Re: [WSG] accessibility: images as navigation

A simple approach to this dilemma (really simple in fact) a href=my_link title=my_link_descriptionimg src=my_image alt=my_link_description //a If images are 'on' its works as you'd expect. If not, the alt text is shown as a link. Hurray! -- Joseph R. B. Taylor *Sites by Joe, LLC

Re: [WSG] accessibility: images as navigation

empty element, its squeaky clean. Thierry Koblentz wrote: Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: A simple approach to this dilemma (really simple in fact) a href=my_link title=my_link_descriptionimg src=my_image alt=my_link_description //a This is a JS approach that keeps the markup *clean* (no IMG

Re: [WSG] Table conflicts in Firefox

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Re: [WSG] Semantics of P element (?)

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Re: [WSG] Compliant pop ups

some testing of the 'onmouseover' attribute Joseph R. B. Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Brad Pollard wrote: Steve, You mentioned that lightbox implementations are not accessible in that JAWs does not read any of the displayed content I see this as a real problem as the new approach

Re: [WSG] Compliant pop ups

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Re: [WSG] Compliant pop ups

any idea that the page has changed. Do you have any other examples where this technique has been applied? Steve Joseph R. B. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the statement of people requesting the pop-ups You're right, many people do request them, but this is typically based

[WSG] IE Background Position Oops

) and knows what causes it please let me know thanks! -- Joseph R. B. Taylor *Sites by Joe, LLC* /Custom Web Design Development/ http://sitesbyjoe.com (609) 335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] IE Background Position Oops

Good call both of you - styling the a:hover did the trick! John Faulds wrote: I think you need to give IE something on a:hover as well as a:hover span otherwise the hover won't be triggered. On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:55:38 +1000, Joseph R. B. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey gang, I

Re: [WSG] Semantics of news

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Re: [WSG] Semantics of news

this would be valid as it would be with any other kind of list (I didn't check). Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ - Original Message - From: Joseph R. B. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [WSG

[WSG] Off-Topic: Javascript for Dummies

be working? Makes no darn sense! Thanks! -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] 100% height block for XHTML 1.1 in FireFox and Opera

: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** You can also try: html { height: 100%; } Some browsers get remedied by adding that in. Remember that 100% only applies to the visible view port not the height that the page (if longer) may be. -- Joseph R. B

Re: [WSG] Site check: lot's of space where there shouldn't be any

rollovers are being bad - disappearing on rollover until everything loads (IE7 and Firefox). I'm guessing your switching images instead of changing background positions on one image - bad Taco! -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] Site Review - intrep

forward, I also have a site that I would like you Mac/Linux folks to please take a peek at. I 've worked out most layout issues on the PC end and it renders the same on IE6, IE7rc1, FF and Opera 8.5. http://purdy.sitesbyjoe.com/default.asp Thanks in advance everyone, -- Joseph R. B. Taylor

Re: [WSG] testing for mobile browsers

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Re: [WSG] font standards today

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Re: [WSG] Semantic usage of th

to either. Examples: th scope=colFat/th - OR - th scope=rowBurger/th On the cell with Food Type, not sure - someone will tell you though. My guess would be: th scope=colFood Type/th since it is describing the items below it. -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609

Re: [WSG] Standards Table Layout

law change / suit or whatever reminding them they should think about changing that minor issue of the site. Everyone's happy. Hurray for happiness! -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] Standards Table Layout

to the tables, open in a GUI, remove the superfluous nested tables and use your CSS to fill in the gaps. -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] New with a ?

that that width you can make the page flexible. Easiest course is an alternate style (high contrast etc), which by the way I'm guilty of never doing - whoa, better change that fast! -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] non system fonts - WebDesign

(Verdana or something) and end it with a generic sans-serif or something to that effect. Here's a list of fonts found on most systems: http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/sampler-CombinedResultsFull.shtml -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Re: what do you use instead of embed

, until Opera renders both the object AND embed contents. Switch the swfobject and am good to go these days. Basically, there's no actual valid flash that works, sorry. There are methods to either display flash or alternative content, but thats about it. -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe

Re: [WSG] html validation: exactly what is it good for?

certainly begins with valid code, be it HTML, XHTML, WAP or whatever your flavor. My clients appreciate this thinking, its shows that I actually care about there site beyond the handshake and payment. Its simply good business. -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335

