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  • Wiley Q. Hacker
    #1

    Soft shadows without graphics?

    Looking for some advanced help here.

    Is there a way to get the soft shadows effect in HTML, WITHOUT using
    GIFs, JPEGs, PNGs...?

    Basically, the issue is, I want to create a signature file for my HTML
    e-mail, and I want to add a soft shadow to the table containing the
    text, to make it stand out from the content of the e-mail. However, I
    can't use images for the effect. I tried to use the "Send pictures
    with message" feature of Outlook Express, but the signature gets to be
    too large. At the same time, I can't host the images on my web site
    and embed HREFs to them, since more and more e-mail clients now allow
    you to block the "web bug" images.

    So, I guess what I'm left with is some magic in HTML.

    Anyone?

    -Wiley
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    • Neal
      #2
      Re: Soft shadows without graphics?

      On 26 May 2004 14:43:14 -0700, Wiley Q. Hacker <wiley_hacker@h otmail.com>
      wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > Looking for some advanced help here.
      >
      > Is there a way to get the soft shadows effect in HTML, WITHOUT using
      > GIFs, JPEGs, PNGs...?
      >
      > Basically, the issue is, I want to create a signature file for my HTML
      > e-mail, and I want to add a soft shadow to the table containing the
      > text, to make it stand out from the content of the e-mail. However, I
      > can't use images for the effect. I tried to use the "Send pictures
      > with message" feature of Outlook Express, but the signature gets to be
      > too large. At the same time, I can't host the images on my web site
      > and embed HREFs to them, since more and more e-mail clients now allow
      > you to block the "web bug" images.
      >
      > So, I guess what I'm left with is some magic in HTML.[/color]

      Answer: no can do. I've perhaps heard somewhere that a future version of
      CSS might do this, but I'm not very positive about that.

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        • Neal
          #3
          Re: Soft shadows without graphics?

          On Wed, 26 May 2004 17:56:28 -0400, Neal <neal413@yahoo. com> wrote:
          [color=blue]
          > On 26 May 2004 14:43:14 -0700, Wiley Q. Hacker
          > <wiley_hacker@h otmail.com> wrote:
          >[color=green]
          >> Looking for some advanced help here.
          >>
          >> Is there a way to get the soft shadows effect in HTML, WITHOUT using
          >> GIFs, JPEGs, PNGs...?
          >>
          >> Basically, the issue is, I want to create a signature file for my HTML
          >> e-mail, and I want to add a soft shadow to the table containing the
          >> text, to make it stand out from the content of the e-mail. However, I
          >> can't use images for the effect. I tried to use the "Send pictures
          >> with message" feature of Outlook Express, but the signature gets to be
          >> too large. At the same time, I can't host the images on my web site
          >> and embed HREFs to them, since more and more e-mail clients now allow
          >> you to block the "web bug" images.
          >>
          >> So, I guess what I'm left with is some magic in HTML.[/color]
          >
          > Answer: no can do. I've perhaps heard somewhere that a future version of
          > CSS might do this, but I'm not very positive about that.[/color]

          Not sure if this does what you want, but check this out...

          <div style="position : relative">
          <div style="position : absolute;top: 1em;left: 1em;z-index: 2;color: #f00">
          <p>This is a test. This is only a test.</p>
          </div>
          <div style="position : absolute;top: 1.1em;left: 0.9em;z-index: 1;color:
          #fcc">
          <p>This is a test. This is only a test.</p>
          </div>
          </div>

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            • Neal
              #4
              Re: Soft shadows without graphics?

              On Wed, 26 May 2004 18:12:22 -0400, Neal <neal413@yahoo. com> wrote:
              [color=blue]
              > On Wed, 26 May 2004 17:56:28 -0400, Neal <neal413@yahoo. com> wrote:
              >[color=green]
              >> On 26 May 2004 14:43:14 -0700, Wiley Q. Hacker
              >> <wiley_hacker@h otmail.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
              >>> Is there a way to get the soft shadows effect in HTML, WITHOUT using
              >>> GIFs, JPEGs, PNGs...?[/color][/color]
              > Not sure if this does what you want, but check this out...
              >
              > <div style="position : relative">
              > <div style="position : absolute;top: 1em;left: 1em;z-index: 2;color:
              > #f00">
              > <p>This is a test. This is only a test.</p>
              > </div>
              > <div style="position : absolute;top: 1.1em;left: 0.9em;z-index: 1;color:
              > #fcc">
              > <p>This is a test. This is only a test.</p>
              > </div>
              > </div>[/color]

              Sorry for all the posts. I should have stressed that this is NOT a good
              thing to do in a webpage. For a sig in an email, however, it's likely
              harmless. The worst thing that could happen is that the user will read it
              as "plaintext" and get a double signature.

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                • joe
                  #5
                  Re: Soft shadows without graphics?

                  you may use css to accomplish what you want ....

                  a simple trick is to add a border to right and bottom of (any block element)

                  border-color: black;
                  broder-style: solid;
                  border:0px 2px 2px 0px;


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