Help with CSS modifications...

Question

Hi!
Finally got this up online for temporary testing. Here are
the items I'd like to modify...not sure how to tweak the code/css.
1) for starters, the links on the left hand continously move
down when I hit return in order to add more content on the page.
I'd like for everything in the left hand panel to be completely
static, and so the links fit into that transparency block within
the background image. (they are in a table now, before I had them
outside of a table, but I had a difficulty controlling them) When
we correct these to move up, the contact phone #, etc, will move up
where they should be positioned as well.
2) if you click on one of the links, the remainder of the
links all receive the 'visited' state visual; it's reading as one
cohesive element. That should not be, as they are independent.
3) I'm trying to control the "join our mailing list" to move
up into the sign up box, and in turn, this will bring up my main
paragraph closer to the top of this cell.
As you will see, I'm attempting to control this with CSS as
much as I can.
Thank you for your help; I really appreciate it!
www.fasttag.com/prestige-lane-testing-phase

Answer 1

> 1) for starters, the links on the left hand continously
move down when I
> hit
> return in order to add more content on the page. I'd
like for everything
> in the
> left hand panel to be completely static, and so the
links fit into that
> transparency block within the background image. (they
are in a table now,
> before I had them outside of a table, but I had a
difficulty controlling
> them)
> When we correct these to move up, the contact phone #,
etc, will move up
> where
> they should be positioned as well.
They are moving because a) they are in a table that is nested
in a table
cell, b) the table cell in which that table is nested has no
vertical
alignment specified, c) with no vertical alignment specified,
you get the
default, which is MIDDLE, and d) as the outer table grows in
height, the
middle point of the cell in which the navigation table is
nested also
migrates lower.
The solution is to assign the CSS style vertical-align:top to
td.navlinks.
> 2) if you click on one of the links, the remainder of
the links all
> receive
> the 'visited' state visual; it's reading as one cohesive
element. That
> should
> not be, as they are independent.
This is because they are all linking to the same target.
Visit one, and all
become visited.
<tr>
<td><a href="
http://www.fasttag.com">FastTag</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="
http://www.fasttag.com">Greenlight
Keycard</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="
http://www.fasttag.com">Pocket
Concierge</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="
http://www.fasttag.com">Other
Hotel Products</a></td>
> 3) I'm trying to control the "join our mailing list" to
move up into the
> sign
> up box, and in turn, this will bring up my main
paragraph closer to the
> top of
> this cell.
The " " is not a layout tool. Don't use it as if it
were -
<h1
class="signup">    SIGN
UP!</h1>
If you want that content spaced over from the left, use a
padding-left style
on the .signup class.
Do not use background-attachment on that <h1> -
.signup {
height: 50px;
width: 99px;
border: 1px solid #C5C19D;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-left: 420px;
margin-right: 20px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #591F00;
font-size: 13px;
background-image: url(images/signup-gradient.jpg);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-position: 10px;
background-attachment: fixed;
Replace your markup for that <h1> and <td> with
this -
<td width="546" height="261" valign="top"><h1
class="signup"
style="padding-left:10px;width:89px;">SIGN UP!<br>
<span class="joinmailinglist"
style="margin-left:0;">Join our
<br>mailing list</span></h1>
Finally, validate your page, and fix the errors. You have
table heights,
for example....
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> Hi!
>
> Finally got this up online for temporary testing. Here
are the items I'd
> like
> to modify...not sure how to tweak the code/css.
>
> 1) for starters, the links on the left hand continously
move down when I
> hit
> return in order to add more content on the page. I'd
like for everything
> in the
> left hand panel to be completely static, and so the
links fit into that
> transparency block within the background image. (they
are in a table now,
> before I had them outside of a table, but I had a
difficulty controlling
> them)
> When we correct these to move up, the contact phone #,
etc, will move up
> where
> they should be positioned as well.
>
> 2) if you click on one of the links, the remainder of
the links all
> receive
> the 'visited' state visual; it's reading as one cohesive
element. That
> should
> not be, as they are independent.
>
> 3) I'm trying to control the "join our mailing list" to
move up into the
> sign
> up box, and in turn, this will bring up my main
paragraph closer to the
> top of
> this cell.
>
> As you will see, I'm attempting to control this with CSS
as much as I can.
>
> Thank you for your help; I really appreciate it!
> www.fasttag.com/prestige-lane-testing-phase
>
>
>