Screen Design with Nettalk - CSS - 101 Need Help

[Edwin Hannan]

Hi

I have constructed my first Nettalk web application (C8 and NT7.4)

I am now at the stage where I want to make it look good (really good :-) and this area has me pretty well frustrated and yes I have read about CSS / design being seperate from the coding in the help [like the reverse of what I have been doing with windows apps for the past 15+ yrs] but for me at the moment I just don't know where to start and I don't want to hire a css / web design expert [at the moment] as I am willing to learn :-)

For instance How do I control the height of a form field?

Any help on this would be most appreciated

Many thanks

Ed

[kevin plummer]

Hi Ed, have a look at the CSS videos on Clarion Live - they are more relevant and you can then apply what you have read. You may also find NT8 has more points to control the css. I would look at upgrading to NT8 regardless as it handles SSL better and runs much faster than NT7 + all the new features.

[rainerwallenius]

Hi Edwin.

Firebug is a very useful tool to play around with everything about CSS.
You can look and tweak any element in Your page and find what You need to accomplish what You want.
Use Your own CSS-file, don't mess with th existing ones - mmm like I did at first

And after years of windows-programming: Do not put too much energy on (pixel-level) layout. It us not worth the effort because You just can not control all the browsers in the world. Well, that's my conclusion anyway.

:: rainer

[Edwin Hannan]

Thanks guys

I will spend a few more hours on the videos.

Tried using firebug..so will revisit once I have learned some more

Thanks again

Ed

[terryd]

I used this ped to learn firebug basics
http://cs-server.usc.edu:45678/resources/tutorials/firebug-571.pdf