Message: I can't figure out why this layout won't accept any <strong>
or <em> tags!
Any (timely - client waiting for final changes!) help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Allyson

Hi Allyson,

Can you post a link to the site? The template has those elements in them so they should be output.

Thanks Anthony

streetsmartdefense.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=2

For example: <strong>Avoid places where men tend to over-drink.</strong>
Doesn't show up with Bold.

Strange looks like the tags are missing from that version of the template. A quick fix is to add the following to your template_css.css file where the other typography is located.

bold, strong, b {font-weight: bold}
em, i, italic {font-style:italic}
u {text-decoration: underline}

Thanks Anthony

That did the trick. I also meant to ask why blockquote and centering don't work. I can't see what in the template_css could be restricting them!
Thanks!

Thanks Allyson,

Im afraid this is still on my todo list. For templates up to New Media from memory I used a popular but very harsh global reset which has caused these issues. Im fairly certain removing vertical-align:baseline and also blockquote from the list of styles to reset will fix this.

The global reset starts at line 9 on the template_css.css file.

Thanks Anthony

thanks anthony.
i don't see those styles in the style sheet though!

Here is the part around the global reset:


/* @group Global Reset */

*
{font-weight: inherit;font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 100%; outline: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0;}
img, a {border: none;}
fieldset.input,fieldset {border: none;}
body, html {height: 100%;width: 100%;margin: 0;padding: 0;}
ul li,ol li {list-style-position: inside;line-height: 2em;}
bold, strong, b {font-weight: bold}
em, i, italic {font-style:italic}
u {text-decoration: underline}
/* @end */

body
{margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;background: #CCC url(../images/bg.jpg) repeat-x;color: #333333; line-height: 1.8;font-size: 82.5%;text-align: justify;}


Any suggestions?

Thanks!

You should be able to force all blockquotes to center by adding this into the template_css.css file.

This will set all blockquotes to center the text.

Best regards,
Jeremy