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From: Duncan Kennedy on 21 Jul 2010 07:19 Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk> wrote: Realised I probably shouldn'y have changed the Subject if you are on Google Groups - here it is again in case I lost you. > > > > Duncan this may be a little off topic but how do I close the gaps in > > the background color in sidebar one and sidebar two? > > Hi Jetasia > > You have a style called ".container" but it's missing in the code. I > put it in like this: > > - - - - - - - - - - > > <body bgcolor="#0066FF" text="#333333" link="#FF0000" vlink="#00FF00" > alink="#FF0000"> > <div align="center"> > <div class="container"> > <div class="header"> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - > > (The </div> seems to be there OK at the bottom) > > and changed the colour of the "background colour" of the .container > style to the same blue as the rest (03F) - that works but may have > changed some other colours - is so - come back. (OK in a quick test I > managed to end up with one header Div grey and one blue in two separate > pages and I can't find the difference - yet!) > > >These new templates are great but balance of CSS properties and HTML > > seems to be > > You seem to have a bit of duplication - like "background" and > "background-color" and some Page settings trying to fight with the CSS - > you can probably ignore the Page settings - I would sort these out so > you have just one attribute for each unless, for example, you want the > text to have a different background to the DIV it is placed in. > > > > I also need an organized way to place photos without all the frames showing > > up. I am ready to add photos and product information linked to PDF's but > > until I know the template will work properly everything is on hold. I would > > appreciate any advice or direction in CSS CS5, > > I'm not sure which frames you mean here. Could it be in the "table"? > If so simply highlight the table in Design view and change the border > attribute in the properties bar (I'm on CS4 on a Mac here) to 0 instead > of the 2 it is set at. If you have any problems with borders appearing > on the individual photos do the same - there is a border entry that > needs a zero in that case (although you seem to have fixed the > infuriating blue border on photo links with your link styles.) > > Personally, if you are planning the same layout on all or most of your > pages I would prefer to use a separate style sheet referenced from each > page - that way you only have to ament the styles once. > > There appears to be somethinh wrong with your navigation bar - it seems > to lose the text on roll-over - perhaps you intended that. My own > preference for this type of menu is to use Spry from the Dreamweaver > menu and then make that a library item so you only need to amen that > once every time it changes. > > I'm sure others will have their own ideas but if I can help don't > hesitate to come back and I'll try - I never claim to be an expert even > if I have been using Dreamweaver since V2 - there is a lot I don't need. > > If you want to contact me direct try obg at otterson-bg dot com and make > the subject something that will catch my eye. > > > > > Here is the link... http://ledelectronicsusa.com/ > > Thanks for that - it really does help. -- duncank |