Re: [WSG] Template Review

2007-04-30 Thread Paul Novitski
On Apr 30, 2007, at 10:04 AM, CK wrote: http://working.bushidodeep.com/dom_site/template.php On Apr 29, 2007, at 10:23 PM, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: as Paul mentioned: why the pointer over the dt/headings ? At 4/29/2007 09:12 PM, CK wrote: For Show/Hide Dom Switching I strongly

Re: [WSG] Template Review

2007-04-30 Thread Michael MD
I strongly suggest you 1) mark up the DTs as hyperlinks that reload the page with the selected item expanded, then 2) add javascript that converts the links to show/hide DOM switches That way the page will function correctly whether javascript is enabled or not, and when javascript is enabled

Re: [WSG] Template Review

2007-04-30 Thread Thierry Koblentz
CK wrote: For Show/Hide Dom Switching You may find this article useful: http://tjkdesign.com/articles/toggle_elements.asp /plug It is about using javascript to create the links and hide the DDs (progressive enhancement). See this http://working.bushidodeep.com/dom_site/template_02.php There

Re: [WSG] Template Review

2007-04-30 Thread CK
On Apr 30, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Open Vision wrote: To add my 2-cents: 1. What the heck is Fidelity(Chûgi)? You can't assume everyone knows what this is. Plus there should be a space between Fidelity and the open par... Understood 2. Validation doesn't fit in the dropdown box. Padding

Re: [WSG] Template Review

2007-04-30 Thread Christian Montoya
On 4/30/07, CK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 30, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Open Vision wrote: To add my 2-cents: 1. What the heck is Fidelity(Chûgi)? You can't assume everyone knows what this is. Plus there should be a space between Fidelity and the open par... Understood I know this isn't a

Re: [WSG] Template Review

2007-04-30 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Finally, I think show/hide javascript for the explanations is pointless... if I really happen to be interested enough to read all the sections, I would have to go through 10 clicks. That's a lot of work to read half a page worth of text. I say just let everything be available on page load and

Re: [WSG] Template Review

2007-04-30 Thread CK
On Apr 30, 2007, at 2:28 AM, Paul Novitski wrote: The method you're using to present the definition list in two columns is to split the markup into two lists. However, I believe it's really just one list, so you're changing the markup in a way that misrepresents the semantics of the

Re: [WSG] Template Review

2007-04-30 Thread CK
This was the conclusion reached, thanks for the affirmation! Ck On Apr 30, 2007, at 10:58 AM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: Finally, I think show/hide javascript for the explanations is pointless... if I really happen to be interested enough to read all the sections, I would have to go through 10

[WSG] multiple-column definition list [WAS: Template Review]

2007-04-30 Thread Paul Novitski
On Apr 30, 2007, at 2:28 AM, Paul Novitski wrote: The method you're using to present the definition list in two columns is to split the markup into two lists. However, I believe it's really just one list, so you're changing the markup in a way that misrepresents the semantics of the page

Re: [WSG] Template Review[Final]

2007-04-30 Thread Open Vision
Sorry, but I still see a mess. Maybe worse than before as far as layout is concerned. Text size, depending on how you have it set on your monitor is all over the place. Columns aren't even (as a graphic designer this is a pet peeve). And you have words underlined that aren't links. Misleading

[WSG] Floating Divs Over Flash

2007-04-30 Thread John Gribben
Hello, Does anyone have any experience floating HTML elements over Flash via absolutely-positioned divs? I know that this is possible with the most up-to-date browsers, but I'm not aware of how wise this is in terms of backward-compatibility. Can anyone point to successful examples of this?

Re: [WSG] Template Review[Final]

2007-04-30 Thread Paul Novitski
At 4/30/2007 02:02 PM, Open Vision wrote: Spelling and punctuation is faulty too: Using javascript and AJAX behaviour is added to enhance user experience for a web applications, in compliance with web standards Better written as; Javascript and AJAX behavior (oh, we don't use the u here) is

Re: [WSG] Template Review[Final]

2007-04-30 Thread CK
Hi, Not offended, solid critique, must have a thick skin in this profession :) Send some screen captures please.. CK On Apr 30, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Open Vision wrote: Sorry, but I still see a mess. Maybe worse than before as far as layout is concerned. Text size, depending on how you

RE: [WSG] Template Review[Final]

2007-04-30 Thread Chris Williams
I'm afraid I agree completely with Bill, on almost every point. See below: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Open Vision Subject: Re: [WSG] Template Review[Final] Sorry, but I still see a mess. Maybe worse than before as far as layout is concerned. Text size,

Re: [WSG] Template Review[Final]

2007-04-30 Thread CK
On Apr 30, 2007, at 5:23 PM, Chris Williams wrote: I’m afraid I agree completely with Bill, on almost every point. See below: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Open Vision Subject: Re: [WSG] Template Review[Final] Sorry, but I still see a mess. Maybe

[WSG] Thanks For The Critique

2007-04-30 Thread CK
List, A sincere thanks for all the contributions, especially the last (2). A rushed concept is both costly, and exhausting. Note to self simplicity is not simple. Several development steps where missed, not treating myself as a client, being the most damaging. See you all after the

[WSG] While we're on the subject of validators...

2007-04-30 Thread John Horner
I recently came across two niggling CSS errors: 1) body { background: url('image.gif')no-repeat top } Here, the coder has left no whitespace after the URL in the shorthand background declaration. Firefox is OK with it, IE doesn't display the image. 2) #right navbar

[WSG] Maya Wiseman/e/POSTOFFICE is out of the office.

2007-04-30 Thread maya . wiseman
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Re: [WSG] Floating Divs Over Flash

2007-04-30 Thread Sam Sherlock
wmode=transparent is something you want to look at earlier versions of safari does not support that, also you have issues if there is active content in the flash which competes for space with active content in divs that over lap. I would curb your enthusiasm as much as possible so as not to get

[WSG] Accessible WebSite Objects

2007-04-30 Thread marvin hunkin
Hi. got a assignment coming up, where i have to create a draft for a website, and sighted people, would just draw it, using either pen or paper or use a drawing program. now, and my lecturer, says i can write a word document, with a table, outlining the specifications. now, my biggest problem,

[WSG] [potentially OT] HTML History

2007-04-30 Thread Katrina
Gday all, I'm reading a paper from 1999: Lie, Håkon Wium., 1999, Multipurpose Web Publishing Using HTML, XML and CSS, Communications of the ACM, vol 42. no 10, p95 and have come across a paragraph that hints at conflicting ideology early in the web's history and HTML specifications. The

[WSG] CSS :Hover for IE6

2007-04-30 Thread Samuel Tan
I'm currently on a project that requires me to use images for the navigation to create the mouseover effect. CSS File. div#nav { display:block; width:100%; height:28px; background:

Re: [WSG] CSS :Hover for IE6

2007-04-30 Thread Samuel Tan
Forgot to say what the problem was. all the links are not clickable. Regards, Sam *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL

RE: [WSG] While we're on the subject of validators...

2007-04-30 Thread John Horner
It's CSS validator. It doesn't validate cross-browser compatability or the logic (or existence of) of HTML tags. Well perhaps your second point is valid (and well formed) but this example: body { background: url('image.gif')no-repeat top } isn't just about cross-browser compatiblity.