Re: [WSG] block elements should expand to contain inline children?

2005-02-28 Thread Charles Martin
I doubt this is much help, but I did notice that if you applied position: relative to the strong element that it behaved the same in IE6 as it does in FF. Otherwise, in IE6, it displays as it should. - Original Message - From: Scott Reston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] block elements

Re: [WSG] css markup for a list with a list

2005-02-20 Thread Charles Martin
Bruce Gilbert wrote: I have a font size of 100.01% set up in the body tag. my sublist is displaying really tiny and with bullets (should be no bullets) If, at any point, you set the font-size of a li or it's parents to use em's, then cascading lists will inherit the em's size and either grow or

Re: [WSG] Now you see it, now you don't

2005-02-03 Thread Charles Martin
Thanks! That was it... My first experience with that...but it may explain another one I used to have on a different site. _ Charles Martin http://www.webcudgel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Andrew Krespanis wrote: Try this: ul.sm_menu li { position:relative; } I had the same problem

[WSG] Now you see it, now you don't

2005-02-02 Thread Charles Martin
://www.yahsaves.org/index.php http://www.yahsaves.org/yhwh.css Appreciate any help. I'm gonna work on other content for now. _ Charles Martin http://www.webcudgel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

[WSG] NVU IDE

2005-01-29 Thread Charles Martin
I just came across a mention of an IDE for developing websites called NVU. The website for this software is at http://www.nvu.com/index.html and claims on the website to be both open-source and standards-compliant. Anyone have experience with this application? _ Charles Martin http

Re: [WSG] Another Zen Garden Entry

2005-01-14 Thread Charles Martin
Jixor - Stephen I wrote: It just wouldn't look as nice if it was wider, its a standard characteristic of the zen designs that they are very narrow. However I think in the case of the garden that is fine because its about showing off css, not usability. You're right. :) Guess all the wasted

Re: [WSG] Another Zen Garden Entry

2005-01-14 Thread Charles Martin
to not have to take in a whole bunch of content. Anyway, Im sure we cant satisfy everyone because we all have different resolutions and screen sizes and preferences and whatnot. Hey, at least we arent designing for 600 * 480 anymore! Can we get a huge AMEN on that? _ Charles Martin http

Re: [WSG] Another Zen Garden Entry

2005-01-13 Thread Charles Martin
Beautiful concept... I just would like to see the main column expand to the width of the available space... Have to do a lot of scrolling to reach the bottom... but just beautiful. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

[WSG] Decision Tree Project

2005-01-07 Thread Charles Martin
it should be coded. Thanks in advance. _ Charles Martin http://www.webcudgel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting

Re: [WSG] Slightly OT... Interview with IE Dev team

2005-01-05 Thread Charles Martin
consider doing that would improve their image among the development community would be at the top of their list. (sorry, a little heavy on the sarcasm on that last statement, but still it would be a valid concern if I were in charge of the product) _ Charles Martin http://www.webcudgel.com [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Gallery markup

2005-01-04 Thread Charles Martin
. _ Charles Martin http://www.webcudgel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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] Gallery markup

2005-01-04 Thread Charles Martin
Paul Novitski wrote: At 11:34 AM 1/4/05, Charles Martin wrote: Tables wouldn't do this. Also, lists are just easier for me to use than tables, and tables create more code weight than do lists. Anybody have thoughts on this? Well, for me, the deciding factor on using a table is if the elements

Re: [WSG] List decision tree [was: Gallery markup]

2005-01-04 Thread Charles Martin
could eliminate some of that. _ Charles Martin http://www.webcudgel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list

Re: [WSG] Is sending abusive spam doing standards good or harm?

2005-01-04 Thread Charles Martin
reminding us of our choice of language and I thought some of the statements in that web page were offensive and inappropriate. Now I think I know what that email had been referring to. If I had seen that message, I would have responded myself. Thanks for pointing this out, Steven. _ Charles

Re: [WSG] IE PC Problem with

2005-01-04 Thread Charles Martin
, the gap is gone when I view it in IE6. -- _ Charles Martin http://www.webcudgel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting

Re: [WSG] List decision tree [was: Gallery markup]

2005-01-04 Thread Charles Martin
Charles Martin wrote: Now, were this tree to be more thoroughly documented (i.e., via flowchart in a Visio[-like] product, or develop an outline based on the type of information being classified, or whatever), what does everyone suggest as the best choice to make this easily usable

Re: [WSG] Validation Error

2005-01-03 Thread Charles Martin
May want to give it another try.. I just did the validation through Firefox and it reported no errors. -- _ Charles Martin http://www.webcudgel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Still need help with the list style

2005-01-03 Thread Charles Martin
Ted Drake wrote: Does anyone have an idea why the background bullets keep appearing on this navigation bar? Try applying the list-item-style property to the UL element. I had this problem before and it seems to prefer this option apply to the whole list and not just a single LI element.

Re: [WSG] Still need help with the list style

2005-01-03 Thread Charles Martin
Charles Martin wrote: Try applying the list-item-style property to the UL element. I had this problem before and it seems to prefer this option apply to the whole list and not just a single LI element. Whoa... where did I get *that* property name from? However, I did notice that my references

Re: [WSG] background loading issue

2004-12-16 Thread Charles Martin
in a while, GIF is smaller than JPG). _ Charles Martin http://www.webcudgel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting

Re: [WSG] background loading issue

2004-12-16 Thread Charles Martin
Nick Verstappen wrote: You should at least add a (white, or light grey) background color to the body or div with the main content. If you do, users can start reading the content even when the background isn't loaded yet (or does nog load at all). Excellent suggestion... I did notice that the

Re: [WSG] Cross browser background-position

2004-12-15 Thread Charles Martin
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Re: [WSG] link rel not working. @import ok!

2004-12-14 Thread Charles Martin
limitation to which the browser is adhering. If it doesn't work, then there is something odd about the file itself (possibly missing a closing bracket somewhere that is causing a problem). Just a few ideas to further narrow down the possibilities on the issue at hand. Charles Martin