Franky, I admire the attempts to subvert an obviously broken publishing system. Maybe you are fixing the wrong problem.
In terms of web standards, what is to stop the developers simply pasting an iframe or an object tag into the table cell, and doing the same thing with perfectly valid code? Geoff -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Meredith Kidby Sent: Wednesday, 22 November 2006 21:53 To: [email protected] Subject: [WSG] two-headed babies look OK Hi Folks My University's website design is based on a table layout (no comments needed!). The publishing system only allows the addition of content in one area, which is actually a single table cell. Developers are expected to use the minimum of HTML, and preferably no JavaScript at all. It's pretty restrictive, and standard university web pages are fairly dull, as you might imagine. Normally I'd be sympathetic to developers who bent the system rules a bit (a few in-line styles etc).. But in the pages I'm bothered about, a whole (or nearly whole) HTML page has been dumped into the (user content area) table cell. Each page source is very lengthy, but you'll see what I mean - just search for a second <head> or <html> tag. http://www.rmit.edu.au/ad/arch .. http://www.rmit.edu.au/industrial http://www.rmit.edu.au/ad ...and so on (plenty more of these in that part of the website) It's been very difficult for me to make a case to change these pages, because they look fine (if you don't check the structure). In fact they look better than a lot of other pages on the university web site. Should these pages be changed.. or should *I* have my head examined? My main question is - why do browsers allow this kind of mess to work? Cheers, Meredith Kidby Teaching & Learning Online Group Design & Social Context Portfolio RMIT Univesity ============================================================================== The information contained in this email and any attachment is confidential and may contain legally privileged or copyright material. It is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are not permitted to disseminate, distribute or copy this email or any attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. The ABC does not represent or warrant that this transmission is secure or virus free. Before opening any attachment you should check for viruses. The ABC's liability is limited to resupplying any email and attachments ============================================================================== ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
