Re: *** Spam *** [WSG] Best way to train someone in css and web standards

2005-05-23 Thread dwain
ask them to purchase eric meyer's books: eric meyer on css more eric meyer on css cascading style sheets: a definitive guide or you could purchase the books for your library. hth, dwain -- Dwain Alford http://www.alforddesigngroup.com web hosting: http://www.1and1.com

Re: [WSG] Image Thumnail Advice

2005-07-02 Thread dwain
Cole Kuryakin - x7m wrote: What are they doing (or what are YOU doing) that I'm not? i size my thumbnails from the original. dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find

Re: [WSG] Making a container div the same height as the longest div in it in mozilla browsers.

2005-07-12 Thread dwain
://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

Re: [WSG] Text messes up in Internet Explorer - newbie

2005-07-12 Thread dwain
more help with that ask and i, or someone, would be happy to look up the urls for you. here you go bruce, just in case. css validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ html validator: http://validator.w3.org/ html tidy: http://infohound.net/tidy/ welcome aboard! dwain -- Dwain Alford

Re: [WSG] Text messes up in Internet Explorer - newbie

2005-07-12 Thread dwain
Bruce wrote: Just frustrated I guess... welcome to the club. enjoy the ride and the education (of yourself). dwain :p -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable

Re: [WSG] Text messes up in Internet Explorer - newbie

2005-07-12 Thread dwain
. this list is here to help, and if you don't ask no one knows you are having a frustrating time of it. i assume some members on this list live to be bothered by questions. we all learn from each other's questions and answers. dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [WSG] REL REV

2005-07-13 Thread dwain
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: ...use a good browser ;-) are you referring to opera? ;^) -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning

Re:Moose was [WSG] REL REV

2005-07-13 Thread dwain
bookmarked it for that reason. thanks for your informative nature. I don't think Moose care much about weak browsers. i've been feeling the same way. i will look at a html/css solution to a problem with less thought about ie these days. regards, dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: SPAM: RE: [WSG] Longhorn Avalon - seismic shift for web standards?

2005-07-15 Thread dwain
Peter Firminger wrote: I often limit CMS Administration consoles to IE as I may well use an inline HTML editor (an Ektron one for example) that invokes a dll on the client. i thought ms was moving away from the dll. dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com

Re: [WSG] Longhorn Avalon - seismic shift for web standards?

2005-07-15 Thread dwain
road with a vehicle using square rims and steel wheels just because the manufacturer says so, or would you want your vehicle to have round rims with rubber tires as required by industry standards? :) great analogy!! d -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com

Re: [WSG] Longhorn Avalon - seismic shift for web standards?

2005-07-15 Thread dwain
playing by industry standards that are being and have been developed; they are trying to lead the industry toward a standard they have set that really doesn't work that well. dwain Dennis Lapcewich wrote: My whole point is... why bother? Why spend the massive amount of time (and therefore

Re: [WSG] clearfixing

2005-07-15 Thread dwain
sam sherlock wrote: intention is to put a minimal size block below a container and have other containers flow below that without a great deal of space or bumping have you read this? http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html hth, dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [WSG] clearfixing

2005-07-16 Thread dwain
Rowan Lewis wrote: Or how about the much simpler more correct method? http://www.quirksmode.org/css/clearing.html is there something wrong with standards mode? dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression

[WSG] using scalable vector graphics

2005-07-17 Thread dwain
on use, etc. please. dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

Re: [WSG] using scalable vector graphics

2005-07-18 Thread dwain
in the validator at the embed tag. here is the sample page. is there a way to make this page to standards using this format? dwain http://www.alforddesigngroup.com/sandbox/svg-test.html -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his

Re: [WSG] Body tag background color changes

2005-07-18 Thread dwain
a different background color. Thanks for any ideas... maybe give a class or id to the body of each page and style the background color there? dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner

