Re: [WSG] Accessible - Standard Compliant - Club Membership System

2007-09-14 Thread David Dorward
On 13 Sep 2007, at 23:09, S.R. Emerson wrote: Is there a particular reason you have specified XHTML? So it is upgradeable for the future. Well ... HTML 5 is being developed so XHTML is likely not the future, converting from HTML 4.01 to XHTML 1.0 isn't difficult anyway, and Appendix C i

Re: [WSG] Accessible - Standard Compliant - Club Membership System

2007-09-14 Thread David Dorward
On 14 Sep 2007, at 10:37, David Little wrote: Well ... HTML 5 is being developed so XHTML is likely not the future, I was under the impression that you'll also be able to write HTML 5 in XHTML syntax (as XHTML 5, obviously different from XHTML 2 which is a different concept?). They are s

Re: [WSG] Accessible - Standard Compliant - Club Membership System

2007-09-14 Thread David Little
Well ... HTML 5 is being developed so XHTML is likely not the future, I was under the impression that you'll also be able to write HTML 5 in XHTML syntax (as XHTML 5, obviously different from XHTML 2 which is a different concept?). This might not be the case of course -- could anyone shed any ligh

Re: [WSG] width calculation linux / windows

2007-09-14 Thread ben van 't ende [netcreators]
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > ben van 't ende [netcreators] wrote: >> Wow! Gunlaug. Amazing I knew there had to be a solution. I am still >> wondering why this works. Isn't CSS wonderous? > > Yes, CSS can be wondrous at times. > > A block-element occupy space to the outside of its margins. Floats are >

Re: [WSG] Accessible - Standard Compliant - Club Membership System

2007-09-14 Thread Matthew Cruickshank
David Dorward wrote: I was under the impression that you'll also be able to write HTML 5 in XHTML syntax (as XHTML 5, obviously different from XHTML 2 which is a different concept?). They are still planning this, but the point is that HTML is not dead, (real) XHTML is still badly supported

Re: [WSG] width calculation linux / windows

2007-09-14 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
ben van 't ende [netcreators] wrote: The only thing is ie6 crashes on resizing. That is a weird phenomenon. Not much you can do about that i guess. Probably a whole lot if I could isolate the IE6/OS/service-pack combination - with settings - the crash

Re: [WSG] width calculation linux / windows

2007-09-14 Thread ben van 't ende [netcreators]
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > ben van 't ende [netcreators] wrote: >>> > >> The only thing is ie6 crashes on resizing. That is a weird >> phenomenon. Not much you can do about that i guess. > > Probably a whole lot if I could isolate the IE6/OS/service-pack > com

Re: [WSG] width calculation linux / windows

2007-09-14 Thread David Laakso
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: ben van 't ende [netcreators] wrote: The only thing is ie6 crashes on resizing. That is a weird phenomenon. Not much you can do about that i guess. Probably a whole lot if I could isolate the IE6/OS/service-pack combination - wit

[WSG] prettier forms

2007-09-14 Thread Maarten stolte
Hello, I'm looking for pointers towards tutorials on how to make a form look prettier; especially the selectbox/pulldown and checkboxes are of interest. Thanks for any help, Maarten *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.o

Re: [WSG] Accessible - Standard Compliant - Club Membership System

2007-09-14 Thread Stuart Foulstone
Yes, but it's nowhere near completion or indeed absolute that it will go ahead anyway. So, there's no point in lowering your standards until you have to. On Fri, September 14, 2007 10:14 am, David Dorward wrote: > > Well ... HTML 5 is being developed so XHTML is likely not the future, > converti

RE: [WSG] prettier forms

2007-09-14 Thread Mohamed Jama
As I recall those are controlled by the operating system so if you using MAC they will look nice shiny blue etc, hope that helped M. Jama big:interactive 91 Princedale Road Holland Park London W11 4NS Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct: +44 (0)20 7313 2262 www.biggroup.co.uk -Original Message--

Re: [WSG] prettier forms

2007-09-14 Thread Jamie Stewart
Drop down lists I'm not so sure but check boxes and radio buttons definitely. They use JavaScript and CSS and it is a form of image replacement that is used. Here is one example: http://www.whatstyle.net/articles/18/pretty_form_controls_with_css But there are many out there and as long as your

RE: [WSG] prettier forms

2007-09-14 Thread Maarten stolte
Hello, > As I recall those are controlled by the operating system so if you using > MAC they will look nice shiny blue etc, hope that helped yes they are normally by either OS or the browser, as are all form elements, but most can be styled, using either CSS, a proprietary system or by using tric

RE: [WSG] prettier forms

2007-09-14 Thread Mark L Hedley
Hi, Give this a go: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=css+for+forms+and+drop+down+menus&met a= Regards, Mark Hedley Voxia Web Development Solutions Mobile: +44 07894 009 932 Office: +44 01670 840 752 Web:http://www.voxia.co.uk Proud Members of: GAWDS (Guild of Accessible W

Re: [WSG] prettier forms

2007-09-14 Thread Maarten stolte
> Drop down lists I'm not so sure but check boxes and radio buttons > definitely. > > They use JavaScript and CSS and it is a form of image replacement that is > used. > > Here is one example: > > http://www.whatstyle.net/articles/18/pretty_form_controls_with_css > > But there are many out there an

Re: [WSG] prettier forms

2007-09-14 Thread Christian Montoya
On 9/14/07, Maarten stolte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for pointers towards tutorials on how to make a form look > prettier; especially the selectbox/pulldown and checkboxes are of > interest. I think this article would be very useful to you: http://www.456bereastreet.com/a

RE: [WSG] prettier forms

2007-09-14 Thread Maarten stolte
> Hi, > > Give this a go: > http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=css+for+forms+and+drop+down+menus&met > a= thanks, but I'd like to style a form element select box, so would you suggest adding a javascript event to these pulldowns instead of a link to trigger a hidden value in the form, or..?

RE: [WSG] prettier forms

2007-09-14 Thread Web Dandy Design
Hi, Try some of the following links for help with styling forms with CSS and graphics. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2006/11/11/css-based-forms-modern-solutions/ http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/05/15/formal-weirdness/ http://www.sitepoint.com/article/fancy-form-design-css http://www.

[WSG] Calendars and tables

2007-09-14 Thread Andrew Maben
I think there's more or less consensus that a calendar is tabular data. For one month that seems fine: th for days of the week, td for dates of the month (+ events on those days). So what about an entire year? Is a table of tables permissible? Or should one somehow cram all the information

Re: [WSG] Calendars and tables

2007-09-14 Thread Diego La Monica
Hi Andrew, few months ago I've made a tutorial[1] on my site (in italian language) to make an experimental calendar totally accessible using (not a table but) a pointed list (ul/li)[2] (Try to disable CSS and try to navigate it. Hope you'll enjoy it). Much people said me to be agree with my ideas

Re: [WSG] width calculation linux / windows

2007-09-14 Thread ben van 't ende [netcreators]
David Laakso wrote: > IE6 frequently crashes on this end; however, I see no problem with your > page /crashing/ with either a very slow or fast drag from a full window > down to 175px by 460px. ok tHNx ben -- netcreators :: creation and innovation www.netcreators.com - www.typo3.nl Interesse