Arial, sans-serif; background: transparent; color: #665531;
}
#buttons a:link, #buttons a:visited{
background:#F9F7F2; color: #665531;
text-decoration: none;
}
#buttons a:hover{
background:#F9F7F2; color:#F97c00;
}
#date {
position: absolute; bottom: 0px; right: 10px;
font: bold 16px Arial, sans-serif; background:#F9F7F2; color: #665531;
}Thanks very much,
Craig.
Sun, 2004-05-09 22:07
#1
2 divs on same line?
I think this may be your problem.
With the buttons div you have a <p> tag, which of course has a bottom margin!
Give it its own class, with margin: 0px;
Regards
Day
Mon, 2004-05-10 08:52
#2
2 divs on same line?
thanks very much ... there seem to be so many "of course`s" in css.
I hope you don`t mind if I ask a follow up question ... why does my 15px margin on the div above buttons look so different in Opera vs ie and Mozilla?
Ta,
Craig.
Mon, 2004-05-10 22:04
#3
2 divs on same line?
hmmm not sure why, but it may be some bug or definition view of the standards.
It is nearly impossible to get a page looking perfect in every browser and the time you take to do so, is normally not worth it.
As you have the two most popular browsers working well, and Opera is still fine even though slightly different, Leave well enough alone 
Regards
Day
Thu, 2004-05-20 17:59
#4
2 divs on same line?
It is likely due to the <p> tags. It seems each browser adds margin/padding differently to <p>'s. Since each is different, I usually set the default margin/padding to zero, then style specific <p>'s when necessary. You could also set the default to a specific value, that way your pages should look consistant.
Good luck!