[phpug] Expert PHP Application Developer – contrac t position

2009-05-15 Thread Jochen Daum
Automatem is looking for a top-notch PHP5/ MySQL5 application programmer who can produce complete software systems with security, extensibility and performance in mind. You need to be fluent with at least one open source CRUD/CMS framework and at least one JavaScript library. You also need

[phpug] Img alt tag accessibility

2009-05-15 Thread Michael
Can someone please explain what this means: When doing an accessibility evaluation: F30: Failure of Success Criterion 1.1.1 and 1.2.1 due to using text alternatives that are not alternatives (e.g., filenames or placeholder text) http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/F30.html So what exactly is

[phpug] Re: Img alt tag accessibility

2009-05-15 Thread Nathan Cox
I think it's meant to be text representing what's in the picture, so people who can't see the image can still get the meaning. So if the picture's of some kind of text then puth that text in the alt, or if it's a picture of Bob fishing make the alt text say Bob fishing. Or just leave it blank

[phpug] Re: Img alt tag accessibility

2009-05-15 Thread Michael
On Fri, 15 May 2009 23:07:30 Nathan Cox wrote: I think it's meant to be text representing what's in the picture, so people who can't see the image can still get the meaning. So if the picture's of some kind of text then puth that text in the alt, or if it's a picture of Bob fishing make the

[phpug] Re: Img alt tag accessibility

2009-05-15 Thread Sid Bachtiar
I think it means you should not have empty alt ... like alt=. On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Michael ph...@nettrust.co.nz wrote: On Fri, 15 May 2009 23:07:30 Nathan Cox wrote: I think it's meant to be text representing what's in the picture, so people who can't see the image can still get

[phpug] Re: Img alt tag accessibility

2009-05-15 Thread Sid Bachtiar
Are you sure it still complained when you have NO empty alt tag AT ALL?!? On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Michael ph...@nettrust.co.nz wrote: On Fri, 15 May 2009 23:14:27 Sid Bachtiar wrote: I think it means you should not have empty alt ... like alt=. Could be. I thought it was referring

[phpug] Re: Img alt tag accessibility

2009-05-15 Thread Michael
On Fri, 15 May 2009 23:32:56 Harvey Kane wrote: Anyone else find it mildly humourous that it complained about the word 'spacer' in the alt text, but not about the fact that spacer images actually exist on the page? I did not code the template. I am fixing it up and this includes removing

[phpug] Re: Contracter Resumes

2009-05-15 Thread Michael
On Thu, 14 May 2009 12:49:45 Jochen Daum wrote: from seeing you around here, I would expect you to be fairly experienced. The top problems with contractors are around time management and accountability. My pet peeves: - don't reinstall your machine on a weekday, I'm not interested why you

[phpug] Re: Contracter Resumes

2009-05-15 Thread Michael
On Sat, 16 May 2009 00:43:28 Harvey Kane wrote: I disagree completely. Someone who is only available via cellphone is indicating to their clients that their time is valuable - they don't want you to be calling them all the time or talking longer than is needed to get the appropriate

[phpug] Re: Table to CSS

2009-05-15 Thread Simon Holywell
float: left? 2009/5/15 Michael ph...@nettrust.co.nz I am converting a tabled layout to pure CSS... With tables, the DIV's went like this: X X X X X X X X X X Now they're like this: X X X X X etc What CSS option to I use for these DIV's to line them up in a row again?

[phpug] Re: Img alt tag accessibility

2009-05-15 Thread Michael Adams
On Fri, 15 May 2009 23:20:55 +1200 Came this utterance formulated by Michael to my mailbox: On Fri, 15 May 2009 23:14:27 Sid Bachtiar wrote: I think it means you should not have empty alt ... like alt=. Could be. I thought it was referring to the product images. I took the word 'spacer'

[phpug] Re: Table to CSS

2009-05-15 Thread Michael Adams
On Sat, 16 May 2009 01:51:56 +1200 Came this utterance formulated by Michael to my mailbox: What CSS option to I use for these DIV's to line them up in a row again?(previously achieved within a TR) CSS tables: http://www.google.com/search?q=css+tables -- Michael All shall be well, and all

[phpug] Re: Table to CSS

2009-05-15 Thread Craig Cochrane
Michael #divid{ float:left; } - Original Message - From: Michael ph...@nettrust.co.nz To: nzphpug@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 1:51 AM Subject: [phpug] Table to CSS I am converting a tabled layout to pure CSS... With tables, the DIV's went like this: X X X X

