RE: [WSG] lotus domino vs doctype

2004-06-03 Thread Jeff Lowder - Accessibility 1st
Chris Bentley might be able to give you an exact DOM solution, as he had to deal with this exact same problem only 6 months ago, but I'd still just try working with HTML 4.01 :O) Cheers Jeff Lowder Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/

[WSG] IE pushes text below viewport

2004-06-03 Thread Jeffery Fernandez
Hi all, I am having a problem with IE 6(haven't tested IE 5.5 or earlier)pushing down the text to below the viewport if the dt text is longer than a line. Has someone experienced similar problem ? I have the problematic page here: http://spadoctor.jefferyfernandez.id.au/faq.php Refers to: Can

[WSG] IE... grrr

2004-06-03 Thread Collins, Steve
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Can someone CSS-savvy please take a look at http://stephencollins.blogdns.org/ and tell me why: * my calendar renders beautifully in Firefox and crap in IE? * the right-side bar is indented a couple of pixels on IE? I assume it's some CSS

Re: [WSG] IE... grrr

2004-06-03 Thread Jake Badger
Well both problems in IE6 are because it's triggering quirks mode and using the broken box model. If you remove ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? from the start of the document it should detect the doc type and switch to strict mode. Of course this won't fix it under IE 5, if you want to fix that

RE: [WSG] IE... grrr

2004-06-03 Thread Jeff Lowder - Accessibility 1st
Hi Steve, IE commonly has problems with 100% width. Thisll fix it. #calendar { color: #66; line-height: 140%; padding: 2px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog:

[WSG] IE mac 5.1 problems with floats

2004-06-03 Thread Jackie Reid
Hi everyone... I have just completed a couple of sites and both fall to bits in a big way in IE 5.1 or whatever for MAC... all the divs are all over the shop. It seems to be ignoring the floats and clears. What should i be doing to get this sorted... urls are www.juganaut.com.au- css at

RE: [WSG] IE... grrr

2004-06-03 Thread Collins, Steve
Hi Steve, IE commonly has problems with 100% width. Thisll fix it. Magic! Awesome. Thanks a bunch. Steve -- Stephen Collins E [EMAIL PROTECTED] W http://www.stephencollins.org ICQ 1014940 MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Y! trib **

RE: [WSG] IE mac 5.1 problems with floats

2004-06-03 Thread Kay Smoljak
Hi Jackie, This actually came up on this list last week I think... Basically, IE5 on the Mac has a problem with clearing floats. You need to have separate clearing elements, eg div style=clear:both/div between the elements that need to be cleared. Check the archives for more details if you

Re: [WSG] IE mac 5.1 problems with floats

2004-06-03 Thread Jackie Reid
Thanks Kay.. I did have a look through the archives just before but must have been asking the wrong search question... will have another go. Hi Jackie, This actually came up on this list last week I think... Basically, IE5 on the Mac has a problem with clearing floats. You need to have

RE: [WSG] lotus domino vs doctype

2004-06-03 Thread Patrick Lauke
xhtml is the client's request - they don't see the point of undergoing a major redevelopment without being up to date (as an example to their own clients among other things). This was made clear at the start of the project but i gather that the technology decisions had already been

[WSG] SkillSwap

2004-06-03 Thread Andy Budd
The next SkillSwap is running this monday. For more info, see www.skillswap.org Andy * 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] SkillSwap

2004-06-03 Thread Andy Budd
Oops, Sorry folks. Somehow I managed to send this to the wrong mailing list :-( Don't I feel like a prat! Andy Budd wrote: The next SkillSwap is running this monday. For more info, see www.skillswap.org Andy Budd * The discussion list for

Re: [WSG] SkillSwap

2004-06-03 Thread Mark Harwood
Still kinda Useful info! Phunky * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help

Re: [WSG] SkillSwap

2004-06-03 Thread t94xr.net.nz webmaster
can you get it in New Zealand? Camz - Original Message - From: Mark Harwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] SkillSwap Still kinda Useful info! Phunky * The

RE: [WSG] Reminder about Sydney meeting - Thursday 10 June

2004-06-03 Thread Nancy Johnson
Ah.. I wish I could attend but I live on the other side of the globe. Are these presentations put on your website anywhere? Nancy Johnson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russ Weakley - Maxdesign Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 5:47 AM To:

RE: [WSG] SkillSwap

2004-06-03 Thread Nancy Johnson
Looks interesting; thank you for sharing. Is it located in England? Nancy Johnson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Budd Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 7:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] SkillSwap Oops, Sorry folks.

Re: [WSG] SkillSwap

2004-06-03 Thread Andy Budd
Well if somebody wants to pay for my airfare over, I'd be more than happy to run a few sessions :-) If somebody in NZ or OZ want's to give me a well paid job, even better. Loverly part of the world. Alternatively you may be to open up a NZ branch of the WSG and then you could run your own

Re: [WSG] IE mac 5.1 problems with floats

2004-06-03 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Jun 3, 2004, at 4:55 pm, Jackie Reid wrote: Hi everyone...   I have just completed a couple of sites and both fall to bits in a big way in IE 5.1  or whatever for MAC... all the divs are all over the shop. It seems to be ignoring the floats and clears.   What should i be doing to get this

[WSG] Css problems..

2004-06-03 Thread Befree
Hi, i've a problem with Mozilla that i can't resolve. In this site (www.comune.castelnuovo-berardenga.si.it) Mozilla display a white line under the top banner and i can't understand why. anybody can help me? thanks, bye. Vince * The discussion

Re: [WSG] Reminder about Sydney meeting - Thursday 10 June

2004-06-03 Thread Leslie Riggs
I can hardly wait to see the notes! I'm very interested in the topic. Leslie in the USA Presentation notes will be online for out-of-Sydney members soon after the event. Thanks Russ * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] SkillSwap

2004-06-03 Thread Leslie Riggs
Well, darn. Is there something like that in the US anywhere? I like the concept. Leslie Sorry folks. Somehow I managed to send this to the wrong mailing list :-( * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] Css problems..