Re: [WSG] using scalable vector graphics

2005-07-18 Thread dwain
in their explanation to embed the graphic in the html. if i wanted to use this image as a background image to fit the viewport or container, regardless of the users resolution, how would i do this? dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any

[WSG] svg images

2005-07-23 Thread dwain
can someone instruct me how to place a svg image as a background image that will validate in xhtml 1.0 strict? dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression

Re: [WSG] site check please

2005-07-23 Thread dwain
. do you live where you took the photos or are you a vagabond? dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

Re: [WSG] site check please

2005-07-23 Thread dwain
. the page has a horizontal scroll at 800x600 in ff. dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

Re: [WSG] Firefox top margin

2005-07-24 Thread dwain
guess that it's the margin setting on the #masthead h1. dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

Re: [WSG] Firefox top margin

2005-07-24 Thread dwain
Webmaster wrote: Great guess, Dwain! You were right. I would have hoped that any margin I set to #masthead h1 would have been applied inside #header - #masthead. Annoying. I suppose that explcitly applying position: relative to it might have done the trick. Instead I've changed the margin

Re: [WSG] background images fluid

2005-08-01 Thread dwain
. only the browsers will have to support svg natively. best, dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

Re: [WSG] Need help with centering and then some

2005-08-02 Thread dwain
using dev tool bar and it doesn't. hth, dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

Re: [WSG] Need help with centering and then some

2005-08-02 Thread dwain
Tom Livingston wrote: On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:12:52 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Livingston wrote: Hello list, drop down menu in ff 1.0.6 w2k sp4 works, but resize to 800x600 using dev tool bar and it doesn't. hth, dwain David, only errors left involve the embed tags and I

Re: [WSG] Need help with centering and then some

2005-08-03 Thread dwain
, dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

Re: [WSG] Flash and Standards

2005-08-05 Thread dwain
choose. everybody ought to have this one. ;^) dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

[WSG] html design - best practices

2005-08-16 Thread dwain
. i guess what i am looking to do is emphasize the text so it will stand out on the page and be treated the same by a screen reader. is this what the em tag is for? dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression

Re: [WSG] Hot Topic: HTML design [was Reason for leaving]

2005-08-16 Thread dwain
a lot of things in perspective for me about document structure. too bad brian left, i think he would have appreciated this. dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find

Re: [WSG] html design - best practices

2005-08-16 Thread dwain
i am listing book titles and i have them styled bold (css) in an a tag. (i.e., nag hammadi library, the holy qur'an, the dead sea scrolls, etc.) does this help? i haven't put the page up, but i can if you'd like. dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com

Re: [WSG] html design - best practices

2005-08-16 Thread dwain
verbalize my intent. dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

Re: [WSG] html design - best practices

2005-08-16 Thread dwain
was not meaning li list. sometimes i have trouble communicating what i mean; and i've been in the communications field since 1976. dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find

Re: [WSG] html design - best practices

2005-08-16 Thread dwain
. HIH Lea thanks lea! that's exactly what i needed. thanks to all who responded. i want to do it with standards compliance. dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find

Re: [WSG] IE, Ordered Lists and width on LI

2005-08-18 Thread dwain
li’s that looks very weird if the width isn’t there…! try putting the width on the ol. hth, dwain -- Dwain Alford http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The Teacher answered: There is no sin. 'The Gospel of Mary of Magdala' ** The discussion list

Re: [WSG] Teaching CSS

2007-03-16 Thread dwain
amazon or o'reilly press or another local book vendor (maybe). hth, dwain *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

[WSG] Copyright some thought on the subject

2007-04-04 Thread dwain
position would have been just the opposite. The cyber world has changed everything and made certain things archaic. Cheers, Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his

Re: [WSG] colour matching transparent png files

2007-04-10 Thread dwain
should be ok. -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

Re: [WSG] Template Review

2007-04-29 Thread dwain
content. *separates* is misspelled under the css heading. -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky *** List

[WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread dwain
learning experience. i just want to have the same look on my blog as for the rest of my site and i'm willing to do what it takes to accomplish this. here are the addresses to both. http://blog.studiokdd.com/ http://www.studiokdd.com any help would be appreciated. dwain -- Dwain Alford http

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread dwain
Kepler Gelotte wrote: Hi Dwain, I have FF 2.0.0.3 and your blog looks fine to me. The calendar does break out of the sidebar when you change the font size though. You could use a fixed font size for your calendar to stop that from happening although that it not the most accessible solution

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread dwain
by yesterday, know what i mean? thanks for your comments and encouragement. dwain -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread dwain
pages into wordpress. dwain -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread dwain
to place images and pages. is it correct to transfer my current folders into the themes folder or do they go somewhere else? -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread dwain
Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: Hello Dwain, To create a static page in WordPress just go Write in the admin, then select Page in the sub-menu. Just use the default template probably or a page template if one exists. It differs from the Post in that it becomes a dedicated page and even

Re: [WSG] Acronym tag usage

2007-05-10 Thread dwain
for multiple sclorosis and nasa is an acronym for national aeronautical and space administration. ms. is an abreviation for miss or miz. as mr. is an abreviation mister. -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find

Re: [WSG] 100% height

2007-05-11 Thread dwain
Bob Schwartz wrote: I have been at it all day and no luck. Anyone who would like to help can see some test pages at: http://www.fotografics.it/test/ The problem is explained on the pages. Bob try placing your footer inside the wrapper. -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com

Re: [WSG] 100% height

2007-05-12 Thread dwain
/ looks good in ie7 win xp pro -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] ive given up on css

2007-05-16 Thread dwain
is providing designs and they do the code. Bit more boring to design for I'd imagine but whatever puts food on the table. and be sure to have that indemnity clause in your contracts in case they get sued for inaccessibility. -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com The artist may use any form

Re: [WSG] Web Publishing Guide [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2007-06-17 Thread dwain
, and to access guidance and better practice advice. this is nice, but do you have anything for the unites states along this line? dwain *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] Who's A Front End Developer?

2007-07-04 Thread dwain
; however, that should not prevent me from learning php, javascript and mysql. so i guess you could say i'm a front-end developer due to certain lacking skills to make me a full fledged developer. dwain -- Dwain Alford web: http://www.studiokdd.com The artist may use any form which his

Re: [WSG] Who's A Front End Developer?

2007-07-04 Thread dwain
Seona Bellamy wrote: On 05/07/07, *dwain* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seona Bellamy wrote: My definition of designer vs developer is these days coloured by the company I'm working for. The designers are the people who come up with the ideas

[WSG] Safari beta for Windows won't display correctly

2007-07-18 Thread dwain
I don't understand why Safari beta does not apply the css to the partners div. it centers the text and spans the whole page. IE7, FF,and Opera 9.21 all display properly. Any ideas, or is this a bug in the beta version I have found? http://www.studiokdd.com/ dwain -- Dwain Alford http

Re: [WSG] Safari beta for Windows won't display correctly

2007-07-18 Thread dwain
that my e-mail and website address have changed from wncc.edu to wnc.edu. On Jul 18, 2007, at 2:18 PM, dwain wrote: Kevin Murphy wrote: It looks identical to me on Safari Windows/Mac, Firefox Windows/Mac, and IE7. I'm not sure I am seeing what you are seeing. -- Kevin Murphy Webmaster

Re: [WSG] Safari beta for Windows won't display correctly

2007-07-18 Thread dwain
Dan Dorman wrote: On 7/18/07, Kevin Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It looks identical to me on Safari Windows/Mac, Firefox Windows/Mac, and IE7. On 7/18/07, dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the partners div is set to 760px wide and the text is aligned left. there is a 2em margin top

Re: please avoid forcing people to open pdf in browser! was Re: [WSG] To target or not

2007-07-19 Thread dwain
you propose to let the user know they can right-click the link and download it? just curious about your solution to this. dwain -- Dwain Alford http://www.alforddesigngroup.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky

