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Can anyone help me out with ul positioning for IE 6 and 7
The right hand side knowledge base links seperate in this browser.
http://www.jb.net.au/connecting_images/index.html
Any help much appreciated as this isn't my field, just trying to do a favour for a friend.
Maxine -
I copied the image from the images folder called links_right.gif and pasted in into Photoshop with black background and there is a 3 - 5 pixel white border around the image. If I copied the wrong image, let me know.
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Yep it does have a bit of a border (for drop shadow) but I got rid of it from the top of the image, now they are marginally better in IE but all squashed in Safari and mozilla!any other clues?
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How do you wan them positioned?, separate or together? They look fine in IE7 and FF 2.0.
An information architecture suggestion, you have too much navigation. Unless this is a client website and they requested that much, but you have vertical and horizontal. I would pick one theme and stick with it.
I don't know if this was your intention but the lady bug is what draws my attention. I find my eyes going back to it, over and over. The left div (content main) should be in the middle (since what you do should be your focal point) and the lady bug on the right (since it is the least important) and the navigation on the left (because it follows conventions of navigation). Just a few suggestions. -
Yeah I want them seperated slightly. Thanks for the architecture tips. Makes a lot of sense. Was working from the clients wire frame but will talk to them about it.
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Under ul#knowledge_base a:link, ul#knowledge_base a:visited I added margin-bottom:4px; to give them space in between each li, but you can adjust this as needed. Then under ul#knowledge_base I added margin-bottom:20px; to complement the margin-top of 20px that was already there and space the ul from the Blog heading. I am @ home right now so I have no way of testing in IE6 (which I know is a pain), but it should work. It looks like it is working in IE7 and FF 2.0 Let me know if it works.
Do you design sites as a primary job?
Ben -
Thanks Ben,
Yeah it makes it look a little better in IE 6.
Safari and FF look good. I am a graphic designer in Melbourne, and have had to learn css ultra quick to make this site. It has driven me crazy....but also to tiny momentous points of sweet satisfaction. It's those small moments isn't it. Are you a web designer?
maxine -
Yes. I wanted to recommend a book to you, Beginning CSS 2nd Edition, it is a Wrox book. If you invest the time and read the book, it will save you days of aggravation down the road. Unless this is a one time thing, then don't worry about it.
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Haha, funny that you say, I was planning on buying a book about CSS in the city tonight. Will look out for this one if you recommend. Do you freelance?
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The book is in full color, and it advertises it on the cover, that is why I recommend it over other beginning books. It is 600 pages, but I finished it over a weekend.
I have never tried freelancing before. My day job is web programming. I usually spend extra time reading technical and business books to help make myself more employable / better at my job. ;)
Ben -
Maxine,
How's the web site designing going? I don't know if it's unethical to recommend software that doesn't totally require CSS or HTML knowledge on a site that promotes CSS & HTML knowledge (my apologies in advance - I have absolute respect for web developers), but as a graphic designer I've been working on a company web site for the last few months too (slowly but surely) and found some software that makes designing web sites from Photoshop an absolute breeze (perfect for graphic designers!) so you don't need to know any css, html etc. However, from many posts that I've read on their site, it helps to know some so you can do more than just the basics. Anyway, I thought you might like to know, since I understand you are primarily a 'graphic', not 'web' designer.
Hope it's going well for you,
Jordan
btw. I checked out the jb web site - looks awesome!
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