Comments on: Too bad they don’t really make you wise http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/ Born and raised on the interweb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Dennis Bullock http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-229 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:55:59 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-229 Erin - I wish you well with the wisdom teeth. No worries though, that are not actually connected to your actaul wisdom so you will be just as smart if they are taken out. Erin - I wish you well with the wisdom teeth. No worries though, that are not actually connected to your actaul wisdom so you will be just as smart if they are taken out.

]]> by: Matt http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-158 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:18:43 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-158 Thanks for the suggestions Phil, hopefully I will actually be able to impliment then over the next few weeks! And thanks Erin for allowing me to be given some help in your blog. ;) Thanks for the suggestions Phil, hopefully I will actually be able to impliment then over the next few weeks! And thanks Erin for allowing me to be given some help in your blog. ;)

]]> by: jotefa http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-125 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:23:16 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-125 Congratulations and thanks for pointing me to that flickr pool. Guess I have to take pictures of my old Apple /// now. Congratulations and thanks for pointing me to that flickr pool. Guess I have to take pictures of my old Apple /// now.

]]> by: Philip http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-124 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:57:26 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-124 I was hoping it just got saved for moderation. I'd like to have style tags like i and b (or em and strong), and img wouldn't be bad either - i tried to give yousome examples and they got munched. :) *shrug* it's okay though, i just didin't know what was allowed and what wasn't. i thought there was a link to a popup of allowed tags I was hoping it just got saved for moderation.
I’d like to have style tags like i and b (or em and strong), and img wouldn’t be bad either - i tried to give yousome examples and they got munched.
:)
shrug it’s okay though, i just didin’t know what was allowed and what wasn’t. i thought there was a link to a popup of allowed tags

]]> by: Erin MJ http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-119 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:05:18 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-119 Sorry, Phil! I've been getting a lot of comment spam, so I turned on a filter to look for common spam words and save any comments that used those words for moderation. Apparently something you said was "spam-like" (beats me, seems like a strange filter), so it saved aside your comments. Thanks for the help though! You were totally right! I was thinking something along those lines but hadn't figured ito ut that clearly; but you nailed it. I just resized the Dilbert comic for now, but that worked fine. Thanks a bunch. :D Oh, also, what HTML tags are you talking about that you want to use but can't? (P.S. Matt - don't tell people it's no big deal! I don't want to miss out on an opportunity to complain about something! ;)) Sorry, Phil! I’ve been getting a lot of comment spam, so I turned on a filter to look for common spam words and save any comments that used those words for moderation. Apparently something you said was “spam-like” (beats me, seems like a strange filter), so it saved aside your comments.

Thanks for the help though! You were totally right! I was thinking something along those lines but hadn’t figured ito ut that clearly; but you nailed it. I just resized the Dilbert comic for now, but that worked fine. Thanks a bunch. :D

Oh, also, what HTML tags are you talking about that you want to use but can’t?

(P.S. Matt - don’t tell people it’s no big deal! I don’t want to miss out on an opportunity to complain about something! ;) )

]]> by: Philip http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-118 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:48:16 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-118 Matt, I'm going to put a guess out there that your problem is due to using position: fixed which from what I've seen IE doesn't do respect. I haven't used this declaration before so I know very little about it, but a quick search came up with <a href="http://www.cssplay.co.uk/layouts/fixed.html" rel="nofollow">this website</a> which you may find helpful. You do also appear to have some overlap, but that would only matter if you weren't dealing with absolute positioning. I can overlap stuff all I want without bad flow if I use absolute, but I do think it is that fixed. I can see why you want it too, it looks real nice in FF! You may want to consider either using that fix that I linked to above or using something like the <a href="http://www.dithered.com/css_filters/css_only/star_html.html" rel="nofollow">star-html hack</a> to alter that class for IE. But please be aware that this is a hack and has its own can of worms Just in case you need more help, I'm going to throw my web address into this post so you can contact me through the form. (I wish some HTML tags were turned on for us!) Matt,
I’m going to put a guess out there that your problem is due to using position: fixed which from what I’ve seen IE doesn’t do respect. I haven’t used this declaration before so I know very little about it, but a quick search came up with this website which you may find helpful. You do also appear to have some overlap, but that would only matter if you weren’t dealing with absolute positioning. I can overlap stuff all I want without bad flow if I use absolute, but I do think it is that fixed. I can see why you want it too, it looks real nice in FF! You may want to consider either using that fix that I linked to above or using something like the star-html hack to alter that class for IE. But please be aware that this is a hack and has its own can of worms

Just in case you need more help, I’m going to throw my web address into this post so you can contact me through the form.

(I wish some HTML tags were turned on for us!)

]]> by: Philip http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-116 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:47:25 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-116 Matt - I've got some answers for you, but it isn't letting me comment again... Matt - I’ve got some answers for you, but it isn’t letting me comment again…

]]> by: Philip http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-114 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:21:17 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-114 I'm not 100% positive since I can't test it, but I think the problem has to do with 1 or 2 of your pictures. In IE, the Dilbert comic strip and photo of you eating Taco Bell are both more than 450px wide (especially Dilbert) which is the width of your main column. So it pushs out the column, apparently bumping down the right content. Why doesn't this happen in Firefox but it does in IE? Because of this declaration: p img { max-width: 100%; } Your images are restricted to no more than 100% of the containing block, which is set to be 450px. Unfortunatly, IE 6 (but not 7) does not recognize max-, min-width and max-, min-height. Solutions? A few things. You could add width/height styles inline to the particular image () The problem with this is you need to know your ratios. Or you could put the width attribute into the tag ( and that will automatically scale the height (when it is left out) Or you could just resize the images before putting them up. So yes, this is an issue with IE's CSS rendering and faults. They have added this in IE 7 afaik. :) hope that wasn't too lengthy. Congrats on the tuaw mention! I’m not 100% positive since I can’t test it, but I think the problem has to do with 1 or 2 of your pictures. In IE, the Dilbert comic strip and photo of you eating Taco Bell are both more than 450px wide (especially Dilbert) which is the width of your main column. So it pushs out the column, apparently bumping down the right content. Why doesn’t this happen in Firefox but it does in IE? Because of this declaration:
p img {
max-width: 100%;
}

Your images are restricted to no more than 100% of the containing block, which is set to be 450px. Unfortunatly, IE 6 (but not 7) does not recognize max-, min-width and max-, min-height.

Solutions? A few things. You could add width/height styles inline to the particular image () The problem with this is you need to know your ratios. Or you could put the width attribute into the tag ( and that will automatically scale the height (when it is left out) Or you could just resize the images before putting them up.

So yes, this is an issue with IE’s CSS rendering and faults. They have added this in IE 7 afaik.

:) hope that wasn’t too lengthy.

Congrats on the tuaw mention!

]]> by: Matt http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-113 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:57:31 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-113 PS. Having your wisdom teeth out isn't really that big a deal. Just means you eat icecream and watch movies all day for a few days. PS. Having your wisdom teeth out isn’t really that big a deal. Just means you eat icecream and watch movies all day for a few days.

]]> by: Matt http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-112 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:56:25 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/04/03/too-bad-they-dont-really-make-you-wise/#comment-112 It is probably in margin issues in your CSS is what I would imagine... Just make sure they aren't overlapping. I am having the same problems... that I have not fixed yet... in my photoblog. Why won't people just switch to FF? ;) Not that this really helps at all... heh It is probably in margin issues in your CSS is what I would imagine… Just make sure they aren’t overlapping. I am having the same problems… that I have not fixed yet… in my photoblog. Why won’t people just switch to FF? ;) Not that this really helps at all… heh

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