[WSG] print css crashing ie6

2005-05-10 Thread Gallagher, Robin
Hi I've got a 3-column css page that crashes IE6 when I try to print or print preview. Can anyone suggest a possible cause? Thanks Robin Gallagher ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] print css crashing ie6

2005-05-10 Thread Anton Andreasson
Gallagher, Robin skrev: Hi I've got a 3-column css page that crashes IE6 when I try to print or print preview. Can anyone suggest a possible cause? Hard to say without access to the CSS code. Have you got an URL? /Anton ** The discussion list for

RE: [WSG] print css crashing ie6

2005-05-10 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
-Original Message- From: Gallagher, Robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 10 May 2005 4:52 PM To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' Subject: [WSG] print css crashing ie6 Hi I've got a 3-column css page that crashes IE6 when I try to print or print preview. Can anyone

[WSG] Formatting tables

2005-05-10 Thread Hope Stewart
Can anyone recommend a website with indepth instructions/info on formatting a table (being used for tabular data!) using web standards css? I've tried putting all the formatting in my css file, but it doesn't seem to work so I'm obviously not doing something right. For example, instead of table

CLOSED Re: [WSG] Firefox and vulnerabilities?

2005-05-10 Thread James Ellis
Wayy off topic everyone has access to Google news. http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm The mail list does not cover: * Detailed software support such as using a browser, installing a server, installing any tools etc. A good guide is : if you are going to write OT in

Re: [WSG] Formatting tables

2005-05-10 Thread James Ellis
Hi Hope Do you have a link to the table in question so we can see whats not working (and the way you want it to work?) hint : border-collapse : collapse; gets rid of the need for cellpadding and cellspacing in the html Yes, it's better to put all your presentational code in the CSS. Cheers

Re: [WSG] print css crashing ie6

2005-05-10 Thread Kay Smoljak
On 5/10/05, Gallagher, Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a 3-column css page that crashes IE6 when I try to print or print preview. Can anyone suggest a possible cause? Yep, I've had that before... in my case it was to do with absolutely positioned divs, IIRC. I fixed it by adding a

Re: [WSG] Formatting tables

2005-05-10 Thread Lachlan Hardy
Hope Stewart wrote: For example, instead of table cellpadding=8 summary=This is a table of products and prices. I left out the cellpadding attribute in the table tag and added this to my style sheet: td { padding: 0.5em 5px 2em 0; } but it didn't work. G'day Hope, Typically, that padding

Re: [WSG] print css crashing ie6

2005-05-10 Thread Prabhath Sirisena
Use a print stylesheet, and get the basics right at the beginning: * { position: static; float: none; } This is quite similar to Mobile CSS first steps: http://nidahas.com/2005/04/04/mobile-css-first-steps/ Prabhath ** The discussion

Re: [WSG] Formatting tables

2005-05-10 Thread Hope Stewart
Thanks for your suggests, James. I'm currently reading through the w3.org spec whose link Lachlan Hardy gave: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/tables.html I'll then give the table another go and if I'm still having problems will certainly cry out for help again. I like figuring out things for

[WSG] realistic placement of 'high contrast' 'text too small?' links?

2005-05-10 Thread Jamie Mason
Title: realistic placement of 'high contrast' 'text too small?' links? Hi all, I don't think this will work out in this case, but (I think) it's a difficult question all of us are going to be faced with. especially on high profile sites. Up to now I've been able to maintain my site header

Re: [WSG] Formatting tables

2005-05-10 Thread Matt Thommes
Do you have a link to the table in question so we can see whats not working (and the way you want it to work?) hint : border-collapse : collapse; gets rid of the need for cellpadding and cellspacing in the html Yes, it's better to put all your presentational code in the CSS. I am

Re: [WSG] site check/comments please

2005-05-10 Thread Bert Doorn
G'day Actually, it isn't an h3, that just applies to the title line. The list is simply that - a list of a ref's. I didn't see the point of making it any more complex than it needed to be, and it all seemed to work OK. But hey - I'm learning here, and asking for advice, so if there IS a good

Re: [WSG] realistic placement of 'high contrast' 'text too small?' links?

2005-05-10 Thread Martin Heiden
Jamie, what about something like this: [help|high contrast|text too small?] -- [logo] [tab][tab][tab][tab] [login form]

Re: [WSG] Formatting tables

2005-05-10 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 10 May 2005, at 10:01 pm, Matt Thommes wrote: I am under the impression that cellspacing is not yet supported in CSS - but cellpadding can be added with the padding property. I usually just use the cellspacing attribute within my table tag - but that's the only one. Everything else, regarding

Re: [WSG] site check/comments please

2005-05-10 Thread designer
Hi Bert, you wrote: I can only think of two reasons: 1. Accessibility Look at the page with styles disabled and try to make sense of the links. Does it still work OK? Yep! (well, I think so, anyway) 2. Semantics By your own admission, it is a list of a ref's

