Calendar/Links Disappearing – Issue with CSS or WP or ME?

Replace your calendar CSS with this, and see what happens. It may not work….
In IE, you have a problem.
In Firefox, you do not.

**Backup your current css**

#wp-calendar {
border: 1px solid #ddd;
empty-cells: show;
font-size: 14px;
margin: 0;
width: 90%;
}

#wp-calendar #next a {
padding-right: 10px;
text-align: right;
}

#wp-calendar #prev a {
padding-left: 10px;
text-align: left;
}

#wp-calendar a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
}

#wp-calendar a:hover {
background: #e0e6e0;
color: #333;
}

#wp-calendar caption {
color: #999;
font-size: 16px;
text-align: left;
}

#wp-calendar td {
color: #444;
font: normal 12px ‘Lucida Grande’, ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’, Verdana, sans-serif;
letter-spacing: normal;
padding: 2px 0;
text-align: center;
}

#wp-calendar td.pad:hover {
background: #fff;
}

#wp-calendar td:hover, #wp-calendar #today {
background: #eee;
color: #bbb;
}

#wp-calendar th {
font-style: normal;
text-transform: capitalize;
}

It will look different, but if it can be seen, that’s a bonus and we can go from there ??

I know there are bugs in MSIE, I write about a lot of them on my site, but we are stuck with it as a “majority shareholder”. I have the same problems with sidebar menu link titles blinking in and out and such.

It happens in the default CSS and in my fixed CSS, and I’ve even applied some hacks that should have fixed it but didn’t.

The problem might be in the DIVs and CLASSes being split across template files…I’m not sure, but it is really frustrating and I’ve used all the good tricks to fix it.

I’m setting up a new site with WP with EXTENSIVE changes to the CSS so I might look harder to see what is causing this notorious MSIE problem.

For specific info on this “blinking in and out”, there are some really helpful examples and advice at:

• Position is Everything: Explorer Exposed
• Floats, Margins and IE
• Holly Hack and Solving IE Bugs
• CSS Bugs and Workarounds
• Internet Explorer Bugs
• Richinstyle’s Bugs
• CSS Discussion’s CSS Hacks
• About’s Web Design: Box Model Hacks
• Eric Meyers On CSS – Tricking Browsers and Hiding Styles

Thanks guys (girls?)! Podz – I tried your recommendation but to no avail – the problem still persists. Lorelle – I’ll have to check out the resources that you provided, although to muddle through all the resources will take some time.

Thanks again for your assistance.

Steve

The disappearing (or peeking) content drives me through the roof. It is WAY past time for some serious updates on browsers ALL the way around when it comes to CSS and the box model.

And remember, it’s not so much your HTML but the CSS that makes this happen.

Okay, it’s good to know that a) somebody else has a problem with it, b) somebody else is pissed off about it and c) it’s a CSS problem. If I can somehow figure out a solution the problem (unlikely!) by studying some CSS resources, I’ll post it her for people to read. I hope others can do the same.

Is there a known database of differences between the way IE and Firefox/Netscape read CSS files and interpret them? Perhaps that could give us a clue?

Thanks again!
Steve

The links I gave you give you a “list” of the typical bugs found in which browser.

I would check the Eric Meyers site for specific references that would get you a really good list, but the positioniseverything.com group is AWESOME when it comes to these frustrating things.

Also, just for anyone following this and trying to understand how CSS works to handle the presentation of a web page, I found the Box Model at https://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/483/3d_css_box_model to be incredibly helpful. If I had had this when I started designing with CSS, I would have been much happier. Understanding how the padding, margins, and layers all go together really helps.

Hi Lorelle,

Thanks for the new link. I’ll definitely check it out.

Another question unrelated – is there a way to track this question without having to wade through all the different support topics or without bookmarking it? How else is one supposed to follow a conversation?

Thanks!

Steve

MEF: I had the same problem – Click on “VIEW YOUR PROFILE” at the top of this screen.

The rest: I found a CSS fix for the disappearing category titles. It comes from the list of links I already posted dealing with CSS problems.

It seems that MSIE (and others) have a problem with undefined heights so all you do is set the CSS in your #menu to height:0 and the appearing and disappearing titles and sections goes away.

Mine looks like this:

#menu ul {color: #000099; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0; text-transform: capitalize; font-variant:small-caps; height:0}

I hope this helps others.

Hi Lorelle,

Thanks very much for your help on both issues. I tried to do as you said, but it doesn’t seem to work for me on https://www.middleeastfacts.com/weblog/index.php. At first I tried the height:0 that you suggested on the “#menu ul” class, but that didn’t work. So, I inserted height:0 into EVERY #menu class in the CSS, which didn’t work either.

Am I doing something wrong? For now, I’ve removed the calendar, but now the only the links list gets covered over. I’m confused ??

Any other suggestions?

Thanks!
Steve

YAY!!! I found a solution, based on three resources:
https://dannyayers.com/archives/001856.html
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic.php?id=2487
Lorelle

None seemed to be enough on their own, but combined, it did the trick:
/* Hides from IE5-mac \*/
* html #menu {height: 0; position:relative;}
/* End hide from IE-mac */

The first one, apparently tells the browser to apply all the commands in the brackets to any #menu class variant. Then, the position: relative seems to be what makes the big difference.

Thanks to all who made suggestions – hopefully this will help others in the future – I’m sure glad I finally figured it out because it was driving me crazy!!!

Thanks again,
Steve
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