Re: [WSG] Re: Use of Fieldsets other than in form?

t's just a box with a heading after all. My 2 cents, *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com <http://www.sitesbyjoe.com> Nick Gleitzman wrote: On 5 Jun 2007, at 11:41 AM, Lucien Stals wrote: ...the field

Re: [WSG] Using CSS for Flash backgrounds

Any thoughts? Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC 408 Route 47 South Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 (609) 335-3076 http://sitesbyjoe.com Genau Junior wrote: Christian Montoya wrote: The only problem with this is sometimes when you right-click (if you ever need to right click) you get the Fl

Re: [WSG] Using CSS for Flash backgrounds

The download time for the movie itself to start is reduced, obviously everything still needs to download, but in the sense where I don't need the image right away in the movie its swell. Joe Tom Livingston wrote: On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:18:16 -0400, Joseph R. B. Taylor <[EMAIL P

Re: [WSG] Using CSS for Flash backgrounds

Another added thought is using flash detection to change the background image if flash isn't seen via javascript, the replacement image can be the same as the background image but with some text on it that emulates what the flash would've been. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC

[WSG] Hiding Headings

evealing the heading... Which approach is better? Do search engine spiders know the heading is hidden in scenario one and skip that text? Is there a known workaround for the issue caused by scenario two? Thanks, Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC 408 Route 47 South Cape May C

Re: [WSG] Hiding Headings

I think we're strictly thinking of the perfect semantic document, which would in all likelihood, have an H1 at the very top. Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: -Original Message- From: Duncan Heal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 28 September 2005 1:02 PM To: wsg@webs

Re: [WSG] IE MAC just won't play ball!

I noticed one other thing worth mentioning on the charismalab site. Your container div with the background gets cut off at the bottom of the first page length (in Firefox using 1024x768 resolution). I haven't gone through your CSS as I'm supposed to be working right now, but I'm guessing that

Re: [WSG] Couple of question - Image Map etc.

y change I make as I build the page. Yes, its more time-consuming, but at least I know everything is rendering right. I'm on a PC, so I have to hope and pray for Safari and IE to be good. Generally though, if Opera likes it, it must be pretty darn correct! Hopefully this helps! Joseph

[WSG] Firefox mystery space bug?

gotten it to pop up more often when I fiddle with the declaration of link styles in the footer. Its very strange and hopefully its not me! If anyone is aware of this, or has a known fix for this please let me know! Thanks, Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC 408 Route 47 South Cape May Court

Re: [WSG] Never ending cross browser problems! Lets just do IE!

ow the layout will be coded up. You'll get to that point too as long as you always TRY to get it perfect. Only trial and error will teach you about the browser bugs and how to resolve them. Now get that site done and get paid! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Jo

Re: [WSG] Firefox filter?

I make it a point to test in Firefox first, since historically it is nearly free of rendering bugs. IE and Opera come next, once the 3 are behaving, you should be in good shape. I would be concerned about a bug only showing up in Firefox, I believe that hiding something from Firefox is not th

Re: [WSG] form hidden field ?

Set it's display to none. Joshua Street wrote: Example link? On 10/29/05, csslist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a hidden field in a css styled form and when you view the page it's shown as a line in firefox, any ideas? tia dave -- Joshua Street http://www.joahua.com/ +61 (0

[WSG] Which browser is most stanard compliant?

