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Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed.

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On 3/19/16 8:56 AM, Steve Carroll wrote:
> On Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 9:37:07 AM UTC-6, John Gohde wrote:
>> On Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 11:20:05 AM UTC-4, Steve Carroll wrote:
>>> On Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 3:37:28 AM UTC-6, John Gohde wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 1:02:07 PM UTC-4, DFS wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 3/15/2016 6:20 AM, John Gohde wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Moi's real Linux DE work begins
>>>>>>>>> BAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! ...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Just thought that ALL you COLA cretins might want to know.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, it begins. A new day. A new dawn. What could be better than
>>>>>>>>> starting on the March 15th GOP primaries. Rather, than waste my time
>>>>>>>>> on that bunk, Moi will add flesh to his Linux Write Up, with his
>>>>>>>>> usual method, except this time the pages will be fleshed out in
>>>>>>>>> Linux. Yes, I will divide my time today between outside and indoor
>>>>>>>>> activities.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Artha indeed works offline.*  It handled misspelled words like a
>>>>>>>>> champ. A pure writers dream. Ergo, my writing skills on COLA should
>>>>>>>>> accordingly improve, even to the point of using new words, suggested
>>>>>>>>> by Artha. Ooooh! I have employed new words already in this post!!!
>>>>>>>>> view-source:http://naturalhealthperspective.com/css/fluid-linux.css
>>>>>>>>> At this point, it looks like at least eight 500 word pages on Moi's
>>>>>>>>> vision of Linux are in my future.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You talking about the links in your .sig?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have pretty much perfected my Linux site template. And, I am pretty satisfied with the index page.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ultimately - My sig will change with pages written 100% by Moi.
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>> 'Cause I wrote the one on Open Source licenses (and about half of it is
>>>>>>>> a cut-n-paste from blackducksoftware).
>>>>>>> view-source:http://naturalhealthperspective.com/css/fluid-linux..css
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ooooh! NOT
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> DooFuS' drivel does not rate an Ooooh!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Once Moi is satisfied with a few of his pages, I shall release the URL.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Naturally, it will be a while before all 8 pages are up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I spoke too soon on the CSS. I forgot about centering it, or keeping the page from breaking down on super wide monitors by stretching out too far.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wasted a heck of a lot of time splitting over hairs. Came up with something that kind of worked on the right side. Then my page footer got out of sync with the content above it. Now, the footer is back in sync.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have had it with screwing around with the CSS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It more or less works even though it is pretty much aligned to the left, if not completely all around centered. The header is centered, while the body of content is aligned to the left.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As Moi loves to say. It is good enough, so screw the CSS crap!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yet, more CSS tweaking.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using only 2 columns of a heavily edited, debugged, and changed 3 column WP theme external CSS file.
>>>>>
>>>>> These Linux pages of mine are still of a 100% CSS design.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ooooh!
>>>>>
>>>>> First of all, to hell with smart phones, tablets, and touch screens.. None of my Web sites are designed to work with that hardware. That is a given.
>>>>>
>>>>> Old age has made Moi aware of the fact that my default fonts were too small. So, I just now increased their size a bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, here is my CSS load down.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tweaked maximum page width to be fixed at 1200 pixels, with the CSS max-width command.
>>>>>
>>>>> Left side bar is 20% width at a max-width of 200 pixels.
>>>>> Main content is 80% width at a max-width of 1000 pixels.
>>>>>
>>>>> Browser width is assumed to start out at 75% zoom.
>>>>>
>>>>> My layout checks out well on monitors between 15 and 19 inches in size.
>>>>>
>>>>> On a wide monitor, the Page Header slightly breaks down at 110% browser zoom. The CSS max-width commands don't seem to work, absolutely, but helps to reduce the madness of visitors using a super super wide monitor.
>>>>>
>>>>> Everything should work well with super wide monitors. If it don't then that is YOUR problem Jack.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My posting on this THREAD is designed to benefit Moi, rather than the COLA trolls, of course.
>>>>
>>>> Now, that I have once again woke up my brain regarding my CSS external file
>>>
>>> Are you also using internal styles, or worse, inline styling?
>>
>>
>> http://naturalhealthperspective.com/css/fluid-linux.css
>>
>> What is NOT to love?
> 
> For starters... the lack of shorthand. Things like:
> 
> margin-top: 6px;
> margin-bottom: 12px;
> 
> Could be written as:
> 
>   margin: 6px 0 12px 0
> 
> Saves characters and reduces the rule count.

So?

> And why are you using id instead of class to apply style rules? T's a better practice to save the id for when you want to target with javascript.

IDs are not only for JavaScript!

> You're also using fixed widths and font sizes, not good in a mobile world unless you want to write separate sheets. And what's up with the "line-height: 100%;"?  Just specify it globally and deviate when necessary. There are other issues but these should be dealt with first in my opinion.
> 
>>
>> Admittedly, this external CSS file could use some cleaning up. Whether or not a particular coding works correctly often depends upon its place in this massive file.
>>
>> At one point, I wanted to imitate a WP Blog on a static site. That turned out to be a very bad idea.
> 
> Why? For the most part, all you need to do is replace the hooks for dynamic content with static content.
> 


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cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel 
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-06-02 22:47 -0700
  Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 11:28 -0700
    Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-06-03 11:47 -0700
      Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 12:08 -0700
        Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-06-03 12:24 -0700
          Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 15:54 -0700
            Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-06-03 16:16 -0700
              Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 18:18 -0700
                Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-06-03 18:35 -0700
                Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-06-04 09:57 -0700
                Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-06-04 10:05 -0700
                Re: Ooooh! All the trolls on COLA are doomed. Steven Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-06-04 13:00 -0700
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