[WSG] Flash Satay method article

2005-05-10 Thread Stevio
Is the Flash Satay method from this article in 2002 still the most up to date and proper way of inserting Flash objects in a valid XHTML way? http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/ Even the Macromedia web site has a copy of the article:

Re: [WSG] Flash Satay method article

2005-05-10 Thread Simon Jessey
The method was never 100% reliable, but many designers have certainly put it to good use. I prefer to use this method: object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-44455354" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0"width="400"

Re: [WSG] Flash Satay method article

2005-05-10 Thread Simon Jessey
Actually, that won't be where alternate content goes. It should say: (Should not be displayed) My bad. Simon Jessey Business Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Business Site: http://keystonewebsites.com/ Personal Site: http://jessey.net/ -

[WSG] Dyanmic Content Area

2005-05-10 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, At the following url (http://ckimedia.com/ep_site/index.htm). The site is broken into a header image, a background image on the content area and a background image on the footer. The client wants the background image on the content area and the footer to expand and contract based on

Re: [WSG] Flash Satay method article

2005-05-10 Thread designer
OK Simon, this looks wonderful! I've tested it out, and it works for me. So what's wrong with it, that you know of? Bob McClelland,Cornwall (U.K.)www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk - Original Message - From: Simon Jessey To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Tuesday, May

[WSG] Header Gap

2005-05-10 Thread Chris Kennon
(http://ckimedia.com/ep_site/pcie6.jpg) (http://ckimedia.com/ep_site/macie5_.jpg) The above screen captures reveal a gap in the header. Would someone explain what is happening and how to correct it? (http://ckimedia.com/ep_site/index.htm) Thanks, Chris

[WSG] Reapplying your CSS when the page length changes

2005-05-10 Thread Stevio
I have some JavaScript code that causes some content to be displayed when the user mouseover's an element. This extra content causes the page length to increase. However, I have some absolutely positioned footers. When the extra content appears, the footer overlaps with it. The positioning

Re: [WSG] Flash Satay method article

2005-05-10 Thread Steve Bryant
Another nice approach that I have seen is FlashObject: http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/03/31/proper-flash-embedding-flashobject-best-practices/ It uses JavaScript, but it looks like it degrades nicely. Steve Bryant. Bryant Web Consulting LLC http://www.BryantWebConsulting.com/

Re: [WSG] Header Gap

2005-05-10 Thread David Laakso
On Tue, 10 May 2005 16:34:00 -0400, Chris Kennon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (http://ckimedia.com/ep_site/pcie6.jpg) (http://ckimedia.com/ep_site/macie5_.jpg) The above screen captures reveal a gap in the header. Would someone explain what is happening and how to correct it?

RE: [WSG] Formatting tables

2005-05-10 Thread Geoff Pack
Try turning off all your styles and see if the table still makes sense. If not, then you need to add some table attributes. I find that it often helps to add a border in the html, but most of the time the default values for the other attributes are fine, and can be styled with CSS. cheers,

Re: [WSG] realistic placement of 'high contrast' 'text too small?' links?

2005-05-10 Thread heretic
Hi Jamie, Aside from this though, the links are in the same size as the body text, wouldn't a high contrast link need to be massive and bold? There's no WAY anyone can do that on a high profile site, surely? What to do? Any help and ideas would be great, thanks in advance, I'd suggest

[WSG] Strange horizontal spacing in nav list

2005-05-10 Thread jackie reid
Hello everyone... I am in a quandry... ie displays my navigation with whopping great big spaces in between the list items. Why is this so... and how can i make them go away? Been trying to get it sorted for a couple of hours now and am getting frustrated to the max. Please go here to see

Re: [WSG] Header Gap

2005-05-10 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, Thanks for the heads up on the footer in Opera. I take it since you didn't see any problem with the header, that I fixed it. C PS: Crossing my eyes also :) On May 10, 2005, at 4:31 PM, David Laakso wrote: /*Be very very nice to Opera*/ @media screen and (min-width: 0px){ div#footer{

Re: [WSG] Strange horizontal spacing in nav list

2005-05-10 Thread Mike Brown
jackie reid wrote: Hello everyone... I am in a quandry... ie displays my navigation with whopping great big spaces in between the list items. Why is this so... and how can i make them go away? Been trying to get it sorted for a couple of hours now and am getting frustrated to the max. Please

Re: [WSG] Strange horizontal spacing in nav list

2005-05-10 Thread jackie reid
shame on me... you know what? I shall be reading russ's links for light reading as soon as they pop up in my inbox from now on and you know what else.. I cant understand a word this gary bloke is saying but i will nut it out!!! thanks Mike... jackie Thanks Mike - Original Message

Re: [WSG] Header Gap

2005-05-10 Thread David Laakso
On Tue, 10 May 2005 22:22:24 -0400, Chris Kennon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Thanks for the heads up on the footer in Opera. I take it since you didn't see any problem with the header, that I fixed it. C PS: Crossing my eyes also :) On May 10, 2005, at 4:31 PM, David Laakso wrote: /*Be very