(just created a body tag and set font size attribute to small) and have been able to get
I would be cautious about using the relative sizing method ie small, medium, large etc. as these are directly related to a Browser default and different users may have different defaults set.
You are more likely to get a consistent look etc. across Browsers, platforms etc. by defining a specific font size whether in px or by setting a baseline size ie body { font-size:62.5%;}
Have a read of Ernie’s post at http://freewaytalk.net/thread/view/131283#m_131556 for clarification.
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Phone calls took me away from this and I see you have all played catch up before I could send… but yes…
Well, I knew it had to be something simple and presumed there were overrides, just wasn’t sure of the starting point. I deleted ALL attributes applied to my p style and now all seems to be working as it should.
Just to be sure I’m applying changes appropriately… for example on the main home page there is the title “A Boy and My Dog” styled with .articletitle. In practice, this same style will be applied to the actual Article Title on each successive page. However on the home page it should be centered and on the article page it should be left align. Is it appropriate to simply apply the .articletitle to containers on both pages and then apply the center align directly to the text (using the inspector palette) on the home page?
Dave — I have everything defined in specific find sizes and only tried the addition of the body size small recommended in another thread just to see if I could affect any change in order to find a jumping off point. And yes, I have read Ernie’s post previously and will delve back into it now that I’ve rectified the root of the issue.
Thank you all!
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Setting text-align property on a container only works if the same property is not already set at the text tag level. If your paragraph tag (p) is set to text-align:left then setting the text-align property on the container to something else won’t override it.
You may have to set a more specific CSS selector like #divname p or .classname p. Or forgoe the text-align attribute on the text tags, leave them undefined (though the default is left).
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Also with this in mind… presumably what I am considering my “article title” would be an appropriate place for an h1 tag as well? But applying this to the text will then override the text tag applied to the container, correct? And thus limiting styling ability as applied through Caleb’s technique?
Also I have found numerous references to Ernie’s file http://cssway.thebigerns.com/products/flexible-typography/ http://cssway.thebigerns.com/products/flexible-typography/ which is no longer available. Any other place I could find similar info?
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Phone calls took me away from this and I see you have all played catch up before I could send… but yes…
Well, I knew it had to be something simple and presumed there were overrides, just wasn’t sure of the starting point. I deleted ALL attributes applied to my p style and now all seems to be working as it should.
Just to be sure I’m applying changes appropriately… for example on the main home page there is the title “A Boy and My Dog” styled with .articletitle. In practice, this same style will be applied to the actual Article Title on each successive page. However on the home page it should be centered and on the article page it should be left align. Is it appropriate to simply apply the .articletitle to containers on both pages and then apply the center align directly to the text (using the inspector palette) on the home page?
Dave — I have everything defined in specific find sizes and only tried the addition of the body size small recommended in another thread just to see if I could affect any change in order to find a jumping off point. And yes, I have read Ernie’s post previously and will delve back into it now that I’ve rectified the root of the issue.
Thank you all!
D
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Setting text-align property on a container only works if the same property is not already set at the text tag level. If your paragraph tag (p) is set to text-align:left then setting the text-align property on the container to something else won’t override it.
You may have to set a more specific CSS selector like #divname p or .classname p. Or forgoe the text-align attribute on the text tags, leave them undefined (though the default is left).
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would be an appropriate place for an h1 tag as well?
Certainly it would - a question to ask yourself might be ‘why have different alignment on the homepage from the rest?’
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I have definitely thought about this and tried many options. As I am attempting more of a magazine/newspaper style layout, the two different styles make visual sense to me when moving from a homepage of featured (i.e. most recent) items to the inner pages of the “magazine.” Granted, the inner pages of a print magazine could have a variety of layouts for different stories, however for ease of use here, each article takes on more of a blog post style layout. The jump from center to left aligned seems a small but warranted change.
Most other magazine/newspaper sites to me are horrendously over-styled and cluttered with info, ads, and other junk, I would love a clean and clear interface where the content is king — crazy I know — and the user can actually focus. Hence my delve into Freeway… I tried Wordpress for so long and found myself not only hating the process but not even getting what I wanted after all the suffering.
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would be an appropriate place for an h1 tag as well?
Certainly it would - a question to ask yourself might be ‘why have different alignment on the homepage from the rest?’
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Also the resizability of the text in question is less of an issue for me on this site, as Caleb mentioned, I think I have it styled appropriately across devices without needing responsive text and so dropping the fluidity in favor of more appropriate head tags is not really a problem. But rather the knowledge to appropriately work with styles in this site and others (which might rely more on responsive text) was my main goal. I like to know my options!!
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On Dec 30, 2014, at 2:59 PM, Donna Rooney email@hidden wrote:
I have definitely thought about this and tried many options. As I am attempting more of a magazine/newspaper style layout, the two different styles make visual sense to me when moving from a homepage of featured (i.e. most recent) items to the inner pages of the “magazine.” Granted, the inner pages of a print magazine could have a variety of layouts for different stories, however for ease of use here, each article takes on more of a blog post style layout. The jump from center to left aligned seems a small but warranted change.
Most other magazine/newspaper sites to me are horrendously over-styled and cluttered with info, ads, and other junk, I would love a clean and clear interface where the content is king — crazy I know — and the user can actually focus. Hence my delve into Freeway… I tried Wordpress for so long and found myself not only hating the process but not even getting what I wanted after all the suffering.
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would be an appropriate place for an h1 tag as well?
Certainly it would - a question to ask yourself might be ‘why have different alignment on the homepage from the rest?’
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the resizability of the text in question is less of an issue for me on this site
Then I think that you are where you want to be with this one.
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If you want a class style to appear one way on certain pages, but a
different way on others, here is a trick I learned from Walter.
.articletitle { text-align:left; }
Now add a class to the article page itself with the Page > Extended menu
name: class
value: articlepage
Then add a new style definition:
.articlepage .articletitle { text-align: center; }
The browser will sort it all out for you.
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Interesting, thank you. I will play around with this one and see where its application may be worthwhile.
Yes, I have already made header decisions for this site I think. Will see what it comes to with the others. Just happy to be constantly growing my personal knowledge base – thanks nearly entirely to this forum.
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On Dec 30, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Ernie Simpson email@hidden wrote:
If you want a class style to appear one way on certain pages, but a
different way on others, here is a trick I learned from Walter.
.articletitle { text-align:left; }
Now add a class to the article page itself with the Page > Extended menu
name: class
value: articlepage
Then add a new style definition:
.articlepage .articletitle { text-align: center; }
The browser will sort it all out for you.
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I just found this link from Softpress (http://users.softpress.com/keith/breakpointtexxt/) deep in another thread regarding background images (http://freewaytalk.net/thread/view/156136#m_156159)… helpful bit of extended code for adjusting text styles and tags at breakpoints.
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Similar to or same as Caleb’s custom CSS instructions, but it isn’t immediately clear if his applies to h tags as well. Testing shows it does, but it’s necessary to remove the dot prefix on the text style he recommends keeping in.
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