suffix dont work

[joomlaman]

hi,
i started yesterday using the template kit
and i made simple layout
where i wanted to make a custom looking polls
so as usual i put"<?php if (mosCountModules('right')>0) mosLoadModules('right',-2); ?>"
to be a XHTML valid, then i made the following custom css in css file

/* Add here Custom Modules */

table.moduletable-mypoll {
width: 100%;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;

}

table.moduletable-mypoll th {
background:#FF6600;
height: 18px;

}

table.moduletable-mypoll td {height: 18px;background:#FF6600;}
/* End Custom Modules */


and then in joomla adminstration i gave the polls module suffix -mypoll.
but al what i get is transperant background
now the strange thing is if i change the line

"<?php if (mosCountModules('right')>0) mosLoadModules('right',-2); ?>"
to
"<?php if (mosCountModules('right')>0) mosLoadModules('right',0); ?>"
it works fine.
what am i missing here ?
thx in advanced

[admin]

Hi joomlaman,

There are a few issues with the polls module.

This module has a component for polls.
That has its own hard coded CSS style calls plus it’s a table.

As may know that doc type will affect a valid xhtml layout
There are a lot of factors that play into this.
Just name a few the

Wizywyg editor & content.
Your template can render and validate just fine in DW but once template meets the malformed content
your going to get errors.

The module is wrapping the content from the poll.
You’re trying to add table element formatting via your styles.
But you need to div formatting.

You added a -2 module style call which outputs

This wrapper

<div>
<h3>Title</h3>
Module Data
</div>

You would have need to add formatting for div element first

div.moduletable-mypoll{}

See this link:
http://www.m65.net/cms/articles/joom...nce-1.0.x.html

See: What is a Module?
Read this section this will give a insight into module wrappers.


Reference and Examples.
Any Standard Joomla Class can have:
| Optional HTML Element | CMS-CORE-CLASS | Optional HTML Element | .suffix or -suffix


Also see this link
http://www.m65.net/cms/dreamweaver-joomla-template-kit.html

Click the “Module Menu Screen Shots” tab:
Scroll to the bottom of the page see the module output via module styles
I don’t use the negative values but you will the point of the output.

You can find this info in your help file of the extension and “css_ref” folder in the download file.

Also it possible to have both a

table.moduletable-mypoll{}
div.moduletable-mypoll{}

To cover any component table formatting

Let me Know

Cheers
Brian

[joomlaman]

thx alot bro for the fast and detailed reply,
i will work on it to see what it gets :0