[phpug] Re: Contracter Resumes

2009-05-15 Thread Chris Hope
2009/5/16 Michael ph...@nettrust.co.nz: ... My pet peeve is contractors who are only available by cellular phone. This indicates the following to me: 1. They have a upwardly lifestyle that they think I should pay for. There is not many businesses I can think of that get away with this, and

[phpug] Re: Table to CSS

2009-05-15 Thread Sid Bachtiar
If you ask this question, you should probably get someone with CSS skills. It can be achieve with simple float: left but there are a barrage of other techniques depending on the situation. On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Michael ph...@nettrust.co.nz wrote: I am converting a tabled layout to

[phpug] Re: Table to CSS

2009-05-15 Thread S . Mohammed Alsharaf
try this !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd;html head style .table-wrapper { margin:0 auto; overflow:hidden; width:750px; } .table { float:left; width:750px; } .th { font-weight:bold; } .td {

[phpug] Re: Contracter Resumes

2009-05-15 Thread Hamish Campbell
My pet peeve is contractors who are only available by cellular phone. I agree that Michael might be reading into the mobile thing too much. Many contractors work from home and would prefer not to give their home number, and most organisations seem to have flat rate mobile plans these days

[phpug] Re: Contracter Resumes

2009-05-15 Thread Sid Bachtiar
- don't reinstall your machine on a weekday, I'm not interested why you can't bill out hours on a Friday at 9am when I need you to I think this is a matter of arrangement/agreement. Contractor by definition decides how, when, and what tools used to do their job (check IRD website for this).

[phpug] Re: Contracter Resumes

2009-05-15 Thread Michael
On Sat, 16 May 2009 11:47:29 Sid Bachtiar wrote: - don't reinstall your machine on a weekday, I'm not interested why you can't bill out hours on a Friday at 9am when I need you to I think this is a matter of arrangement/agreement. Contractor by definition decides how, when, and what tools

[phpug] Re: Contracter Resumes

2009-05-15 Thread Michael
On Sat, 16 May 2009 07:04:34 Chris Hope wrote: or could indicate 3. They don't work from their own office and always work on-site at their customer's offices where they may or may not have a phone. I did this for a period of several months and if you'd rung my land line you wouldn't have

[phpug] Re: Table to CSS

2009-05-15 Thread Keri Henare
div style=overflow: hidden; div style=float: left;One/div div style=float: left;Two/div div style=float: left;Three/div /div Using overflow: hidden; (or sometimes overflow: auto; if preferred) causes the container element to take into consideration the dimensions of elements which are

[phpug] Re: Img alt tag accessibility

2009-05-15 Thread Keri Henare
Spacer images are not accessible at all,. img elements represent content, not pointless space-takers. --- Keri Henare [e]k...@henare.co.nz [m]021 874 552 [w]www.kerihenare.com On 16/05/2009, at 6:28 AM, Michael Adams wrote: On

[phpug] Re: Contracter Resumes

2009-05-15 Thread Aaron Cooper
Also thanks from me for the tips everyone. Appreciated and all noted. I suppose I could give my home phone number, but I would say that one of my flat mates answering a phone call from a potential employer, or existing client is less professional than only having my mobile number on my resume,

[phpug] Re: Img alt tag accessibility

2009-05-15 Thread Michael Adams
On Sat, 16 May 2009 13:30:37 +1200 Came this utterance formulated by Keri Henare to my mailbox: Spacer images are not accessible at all,. img elements represent content, not pointless space-takers. Under table based layout the spacer gif must be an IMG to give it width or height... or

[phpug] Re: Img alt tag accessibility

2009-05-15 Thread Keri Henare
In other words one hack to fix another. I haven't used a spacer.gif in over half a decade. They're as useful as tits on a bull. Keri Henare +64 21 874 552 On 16/05/2009, at 4:27 PM, Michael Adams linux_m...@paradise.net.nz wrote: On Sat, 16 May 2009 13:30:37 +1200 Came this utterance

[phpug] Re: How to Write enterprise class code in PHP?

2009-05-15 Thread chris burgess
If you wanted to seed a crackable piece of software onto a bunch of developer's machines, wouldn't spamming newsgroups with a bit of chirpy writeup be a good approach? (I'm sure there are better ones, too.) Just a thought, after reading the writeup from Mark's posted link below - I wonder if it