In response to some of the opinions generated by my "Firefox first, others later" way of testing my pages, it brings up the question of which browser is closest to rendering my code the way it SHOULD look? I was under the impression that Firefox was as accurate as available today. If gecko is

Re: [WSG] Which browser is most stanard compliant?

rber wrote: From: "Joseph R. B. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 8:58 PM Subject: [WSG] Which browser is most stanard compliant? In response to some of the opinions generated by my "Firefox first, others later" way of testing my pages,

Re: [WSG] my rounded corner box isn't displaying correctly in IE

Classic box model problem. Don't apply padding or margins (unless zero) to block level elements width a set width. Use an additional div for padding and margins. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Bruce Gilbert wrote: I have a rounded corner box I am using with four images and it displays fi

[WSG] Text choices on our own sites

As a thought, I wanted to point something out. No one cares about standards or accessibility but us. Its our job to care. As an example, we can view any of the URLs on this list, and see a common thread - we all like to point out that we use standards and care about accessibility. I've not

[WSG] PNG Question

Greetings all, I wanted to see what people's comments were as to using .png's vs. .gifs these days. I have a design that will require those nice transparency effects only a .png can provide if I want it to be just like the mockup. Do most browsers support that yet, or do I have to go with t

Re: [WSG] Help with menu

As a reminder, at this point you cannot safely apply widths to any elements that have a border, padding or a margin. In the case you need to apply width adn one of the others mentioned, safest best is to insert a nested div/span with the padding applied etc to break it up. This has long since

Re: [WSG] Help with menu

Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com James O'Neill wrote: Joseph: Interesting. Do you have something that I can reference for this? Thierry: I will take a look at that tonight. Thanks guys! On 11/15/05, * Joseph R. B. Taylor* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:

Re: [WSG] Help with menu

TECTED]>> wrote: I'm confused at your suggestion, why add extra markup when you just need to use the box model hack in the css http://tantek.com/CSS/Examples/boxmodelhack.html Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: > I'm not sure...about a physical refe

Re: [WSG] news scroller and standards

If you mean a vertical scroller that scrolls by hand, you can steal this one I made (CSS) way back: http://www.ventnorcity.org/ If he want marquee scrolling or auto vertical scrolling, tell the client that its just plain bad taste - yuck! Just kidding. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Gile

Re: [WSG] horizontal scroll on menu

This appears to be a box model width issue. You have a couple of options. 1. Use a hack to send a thinner width to firefox (adds padding to width) 2. Remove any padding/margins/borders from elements that have a specified width 3. My favorite (and in discussion currently on this list) is to w

Re: [WSG] horizontal scroll on menu

You do want to set the width on that div, that way the nested elements stretch to its width. kvnmcwebn wrote: brillant thanks, Adding overflow: hidden; to .navcontainer ul does exactly what i need it to in firefox-i.e didnt respond to it. http://www.mcmonagle.biz/otinavtest.htm Ted: Addi

Re: [WSG] snug a border around diff sized pix

I would use a selector to apply the border to the image itself, rather than the div. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com csslist wrote: I have a div that shows phots dynamically that are different sizes and would like to throw a 1px border aound them, I can't seem to get them to hug the photo,

Re: [WSG] Firefox :hover font-weight: bold

The flicker disappears if you simply remove the bold from the hover state. Why not remove the weight change? No matter what, the weight change is gonna move things around, try enlarging the text to eyesight impaired size and see what I mean. Personally, I think the color change on the hover

Re: [WSG] jump menu method

Just a thought, but if all the links are counties within a greater whole, why not use a happy "map" image map interface? Thats a-okay standards-wise, and degrades nicely into a list of links, and looks cute for visitors. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Terrence Wood wrote: Lachlan Hardy sa

Re: [WSG] jump menu method

As simple as http://realtor.com and choose "map search". Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Herrod, Lisa wrote: can you send a link to an example of one of these? thanks, lisa -Original Message----- From: Joseph R. B. Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 21 November

[WSG] Curse you IE! Float Drop suggestions?

Greetings all, I'm hoping one of you CSS gurus out there who remember the cures for all of IE's quirks can solve this float drop instance please. Here's the mockup I need to code up: http://sausalito.sitesbyjoe.com/mockup.htm Here's the coded up page thus far: http://sausalito.sitesbyjoe.c

Re: [WSG] Curse you IE! Float Drop suggestions?