Re: [WSG] IE and image markup white space

is adding display:block inline to fix it for sure. -- 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

Re: [WSG] email stripping out the css from tables?

use to read email. -- 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

[WSG] Mac / Linux Site Check Please

with are in place at this time. Thank you very much for your time, -- 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

[WSG] Form problem solving attempt 1 - how usable is it?

to each of the 9 sections and the whole form. Give me your thoughts on this so far and what could make it more usable for both ends. http://wildwood.sitesbyjoe.com/employment.asp Thanks, -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] selling web standards

that mobile and other devices will interact with their stuff, well... My 2 cents, Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pat Ramsey wrote: Jan, Outstanding site! That's going to be very helpful to me. Cheers! Patrick -- Pat Ramsey [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Anyone know of an S5 editor?

), and all my non-tech clients use it along with backends I've written to successfully maintain their own sites. The details of what to do are beyond this response, just sending an option. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Harris wrote

Re: [WSG] Accessibility standards - for commercial consumption

Raymond, There is certainly an exemplary job done of making everything accessible to the utmost extreme. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Patrick H. Lake wrote: Raymond Sonoff wrote: see what my four-year effort has encompassed

Re: [WSG] table or div

=leftContent for left side/div div id=rightContent for right side/div /div /body /html Try that out as a foundation for what you're doing. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ryan Moore wrote: I’m wondering what

Re: [WSG] new site critique - extemely

being flexible as we are creating things for the most flexible media ever conceived. That is why we strive to do things like make flexible text, print stylesheets etc... Its simply the right thing to do, regardless of varying opinions. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http

Re: [WSG] Accessibility and Browsers (N4.x)

duplication. You could have: @import url(head.css); @import url(nav.css); etc.. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geoff Pack wrote: Katrina wrote: Is it recommended to continue to use work-arounds to ensure accessibility in older browsers

Re: [WSG] Tables - you can still use them in web design article

approach and only use CSS for layouts, regardless. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rob Mientjes wrote: On 16/05/06, Joseph R. B. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Design choices are left to the designer. Rewards and consequences

Re: [WSG] Tables - you can still use them in web design article

of information is part of this future. Tables handling presentation disrupts this separation. Of course it is possible that I'm retarded and have misinterpreted everything I've come to believe about the standards movement Cheers, Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609

Re: [WSG] Tables - you can still use them in web design article

CSS, and finding workarounds for display issues. I've gotten pretty good at it at this point (obviously I still have a ways to go...) Think about it. The standards gurus wouldn't be endorsing it if it weren't really the future. My 2 cents, Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http

Re: [WSG] Re: XHTML Strict - top margin

I also noticed the guillotine bug in IE 6 on WinXP. If you scroll down the page you posted, then scroll back up, some of the left links disappear. This is easy to fix. Just add a height value (like 1%) to the element containing the floats. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http

Re: [WSG] XHTML Strict - top margin

These spaces are usually caused by margins on the neighboring elements like h1's and paragraphs, try removing margins on those elements. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elle Meredith wrote: I've decided to change from xhtml

Re: [WSG] Linux and mac site check please

Thanks for the checks everyone! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom Livingston wrote: On 4/27/06 1:27 AM, Joseph R. B. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope a couple of you nice linux and mac users take a peek at this page

[WSG] Linux and mac site check please

Greetings everyone, I hope a couple of you nice linux and mac users take a peek at this page? http://ti.sitesbyjoe.com If you see any layout bugs, please let me know off-list. Thank you very much for your time, -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076

Re: [WSG] input

Whats to review? a logo, 4 links and badges because you wrote 3 lines of valid XHTML. It's a really great splash page. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shawn J. Cassick wrote: http://24.130.225.20/DWS/index.htm just lookin for some

Re: [WSG] Based on ala Hybird -dropdown -menu

should instead make a big backgorund image and just change its position on rollover instead. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Antti Tuppurainen wrote: Hi All! Sorry for the douplepost (Gmail sended the email when I clicked space

Re: [WSG] margins question

Another alternative is this: body{text-align: center;} #content{margin: 0 auto; width:600px; text-align:left;} Take that, IE! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thierry Koblentz wrote: Chris Lamberson wrote: So I would like my