Re: [WSG] Crazy font sizing with 2 tables inside a positioned div

2005-06-10 Thread Parker Torrence
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Re: [WSG] Crazy font sizing with 2 tables - follow on

2005-06-10 Thread Parker Torrence
Cole Try setting the font-size on the lowest element if there is no reason to have #content p { margin-bottom: 1.7em; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.5em; } change it to table.guestbook p { margin-bottom: 1.7em; font-size: 0.7em; line-height: 1.5em; } table.guestheader p {

Re: Subject: DIVs and horizontal scroll -- WAS: RE: [WSG] the mysteries of float - i seek enlightenment

2005-05-26 Thread Parker Torrence
Have you tried .databox { padding: 0.5em; overflow: auto; } Parker ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting

Re: [WSG] EDS embracing Web Standards

2005-05-25 Thread Parker Torrence
The css for both sites was done by AMS (on different dates) and the two companies are a little over 10 miles apart. Parker On 5/25/05, Andrew Krespanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Either these guys did the design, or your old employers stole their 'standards' page directly from here:

Re: [WSG] Forms question

2005-05-23 Thread Parker Torrence
cols is used to define the number of characters on a line. That is percent is giving you an error. The default for this in html 4.01 is 80. I believe in xhtml it is required to be defined. Parker Unfolded WebDesign http://webdesign.parkertorrence.com On 5/23/05, Leslie Riggs [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WSG] Reapplying your CSS when the page length changes

2005-05-12 Thread Parker Torrence
Try this and see if it helps. Place it between the head tags. !-- to correct the unsightly Flash of Unstyled Content. http://www.bluerobot.com/web/css/fouc.asp -- script type=text/javascript/script Parker On 5/11/05, Stevio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any ideas? Thanks, Stephen

Re: [WSG] hiding content with a click

2005-05-09 Thread Parker Torrence
You could employ the same concept that makes this http://webdesign.parkertorrence.com/designtest/peekaboo.php page work. Parker Unfolded WebDesign http://webdesign.parkertorrence.com On 5/9/05, john [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been searching for some simple instructions on how to create a

Re: [WSG] Can fonts be fixed in firefox?

2005-05-09 Thread Parker Torrence
On 5/9/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But *please*, for the love of accesibility, make sure the images have meaningful alt attribute set... P How does one set an alt attribute for a background image? Parker ** The

Re: [WSG] Can fonts be fixed in firefox?

2005-05-09 Thread Parker Torrence
Neerav Thank you for your reply. I'm not the one who said to put alt information on a background image, redux was the one who made the statement. (I'm in agreement with you,) Parker On 5/9/05, Neerav [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Parker If you mean a *css* background image than it has no

Re: [WSG] Can fonts be fixed in firefox?

2005-05-09 Thread Parker Torrence
, but for this particular case I require a fixed font size. I want the title of a button to appear in front of a background image that cannot be resized. On 5/9/05, Patrick Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Parker Torrence I'm not the one who said to put alt information on a background image, redux was the one who

[WSG] Three Column to Two Column layout

2005-05-06 Thread Parker Torrence
For your amusement, the Peek-A-Boo web site http://webdesign.parkertorrence.com/designtest/peekaboo.php Enjoy, Parker Unfolded WebDesign http://webdesign.parkertorrence.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] IE CSS Gap Problem? Anybody have a solution?

2005-05-05 Thread Parker Torrence
Try setting margin and padding to 0 in #btmain parker http://webdesign.parkertorrence.com On 5/5/05, Josef Dunne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I have a CSS/IE problem I am trying to create a list on the left of this page. But as you can see in Firefox it works fine, but

Re: [WSG] liquid 2-3 column layout

2005-05-04 Thread Parker Torrence
On 4 May 2005, at 4:59 PM, Neerav wrote: I believe you mean To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism to steal from many is research :-) In practical terms this means don't just copy sitepoints (or anyone else's) code directly because this is neither ethical or legal and you

Re: [WSG] liquid 2-3 column layout

2005-05-03 Thread Parker Torrence
One way you might be able to do this would be to use a little php giving the Content and News changable ID names and then you could control the rest by options in your css. Along the same lines that the central content is displayed or not on this page http://magickdream.com/froglace/ Parker

Re: [WSG] OL or UL? It´s rigth?

2004-10-04 Thread Parker Torrence
Yes you can http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/lists.html section 10.2 see DEPRECATED EXAMPLE: ~parker On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 05:46:20 +1000, Andrew Sione Taumoefolau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Marky, My friend is asking me if i can use tags ul ol/ol /ul No, you can't. Unordered

Re: [WSG] fixed background...

2004-09-28 Thread Parker Torrence
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:27:43 +0100, john [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen: I'm attempting my first fixed background, and I have one question and need one solution to a problem. question: is it supposed to work in IE? It only seems to work for me in IE, if it is the background

[WSG] website will not show in Safari

2004-09-25 Thread Parker Torrence
name=resource-type content=document / meta name=generator content=handmade by Unfolded WebDesign unfolded.net/webdesign/ / meta http-equiv=distribution content=Global / meta http-equiv=imagetoolbar content=no / titlePortfolio of Parker Torrence/title !-- to correct the unsightly Flash of Unstyled

Re: [WSG] website will not show in Safari

2004-09-25 Thread Parker Torrence
On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 17:34:47 +0200, Roger Johansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're right. Nothing at all shows up in Safari. Not even when you view source. I'm guessing it has something to do with the character encoding you have specified, iso-8859-14, which looks like a typo. Try changing it

Re: [WSG] website will not show in Safari

2004-09-25 Thread Parker Torrence
http://www.unfolded.net/webdesign/parker-1.php using iso-8859-1 http://www.unfolded.net/webdesign/parker-wasp-t.php using a WaSP template w/o character encoding. Both pages display in Safari, with no obvious problems. /Roger Great thanks for the help. Parker