I managed to solve my problems by simply stepping around the issue. It does still leave the question of somehow removing the 3px space from around images in IE which is the root of the troubles I was having. Thanks, Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: Greetings all

[WSG] Layout Check Please

Guys, I'm on a PC with Firefox 1.5, IE 6.0 and Opera 8.5. Everything looks okay so far, but I was hoping some of you mac / linux guys could take a peek at this layout please. http://sausalito.sitesbyjoe.com/default.asp Thanks so much, Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com ***

Re: [WSG] Layout Check Please

on IE your content is all over the place. (All browsers are most current versions.) -- Dan Smith Lucid Realm Design www.lucidrealmdesign.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/2/05, Joseph R. B. Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Guys, I'm on a PC with Firefox 1.5, IE 6.0 and Opera 8.5. Every

Re: [WSG] talking points for standards

In my own experience, I find myself using the house analogy again and again when it comes to websites and getting points across to clients. There's a code for what is considered a good building. You cannot gain a certificate of occupancy with passing code. You CAN launch a site without passi

Re: [WSG] talking points for standards

ccepted. Hopefully that clarifies. At least it works on Realtors Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Patrick H. Lauke wrote: Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: You CAN launch a site without passing code, but there are groups that are working together to enforce the integrity of the code. And

[WSG] Flash and Validation

Guys and Gals, A problem I have ignored all too long is Flash and XHTML. The problem lies in the tag and its attributes of course. I have of course read the alistapart articles on how they have taken steps to make valid code, but I have still found problems in Opera etc when using their met

[WSG] Site Check please

Guys and Gals, I have just switched my site to a fluid layout vs. the old 750 pixels wide approach. I have also changed all my font sizes to em's to adjust as needed. Can people in mac and linux take a glance to make sure all is well for me? Thanks, Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com ***

Re: [WSG] Site Check please

The poor practices mostly come from this code being slowly updated since version 1, (which was really bad), hopefully in time all the "no-no's" will be removed. I appreciate the time you spent looking in there and noticing that stuff, I forgot all about those stupid span tags all over the plac

Re: [WSG] li background image

A trick I've used, though some may not care for this especially, is to use padding on the top and bottom, such as: HTML: My Link CSS: (going for 25 pixels high) li{height:25px;} li a{font-size:12px;padding-top:6px;padding-bottom:6px;} Usually its works great, so long as the font size and padd

[WSG] Site re-check please

Guys and gals, If the Mac / Linux users would be so kind as to take a peek at this page: http://sausalito.sitesbyjoe.com/default.asp I had posted this about 2 weeks ago and everyone ripped it apart, thank you, and I have made most the changes everyone mentioned that would make this layout bet

Re: [WSG] pdf graphics

just email me if this is the case rather than pollute the list anymore than I just have. Thanks, Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marilyn Langfeld wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 6:59 AM, kvnmcwebn wrote: are the graphics vectors? Opening

[WSG] IE6 and color display behavior

/tutorials/mcdowell/default08.htm Thanks, -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cf

[WSG] To answer myself

I bet its the .png filesdang -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for

[WSG] ASP, PHP and Ruby - oh my!

d If you want to keep this list clean, just email me your thoughts if you like. Thanks, -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/

Re: [WSG] ASP, PHP and Ruby - oh my!

Ok, SORRY for starting this thread, I didn't intend to start a classic argument over server languages. I just wanted to get a feel for how many of us "standards guys" are adopting Ruby, or they plan to stick with PHP/other in the foreseeable future. Joseph R. B. Taylor Si

Re: [WSG] missing menu: rendering bug in Firefox?

