[sliderule]

I'm considering using server side includes instead of frames, but I'm running into a couple of CSS related problems that did not show before. Here's the url of my site:

http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~holmgren/index.shtml

Obviously, the most important problem is that the text on the news part of the page is pushed down below the navigation bar. I suspect that this has something to do with a div clearing where I don't want it to, but I can't figure out how to fix this. Also, how do make the links on the navigation bar only always orange?

[sliderule]

Well, I got the first problem solved actually. I had been looking at my code too long and kept looking over the problem. Also, what's the difference between calling divs with class or id?

Thanks

[SPiNdustrious]

ID is slowly replacing NAME as a means of identifying an entity on a page. While it still works for specifying style info, it won't necessarily in the future.

Use CLASS since its only purpose in life is indicating a specific style from your sheets.

To make your .navbar links stay orange, use div.navbar a:link, div.navbar a:visited, div.navbar a:active, div.navbar a:hover {color: orange; background-color: transparent;}.

I applaud your decision to use SSI instead of frames and CSS instead of the HTML table hack.

I hope this helps.

Peter

[SPiNdustrious]

OK a couple more things...

Those CSS directive I gave you are CSS2 and won't work in older browsers. Keep that in mind.

Let me explain the directive further:

You can use foo, bar {color: gray;} to make both foo and bar show up with gray text.

You can use p.title a:link {color: gray;} to make links that have not been followed within paragraphs of class title show up in gray.

Put it all together and you get the CSS2 line I gave you.

-Peter

[sliderule]

Great. Thanks!