Re: [WSG] Visual Studio/.net general question

2005-07-24 Thread Terrence Wood
just in case anybody can't see what Peter is talking about the content.com.au web site has a byline that reads text matters. =) On 24 Jul 2005, at 2:30 PM, Peter Firminger wrote: Now, so that this email isn't a total OT waste of time, a giggle... Take a look at what

Re: [WSG] Site Check: Broadleaf

2005-07-24 Thread Matthew Vanderhorst
The design is very nice but the background image of the tree repeats. It is not noticeable until the resolution goes beyond 1024x768. There were some css validation errors as well (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?profile="">). Matthew Vanderhorst Tatham Oddie (Fuel Advance)

RE: [WSG] Site Check: Broadleaf

2005-07-24 Thread Edward Clarke
I suspect the 120Kb footprint of the background image is of more concern to most visitors. Edward Clarke ECommerce and Software Consultant TN38 Consulting http://blog.tn38.net Creative Media Centre 17-19 Robertson Street Hastings East Sussex TN34 1HL United

Re: [WSG] Site Check: Broadleaf

2005-07-24 Thread David Laakso
Tatham Oddie (Fuel Advance) wrote: Hi all, I’ve just placed the first page of a new site on our test-drive server: http://testdrive.fueladvance.com/Broadleaf/ Which is a redo of: http://www.broadleaf.com.au/ There is also a mock up which shows how it is meant to look:

[WSG] Ray Jalil/Casuarina/NTU is out of the office.

2005-07-24 Thread Ray . Jalil
I will be out of the office starting 07/25/2005 and will not return until 08/02/2005. For any web multimedia related queries please contact Helen Rysavy (7779). For all AV Production queries please contact Dahlia Docherty (6569). Thanks.

[WSG] Ray Jalil/Casuarina/NTU is out of the office.

2005-07-24 Thread Ray . Jalil
I will be out of the office starting 07/25/2005 and will not return until 08/02/2005. For any web multimedia related queries please contact Helen Rysavy (7779). For all AV Production queries please contact Dahlia Docherty (6569). Thanks.

[WSG] Ray Jalil/Casuarina/NTU is out of the office.

2005-07-24 Thread Ray . Jalil
I will be out of the office starting 07/25/2005 and will not return until 08/02/2005. For any web multimedia related queries please contact Helen Rysavy (7779). For all AV Production queries please contact Dahlia Docherty (6569). Thanks.

RE: [WSG] Understanding inheritance (well, trying to)

2005-07-24 Thread John Yip
When the ID and the CLASS have the different value on the same attribute, the ID always wins. However, you can use span/span to achieve what you want. div id=hilite pParagraph one/p pspan class=normalParagraph two/span/p pParagraph three/p /div Hope that helps John Best Regards, John Yip

[WSG] Apache DTD problem

2005-07-24 Thread Peter McCarthy
Hi Group Does anyone have any experiance with apache web server not displaying web pages with the xhtml strict DTD embedded ? My pages display fine on hosted apache webspace, but on my local apache server it wont display the page unless I take out the DTD declaration, It just displays a

Re: [WSG] Site Check: Broadleaf

2005-07-24 Thread RMW Web Publishing
I'd remove all the » in each list item and replace this with an image on the item bullet points. Also adding a label and/or legend on the search field (and hiding it with CSS if desired) would increase usability. Personally I'd also 'no-repeat' the bg image as it doesn't look as good on pages

Re: [WSG] Understanding inheritance (well, trying to)

2005-07-24 Thread matt andrews
hi John I'm afraid this is incorrect. The quoted CSS selectors were for classes and IDs, without being element-specific. Thus it makes no difference whether you apply the class to a span or a div. There's no need for any extra markup. And it seems to me that the question is one of explaining

Re: [WSG] Apache DTD problem

2005-07-24 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Peter McCarthy wrote: My pages display fine on hosted apache webspace, but on my local apache server it wont display the page unless I take out the DTD declaration, It just displays a blank page with no error message. Is there a configuration setting I have missed somewhere ??? The DTD Im

RE: [WSG] Understanding inheritance (well, trying to)

