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From: hzgt9b on 23 Apr 2008 12:52 I am working on a site that is being served to a private network. All the users are using IE6+. I am having trouble getting the 1st div added to a containing div to have its margin-left applied - right now it appears that it is getting ignored. It only seems to be a problem with the 1st div added to the containing div. If I add any other element before this first div (even a comment) then the margin-left gets applied to the offending div. QUESTIONS: Does anyone know why the margin-left is not getting applied? If so, any suggestions on how to fix it? Here's a page showing the problem: http://www.freewebtown.com/emailceloftis/noLeftMargin.html Thoughts?
From: hzgt9b on 24 Apr 2008 10:51 On Apr 23, 12:52 pm, hzgt9b <celof...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am working on a site that is being served to a private network. All > the users are using IE6+. > > I am having trouble getting the 1st div added to a containing div to > have its margin-left applied - right now it appears that it is getting > ignored. It only seems to be a problem with the 1st div added to the > containing div. If I add any other element before this first div (even > a comment) then the margin-left gets applied to the offending div. > > QUESTIONS: > Does anyone know why the margin-left is not getting applied? If so, > any suggestions on how to fix it? > > Here's a page showing the problem:http://www.freewebtown.com/emailceloftis/noLeftMargin.html > > Thoughts? Anyone?
From: David Stone on 24 Apr 2008 10:57 In article <a7661506-9772-40c3-a62a-89d8277975ad(a)e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, hzgt9b <celoftis(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 23, 12:52�pm, hzgt9b <celof...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I am working on a site that is being served to a private network. All > > the users are using IE6+. > > > > I am having trouble getting the 1st div added to a containing div to > > have its margin-left applied - right now it appears that it is getting > > ignored. It only seems to be a problem with the 1st div added to the > > containing div. If I add any other element before this first div (even > > a comment) then the margin-left gets applied to the offending div. > > > > QUESTIONS: > > Does anyone know why the margin-left is not getting applied? If so, > > any suggestions on how to fix it? > > > > Here's a page showing the > > problem:http://www.freewebtown.com/emailceloftis/noLeftMargin.html > > > > Thoughts? > > Anyone? I tried looking at your page earlier, but it didn't actually seem to exist at the url you provided then. Looking at it now in both Safari and Firefox (Mac), I see the same left margin on both divs that you claim appear different. What browser(s) are you seeing the problem in?
From: hzgt9b on 24 Apr 2008 13:49 On Apr 24, 10:57 am, David Stone <no.em...(a)domain.invalid> wrote: > In article > <a7661506-9772-40c3-a62a-89d827797...(a)e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, > > > > > > hzgt9b <celof...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Apr 23, 12:52 pm, hzgt9b <celof...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am working on a site that is being served to a private network. All > > > the users are using IE6+. > > > > I am having trouble getting the 1st div added to a containing div to > > > have its margin-left applied - right now it appears that it is getting > > > ignored. It only seems to be a problem with the 1st div added to the > > > containing div. If I add any other element before this first div (even > > > a comment) then the margin-left gets applied to the offending div. > > > > QUESTIONS: > > > Does anyone know why the margin-left is not getting applied? If so, > > > any suggestions on how to fix it? > > > > Here's a page showing the > > > problem:http://www.freewebtown.com/emailceloftis/noLeftMargin.html > > > > Thoughts? > > > Anyone? > > I tried looking at your page earlier, but it didn't actually > seem to exist at the url you provided then. > > Looking at it now in both Safari and Firefox (Mac), I see the > same left margin on both divs that you claim appear different. > > What browser(s) are you seeing the problem in?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - IE6, IE7
From: Bergamot on 24 Apr 2008 15:05
hzgt9b wrote: > On Apr 23, 12:52 pm, hzgt9b <celof...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am having trouble getting the 1st div added to a containing div to >> have its margin-left applied >> >> http://www.freewebtown.com/emailceloftis/noLeftMargin.html What's with all the convoluted containers? This is way more complicated than it needs to be, plus it's a most serious case of "div-itis". http://microformats.org/wiki/posh I bet if you simplified it, the problem would disappear on its own. BTW, this: #contents { position:relative; top:2em; } probably doesn't do what you think it does. http://brainjar.com/css/positioning/ -- Berg |