Re: [WSG] First table-free site

2004-06-11 Thread t94xr.net.nz webmaster
I'm new to this list and this is my first post. I'm trying to produce my first table-free website - tables have been my very dear friends in the past! Yes, leaving tables behind gratefuly comes with the knowledge that you've reached a level of CSS knowledge and skill to achieve that. I did

Re: [WSG] First table-free site

2004-06-11 Thread Nick Gleitzman
On Saturday, June 12, 2004, at 01:08 AM, Mary Wright wrote: - there seems to be an extra 5px padding above and to the left of the image in the banner div - Hi Mary Looks to me like there's an extra 5px all round the banner img - could it be the padding: 5px declared for the div#banner that's

RE: [WSG] First table-free site

2004-06-11 Thread Iain Gardiner
Hi Mary, Welcome to the group! I've had a look at the site and CSS (nice-looking by the way) and although I am pretty poor at analysing other people's problems, I think it might come down to theis rule: #sidebar-a { float: left; width: 100px; \width: 110px; /* Try removing this line */ w\idth:

RE: [WSG] First table-free site

2004-06-11 Thread Mike Pepper
Mary, Firstly, welcome and well done for getting on with table-less design. Like the nutty electric zebras :o) You challenge is to do with padding on the image container. Simply set that to 0 -- #banner { padding: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; } (Incidentally, you don't need to specify what is zero.

Re: [WSG] First table-free site

2004-06-11 Thread Nick Gleitzman
On Saturday, June 12, 2004, at 01:58 AM, Iain Gardiner wrote: I've had a look at the site and CSS (nice-looking by the way) and although I am pretty poor at analysing other people's problems, I think it might come down to theis rule: #sidebar-a { float: left; width: 100px; \width: 110px; /*

Re: [WSG] First table-free site

2004-06-11 Thread Nick Gleitzman
On Saturday, June 12, 2004, at 01:08 AM, Mary Wright wrote: - there seems to be an extra 5px padding above and to the left of the image in the banner div - Mary - forgot to mention: the overall width of div#container in Safari 1.0.2 is 730px, but you've declared it at 710px - so the extra

Re: [WSG] First table-free site

2004-06-11 Thread Mary Wright
Wow! I'm overwhelmed - many thanks to all who responded - my page is looking good now. Just another 30 or so to do...! On 11 Jun 2004, at 17:07, Mike Pepper wrote: Mary, Firstly, welcome and well done for getting on with table-less design. Like the nutty electric zebras :o) You challenge is

Re: [WSG] First table-free site

2004-06-11 Thread David Jones
Mary Wright wrote: You know, I wondered if it was something to do with the box model hack thingy - I'm just not nearly confident enough yet in my CSS skills (or lack of them) to know what I can safely leave out. Thanks, Mary How do I unsubscribe from this list? I'm getting swathes of

Re: [WSG] First table-free site

2004-06-11 Thread Jonathan Morton
You can actually avoid the box model hack completely by specifying width/height on outer elements (container divs) and specifying padding/margins on inner elements (h1, p, ul, etc.) Mary Wright wrote: You know, I wondered if it was something to do with the box model hack thingy - I'm just

RE: [WSG] First table-free site

2004-06-11 Thread Mike Pepper
Please remember, David, you knew nothing of CSS a few years ago. That should have been a PM to Russ or Peter. I find this list stimulating in its diversity of content and skills range; this is a standards group, not MENSA. Mike Pepper Accessible (and still learning) Web Developer

[WSG]   ma\rgin-right

2004-06-11 Thread Christopher Kennon
Hi, Where can I read about this work around? Chris * 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]   ma\rgin-right

2004-06-11 Thread russ - maxdesign
Here are some references http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/33559 http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum83/1177.htm Russ Hi, Where can I read about this work around? Chris * The discussion list for

Re: [WSG]   ma\rgin-right

2004-06-11 Thread Nick Gleitzman
On Saturday, June 12, 2004, at 09:03 AM, Christopher Kennon wrote: Hi, Where can I read about this work around? Chris Not sure if this works on all selectors, but try http://www.info.com.ph/~etan/w3pantheon/style/modifiedsbmh.html Nick ___ Omnivision. Websight.

[WSG] Workshop on the W3C's Semantic Web Services Activity

2004-06-11 Thread Peter Firminger
Hi list, For our Queensland members (or anyone else that has a travel budget to get them to Brisbane for a Queensland mid-winter weekend): The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is a non-for-profit, vendor-neutral international Web standards organisation that develops

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