Re: urgent CSS question

Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 12:59 +0100, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: > >> On 22/5/09 12:49, PJ wrote: >> >>> Sorry, but no one suggested a mailing list for CSS and the W3 Schools >>> Forum has problems. >>> >> Actually, I did: >> >> http://www.css-discuss.org/ >> >> >>> Why do I get completely different formatting with two identical classes? >>> I want to change part of the formatting on just one page on the site >>> using the exact same class with some changes so I don't modify other >>> pages. I copied div#frame to div#frame1 and changed the class on the >>> page to id="frame1". But now the page no longer displays the formatting >>> as with id="frame" - e.g.<p> produces 16px font-size instead of 12px. >>> I don't understand how this could be simpler: first, it's and id and not a class. The only difference is the number 1 in the name of the second id which is a carbon copy of the first. Same parents, same inheritance, same children. Firebug does not indicate anything that helps. I don't see the need to go through hell setting up some theoretical setup that in the end will produce the same thing that I already have in a actual situation. Nothing is change in the layout of the css id (only a different name) and no change in the script. So why the discrepancy? >> This description is confusing. Can you please link to a minimal test >> case showing the problem you're talking about, so that we can view your >> code and ideally probe it with DOM inspectors like Firebug? >> >> http://webkit.org/quality/reduction.html >> >> may help you produce one. >> >> In general, I'd suggest creating page-specific style variations by >> sticking a class on the body (e.g. <body class="article"> ) and using >> that as a hook to modify the styling of the class whose formatting you >> want to be different. >> >> .thing { >> font-weight: bold; >> } >> >> .article .thing { >> font-style: italic; >> } >> >> for example. >> >> -- >> Benjamin Hawkers-Lewis >> >> > That hook on the body tag is a good one, which I wish I'd thought of a > few weeks back! I've been using PHP to pull in external stylesheets > based on the current script name for a project I'm working on, as each > page has unique tweaks on common elements. It's not like I don't even > use selectors even now! > > > Ash > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > -- Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme." ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@ptahhotep.com http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php