Still tinkering, and I can't get the header to come up properly. I want to put it in the stylesheet, and not in the main index like I was doing before. It's not showing up though, probably due to my poor coding... If someone wants to take a look, please do and let me know what I'm doing wrong. In the meantime, I'm going to take a little break!
You know, working on this kind of thing and trying to learn CSS makes me realize how great all my friends are who can do this. It's hard stuff! You guys are amazing!
Oh, here's one more question. In my AOL browser, I don't see any of the changes I've made. But, in Internet Explorer, I see them immedietely! What's up with that? What do all you guys see and what browser are you using?
Posted by Shannon at February 11, 2004 11:33 AM | TrackBackit's probably b/c aol sucks. that and they have a cached version.
your background stripeys look cool, but, like almost every blog with background graphics I've run across, it destroys the user experience. well maybe that's putting it too strongly, but it makes scrolling REALLY choppy and annoying (are you listening JQ?). or is it just me? anyway I'd find a balance there if you can.
overall it's looking good. keep it up!
Posted by: bobw at February 11, 2004 11:51 AMOkay, I changed the background from "fixed" to "scroll". Is that better?
Posted by: Shannon at February 11, 2004 01:54 PMI liked the stripey background. It's still looking good. I've been wanting to change my blog for a while now too, but I don't really have the time to get into detail. I'll get to it eventually. And, for the record, I'm not a teller.
Posted by: Christin at February 11, 2004 02:14 PMWhat an embarassing faux pas... I knew you weren't a teller! Who likes to be defined by your job, anyway? I need to get a little more creative. Lemme think on it.
Posted by: Shannon at February 11, 2004 02:36 PMyes the scrolling issue is better now
Posted by: bobw at February 11, 2004 02:45 PMNo big deal. I'm just feeling overly particular today.
Posted by: christin at February 11, 2004 04:22 PMok heres a easier way to put how to make the columns even .. make a picture of the color of your background in the column (which in you case is color #E5FAF0) what you want it to do is vertically tile it then it will drop all the way to the bottom of the page no matter if text is written in there or not. then you would add this to your column
body {
background: url("limegreen.gif");
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-position: center;
}
(note the limegreen.gif name is the color of your background, the repeat-y makes the image repeat vertically)
i hope this helps some
Posted by: matt_31 at February 11, 2004 10:08 PMARGH! I've tried it a million different ways, in a dozen places and I still can't get it to work.
Posted by: Shannon at February 11, 2004 11:58 PMMatt, thanks for your instructions! I know my inability to make it work was due to my skill level. I gave up for now, but it's added to my "list of things to learn"! Thanks for trying- and I definitely know who to ask now for help!
Posted by: Shannon at February 12, 2004 06:38 PM