CSS question

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Crash Gordon®

Howdy all.
I been mucking around trying to learn CSS the past few days.

Question;

I have small tables set up for manually created navigation in left column of page table. Somehow I actually figured out how to set a background image for the top row - pretty amazing for me! - anyway. Currently the column heading for each little nav table is normal text. I want to set the color to gray which is the same for body style so it would appear that the background color is showing through the darker image of the background cell image. I'm just confused how to set that up for just the table heading style.

Guide me gurus!

Rob
 
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Jack Brewster

Rob,

Can you put a page online? I always work better when I can see an example.

--
Jack Brewster - Microsoft FrontPage MVP

message Howdy all.
I been mucking around trying to learn CSS the past few days.

Question;

I have small tables set up for manually created navigation in left column of
page table. Somehow I actually figured out how to set a background image for
the top row - pretty amazing for me! - anyway. Currently the column heading
for each little nav table is normal text. I want to set the color to gray
which is the same for body style so it would appear that the background
color is showing through the darker image of the background cell image. I'm
just confused how to set that up for just the table heading style.

Guide me gurus!

Rob
 
J

Jon Spivey

Rob,
I've seen your past work so I know you're a good designer. As Jack said it's
going to help to post up a url so we can see what we're talking about. Food
for thought - why are you using a table for a nav bar? A list (<ul>) or even
a <div>s would probably be a better choice.

Anyway let's see the page.
 
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Crash Gordon®

I think they are in divs

I'll put it online tonight, I have to fix some graphics before my sister will let me go half-way live with her site :) And she can't decide on a color palette so it's been nerve wracking (css saves the day here)

This is my first attempt using CSS so I'm a little nervous and self-conscious ;-)

Rob.


| Rob,
| I've seen your past work so I know you're a good designer. As Jack said it's
| going to help to post up a url so we can see what we're talking about. Food
| for thought - why are you using a table for a nav bar? A list (<ul>) or even
| a <div>s would probably be a better choice.
|
| Anyway let's see the page.
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Jon
| Microsoft MVP - FP
|
| Crash Gordon® wrote:
| > Howdy all.
| > I been mucking around trying to learn CSS the past few days.
| >
| > Question;
| >
| > I have small tables set up for manually created navigation in left
| > column of page table. Somehow I actually figured out how to set a
| > background image for the top row - pretty amazing for me! - anyway.
| > Currently the column heading for each little nav table is normal
| > text. I want to set the color to gray which is the same for body
| > style so it would appear that the background color is showing through
| > the darker image of the background cell image. I'm just confused how
| > to set that up for just the table heading style.
| >
| > Guide me gurus!
| >
| > Rob
|
|
 
J

Jack Brewster

Agreed on using the list, although if you're doing a horizontal navbar, I
have yet to see a technique that works in IE4. If that's important, then
you can cheat with using <p> or <div>, it just won't be as semantic. Then
again, if you don't care about IE4... :)

Check out List-a-matic for inspiration and, more important, code generators:
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/
 
J

Jack Brewster

If you have access to the code and server, post the page in a subdirectory.
Just some place we can look at, even if the 'real' world can't. I do that
kind of thing all the time when I've got questions or am demoing.

--
Jack Brewster - Microsoft FrontPage MVP

message I think they are in divs

I'll put it online tonight, I have to fix some graphics before my sister
will let me go half-way live with her site :) And she can't decide on a
color palette so it's been nerve wracking (css saves the day here)

This is my first attempt using CSS so I'm a little nervous and
self-conscious ;-)

Rob.


| Rob,
| I've seen your past work so I know you're a good designer. As Jack said
it's
| going to help to post up a url so we can see what we're talking about.
Food
| for thought - why are you using a table for a nav bar? A list (<ul>) or
even
| a <div>s would probably be a better choice.
|
| Anyway let's see the page.
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Jon
| Microsoft MVP - FP
|
| Crash Gordon® wrote:
| > Howdy all.
| > I been mucking around trying to learn CSS the past few days.
| >
| > Question;
| >
| > I have small tables set up for manually created navigation in left
| > column of page table. Somehow I actually figured out how to set a
| > background image for the top row - pretty amazing for me! - anyway.
| > Currently the column heading for each little nav table is normal
| > text. I want to set the color to gray which is the same for body
| > style so it would appear that the background color is showing through
| > the darker image of the background cell image. I'm just confused how
| > to set that up for just the table heading style.
| >
| > Guide me gurus!
| >
| > Rob
|
|
 
C

Crash Gordon®

I don't care about IE4 or Netscrape 4...sorry if I'm an elitist but if any of my users are still using dinosaur browsers then they don't enough money to buy what I'm selling ;-0

Sidebar comment...what's everyone gonna do in a few years when TV stations will ONLY be broadcasting HDTV?? Buy a new TV right? Browser's don't even cost anything anymore! ok...off the soapbox rob..

I'll be back later...gotta go fix something ELSE that broke!



| Agreed on using the list, although if you're doing a horizontal navbar, I
| have yet to see a technique that works in IE4. If that's important, then
| you can cheat with using <p> or <div>, it just won't be as semantic. Then
| again, if you don't care about IE4... :)
|
| Check out List-a-matic for inspiration and, more important, code generators:
| http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/
|
| --
| Jack Brewster - Microsoft FrontPage MVP
|
| | > Rob,
| > I've seen your past work so I know you're a good designer. As Jack said
| it's
| > going to help to post up a url so we can see what we're talking about.
| Food
| > for thought - why are you using a table for a nav bar? A list (<ul>) or
| even
| > a <div>s would probably be a better choice.
|
|
 
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Crash Gordon®

yah, i know that site it has great tutes.

thanks!

I'm just gonna muck around with this some more...it's a simple problem, i know i can figure it out now that the spiderwebs have cleared a little (it's HOT here).




| Here's a great site that will show you how to make any conceivable kind of
| nav pane using a list:
| http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/index.htm
|
| After I found this site, I switched my nav panes from tables to lists and
| got better results with much less coding.
|
| Wally S
|
| | > Rob,
| > I've seen your past work so I know you're a good designer. As Jack said
| it's
| > going to help to post up a url so we can see what we're talking about.
| Food
| > for thought - why are you using a table for a nav bar? A list (<ul>) or
| even
| > a <div>s would probably be a better choice.
| >
| > Anyway let's see the page.
| >
| > --
| > Cheers,
| > Jon
| > Microsoft MVP - FP
| >
| > Crash Gordon® wrote:
| > > Howdy all.
| > > I been mucking around trying to learn CSS the past few days.
| > >
| > > Question;
| > >
| > > I have small tables set up for manually created navigation in left
| > > column of page table. Somehow I actually figured out how to set a
| > > background image for the top row - pretty amazing for me! - anyway.
| > > Currently the column heading for each little nav table is normal
| > > text. I want to set the color to gray which is the same for body
| > > style so it would appear that the background color is showing through
| > > the darker image of the background cell image. I'm just confused how
| > > to set that up for just the table heading style.
| > >
| > > Guide me gurus!
| > >
| > > Rob
| >
| >
|
|
 
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