Re: please avoid forcing people to open pdf in browser! was Re: [WSG] To target or not

2007-07-19 Thread dwain
project offers books in text and html formats. i think that some of the books are offered in pdf, but don't quote me on that. the pdf format is not sinister and as web designers and developers, we might as well get used to the fact that pdf is going to be on the web in increasing numbers. dwain

Re: [WSG] Font sizing: top down or bottom up

2007-09-06 Thread dwain
to show them the test page at different resolutions as well. then you and your client can sit down and talk about what would be best for them. my 2 cents. dwain -- Dwain Alford http://www.alford-design-group.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse

Re: [WSG] Font sizing: top down or bottom up

2007-09-06 Thread dwain
, but i have no control over the browser settings other viewers of my sites set for themselves. good luck, dwain -- Dwain Alford http://www.alford-design-group.com The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky

[WSG] introducing a prompt to download or open a pdf

2007-10-16 Thread dwain
i know that this has come up before, but would someone point me to best practices to introduce a prompt to open or download a pdf or any file for that matter? dwain -- dwain alford The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression

Re: [WSG] introducing a prompt to download or open a pdf

2007-10-16 Thread dwain
(don't know where to get one) but i do say that it's a pdf and the size: http://www.alforddesigngroup.com/design-graphic-studio.html -- dwain alford The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky

Re: [WSG] introducing a prompt to download or open a pdf

2007-10-16 Thread dwain
On 10/16/07, Kit Grose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd think (as a user) if you use the terminology 'download' for the link, the PDF should be sent with a force-download Content-type header if possible (so it doesn't try to view it). how would you code this force download? dwain -- dwain alford

Re: [WSG] introducing a prompt to download or open a pdf

2007-10-16 Thread dwain
On 10/16/07, Nick Fitzsimons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Oct 2007, at 08:40, dwain wrote: i did not put the pdf icon (don't know where to get one) http://www.adobe.com/ then where? i've looked under downloads and support. i would think that they would have a place special just for us

Re: [WSG] introducing a prompt to download or open a pdf

2007-10-16 Thread dwain
On 10/16/07, Nick Fitzsimons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Oct 2007, at 08:40, dwain wrote: i did not put the pdf icon (don't know where to get one) http://www.adobe.com/ thanks, i found one. where do i put this icon before or after the link? dwain -- dwain alford The artist may use any

Re: [WSG] introducing a prompt to download or open a pdf

2007-10-16 Thread dwain
On 10/16/07, Nick Fitzsimons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Oct 2007, at 10:43, dwain wrote: On 10/16/07, Nick Fitzsimons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Oct 2007, at 08:40, dwain wrote: i did not put the pdf icon (don't know where to get one) http://www.adobe.com/ thanks, i found

Re: [WSG] WCAG conformance and checking

2007-10-26 Thread dwain
i prefer this color contrast analyzer. http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrast-analyser.html dwain On 10/26/07, Dave Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, the webdev toolbar for Firefox has direct links to the cynthiasays (WAI) checker and the section 508 checker along with some other

Re: [WSG] email abuse (OT)

2007-12-06 Thread dwain
thanks, i just thought someone could point me in the proper direction. sorry for the off topic intrusion. dwain On Dec 6, 2007 7:46 PM, Matt Fellows [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is not the appropriate forum to be raising these types of issues. There are plenty of places elsewhere from which

[WSG] jaws (ot?)

