Thanks, Ken. Sorry about the typos, Does anybody know if there are tools for
parsing html and css to find those sort of mistakes? I tried googling css
and html debuggers and didn't find anything. These sort of mistakes are easy
to miss when you don't see well and there is nothing like a compiler to
point them out.
On Nov 12, 2007 2:18 PM, Ken Paulsen <Ken.Paulsen_at_sun.com> wrote:
>
> I took a look at the issues you were running into. Thanks to how java.netis setup, it wasn't simple. :) There is .js that is run that dynamically
> imports .css files, also it uses @import statements in the .css files which
> the browser doesn't respect when you do a File->Save (at least not FF). And
> there are files not in JSFT's repository that are referenced as if they
> were. Anyway... here's what I figured out:
>
> * If you do a file->save as... then add the attached files under
> branding/css, you can get the l&f (mostly) of the java.net site (there are
> some errors and you may need to manually edit a couple files).
>
> * The .css changes that were checked in had a couple of typos... It had an
> opening parethesis and a closing curly brace (}, which caused the css rule
> to be ignored. It also had test-decoration instead of text-decoration.
>
> * However, even if the above css was written correctly (and I suspect it
> was on the local machine or at some point), it wouldn't have mattered. The
> tigris.css and inst.css files had rules that took precedence because the
> specified an ID of a component in their declaration. I added the ID to our
> rules to fix this.
>
> Mike, I made some content changes to the pageSyntax.html page. The
> biggest change was to move the color links up near the code and turn them
> into buttons. There were getting too far down the page for people to know
> what they did. :) I made some other minor changes to how things were worded
> and added some links to the JavaDoc / src code.
>
> Now that I'm up to speed on what java.net is doing to show our pages :)
> ... let me know if you have any questions, I think I can answer them better
> now.
>
> Ken
>
>
> Imre Oßwald wrote:
>
> Michael,
> probably your rule does not have a priority that is high enough.
>
> to overwrite one of the styles-rules, that set visited links to be not
> underlined you will probably have to write a rule that
> a) uses !important
> b) has a selector priority higher then any other rule setting the
> text-decoration with !important
> so for a start try:
>
> a:visited {
> text-decoration: underline !important;
> color: #whatever-color-code !important;
> }
>
> if that does not work, as most of the rules that I have seen are ".class
> + tag" based it might be sufficient to do:
> div.tutorial a:visited { /* if your main-container div has
> class="tutorial" */
> ... see-above....
> }
>
> if that still does not work, extend the selector until you win against
> the java.net defined ones:
> #extend .the .selector #with. whatever #you .have #to .select .the
> .containing .block .of .the #tutorial .so .its #priority .gets .high
> .enough a:visited /* ;) */ {
> ...see-above....
> }
>
>
> read about the priority rules at w3c or a similar resource (i don't
> remember them anymore, because i rarely have to "patch" stylesheets not
> written by our company)
>
> Imre
>
> On 12.11.2007, at 02:31, Michael Phoenix wrote:
>
> Interesting, but I visited some of the other urls that I didn't add and
> they still had underlines. The weird thing is, I changed the tutorial to
> have visited underlined and it didn't take, so I'm not sure if adding a
> wrapper with the application class really will help, but I'll give it a
> shot. Sure glad to hear I'm not the only one who thinks the css set up for
> java.net is a mess:-)
>
> On Nov 11, 2007 2:09 PM, Imre Oßwald <io_at_jevelopers.com> wrote:
>
> > Oh ok,
> > the underline and the lightblue color vanishes, if the link is visited
> > (which is why i did not see your problem).
> > It does not happen to the links in JSF or f.e. https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/
> > (so java.net is not causing the "problem").
> >
> > The css is quite a mess, but as far as I can tell, you can solve this
> > by wrapping the whole content, that should have the links into a container
> > element (for example a <div>) with class 'application'.
> > there is a rule:
> > .application a:visited
> > to set color and underlining
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Imre
> >
> >
> > On 11.11.2007, at 22:39, Michael Phoenix wrote:
> >
> > Imre,
> >
> > Sure, I do have the information buried in the conversation, but here are
> > the urls and the problem lines of text to make it easier to find..
> >
> > https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/tutorials/pageSyntax.html
> >
> > The code for each factory may be found at <jsftemplating
> > root>/src/java/com/sun/jsftemplating/component/factory/sun. Javadocs for
> > this and any other code may be found at Javadocs Index<https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/nonav/javadoc/index.html>.
> >
> >
> > You can also create your own components as detailed in this link
> > <https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/doc/UserDefinedComponents.html>
> >
> > User Defined Components<https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/doc/UserDefinedComponents.html>
> > .
> >
> > https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/tutorials/pageSyntax4.html
> >
> > check out this link http://www.roseindia.net/jsf/facet.shtml.
