[WEB4LIB] Re: New Listserv Member

[Andrew Mutch]

Brent,

Check this style sheet guide also....you'll find that it considers Netscape's
implementation of background properties as "buggy" is some cases and only
"partial" support in others.

http://webreview.com/wr/pub/guides/style/mastergrid.html

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

Thomas Dowling wrote:

> >
> > In the meantime, I was curious as to the general opinion of using CSS.
> I
> > am using both the new versions of Netscape and IE, and the library uses
> > Netscape 4.0.   However, there seem to be some problems when viewing the
> > new page I am creating.  They see illegible black text on a navy
> > background, while I see white text.  Would anyone reccomend steering
> away
> > from CSS and stick with plan HTML?
>
> Welcome to the list.  The accumulated wisdom on CSS can be reviewed in the
> list archives at <http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive.html>.
>
> There are a couple of good CSS syntax checkers out there; I heartily
> recommend CSSCheck at <URL:http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/csscheck/>.  It
> will look at your library.css file and note several things.  Most
> important will be the fact that you're using HTML markup in a .css file,
> which will make things break.  In CSS:
>
>   <!-- This is not a comment; it's just broken. -->
>   /* This is a comment. */
>
> CSSCheck is also very good about spotting places where you define a
> foreground color but not a background color, which appears to be another
> problem you're having (both of these problems are very easy to run into;
> fortunately, they're also pretty easy to fix).
>
> Thomas Dowling
> OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
> tdowling at ohiolink.edu