Re: [WSG] A tip on using multiple CSS classes

2004-05-01 Thread Lea de Groot
On Sat, 01 May 2004 13:09:22 +1000, russ - maxdesign wrote: It is spelled 'specificity' (I can spell it but cannot say it to save my life). I cant pronounce it, therefore I cant spell it :) (Ok, today I can pronounce t, but it was late last night...g) In your example, they both have the same

[WSG] evangelism : Icon article (Sydney Morning Herald) promoting the modern browser

2004-05-01 Thread James Ellis
Hi all Great to see an article in this weekend's Icon promoting the modern browser, with a few salient words about our popular friend. Link http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/30/1083224574998.html This thread is not a discussion on browser merits but is about promoting the tools that

Re: [WSG] positioning 101

2004-05-01 Thread Kay Smoljak
Barbara Dozetos wrote: wow, thanks! This teaches me so much! The best resource I've found on how css positioning works is http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/ I must have read it through at least 20 times... eventually it starts to stick! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

[WSG] Request: Is it semantically correct?

2004-05-01 Thread Cb2 Web Design
Hello list, I have been dealing with some ways of having box borders other than the regular ones... Can you please tell me if this attempt is semantically correct and if it has too much nested divs? Example: http://cb2web.com/tests/testboxmodel.htm CSS: http://cb2web.com/tests/coolboxes.css

Re: [WSG] Request: Is it semantically correct?

2004-05-01 Thread Noa Groveman
Cb2 Web Design wrote: Hello list, I have been dealing with some ways of having box borders other than the regular ones... Can you please tell me if this attempt is semantically correct and if it has too much nested divs? Example: http://cb2web.com/tests/testboxmodel.htm CSS:

Re: [WSG] XML Includes?

2004-05-01 Thread wsg
Mark Stanton wrote: Could you convert: window titlebarmycontent/titlebar contentmycontent/content /window into: div class="window" div class="titlebar"mycontent/div div class="content"mycontent/div /div using XSL? Mark (and Scott), not having noticed the original post I'm a

Re: [WSG] A tip on using multiple CSS classes

2004-05-01 Thread Lea de Groot
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 23:03:52 +0800, SomeNewKid wrote: http://weblogs.asp.net/asmith/archive/2004/02/02/66360.aspx It has to be used carefully, however. If we had foo { border: 1px solid black; } bar { border: 2px dashed red; } class=foo bar then it is undefined which has greter specifity

Re: [WSG] positioning 101

2004-05-01 Thread Kay Smoljak
Barbara Dozetos wrote: wow, thanks! This teaches me so much! The best resource I've found on how css positioning works is http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/ I must have read it through at least 20 times... eventually it starts to stick! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Request: Is it semantically correct?

2004-05-01 Thread russ - maxdesign
'Semantically correct' is one of those tricky questions that gets us all into hot water. On one hand you have code purists who believe that there should be the absolute minimum of extra divs and classes [1]. Anything extra is clogging up the code. There are even purists who believe that any form

Re: [WSG] Melbourne Meeting - May

2004-05-01 Thread afdesign
Yes it is Cameron. Hope you can come mate. dez Cameron Adams wrote: Is the Melbourne meeting really May 3? (like it says on the web site) If so, it snuck up quick! -- Cameron Adams W: www.themaninblue.com __ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at

Re: [WSG] Melbourne Meeting - May

2004-05-01 Thread s2art
On 02/05/2004, at 7:42 AM, afdesign wrote: Yes it is Cameron. Hope you can come mate. dez Cameron Adams wrote: Is the Melbourne meeting really May 3? (like it says on the web site) If so, it snuck up quick! -- Cameron Adams W: www.themaninblue.com same bat time same bat station? stu

Re: [WSG] Request: Is it semantically correct?

2004-05-01 Thread Cb2 Web Design
Russ, Noa, thank you. Russ, a very, very clever approach... that a {display: block} really made the difference! Thank you again and I look forward for the interview with Anne van Kesteren. Carlos - Original Message - From: russ - maxdesign [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Web Standards Group

Re: [WSG] Melbourne Meeting - May

2004-05-01 Thread afdesign
Yes. The meeting is at the same time and place. Just so everyone is clear. Here are the details: Monday 03 May, 2004 6:30pm - Informal start/Networking 7:00pm - Official start 7pm-8pm - David MacDonald will discuss how he and his team made BHP Billiton Standards compliant. Where do we meet?

[WSG] Some links for light reading...

2004-05-01 Thread russ - maxdesign
A Roadmap to Standards http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/04/30/a_roadmap_to/#000571 Does Microsoft Care About Web Standards? http://www.alttags.org/archives/2004/04/29/33/ What Is Web Accessibility? http://www.alistapart.com/articles/wiwa/ Mountaintop Corners

RE: [WSG] Some links for light reading...

2004-05-01 Thread Bert Doorn
Very interesting I do find it ironic that a page talking about Microsoft's lack of standards support does not validate. Close, but no cigar. Regards -- Bert Doorn, Better Web Design www.betterwebdesign.com.au Fast-loading, user-friendly websites

[WSG] Informal Bondi/Eastern Suburbs meetup

2004-05-01 Thread John Allsopp
Hi all, anyone interested in an informal meetup of wsg and similar people in Bondi/Eastern Suburbs of Sydney this coming tuesday - short notice I know, but ... please email me offlist and I'll let you know the details, thanks John John Allsopp :: westciv :: software, courses, resources for a

[WSG] Australian Communications Authority

2004-05-01 Thread Rob Unsworth
Hi all, I just had reason to visit the ACA web site, http://www.aca.gov.au In their own words. The website has been redesigned to allow users to easily find their way around the site. The new site has five information categories: And from the Accessibility page. Nah, I'll let you enjoy the