Get your code to validate then repost if it still happens. I notice about 40 errors when I ran it through. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Roberto Gorjão wrote: Olá a todos, In this page - http://www.ouronor.com/problems

Re: [WSG] Which unit is better for web site font size?

g issues, but that pretty much covers it. I myself use both depending on the situation. I've never used a "%" measurement. Hopefully that helps. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Roberto Santana wrote: Hello, Which uni

[WSG] Firefox being naughty

g the background black! I even went into the CSS and added a background-color: #FF and it didn't affect the behavior at all. Any guesses would be greatly appreciated. -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] PDF files on web site

Another option is to copy the text out of the PDF and stick it on the page. I personally hate PDF's on sites (annoying to read). Especially multi-page versions. Just think how that text would help your page rank for that page if it wasn't a PDF...just a thought! Joseph R. B. Ta

Re: [WSG] Call for a new (scalable) business case for web standards.

clean informative document that is left behind once the presentation layer is removed. Then I show them the tag soup site that doesn't change much. That always creates an impression. Hopefully thats helpful. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [

Re: [WSG] HTML Restructuring of hopkinsprogramming.net

I personally would expect the page to appear as any typical printed document should. Page Title (your element) Table of Contents (your nav list) Content (content) My 2 cents. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Terrence Wood wrote

Re: [WSG] Gaps At The Top

Adding a "margin: 0px;" to the H1 element pushed up to the top. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] White Ash wrote: Hi all ~ There's a gap at the top of the page in Firefox & Opera, but not in IE. I would like

Re: [WSG] pdf graphics

It's also worth mentioning that many other readers exist besides Acrobat. The "feature-rich" Acrobat features may not apply to all the readers. It may be a mute point since just about everyone uses Acrobat, but... Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.co

Re: [WSG] Call for a new (scalable) business case for web standards.

a non-web person. It takes a well thoughout pitch to make them understand the point of this. It's our responsibility to do it the best we can so they DON'T have to think about it. Most educated people never heard the word "semantics"! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http

Re: [WSG] Firefox being naughty

Thanks for your replies, I noticed the double flash in Opera as well. I think it's due to some "compliant flash code script" I had found last year - may have been on a list apart... better go back and check them all! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.co

Re: [WSG] Search Engine Script *Little off topic*

You can always get the google "search this site", or you can find free scripts that search html documents, usually in the asp/php flavor. If the content of your site (articles and such) is databased, its very easy to write a search engine for that. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe

Re: [WSG] Target sued over non-accessible site

The Target suit will undoubtedly send shivers down all of their spines. You want a business case for standards?--here it is. The only thing I don't understand is how on earth does a blind person pick out items that rely on a photograph (clothes etc)... Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe

[WSG] Fluid column and a float

ter column? Thanks, -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on

[WSG] Min-Width, IE, Fluid Content and Hair Loss

ing, but I lose the fluid expansion that works so nicely on everything else... Anyone have suggestions on this? Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://we

Re: [WSG] Min-Width, IE, Fluid Content and Hair Loss

Thank you Project VII! I could of sworn I had looked at that... Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Heiden wrote: Joseph, Friday, February 24, 2006, 5:06:39 PM, you wrote: JRBT> I have a min-width applied to my wrapper div

Re: [WSG] Converting the heathen: never again

ities. I don't think I need to tell you what the lesson is. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Absalom Media wrote: Lachlan Hunt wrote: What kind of person would rather insult the customer instead of admitting they have a problem?

[WSG] Quick Site Check Please

believable sizes in FF. The URL is: http://cmcaor.sitesbyjoe.com A screenshot for reference is located at: http://cmcaor.sitesbyjoe.com/images/draft08.gif Thank you so much! -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Quick Site Check Please

/ Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joshua Street wrote: On 3/1/06, Joseph R. B. Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It validates and renders correctly on FF 1.5, Opera 8.5 and IE 6.0. The only issue I discovered so far is a layout brea

Re: [WSG] Quick Site Check Please

Good call Susanne! Adding the float clear to the left column fixed the text size column break issue! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Susanne Jäger wrote: Joseph R. B. Taylor schrieb, am 01.03.06 00:12: I tried adding some items to

