Question about CSS

[overlordofevil]

Hello All,

 

I am still pretty new to css and I have a few issues/questions.

 

1) Do you have to write multiple CSS pages for different browsers or can you write one page that all browser can use.  - My pages work fine in Firefox but IE the layout is off.

 

2) how can you setup a page break with a css page. I have tried to do this and it just isn't working for me. 

 

I figure all the issues are probably a mistake in my code so any suggestions on what to look at or a resource that will help teach me what to do properly woudl be appreciated. 

 

Thanks

Bill

[RussellReal]

#1 where as browser to browser css is rendered differently, proper css should never be affected by this, for some simple instructions to overlook such browser problems..

1) Use margin instead of padding whenever possible. using a container div inside of a border or parent div, with the container div having a margin setting, instead of having 1 div in total with border + padding, as browsers handle padding differently.

2) There is an IE6 specific css hack which doesn't validate, however, it will only affect IE browsers, * html element { } firefox and other browsers will see the * for all elements then see html and cancel because there is no elements outside of html, but IE will still render the css the way it normally would.

 

#2 a page break..? just use br?

[haku]

The more practice you have, the less you need IE specific stylesheets. Russel real gave the reasons why for the most part. But if you need to create IE specific browser sheets, you can use conditional comments.

[overlordofevil]

Thanks for the feedback..

 

I am using padding not the margin option along with 4 div's so that might explain the issue i am having with IE.

 

Thanks for the info I appreciate it.

 

Bill

[RussellReal]

Add me to MSN if you have any problems and I'm available I'll help you out

[overlordofevil]

Thanks again but it wasn't an issue with my css... grr i had an issue on one of my pages in the html layout so that caused a problem with the layout.... sigh.... i feel silly now...

 

Bill