z-index in Internet Explorer 7

Grant Castner — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:54:03 +0000

The z-index implementation in IE 7 can be troublesome when combined with elements that are relatively positioned. My problem occurred on my personal web site on which I have CSS drop down menus that I want to appear over an element with the position:relative declaration. The drop down menu would appear behind the relatively positioned element despite the z-index being set correctly for the drop down menu styles. The page displayed correctly in Firefox. I found a great post at http://www.quirksmode.org/bugreports/archives/2006/01/Explorer_z_index_bug.html that identified the solution.

The solution involves setting the z-index property for any parent elements of the drop down menu in addition to setting it for the drop-down element itself. For example, suppose the navigation menu is in the nav element. The z-index property must be also set for the pageheader element.

Using Microsoft Outlook to consolidate your email

Grant Castner — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:24:53 +0000

1. uoregon email

The UO IT department has a great page with instructions for viewing your uoregon e-mail through Outlook and other e-mail programs:

http://it.uoregon.edu/help/email/setup.shtml

2. Hotmail

Use the Microsoft Outlook connector available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7aad7e6a-931e-438a-950c-5e9ea66322d4&displaylang=en

3. Gmail

Follow the instructions at http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=86374 (POP) or http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77689&topic=12814 (IMAP)

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z-index in Internet Explorer 7

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