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Fixing width issues with IE6 print stylesheets

January 2, 2008

Note to self: remember to use !important when trying to deal with text running off the page in print versions of pages in IE6.
Basic steps to follow:

EITHER have separate print and screen stylesheets …
 
<link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" type="text/css" href="styles.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" href="print.css" />
 

… OR declare separate screen and print rule sets in a [...]

Categories: css | Tags: css, ie6, print stylesheet | 1 Comment »

How I learned CSS

December 24, 2007

I remember when I first tried to understand how to produce designs for the web — coming from the paper-based world, it was hard for me to accept everything that was suddenly out of my control. When I first tried to grasp CSS with the help of now-defunct Adobe GoLive, I bailed pretty quickly. Table-based [...]

Categories: css, front-end development, standards, thoughts | Tags: css, how-to, tutorial | 7 Comments »