Re: [WSG] File comparison tool for Dreamweaver CS3

Sorry if this has been mentioned already... But BBedit is really good for file comparison (unfortunately, Mac Only). http://www.barebones.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] Usability issue with form help

Maybe I'm missing your point, but using the tabindex attribute does not solve your problem?, You can set the tabindex to cycle trough the inputs and then continue with the help links. It is a totally accessible method; a bit uncomfortable (to have to pass through all the input fields to get to the

Re: [WSG] Tag clouds spit /

Tag clouds are, almost always, a list of links ordered alphabetically, in which the more whatever, the bigger in font size. So it seems logical to use a simple UL with As in every LI.You are right about semantic meaning on presentation, but you could add the frequency to the tag {Japan (14798)

Re: [WSG] Semantic Form - Person's Title

To Richard Czeiger: That's one of the problems of copy paste :o) anyway, I thought it was obvious that my code was just an example, maybe should have preceeded it with pseudo-code, but just in case: never leave name= in blank and never use a field id for a field :op. This discussion is getting

Re: [WSG] Employee Hierarchy in CSS

Nope, empty divs are not really nice. But empty divs are just the symptom, why do you want to present an empty container? I've had designers do stuff like that, always having 3 boxes for products per row whether there'd be less than 3 products. If your case is something like that, and it is a

Re: [WSG] Semantic Form - Person's Title

If you a referring to the for/id issue, yes, that is the way. As for the rest of the xhtml depends on what you want to achieve. But looks ok to me. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] Odd FireFox div background image behavior

Whenever you float elements inside another element, the element contaning the floats needs to have an overlow defined and a width, the width should not be 100% or IE will still not expand the container. This is what the spec says in an obscure part; and an obscure manner. Example: #containerDiv

Re: [WSG] Chinese translations and PHP includes

Hi Adrian, when I save the include, all Chinese characters are rendered as a series of question marks. Could it be just a problem with your editor? Are you saving the file with the right encoding? What happens when you reopen the files on your editor? I do not place any header in my

Re: [WSG] Brand logos with links to home

Lee Powell wrote: Aye's or Nay's appreciated Aye! But also depends on client requests... I recently dealt with a client that did not want this. Good question! :) M -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My:

Re: [WSG] New Yorker Redesign

Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: Nice site. Looks like 1204x768 is becoming the new 800x600, but it's something that is probably ahead of its time. Especially since two members I work at a newspaper... we are heading that direction for our next site design iteration Content area will

Re: [WSG] Accessible Forms - empty labels (??)

Bojana Lalic wrote: I don’t want any text displayed before or after the query text input element. Should I wrap a label around the input element and then hide it using css? How do I get around this accessibility issue? Me personally, I setup my form normally using label/input, then apply

Re: [WSG] Floating Divs Over Flash

examples of this? I posted some info on Sitepoint about wmode that might help you out: http://snipurl.com/14tmi The full thread has a lot of good info too: http://snipurl.com/1iw0x Good luck. Cheers, Micky -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/1gqpj Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http

Re: [WSG] Floating Divs Over Flash

Tony Crockford wrote: http://www.boldfishclient.co.uk/go/flash (uses the UFO embedding method with wmode set to transparent) Ooooh! I like UFO! Thanks for sharing link. Can I link to this example from my Sitepoint posting? If not, I totally understand. :) -- Wishlists:

Re: [WSG] Floating Divs Over Flash

sitepoint forum posting... I hope you do not mind. Let me know if you want me to remove it. Thanks for sharing Nick! Cheers, Micky -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/1gqpj Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My: http://del.icio.us/mhulse

Re: [WSG] Suggestions Please for: CMS / E-commerce Solutions

Mark Hedley wrote: Feedback and advice again appreciated. Expression Engine is good and reliable... but you got to pay approx 200$ for commercial license. Also, currently EE does not have a full-featured E-commerce module (just basic paypal.) The current approach for most EE users is to

Re: [WSG] Suggestions Please for: CMS / E-commerce Solutions

of a web page that talks about the CMS list and/or what specific steps to take in order to become a WSG-CMS list member... I think you just have to opt-in when signing-up for this (WSG) list. Good luck. Thanks, Micky -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/1gqpj Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC

Re: [WSG] Suggestions Please for: CMS / E-commerce Solutions

... Most normal/more experienced folks (like yourself) probably do not mind most of the things I find annoying. For the sake of not going further OT, I will stop my complaining. :D [/OT] Cheers, Micky -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/1gqpj Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http

Re: [WSG] Suggestions Please for: CMS / E-commerce Solutions

Micky Hulse wrote: You might want to look at these sites: http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ http://start.websitebaker.org/en/introduction.html Doh, just noticed I pasted the website baker url in the wrong spot, I meant to suggest these two sites: http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ http

