CSS hacks are a a necessary evil sometimes, especially in complex builds like Bob Jane or Isuzu. To get consistency across browsers you sometime need to use tricks to target specific browsers only.
The hacks used by me so far were:
The star hack to target IE only: just add a * before the declaration (for example *margin-top: 5px;)
The undescore hack to target IE6 only: just add a _ before the declaration (for example _margin-top: 5px;)
The parent - child hack to target Firefox: #layout>#column_left { margin-top: 5px;}
Now there's also the 'Lite Pacific CSS Hack'. This one allows you to do all of the above plus separately address older Mozilla, Google Chrome and MAC/PC Safari.
I tested it in the Isuzu build were i had a particularly nasty margin problem and it worked:
http://www.giantisland.com/Resources/LitePacificHackforSafariAndIE7.aspx
Jerun
The hacks used by me so far were:
The star hack to target IE only: just add a * before the declaration (for example *margin-top: 5px;)
The undescore hack to target IE6 only: just add a _ before the declaration (for example _margin-top: 5px;)
The parent - child hack to target Firefox: #layout>#column_left { margin-top: 5px;}
Now there's also the 'Lite Pacific CSS Hack'. This one allows you to do all of the above plus separately address older Mozilla, Google Chrome and MAC/PC Safari.
I tested it in the Isuzu build were i had a particularly nasty margin problem and it worked:
http://www.giantisland.com/Resources/LitePacificHackforSafariAndIE7.aspx
Jerun
24/07: Adobe Kuler Color Picker
Kuler is an Adobe Labs feature (kuler.adobe.com) that lets you create colour schemes for use on websites, print, etc
Besides making and picking existing schemes, it allows you to create them based on your uploaded photographs, subscribe to rss and tag, comment and share schemes.
Perhaps best of all, it integrates directly into Illustrator CS3 (maybe also Photoshop, not sure) and lets you download existing and created swatch files or add directly to your colour palette from the 'mykuler' section
For a short video demo, log into our Lynda.com account and go to the course 'Illustrator for the Web' and play the 3rd video under chapter 2 called 'Pulling color from Kuler'
Besides making and picking existing schemes, it allows you to create them based on your uploaded photographs, subscribe to rss and tag, comment and share schemes.
Perhaps best of all, it integrates directly into Illustrator CS3 (maybe also Photoshop, not sure) and lets you download existing and created swatch files or add directly to your colour palette from the 'mykuler' section
For a short video demo, log into our Lynda.com account and go to the course 'Illustrator for the Web' and play the 3rd video under chapter 2 called 'Pulling color from Kuler'
Something to keep in mind :)
As many of us here at TFA are using XP SP2 PC computers running Office 2003, this problem (and solution) may apply to you.
Symptoms:
- Outlook 2003 is not correctly displaying images in emails
- Sometimes only some images fail to render
- A red cross (broken image) is displayed in emails, even when you click to download them
- Sometime they can be viewed by clicking "Forward" (rough workaround)
- I may be running IE6 or IE7, contrary to some beliefs, this doesn't matter
Solution:
- You must locate and then delete your Outlook 2003 Cache which may have ballooned to over 1GB by now.
How to find and delete your Outlook 2003 cache:
1. Find a message that has broken images, note it down for testing later.
2. Close Outlook 2003.
3. Open the Registry: Start / Run... / "regedit"
4. Locate the Outlook Temporary Items folder:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security
- Double click on the OutlookSecureTempFolder key.
The Value Data is the path of the storage folder for pictures and starts with OLK.
5. Right click the Value Data field and select Copy. It should be in the form of "....\Temporary Internet Files\OLK..."
6. Open Windows (file) Explorer, Paste in the copied location into the Address Field and press Enter (or select GO). You will be navigated to this folder.
7. Select All the files in this folder and Delete.
8. Launch Outlook.
9. Open a message that had issues before and test it has succeeded! The images should now appear in the Email.
Hope this helps you. It has worked for me!
Symptoms:
- Outlook 2003 is not correctly displaying images in emails
- Sometimes only some images fail to render
- A red cross (broken image) is displayed in emails, even when you click to download them
- Sometime they can be viewed by clicking "Forward" (rough workaround)
- I may be running IE6 or IE7, contrary to some beliefs, this doesn't matter
Solution:
- You must locate and then delete your Outlook 2003 Cache which may have ballooned to over 1GB by now.
How to find and delete your Outlook 2003 cache:
1. Find a message that has broken images, note it down for testing later.
2. Close Outlook 2003.
3. Open the Registry: Start / Run... / "regedit"
4. Locate the Outlook Temporary Items folder:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security
- Double click on the OutlookSecureTempFolder key.
The Value Data is the path of the storage folder for pictures and starts with OLK.
5. Right click the Value Data field and select Copy. It should be in the form of "....\Temporary Internet Files\OLK..."
6. Open Windows (file) Explorer, Paste in the copied location into the Address Field and press Enter (or select GO). You will be navigated to this folder.
7. Select All the files in this folder and Delete.
8. Launch Outlook.
9. Open a message that had issues before and test it has succeeded! The images should now appear in the Email.
Hope this helps you. It has worked for me!
Here's a crazy bug that could drive you to the edge of sanity if you wouldn't know how to resolve it.
I was working away on Bob Jane, obviously continuously saving my CSS file. All of a sudden, DW CS3 crashes and it would not let me start it again. Not after closing the program, rebooting the machine and apparently even after reinstalling DW CS3.
The issue: My CSS file had reached a file size of exact 4 x 8192k and therefore DW CS3 just stopped working. Just because it can.
The simple solution was to add a few lines of text into the CSS file through Notepad to increase the file size slightly, and voila, up and running again..
I was working away on Bob Jane, obviously continuously saving my CSS file. All of a sudden, DW CS3 crashes and it would not let me start it again. Not after closing the program, rebooting the machine and apparently even after reinstalling DW CS3.
The issue: My CSS file had reached a file size of exact 4 x 8192k and therefore DW CS3 just stopped working. Just because it can.
The simple solution was to add a few lines of text into the CSS file through Notepad to increase the file size slightly, and voila, up and running again..
If one was trying to put in writing, they they did not want their email to end up in recipients' Junk Mail Boxes... How would you write that?
- Junk Mail Boxes
- Junkmail Boxes
- Junk Mailboxes
- Junkmailboxes
???
- Junk Mail Boxes
- Junkmail Boxes
- Junk Mailboxes
- Junkmailboxes
???
http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/003869.html
http://www.alextrochut.com/
This is the guy that was the main highlight of the conference, for me.
He is a spanish typographer/illustrator who's grandfather was a printer/typographer and great grandfather a printer.
His process is traditional but he uses technology to advantage - drawing is always a basis of what he does.
The work he produces is extremely creative and his craftsmanship is beautiful.
http://www.alextrochut.com/
This is the guy that was the main highlight of the conference, for me.
He is a spanish typographer/illustrator who's grandfather was a printer/typographer and great grandfather a printer.
His process is traditional but he uses technology to advantage - drawing is always a basis of what he does.
The work he produces is extremely creative and his craftsmanship is beautiful.