2007-12-12 Thread dwain
i have downloaded jaws and i get a nag screen to activate it. i checked the price for the program and $850 is quite a bit of money. there was nothing mentioned about a time limit on the program. could someone give me some additional info on this issue? dwain -- dwain alford The artist may use

Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

2007-12-13 Thread dwain
i guess i stand corrected. dwain On 12/13/07, Adam Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: drivers are the responsibility of the vendors. As is the ability of running other software. Vista is essentially a framework for software developers - it is there responsibility to ensure it works

[WSG] skip links

2007-12-13 Thread dwain
i'm using ibm's adesigner. i'm getting errors about skip links. how do you skip links? why? dwain -- dwain alford The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky

Re: [WSG] Colors for web design

2007-12-14 Thread dwain
not trying to be cute, but go to an art supply store and buy a color wheel. a color wheel will show you primary, complementary, tertiary, etc. colors. it's a great tool for finding colors that work together. dwain On 12/14/07, Michael Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know a good online

Re: [WSG] [ADMIN] MIND YOUR OOO MESSAGE!

2007-12-20 Thread dwain
On Dec 20, 2007 3:08 PM, Lea de Groot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Merry Seasonally Appropriate Greetings! (Santa is bringing me a 30 monitor. Hehehe. God Santa. But there better be chocolate in there too! :)) in the monitor? ;-) dwain

[WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-07 Thread dwain
be out of line (ot) to contact the membership contact. any ideas or better information? dwain -- dwain alford The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky

Re: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-08 Thread dwain
On 1/7/08, Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how about you download, install, and run it yourself? http://search.cpan.org/dist/W3C-LinkChecker/ i looked at the downlad file and it's a tar.gz. i run windoze. how would i install it on a windoze box? dwain -- dwain alford

Re: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-08 Thread dwain
i have a program to unzip the file. i assume that it doesn't matter where i unzip it to (C:\) but then how do i run it, from the command line and if so what command do i use to run it? i read the read me file and it wasn't much help. dwain On 1/8/08, Susan Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-08 Thread dwain
thanks to all who have responded to my cry for help. i think i have all the information i need to install the link checker. best, dwain -- dwain alford The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky

Re: [WSG] Acronym element

2008-01-09 Thread dwain
with this on my site. dwain btw, how do you get rid of the dotted underline on each abreviation? i tried styling the abbr with text-decoration:none and the underline is still there. any ideas? - -- dwain alford The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must

Re: [WSG] Acronym element

2008-01-09 Thread dwain
thank you. On 1/9/08, Rochester oliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: border:none btw, how do you get rid of the dotted underline on each abreviation? i tried styling the abbr with text-decoration:none and the underline is still there. any ideas? - -- dwain alford

Re: [WSG] Acronym element

2008-01-09 Thread dwain
found it amusing that taw has some accessibility errors on the test page. dwain On 1/9/08, Rochester oliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About the abbr, i think u may use it only once per page but if u want to speel-out the other times use the css aural. Example: Bla bla bla acronym title=World

Re: [WSG] Acronym element

2008-01-10 Thread dwain
it was taw that gave me the error not cynthia says. that was my error. dwain On 1/10/08, Rick Lecoat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/1/08 (20:18) dwain said: i was mistaken earlier saying cynthia says remarked on having to have the title attribute on the abbr element. after i added titles

Re: [WSG] Compatibility and IE8

2008-01-24 Thread dwain
code for standards compliant browsers and let ie fall where it may. dwain On 1/24/08, Ben Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: crikey, that's some list. thanks Russ. It's disturbing how well lemurs can illustrate the issue, too: http://www.katemonkey.co.uk/article/48/x-ua-lemur-compatible

[WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-01 Thread dwain
. could someone point me in the direction to any other references as to the proper implementation of the longdesc element? maybe someone would provide a standards compliant example? tia, dwain -- dwain alford The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-01 Thread dwain
thanks christian. i did a google search and found what i was looking for. i was saddened by the D link being deprecated. don't know how i'm going to do this, so i've got some testing to do to see how this is going to play out. dwain On 2/2/08, Christian Snodgrass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-01 Thread dwain
between clicking the image and where it goes and clicking the text and where it goes, would that be standards acceptable? as i read the code, i don't see a problem with screen readers, which is the target audience for this technique. dwain On 2/2/08, Elizabeth Spiegel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-01 Thread dwain
here's the link to the example: http://studiokdd.com/sandbox/abstract-christian-art-new-testament.html i have the jesus and disciples pic set to the long description and the text link to the larger pic. any feedback would be appreciated. dwain On 2/2/08, Elizabeth Spiegel [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-02 Thread dwain
i see your point. On 2/2/08, David Dorward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2 Feb 2008, at 06:26, dwain wrote: i was saddened by the D link being deprecated. I'm not; as techniques go, it is ugly and confusing. Unless a user is aware of the convention, they are left wondering what a link