Re: [WSG] OT on list

Mark Hedley wrote: Where on the site do you sign up for the CMS List? I am also after support from people in this list. Yeah, the CMS list is hard to find. I signed-up for it when I signed-up for this list... Other than that, I have not found any reference to the CMS list on the net. I

Re: [WSG] Best practice embedding a Quicktime/Flash video

also like to use Objecty for video and Flash and other stuff: http://wiltgen.net/objecty/ Objecty has some probs when it comes to validation, but it is easy and gets the job done, so I am willing to accept the few validation errors for the sake of ease of use. Good luck! Cheers, Micky

Re: [WSG] Best practice embedding a Quicktime/Flash video

Sander Aarts wrote: I prefer it above SWFObject as it seems to be more web standards compliant. Well that's what Bobby says himself anyway ;-) in this A list Apart article about Flash embedding: I like the UFO approach, but I found that it is not the best option if you have to dynamically

Re: [WSG] Best practice embedding a Quicktime/Flash video

a screen grab of the flash movie... It is pretty seamless... Use the web dev toolbar for FF and turn off JS. Trust us. This is easy. Your page will validate. Move on with your life. :) Cheers, Micky -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/1gqpj Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http

Re: [WSG] Re: Microformats was [ Is this a good use of dl ]

Hey all, I picked-up this book off of Amazon a few weeks back... it does a great job of explaining MF's... For those wanting to learn more, I suggest thumbing through it at your local bookstore: Microformats: Empowering Your Markup for Web 2.0 (Paperback) http://tinyurl.com/2b946q Great

Re: [WSG] Fieldset background

background color as your container. [1] http://tinyurl.com/2rj39u Hope that helps. I am no guru, so I could have missed something. Cheers, Micky -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/1gqpj Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My: http://del.icio.us/mhulse

Re: [WSG] Making Accessible Flash

Robby Jennings wrote: I'm in a situation where we're hosting externally created flash files on our page. When embedding these files, what is the best method for providing a text alternative? How much text alternatives are we talking here? More detail on what you need would help me. Are

Re: [WSG] Javascript image rotator

written. Good luck! Cheers, Micky -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/1gqpj Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My: http://del.icio.us/mhulse *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] Javascript image rotator

. Looks nice though. I guess I thought the original poster wanted something more for a simple banner vs an actual gallery script. But for a gallery application, this definitely looks worth the $$. Have a great day/night. Cheers, Micky -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/1gqpj Switch: http

Re: [WSG] an inline element (inside a block element) sibling of another block element

Rimantas Liubertas wrote: Why not to check it? From HTML 4.01 Strict DTD: ...snip... Woohoo, A is here. Case closed. Well, that went over my head... Mind explaining? -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/1gqpj Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My:

Re: [WSG] an inline element (inside a block element) sibling of another block element

David Dorward wrote: On 26 Jul 2007, at 11:14, Micky Hulse wrote: Well, that went over my head... Mind explaining? http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.3 Looks interesting. :) Thanks! Cheers, Micky -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/1gqpj Switch: http://browsehappy.com

[WSG] Simple, almost silly, question:

in advance! Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://tinyurl.com/22xonb Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My: http://del.icio.us/mhulse *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] Simple, almost silly, question: Sub-header

, but maybe (in this case) we will keep things like they are. The other option would be to use a p tag with a class of subHead or something... Thanks for the help Horst. I really appreciate it. :D Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://tinyurl.com/22xonb Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http

Re: [WSG] Simple, almost silly, question:

with figuring-out proper markup when it comes to headers. Hehe, seems so simple... Not sure why I over-think these things. Thanks again! Cheers, Micky *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] HTML/XHTML/XML - Question about the future of.

Christian Montoya wrote: You'll have telepathic computer displays before _real_ XHTML replaces HTML. link rel=stylesheet type=text/css media=mind href=... Ha! Nice one. A while back, I stopped using XHTML strict and switched to HTML 4.01 strict DTD's. Personally, I think HTML 4.01 strict

Re: [WSG] HTML/XHTML/XML - Question about the future of.

Frank Palinkas wrote: To follow up on Micky, Christian and Rimantas, here's the latest info on HTML 5: Thanks for those links! :) Cheers, Micky *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe

Re: [WSG] is there a way to force legend text shows in TWO lines?

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Re: [WSG] Progressive Enhancement

like a good book though. Micky *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] Progressive Enhancement

ot Also, IMHO, Google buried that date feature. I had to dig for it. ;-) Ha! You think that is buried?? Man, up until a few months ago it was hiding deep within the advanced search section. Personally, I wish the new Google sidebar would stay open. There is also a GreaseMonkey script that

Re: [WSG] IE7 overflow

Hi, Any suggestions? Maybe: word-wrap: break-word or overflow: hidden See: http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/expandingboxbug.html Hths? Micky *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] Tweetmeme and application/XHTML+XML problem

Hi! I wanted to implement the Tweetmeme button on some pages of my site http://www.seoworkers.com which pages I served as XML (application/xhtml+xml) for Mozilla based browsers (not for IE), and does not work. Just out of curiosity, why did you choose to serve the pages as XML? Thanks! M

Re: [WSG] Tweetmeme and application/XHTML+XML problem

://help.tweetmeme.com/2009/04/07/api-documentation/ ... and jQuery: http://jquery.com/ Hths. Micky *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

Re: [WSG] IE8 bug?