2004-06-03 Thread Razvan Pop
Your site has some errors. Try to fix them first. http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comune.castelnuovo-berardenga.si.it%2Fcharset=%28detect+automatically%29doctype=Inlineverbose=1 -- Razvan Pop

Re: [WSG] Css problems..

2004-06-03 Thread Leslie Riggs
First off, try validating your site - when I ran the W3C HTML validator it came back NOT valid XHTML 1.1 and there were three errors. Second, although you've got a style sheet, your layout is still controlled by tables? I would look at those first before trying to fix the white line issue.

[WSG] Mozilla chocks with Dynamic Content

2004-06-03 Thread helmut
If anyone has the time visit: www.helmutgranda.com I struggled for couple of days redesigning my layout because it would not show good in Mozilla. Thinking there was an error on the layout, but for some reason my layouts never worked with Dynamic Content. Does anyone knows why this happens?

Re: [WSG] Css problems..

2004-06-03 Thread Michael Allan
Vince, Set the image to display: block or vertical-align: bottom. Details here: http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2002/img-table/ Cheers, Mike On Thursday, June 3, 2004, at 11:00 PM, Befree wrote: Hi, i've a problem with Mozilla that i can't resolve. In this site

[WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-03 Thread Jaime W
Ermm another question List fellows. Hope you guys don't mind...4th question for the past 2 weeks. I am trying to use Character Entity Evasion for mailto encoding instead of JavaScript. At times it validates and at times it doesn't. Why? I have no idea. Example of Character Entity encoded email:

RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-03 Thread Mike Pepper
Jaime, Just use http://www.seowebsitepromotion.com/obfuscate_email.asp. Might prove useful and does it all for you, including complete mail-to strings. Mike Pepper Accessible Web Developer (with a headache because he's been on the system way too long) http://www.seowebsitepromotion.com

[WSG] Some links for light reading...

2004-06-03 Thread Russ Weakley - Maxdesign
Joe Clark and Craig Saila have been looking at Canadian Government election websites from an accessibility point of view - interesting reading http://blog.fawny.org/2004/06/03/election/ Associated pages: http://joeclark.org/election/releases/ http://joeclark.org/election/findings/

Re: [WSG] Css problems..

2004-06-03 Thread Befree
Hi, Michael Allan wrote: Vince, Set the image to display: block or vertical-align: bottom. Details here: http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2002/img-table/ it works perfectly! thanks a lot! :) Cheers, Mike bye, Vince * The discussion list for

Re: [WSG] Css problems..

2004-06-03 Thread Befree
Hi, Leslie Riggs wrote: First off, try validating your site - when I ran the W3C HTML validator it came back NOT valid XHTML 1.1 and there were three errors. Second, although you've got a style sheet, your layout is still controlled by tables? I would look at those first before trying to fix

RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-03 Thread Jaime W
Mike you are a gem! This tool generates codes that validates in XHTML 1.0 DTD Strict! Is helpful and great for lazy people like me lol. Tested it and it works great. Thank you thank you very much! By the way what is the differences between ISO and Hex Conversion? Which is more secure? I choose

RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-03 Thread Mike Pepper
Jamie, Glad to be of some use. I'm an ardent anti-spammer and it was an initiative to thwart harvesters. I use mixed in an effort to confuse parsing aglos employed by poorly coded harvesters. However, any programmer worth his salt will simply run a recursive loop and trap for either ... Be

RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I’d also like to add a question. How Accessible is this method? Can screen readers pick this up and convert it to the correct text? GC Original Message: - From: Jaime W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 05:04:24 +0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WSG] Anti-spam

[WSG] Make em' pay for IE

2004-06-03 Thread Mordechai Peller
If you try to complain about IE to a client, they'll most likely say that that's our problem. The truth is, since they are paying the bill, it's their problem. It seems that the only way to get truth through to them is to include in the invoice: Corrections To Make IE Compatible. If they say

RE: [WSG] Make em' pay for IE

2004-06-03 Thread Mike Pepper
Nothing like a bit of commercial suicide to thin the web development ranks :o) Mike Pepper (Nearly exhausted) Accessible Web Developer www.seowebsitepromotion.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mordechai Peller Sent: 04 June 2004 00:24 To:

RE: [WSG] Mozilla chocks with Dynamic Content

2004-06-03 Thread Patrick Lauke
Mozilla is acting correctly. By floating the #menu, you've removed it from the normal flow of the document...hence, it does not take up space height-wise, and therefore does not stretch the container. An initial fix is to add clear: both; to your #footer... Patrick

Re: [WSG] Page causes win IE4 to crash

2004-06-03 Thread Neerav
Well I guess Its not really a massive issue, but it has led me to rethink the use of too many floats next to each other ... -- Neerav Bhatt http://www.bhatt.id.au Web Development IT consultancy Mobile: +61 403 8000 27 James Ellis wrote: Neerav I think you have to look at a bigger issue here...

Re: [WSG] CSS Disaster

2004-06-03 Thread Ryan Christie
Almost all of my visitors use IE, and I have less than two weeks to solve the problem. CSS is an excellent car, but IE is a broken muddy pothole-filled road. Anyone know any bugs that prevent IE from loading a stylesheet? You provided no URLs. Nada. Zilch. Nein. Sorry, no can help. -- Ryan