Re: [WSG] Good News and longdesc info

2008-02-02 Thread dwain
congratulations frank!! i know that you are just who they were looking for and that your work for them will be superb. looking forward to the longdesc implementation that you have written. dwain On 2/2/08, Frank Palinkas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, After almost two months of phone

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-02 Thread dwain
up for more comments. dwain On 2/2/08, Thierry Koblentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Behalf Of dwain here's the link to the example: http://studiokdd.com/sandbox/abstract-christian-art-new-testament.html i have the jesus and disciples pic set to the long description and the text link

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-02 Thread dwain
not gone that far yet. it is a major draw back to being just a designer and not a developer. there is still much i need to learn (js, php, mysql), but $$$ is the hold up at the moment. books help, but some instruction would be most valuable. dwain On 2/2/08, dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-02 Thread dwain
these days, available for accessibility. dwain On 2/2/08, Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dwain wrote: you are saying put the longdesc on the text rather than the image. i will be adding text saying that if you click the image it will take you to the longdesc and click the text link

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-02 Thread dwain
i do go into some detail about color meanings and the symbolism behind the work, so i think that it could be of benefit to both sighted and visually challenged individuals. dwain On 2/2/08, Thierry Koblentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Behalf Of dwain excellent suggestion!! i have other

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-02 Thread dwain
thanks to all of you who have commented on this concern of mine. i really appreciate the feed back. time to lurk again. cheers, dwain On 2/2/08, Christian Snodgrass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If that is the case, you could just use simple links and have a mention about clicking on the artwork

Re: [WSG] help with picture alignment in CSS

2008-02-10 Thread dwain
. } -- dwain alford The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] Best Practice to Offer Different Formats of Documents

2008-02-16 Thread dwain
gives them another choice whether to download, view or by pass the document. dwain -- dwain alford The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky *** List

Re: [WSG] * { display: inline; }

2008-02-17 Thread dwain
ie does not recognize the *. dwain On 2/17/08, Katrina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gday all, This morning I was creatively thinking different things and playing around (as you do). I was wondering what would happen if I did a mass reset using the asterisk to make everything inline to begin

Re: [WSG] books

2008-02-18 Thread dwain
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Re: [WSG] Problem with folio online | IE

2008-02-19 Thread dwain
as well. can't make the type any larger so i can read it, even with my glasses. dwain -- dwain alford The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Kandinsky

Re: [WSG] Problem with folio online | IE

2008-02-19 Thread dwain
On Feb 20, 2008 12:05 AM, David Laakso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dwain, The text proper is not frozen in Firefox. I think you are having difficulty with the image text. you're absolutely correct. i didn't realize at first they were images. dwain -- dwain alford The artist may use

Re: [WSG] Problem with folio online | IE

2008-02-20 Thread dwain
if the pages with your picture on them aren't images, then your links at the bottom of the pages don't work. resend the link and let me have another look, please. dwain On 2/20/08, Laert Jansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: images? On Feb 20, 2008 12:51 AM, dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [WSG] Problem with folio online | IE

2008-02-20 Thread dwain
and the background color. dwain On 2/20/08, Laert Jansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.laertjansen.com/site2 On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:58 AM, dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if the pages with your picture on them aren't images, then your links at the bottom of the pages don't work

Re: [WSG] Problem with folio online | IE

2008-02-20 Thread dwain
On 2/20/08, Laert Jansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don´t understand why is the text frozen in IE and not in FF you are using px for your font size. try using em or %. dwain -- dwain alford The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable

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