Re: [css-d] are there changes in the css validator?

2009-12-04 Thread Alan Gresley
Beat Beer wrote: > Hi Allan > > so am I right that the validator has been changed? No, it is a bug as noted by Ingo Chao. But we have two work arounds. 1. Include two value for the position (noted in the bug report). 2. Change the order of

Re: [css-d] are there changes in the css validator?

2009-12-04 Thread Beat Beer
Hi Allan so am I right that the validator has been changed? There is a big discourse here in switzerland about validity tests of the W3C validators way or not. (so far I was convinced that one of the factors for accessibility was the validation of the code - I know not any longer in the new WC

Re: [css-d] are there changes in the css validator?

2009-12-04 Thread Alan Gresley
Chris Williams wrote: >> From: Beat Beer >> Subject: [css-d] are there changes in the css validator? >> >> Hi Folks >> >> today I was told by a friend that some css statements don't validate any >> longer and I really don't find a solution to the problem. >> >> following statements do not validat

Re: [css-d] are there changes in the css validator?

2009-12-04 Thread Ingo Chao
ah, its a known bug. http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8237 Ingo __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List pol

Re: [css-d] are there changes in the css validator?

2009-12-04 Thread Alan Gresley
Beat Beer wrote: > Hi Folks > > today I was told by a friend that some css statements don't validate any > longer and I really don't find a solution to the problem. > > following statements do not validate Hello Beat, the validator is playing up it seems. > #header { > height: 131px; >

Re: [css-d] are there changes in the css validator?

2009-12-04 Thread Ingo Chao
2009/12/4 David Hucklesby : > ... > It looks to me as if the validator complains about a single value for > the background-position property. From my reading of the specs, though, > I think that a single value is valid. (???) > > I am as confused as the OP... I think the validator is confused. Ex

Re: [css-d] are there changes in the css validator?

2009-12-04 Thread Chris Williams
No, I'm wrong. It's suggested, and I've always used it, but as someone else noted off line to me, it's not required. Either by the std. or by the validator. Sorry for the error. Chris > From: David Hucklesby > Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:23:24 -0800 > To: Chris Williams > Cc: > Subject: Re:

Re: [css-d] New Intranet Design - IE 6 Woes

2009-12-04 Thread Stevens, Jacob
Thanks for your advice. I've gone ahead and made sure it validates with zero errors or warnings as confirmed here: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peelregion.ca%2Fpathways%2Findex.htm But for the life of me I can't seem to get the columns to work in IE6. Thanks Mike and Delo

Re: [css-d] New Intranet Design - IE 6 Woes

2009-12-04 Thread Delos Woodruff
Jacob, If FF 3 it looks fine but according to browsershots (http://browsershots.org/http://www.peelregion.ca/pathways/ ), it appears IE 6 slides everything below the header to the right. It's interesting that the columns float right instead of float left. I ran the page through the w3 markup

Re: [css-d] New Intranet Design - IE 6 Woes

2009-12-04 Thread Michael O'Toole
Jacob, At http://validator.w3.org/ it reports 49 errors, many having to do with div tag issues. Check 'verbose' and 'show source' to zero in on the issue. It's likely one missing div close created several or a majority of those errors. I use several validators, it's rare that they flag the sam

Re: [css-d] are there changes in the css validator?

2009-12-04 Thread David Hucklesby
Chris Williams wrote: > The URL parameter needs the value quoted. E.G. should be > url('value'). > >> From: Beat Beer Subject: [css-d] are there >> changes in the css validator? >> >> Hi Folks >> >> today I was told by a friend that some css statements don't >> validate any longer and I really

Re: [css-d] New Intranet Design - IE 6 Woes

2009-12-04 Thread Stevens, Jacob
Hello, I've just completed a new design for our corporate intranet, but I have a requirement to meet compatibility with IE6 - which I seemed to have blown up badly. Could anyone take a look at help me figure out what is wrong with my template? The layout I chose to work with is from here: htt

Re: [css-d] are there changes in the css validator?

2009-12-04 Thread Beat Beer
Tim you are right thanks. Silly that I haven't had this validation problem before! Thanks a lot Am 04.12.2009 um 17:12 schrieb Tim Duffy: > i think you need 2 parameters for "background-position" > > so this validates: > #header { >height: 131px; >background: #e4e3e3 url(../p

Re: [css-d] are there changes in the css validator?

2009-12-04 Thread Chris Williams
The URL parameter needs the value quoted. E.G. should be url('value'). > From: Beat Beer > Subject: [css-d] are there changes in the css validator? > > Hi Folks > > today I was told by a friend that some css statements don't validate any > longer and I really don't find a solution to the probl

[css-d] are there changes in the css validator?

2009-12-04 Thread Beat Beer
Hi Folks today I was told by a friend that some css statements don't validate any longer and I really don't find a solution to the problem. following statements do not validate #header { height: 131px; background: #e4e3e3 url(../pics/headerMa2.jpg) no-repeat 14.450em; } a[href