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CSS authoring issues
- Why do I get horizontal scrolling?
- My style sheet does not show on my form confirmation page!
- My fonts are too small on Mac!
- What can I do if my CSS file is corrupted?
CSS browser issues
CSS authoring issues
- Q: Why do I get horizontal scrolling?
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A: The width any element is made up of the following CSS properties...
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Why do I get horizontal scrolling? - Q: My style sheet does not show on my form confirmation page!
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A: You are probably using a relative path reference for your CSS, which does not resolve correctly on your results page. For instance, if you have a form located at ...
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My style sheet does not show on my form confirmation page! - Q: My fonts are too small on Mac!
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A: Without seeing your page, this is all guess-work, but you are probably using
pxorptunits for yourfont-sizevalues. Mac OS browsers and screen configurations generally result in font sizes that are relatively smaller than on Windows systems for these length units. In any case, it is more appropriate to use%oremlength values for fonts on the World Wide Web and this will allow users to adjust font sizes to their preferences using their browser font settings. - Q: What can I do if my CSS file is corrupted?
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A: If your CSS file is corrupted, you will need to recover a copy from a backup version of some kind. Many text editors create a backup when you edit a file; the application's configuration settings may indicate where you can find the backup.
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What can I do if my CSS file is corrupted?
CSS browser issues
- Q: My styling works in Firefox but not in IE!
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A: You should validate and correct your XHTML and CSS before you ask questions like this. Follow these links for details of online markup validators and CSS syntax checkers.
You can also validate your markup on your computer, see Validate your markup with NSGMLS.
- Q: Netscape 4 doesn't show my background image, what's up?
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A: Netscape has a bug regarding the placement of background images with relative file references and assumes the reference is relative to the source document, not the external CSS file, as it should be. Most other browsers get it right, so the way to work around is...
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Netscape 4 doesn't show my background image, what's up? - Q: How do I minimise the page margins in Netscape 4?
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A: If you want to tackle this requirement only using stylesheets, absolute positioning on the
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How do I minimise the page margins in Netscape 4?
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