2005-07-24 Thread John Yip
Matt, Thanks for pointing that out! John Best Regards, John Yip Technical Manager Nano Systems Pty Limited 226 Victoria Street BEACONSFIELD, NSW 2015 Tel: +61 2 9341 3366 Fax: +61 2 9341 3377 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web-site: http://www.nanosystems.com.au We are now providing web hosting,

[WSG] Firefox top margin

2005-07-24 Thread Webmaster
Hi guys, I'm sure this has been covered but it didn't appear in an archive search. How in blazes does one remove the top margin in Firefox? I've add 0px margin and padding to *, html, boday and my top DIV and still it persists. I've already tried removing the first hidden DIV and anchor to no

Re: [WSG] Firefox top margin

2005-07-24 Thread dwain
Webmaster wrote: Hi guys, I'm sure this has been covered but it didn't appear in an archive search. How in blazes does one remove the top margin in Firefox? I've add 0px margin and padding to *, html, boday and my top DIV and still it persists. without a link to a live page i can only

Re: [WSG] What not to do for colour blind users

2005-07-24 Thread Mordechai Peller
James Ellis wrote: The box below contains a row of random letters. Most of the letters are coloured white, some are highlighted. Please enter ONLY the RED HIGHLIGHTED characters in the order in which they appear in the box below and press GO. If it's only red or white letters on a black

Re: [WSG] Firefox top margin

2005-07-24 Thread David Laakso
Webmaster wrote: Hi guys, I'm sure this has been covered but it didn't appear in an archive search. How in blazes does one remove the top margin in Firefox? I've add 0px margin and padding to *, html, boday and my top DIV and still it persists. I've already tried removing the first hidden DIV

Re: [WSG] Firefox top margin

2005-07-24 Thread Kay Smoljak
On 7/25/05, Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great guess, Dwain! You were right. I would have hoped that any margin I set to #masthead h1 would have been applied inside #header - #masthead. Annoying. I suppose that explcitly applying position: relative to it might have done the trick.

Re: [WSG] Firefox top margin

2005-07-24 Thread dwain
Webmaster wrote: Great guess, Dwain! You were right. I would have hoped that any margin I set to #masthead h1 would have been applied inside #header - #masthead. Annoying. I suppose that explcitly applying position: relative to it might have done the trick. Instead I've changed the margin to

Re: [WSG] What not to do for colour blind users

2005-07-24 Thread David Pietersen
Mordechai is totally rightin that it ishue that makes it difficult, but it is only within the specific context of combining the two (either Red/Green or Blue/Green). I had a series of progressively more advanced CB tests when I went to join the Army, and ended up with a rating of 19, with 20

RE: [WSG] Site Check: Broadleaf

2005-07-24 Thread Tatham Oddie \(Fuel Advance\)
Matt, Ive fixed the background, and will reupload shortly. Unfortunately all of our workstations are widescreen laptops, so while we run higher res, were still only 900px high. Thanks for noticing. Regarding the CSS errors they are all IE hacks, and besides having to add extra

Re: [WSG] What not to do for colour blind users

2005-07-24 Thread Mike Brown
David Pietersen wrote: Mordechai is totally right in that it is hue that makes it difficult, but it is only within the specific context of combining the two (either Red/Green or Blue/Green). I had a series of progressively more advanced CB tests when I went to join the Army, and ended up

RE: [WSG] What not to do for colour blind users

2005-07-24 Thread Peter Firminger
For those that haven't seen it, the OzEmail page that James referred to is http://homesite.service.ozemail.com.au/sidenav.html/help/systemstatus To me the colour difference of the three ticks isn't distinguishable. I see a tick and think, the service is fine. Bad use of both colour and

RE: [WSG] Site Check: Broadleaf

2005-07-24 Thread Tatham Oddie \(Fuel Advance\)
Rowan, Thanks for your feedback. I'd remove all the in each list item and replace this with an image on the item bullet points. Done. Also adding a label and/or legend on the search field (and hiding it with CSS if desired) would increase usability. Done. Personally I'd also

RE: [WSG] Site Check: Broadleaf

2005-07-24 Thread Tatham Oddie \(Fuel Advance\)
Edward, Thanks for your input, however we didnt really consider this a big issue as: most of the target market will be on office internet connections and ADSL is basically a minimum for such people in Australia the image is only downloaded once, and will be