Re: [WSG] Quick Site Check Please

Same thing is happening on the PC. I have my nav text set to 1.0em. I have the height of each li set to 1.75em. I wrongly assumed that the li would expand along with the text since they both used ems for sizing... Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076

Re: [WSG] Quick Site Check Please

Thank you everyone for your input, its been very helpful! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ulrich Maasmeier wrote: Hi! I´m just surfing a biz around, and it looks fine o me on Mac OSX 10.4 w Opera 8.52 There can´t be any Sizing

Re: [WSG] Site Check/Launch: Edentiti.com

Loading issues like mentioned below - I'll disregard that though. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom Livingston wrote: On 3/2/06 10:31 AM, "Lachlan Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [1] http://edentiti.com/

Re: [WSG] testing tips

has one toolbar you can download to check, has an extension to review your code as well. Have fun, Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anja Kennedy wrote: Hi can anybody give me some tips regarding website testing? what browsers and

Re: [WSG] div width: 100% with a div width 800px inside should always be > 800px right?

Go to Al's site (projectvii.com?) and he has a nice javascript that checks for IE and handles the non-support of min-width by adding a width declaration at run-time. Works great. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] J Verburgh wrote

Re: [WSG] page break when printing

Look up "page-break-before" and "page-break-after" in google for explanations and how to use in your particular case. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack Pivac wrote: I have a page with about 20-30 div's ea

Re: [WSG] Usability issue with form help

Keep in mind too, that most "tabbers" are familiar with "shift + tab" as well for navigating backwards. Should we assume that keyboard navigators can competently do this, or is that giving too much of an assumption? Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyj

[WSG] Website Directory Structure - Best Practice

ng at these two layouts, I first notice that the 2nd layout has multiple images folders, one for each page in fact. This sort of organizes the images better, but now there's images all over the place. How do YOU set up your directories? Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyj

Re: [WSG] Screen reader friendly show/hide dhtml

activity with a screenreader will only create a confusing experience. This same rule should apply to any javascripting - always start with a plain-jane page and enhance from there. My 2 cents, *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.s

Re: [WSG] standards selling points

ep in mind I'm in America so I'm in an environment where REALLY no one cares. My competition all uses Frontpage, frames, javascript links, whole pages that are just jpgs with image maps, only use CSS to style scrollbars - its ridiculous! My 2 cents, *Joseph R. B. T

Re: [WSG] site check - almost ready for prime time

Looks pretty strong. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com <http://www.sitesbyjoe.com> Bob Schwartz wrote: The test site at http://www.fotografics.it/fife/ has been refurbished to make it more standards

Re: [WSG] Correct structure of lists with headers

All thoughts so far on formatting lists with headings are good. I would hesitate to put a heading inside a though. Seems a little goofy to me. Again, the content being marked up will be the final decision maker. My 2 cents, *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design

[WSG] em-based layout test request

there are plenty of untested browsers out there, especially you linux and mac users. -- *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com <http://www.sitesbyjoe.com> *

Re: [WSG] em-based layout test request

ox model sizing out the window. Thanks for the input. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com <http://www.sitesbyjoe.com> Paul Novitski wrote: At 4/8/2007 09:18 PM, Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: I've bee

Re: [WSG] em-based layout test request

indow width, but I'm running 1280 wide so that's probably not the typical experience for those who have to enlarge their text in the first place. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com <http://www.site

[WSG] Layout Check Please (Linux / Mac)

Greetings all, I was hoping some of you fine Linux / Mac users could test this layout to make sure no blowups happen. Everything SHOULD be fine, but you never know. http://homestead.foodzoomer.com/ Thanks a bunch! -- *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Develop

Re: [WSG] input name and id

emove the "id" attribute, leaving only "name". *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com <http://www.sitesbyjoe.com> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The HTML & XHTML definitive guide from O'Reill

Re: [WSG] What do we say if we don't say "click"?

formation about bluebirds"? No! It'll say "Bluebirds...page 95". The method we would use to reach page 95 is out of context of the information. As far as the URL showing on printwell thats another beast altogether. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC

Re: [WSG] Template Review

FYI - the main box for the layout busts out on each side by 20px in Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP. You'll need to feed that browser something 40px thinner as a width on that box. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609)

[WSG] A Linux Check please?

