mowestusa wrote: > Thanks for your fast response Stuart. > > I agree that if I correct the errors that you found > when you validated, that might fix the issues. But > like I thought, I would have to become a CSS guru, > which I am not. My web coding days go back to the HTML > 3.2 time, which one can tell by my terrible code in my > table that creates my header. > > By fixing a few of the obvious mistakes that I made, I > have basically reduced it down to two issues in regard > to validation. > > If I validate on XHTML 1.1 Strict then it has 12 > errors. You can see the resulting xhtml at: > > mowestusa.nixsyspaus.org > > However, if I validate against XHTML 1.0 Transitional > I only have one error. > > I don't have a <title></title> in the header, which I > can't figure out how to do in Asciidoc without messing > up my header table and the look of the page. > > The other 11 errors from XHTML 1.1 Strict had to do > with things that should be corrected with proper CSS. > I assume the only way I could do that is by altering > the asciidoc default CSS templates, which is something > I did not want to do because I'm not a CSS guru. > > All that being said I did find the offending code. It > was in the <table> element. I had used align="left" > which is a no no in XHTML 1.1 Strict. Once I took that > out it now displays well in IE and Firefox. I still > have the other 10 errors that could be fixed with > proper CSS and the missing <title> error, but I'm > unsure how to fix those without getting myself into > things I don't understand well. > > Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Any > more direction would be appreciated, like good CSS > books or free online tutorials, or other ideas on > simple changes to my code or the default templates of > asciidoc.
I use 3 indispensable tools: Firefox plus the Web Developer addin and the Firebug addin. Here's how I (try) to work: - After any changes I validate the the local XHTML file at W3 using Web Developer (Ctrl+Shift+A). I also use xmllint(1) in my build scripts for gross validation checks. - Once I've got valid code I turn to the CSS -- I've found the Firebug Inspect command really valuable for learning about CSS and visualizing exactly what's going on (without it CSS makes my brain hurt). - Finally I turn to non-conforming browsers (IE6 I'm talking about you) and try to devise any necessary work-arounds. > > mowestusa > > --- Stuart Rackham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> mowestusa wrote: >>> I have attached the offending txt file before it >> is >>> run through Asciidoc 8.1.0 on Fedora 7. I have >> also >>> attached the resulting html file. >>> >>> Basically, I'm trying to use Asciidoc to create my >>> whole website from text files that I edit, and >> then >>> generate static pages from. I have put together a >> nice >>> header (in my opinion) that stays the same at the >> top >>> of every page with the links for navigating my >> simple >>> site. >>> >>> Everything looks fantastic in Firefox and >> Konqueror. >>> In IE this annoying issue occurs where the title >> of >>> the section (in the example it is "Vim Plugin for >>> Writers") looks wrong. IE puts part of the title >> on >>> the right side of the header table that I created >>> inside the code section that is simply inserted >> into >>> the resulting html file at the beginning. >>> >>> Without become a CSS god, is there a way to fix >> this >>> in IE. The only way I have found to do this is to >> add >>> "<p> </p>" 4 times in the code section after >> my >>> table, but that looks terrible in Firefox and >>> Konqueror. >> The page is not valid XHTML (the W3 validator turned >> up 23 errors), >> before doing anything else fix your header so it >> generates valid markup. >> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> mowestusa >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ >>> Choose the right car based on your needs. Check >> out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. >>> http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ >>> >>> >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Mowestusa's Free and Open Under the Steeple >>> Putting Free and Open Source Software to Work in >> the Church >>> HOME <index.html> BLOG <blog.html> HOW TO >> <howto.html> >>> DOWNLOADS <download.html> STUDIES >> <studies.html> >>> >>> VIM Plug in for Writers >>> >>> >>> *Written by mowestusa - 2007-02-14 10:25* >>> >>> On the download page you can find a new file. It >> is a plug in file for >>> VIM. This file makes it easier to use VIM as a >> tool for writing long >>> prose documents. It re-maps the arrow keys to >> behave in the way you >>> would expect if you were using a Word processor, >> and it sets the word >>> wrap on in VIM. I add it to every installation of >> VIM on all of my >>> computers. >>> >>> I did not come up with this idea on my own. After >> searching for a long >>> long time, I found this post from 2002 which gave >> me the plug in file. >>> My thanks to the original author. Link to Original >> Post > <http://dot.kde.org/1035902091/1035955663/1035985451/1036004952/1036014424/1036342967/> >>> >>> Last updated 10-Sep-2007 18:04:23 EDT >>> >>> >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Asciidoc-discuss mailing list >>> Asciidoc-discuss@metaperl.com >>> > http://metaperl.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/asciidoc-discuss >> Cheers, Stuart >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Asciidoc-discuss mailing list >> Asciidoc-discuss@metaperl.com >> > http://metaperl.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/asciidoc-discuss > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! > http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > Cheers, Stuart _______________________________________________ Asciidoc-discuss mailing list Asciidoc-discuss@metaperl.com http://metaperl.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/asciidoc-discuss
