Rails - Jan 2006 - Noob Question concerning code in Agile Web Development with Rails

Hi,

I''m currently learning Ruby on Rails using "Agile Web Development
with
Rails."  I am using RadRails as my development environment.  Everything has
been going along well, until the end of chapter 7.  Just before the end of
the chapter, we set up our store pages so that they can be styled with the
depot.css stylesheet.  This is where I run into my problem.  The stylesheet
only seems to work partially.  The divs have been moved properly, but I can
apply no other styles to the "side" div.  No matter what value I use
for the
"background" style it remains white, neither can I draw a border
around it.
Styles also do not work on the "main" div.  Styles seem to work fine
for the
"banner" div.

Perhaps someone who''s been through this book has seen something
similar?  Or
maybe it might ring a bell for someone else.

I''d really appreciate any clues you can throw my way.

Thanks!
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Not sure what your issue could be.  Have you tried downloading the code for
the book and comparing it to your code?  It has to be something in the HTML
or CSS, not rails.

On 1/17/06, Terry Donaghe <terry.donaghe@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I''m currently learning Ruby on Rails using "Agile Web
Development with
> Rails."  I am using RadRails as my development environment. 
Everything has
> been going along well, until the end of chapter 7.  Just before the end of
> the chapter, we set up our store pages so that they can be styled with the
> depot.css stylesheet.  This is where I run into my problem.  The
> stylesheet only seems to work partially.  The divs have been moved
properly,
> but I can apply no other styles to the "side" div.  No matter
what value I
> use for the "background" style it remains white, neither can I
draw a border
> around it.  Styles also do not work on the "main" div.  Styles
seem to work
> fine for the "banner" div.
>
> Perhaps someone who''s been through this book has seen something
similar?
> Or maybe it might ring a bell for someone else.
>
> I''d really appreciate any clues you can throw my way.
>
> Thanks!
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>
>
>
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I''m only using the code downloaded from the book''s website.  I
agree that it
shouldn''t have anything to do with rails.  I was mainly interested in
finding out if anyone else had run into a similar problem.

On 1/17/06, Paul Barry <mail@paulbarry.com> wrote:
>
> Not sure what your issue could be.  Have you tried downloading the code
> for the book and comparing it to your code?  It has to be something in the
> HTML or CSS, not rails.
>
> On 1/17/06, Terry Donaghe <terry.donaghe@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I''m currently learning Ruby on Rails using "Agile Web
Development with
> > Rails."  I am using RadRails as my development environment. 
Everything has
> > been going along well, until the end of chapter 7.  Just before the
end of
> > the chapter, we set up our store pages so that they can be styled with
the
> > depot.css stylesheet.  This is where I run into my problem.  The
> > stylesheet only seems to work partially.  The divs have been moved
properly,
> > but I can apply no other styles to the "side" div.  No
matter what value I
> > use for the "background" style it remains white, neither can
I draw a border
> > around it.  Styles also do not work on the "main" div. 
Styles seem to work
> > fine for the "banner" div.
> >
> > Perhaps someone who''s been through this book has seen
something
> > similar?  Or maybe it might ring a bell for someone else.
> >
> > I''d really appreciate any clues you can throw my way.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> >
> >
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
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>
>
>
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Hi, Terry,

could you post the rendered page source and the css the page is loading. 
sometimes a few more pairs of eyes will see the problem...

Regards
Jan Prill

Terry Donaghe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I''m currently learning Ruby on Rails using "Agile Web
Development with
> Rails."  I am using RadRails as my development environment.  
> Everything has been going along well, until the end of chapter 7.  
> Just before the end of the chapter, we set up our store pages so that 
> they can be styled with the depot.css stylesheet.  This is where I run 
> into my problem.  The stylesheet only seems to work partially.  The 
> divs have been moved properly, but I can apply no other styles to the 
> "side" div.  No matter what value I use for the
"background" style it
> remains white, neither can I draw a border around it.  Styles also do 
> not work on the "main" div.  Styles seem to work fine for the
"banner"
> div.
>
> Perhaps someone who''s been through this book has seen something 
> similar?  Or maybe it might ring a bell for someone else. 
>
> I''d really appreciate any clues you can throw my way.
>
> Thanks!
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>

i went through the book last week and was able to change those styles,
including the side div color. perhaps it''s a browser issue, or a typo,
like
a missing quote?
 
the errata for the book can be found here:
http://books.pragprog.com/titles/rails/errata
 
 
_______________________________________________
 
John McGrath
http://fryolator.com <http://fryolator.com/> 
 

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From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org
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Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:39 PM
To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
Subject: [Rails] Noob Question concerning code in Agile Web Development
withRails


Hi,

I''m currently learning Ruby on Rails using "Agile Web Development
with
Rails."  I am using RadRails as my development environment.  Everything has
been going along well, until the end of chapter 7.  Just before the end of
the chapter, we set up our store pages so that they can be styled with the
depot.css stylesheet.  This is where I run into my problem.  The stylesheet
only seems to work partially.  The divs have been moved properly, but I can
apply no other styles to the "side" div.  No matter what value I use
for the
"background" style it remains white, neither can I draw a border
around it.
Styles also do not work on the "main" div.  Styles seem to work fine
for the
"banner" div. 

Perhaps someone who''s been through this book has seen something
similar?  Or
maybe it might ring a bell for someone else.  

I''d really appreciate any clues you can throw my way.

Thanks!


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Hi all,

Thanks for the help.  I must have had a typo in my .rhtml code.  I copied
over the .rhtml code from the downloaded code and things are working now.
Not only am I learning Ruby on Rails, I''m also trying to cram all this
html
and css in too.  My brain hurts!

On 1/17/06, John McGrath <jmcgrath@whoi.edu>
wrote:
>
>  i went through the book last week and was able to change those styles,
> including the side div color. perhaps it''s a browser issue, or a
typo,
> like a missing quote?
>
> the errata for the book can be found here:
> http://books.pragprog.com/titles/rails/errata
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> John McGrath
> http://fryolator.com
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org [mailto:
> rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] *On Behalf Of *Terry Donaghe
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:39 PM
> *To:* rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> *Subject:* [Rails] Noob Question concerning code in Agile Web Development
> withRails
>
> Hi,
>
> I''m currently learning Ruby on Rails using "Agile Web
Development with
> Rails."  I am using RadRails as my development environment. 
Everything has
> been going along well, until the end of chapter 7.  Just before the end of
> the chapter, we set up our store pages so that they can be styled with the
> depot.css stylesheet.  This is where I run into my problem.  The
> stylesheet only seems to work partially.  The divs have been moved
properly,
> but I can apply no other styles to the "side" div.  No matter
what value I
> use for the "background" style it remains white, neither can I
draw a border
> around it.  Styles also do not work on the "main" div.  Styles
seem to work
> fine for the "banner" div.
>
> Perhaps someone who''s been through this book has seen something
similar?
> Or maybe it might ring a bell for someone else.
>
> I''d really appreciate any clues you can throw my way.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>
>
>
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