Good Linux users, Can you check this layout for me? http://seaislerealty.com/homepage.php As long as nothing is blowing up, we're cool. Thank you so much! -- *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.

Re: [WSG] IE6 problem - more general

n browsers that work first * Set up separate stylesheets for IE so you don't have to use hacks Those points make life much easier in the battle against IE's rendering issues. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesby

Re: [WSG] The use of web standards (tables vs CSS)

years ago. All I remember was the cowboy who was saying something like "...thats the cowboy way..." in regards to following the standards. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com <http://www.sitesbyjoe.c

Re: [WSG] Site check Please - new thread

/files/wsg/sell-my-stuff.gif *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com <http://www.sitesbyjoe.com> Taco Fleur wrote: For some reason my other emails ended up in someone else's thread, even though I created a n

Re: [WSG] The use of web standards (tables vs CSS)

Yes! Good Stuff. It was this page that opened my eyes to CSS forevermore. http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/ *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com <http://www.sitesbyjoe.com> John Faulds wrote: I th

Re: [WSG] Site check Please - new thread

appens when you ask for a site check around here..... *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com <http://www.sitesbyjoe.com> Taco Fleur wrote: Thanks. How large did you size the font to? We've only anti

Re: [WSG] dl v table for form layout

form layouts. The DL is an okay idea, but with the markup you'll end up adding, you're better off using this style structure: My Legend My Label There's a ton of other ways to go about this too in regards to using/not using the div, nesting the input inside the label, etc.

Re: [WSG] div hiding and expanding

reveal the next sibling of your activating link with the onclick event *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com <http://www.sitesbyjoe.com> kevin mcmonagle wrote: Hi, Is there a way to do this unobtrusi

Re: [WSG] Site Review (www.richardson.co.nz)

Nice job on that one. I only thing I could find wrong was the use of "javascript:" pseudo links. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com <http://www.sitesbyjoe.com> Snadden Tim wrote: www.richard

[WSG] Mac / Linux Check if you please

Greetings all, Can I ask the Linux users to take a look at this one? I want to make sure there's no layout flaws on your favorite browsers. http://michaels.sitesbyjoe.com/ Many thanks, -- *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design & Development/ Phone: (609)

Re: [WSG] Mac / Linux Check if you please

Thanks for taking a look at this one. And Felix, believe it or not, there will be a dry cleaning newsletter. We're looking to offset some of his postcard expense which is spent on regular clients who would be happy to receive discounts etc... Crazy, isn't it? *Joseph R. B. Tay

Re: [WSG] 3px Space problems

Firefox (and perhaps other browsers too) have a default image alignment of "baseline" which leaves that gap at the bottom. Incidentally, you might want to have a look at the site with images disabled. Or load it over a dial-up connection. Regards -- Joseph R. B. T

Re: [WSG] 3px Space problems

oo) have a default image alignment of "baseline" which leaves that gap at the bottom. Incidentally, you might want to have a look at the site with images disabled. Or load it over a dial-up connection. Regards -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Web Designer/Developer http://sitesbyjoe.com (

Re: [WSG] a DIV adjusts to content in IE but not in Mozilla, page validates as XHTML 1.0 strict

I must assume that you are trying to get the background colors to stretch down to the bottom of the main content? In this situation I usually add something like this below the content to force those wrappers down.   That forces the wrappers down below the floats. Good Luck, Joseph R. B

Re: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review

As a one-man show, I disagree with that statement as I find it advantageous for me to do it all as even in the early design stages I'm thinking about how this design can be used in a page most effectively and most easily coded up. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Thierry Koblentz wrote: And