> >
> > https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/tutorials/events1.html
> >
> > You can find a list of built-in events and handlers at this link: handler
> > and event list<https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/doc/eventsHandlersList.html>
> > .
> >
> > Here is the documentation on how to create a handler: user-defined
> > handlers<https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/doc/UserDefinedEventHandlers.html>.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 11, 2007 9:37 AM, Imre Oßwald <io_at_jevelopers.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Mike,
> > > could you give me the URL where i can see that behavior? I could not
> > > find a page that does not have underlining and light-blue-color.
> > >
> > > Imre
> > >
> > > On 11.11.2007, at 03:21, Michael Phoenix wrote:
> > >
> > > Ken,
> > >
> > > Somebody who knows a lot about how the site's default link styles work
> > > needs to take a look at this. The links I added are under the same css
> > > classes as old links that are exhibiting underlining.
> > > I tried over-riding by adding link selectors to the tutorial class in
> > > site.css, which is within the jsft cvs module, but it still doesn't
> > > work under java.net.
> > > I think somebody who is responsible for the java.net stylesheets
> > > should give us a clue as to what is going on here. Getting the links to
> > > display consistently should not be this difficult.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > On Nov 10, 2007 2:34 PM, Michael Phoenix <
> > > michaelandrewphoenix_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ken,
> > > >
> > > > The thing is, what java.net is enforcing isn't consistent. Many of
> > > > the links are underlined and colored. Only the ones that I have just created
> > > > are lacking. Also, if I understand you correctly, you don't really have a
> > > > preference as to how I deal with this by style sheet or hard coded tags. Am
> > > > I correct here?
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > On Nov 9, 2007 9:32 PM, Ken Paulsen <Ken.Paulsen_at_sun.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael Phoenix wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Ken,
> > > > >
> > > > > No, I really don't have a clue why it would appear differently
> > > > > when it's in the java.net environment than it does when I display
> > > > > it directly from my computer.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is b/c the files served from java.net get merged w/
> > > > > templates on the server. The css that gets defined on the page isn't just
> > > > > what is checked into the jsftemplating web site. That's just how
> > > > > java.net does it.
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't think that I have the access to mess with the server or
> > > > > anything outside of the JSFT soecific HTML I looked at the style sheet we
> > > > > have and it does not seem to have anything to do with underlining or color
> > > > > for the anchor tag. Adding code to the style sheet to enforce a uniform
> > > > > color and underlining for the links would be one answer. The problem is that
> > > > > the only way to "test" the changes would be to check them in and make them
> > > > > "live" on the Web site. The other possibility is simply putting color and
> > > > > underline tags in each anchor tag text area. What do you think?
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't think it matters if the style has or doesn't have the
> > > > > color / underlining. Whatever style java.net wants to impose is
> > > > > fine with me. I think trying to fix it on a single page will result in too
> > > > > much effort. I am fine with you making lots of checkins to test the
> > > > > changes... that's what I have had to do in the past at times.
> > > > >
> > > > > I think you might be able to get all the generated css by saving
> > > > > the page with Firefox (or maybe IE?? not sure). When you do this it will
> > > > > save all the images, js, and css that is needed by the page as well...
> > > > > although this might be more work than it is worth since the generated HTML
> > > > > page is not the same as the checked in html page... so you'd have to
> > > > > cut/paste etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ken
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike
> > > > >
> > > > > On Nov 8, 2007 1:58 PM, Ken Paulsen < Ken.Paulsen_at_sun.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Mike,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Did you find an answer to the problem? If you think we should
> > > > > > change the styles for the page(s), we can do this.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ken
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Michael Phoenix wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I did the updates that I discussed here a few days ago. However,
> > > > > > I have one problem that I cannot figure out. When creating a link through
> > > > > > <a> tag the text is underlined and blue when I display the page through my
> > > > > > browser from the computer. However, when I check in the page and look
> > > > > > navigate to it through the Web site, the underlining and color change
> > > > > > doesn't happen. Anybody know why this is? I know that I could partially fix
> > > > > > it by adding underline and color tags, but would have a heck of a time
> > > > > > getting the right color. The style sheet site.css doesn't appear
> > > > > > to effect underlining. Here are a couple of lines from
> > > > > > pageSyntax.html that show this behavior:
> > > > > > <p>The code for each factory may be found at
> > > > > > <jsftemplating
> > > > > > root>/src/java/com/sun/jsftemplating/component/factory/sun. Javadocs for
> > > > > > this and any other
> > > > > > code may be found at <a href="
> > > > > > https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/nonav/javadoc/index.html">Javadocs
> > > > > > Index</a>. </p>
> > > > > > <p>You can also create your own components as detailed
> > > > > > in this link <a href="https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/doc/UserDefinedComponents.html
> > > > > > ">User Defined Components</a>.</p>
> > > > > >
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