Has anyone come across this issue before? (and better yet, come across a fix??) Not sure if this will help, but I suggest using a div instead of an href: div id=top.../div ulliblah blah blah/liliblah blah blah/li/ul I have not used named anchors in ages. Hope you get it figured! M

Re: [WSG] validator error or my code?

I personally use only the W3C online validator. Personally, I would go with what the W3C validator tells you. Were there other errors on your page? Your code looks correct to me. M *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] HELP WITH SETTING UP A CMS PROJECT

to CMS/Blog systems, with WP you will probably be up-and-running in no time. :) Good luck! Cheers, Micky *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] HELP WITH SETTING UP A CMS PROJECT

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Micky Hulse mickyhulse.li...@gmail.com wrote: 2. Pinax Ooops, I forgot to include Pinax link: http://pinaxproject.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] lazyweb://schema.agnostic.URLs

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com wrote: works fine. http://www.no-http.org/ http://www.webreference.com/html/tutorial2/3.html Interesting! Thanks for sharing. Learn something new every day. I wonder how many folks don't specify the http: part? It sounds like

Re: [WSG] mixing media queries?

vs. the AND (or combo of both.) I hope that helps! Cheers, Micky -- Micky Hulse Web Content Editor The Register-Guard 3500 Chad Drive Eugene, OR 97408 Phone: (541) 338-2621 Fax: (541) 683-7631 Web: http://www.registerguard.com

Re: [WSG] lazyweb://schema.agnostic.URLs

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Russ Weakley r...@maxdesign.com.au wrote: Yikes! It all seemed so easy... suspiciously easy!  :) Haha! Too true! Back to the drawing board I guess. :D Dang, I am still undecided about weather or not I should adopt this technique! On one hand, the no-http site

Re: [WSG] lazyweb://schema.agnostic.URLs

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Patrick H. Lauke re...@splintered.co.uk wrote: It really just depends on what you're trying to do though. The bug apparently only affects stylesheets, and the whole reason I'm assuming you'd ...snip... another domain using the same protocol as the one you're

Re: [WSG] XHTML or HTML?

use parts of this spec yet? I just finished reading HTML5 for web designers, and I thought it was a pretty good introduction to HTML5. http://books.alistapart.com/products/html5-for-web-designers An easy read. Very short book. Cheers, Micky

Re: [WSG] XHTML or HTML?

reading the PDF myself. :) Have a great day! Cheers, Micky -- Micky Hulse Web Content Editor The Register-Guard 3500 Chad Drive Eugene, OR 97408 Phone: (541) 338-2621 Fax: (541) 683-7631 Web: http://www.registerguard.com *** List

Re: [WSG] XHTML or HTML?

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Micky Hulse mickyhulse.li...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like the ebook includes PDF, ePub, and mobi formats. Looks like one of the chapters is online: A Brief History of Markup http://www.alistapart.com/articles/a-brief-history-of-markup/ I thought that chapter

Re: [WSG] mixing media queries?

! Cheers, Micky -- Micky Hulse Web Content Editor The Register-Guard 3500 Chad Drive Eugene, OR 97408 Phone: (541) 338-2621 Fax: (541) 683-7631 Web: http://www.registerguard.com *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] XHTML or HTML?

Designers http://books.alistapart.com/products/css3-for-web-designers This book will be released on November 16th. Should be a good read. :) Cheers, Micky -- Micky Hulse Web Content Editor The Register-Guard 3500 Chad Drive Eugene, OR 97408 Phone: (541) 338-2621 Fax: (541) 683-7631 Web: http

Re: [WSG] Detecting Mobile user agent - what methods work best?

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:17 PM, tee weblis...@gmail.com wrote: http://detectmobilebrowser.com/ Nice! Thanks for link Tee. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] Mobile detection using CSS media queries

Hi Caleb, You might find this site interesting/helpful: http://mediaqueri.es/ I plan on using that site as a reference when I re-build my work's website in the coming months. Good luck! Cheers, Micky *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] embedding flash in html5 - alternative content

issues that could cause SWFObject 2 not to be HTML5 compliant, please submit an issue report on the issues page. I am not sure how classid affects your validation when using SWFObject, but you might consider filing an issue so they can fix it. :) Cheers, Micky

Re: [WSG] IE9's Browser Mode Controls - Reliable?

! On the other hand, I like that they are clean installs in an encapsulated environment. Anyway, thanks for link! Micky *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join