Re: [WSG] site check and code review

2006-07-16 Thread dwain . alford
Germ wrote: Hey my 2c Its a bit boring for my likeing The banner is a bit bland and the webpage itself is just information. What about graphics? The banner is just a school of fish. Maybe a collage or something would be nice. The code may be correct and web standard but what if it is

Re: [WSG] firefox doesn't render svg file

2006-07-30 Thread dwain . alford
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've been experimenting all night and firefox doesn't want to render the svg file at all. i get a download dialog box about the svg file. i just now found out there is not a svg plugin in the download actions dialog of my copy and it is the

Re: [WSG] firefox doesn't render svg file

2006-07-30 Thread dwain . alford
Richard Czeiger wrote: SCG is natively supported in the latest version of FireFox (though it doesn't have 100% support yet). http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/ Failing that, you can use the Adobe plugin http://www.adobe.com/svg/ it turns out that ff renders the svg-t format natively.

Re: [WSG] firefox doesn't render svg file

2006-07-30 Thread dwain . alford
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: I saved your file (+svg) to my local dev server, and there it works correctly, although the svg file doesn't scale to the size of the object. that was another problem i have been dealing with. i have played with svg before and when i used width:100% in the css,

[WSG] how to add svg+xml to htaccess file

2006-08-02 Thread dwain . alford
i have located the htaccess file on my server. my host doesn't want to change their current setup. what is the proper syntax to add this to the htaccess file? i would really like to do a copy and paste on this. would someone please help? lastly, is there a mime type svg-xml? dwain

Re: [WSG] how to add svg+xml to htaccess file

2006-08-02 Thread dwain . alford
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have located the htaccess file on my server. my host doesn't want to change their current setup. what is the proper syntax to add this to the htaccess file? i would really like to do a copy and paste on this. would someone please help?

Re: [WSG] Using Tables w/CSS

2006-08-02 Thread dwain . alford
David Laakso wrote: CK wrote: Hi, My attempt at learning a step backwards has left me stumped: (http://working.bushidodeep.com/table_layout/2Col_layout.html) I've validation errors that I'm unable to debug. Would someone guide me to the correct solution? A tableless layout

Re: [WSG] Support for Macs and Firefox (was Support for IE5/Mac?)

2006-08-03 Thread dwain . alford
Rachel May wrote: Seeing as we're on a big rant here I might as well add my 2c! Today I went to New Zealand's National Museum website - Te Papa. I searched for the information I was after (about native spiders) and came across the content and then - woah. The layout was all wrong (content was

Re: [WSG] htaccess, help please

2006-08-07 Thread dwain . alford
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks, i have done this and it does not appear to work. the file is up now if you would like to check out the results. http://www.alforddesigngroup.com/sandbox/svg-test.html It works insofar as your .svg file is now sent with the correct

Re: [WSG] htaccess, help please

2006-08-08 Thread dwain . alford
Nick Fitzsimons wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i repurposed the svg. firefox still doesn't get it but opera 9.01 renders it correctly. is there something i am missing? dwain Which version of Firefox are you using? FF only supports SVG from version 1.5 onwards, IIRC. I can see the

Re: [WSG] htaccess, help please

2006-08-08 Thread dwain . alford
Nick Fitzsimons wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick Fitzsimons wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i repurposed the svg. firefox still doesn't get it but opera 9.01 renders it correctly. is there something i am missing? dwain Looking at it in the Firefox DOM Inspector shows it as having

Re: [WSG] htaccess, help please

2006-08-08 Thread dwain . alford
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] it just hit me. opera was obeying the css and firefox ignored it. strange, huh? :-) Not at all... ;-) Seriously, it isn't the first time I've experienced such behavior in Gecko. Although CSS should rule, Gecko often ignores it and use

Re: [WSG] htaccess, help please

2006-08-08 Thread dwain . alford
Nick Fitzsimons wrote: Looking at it in the Firefox DOM Inspector shows it as having width and height of 2.8E+06, which is almost 3 million pixels square. This is specified at the start of your SVG in the width and height attributes: svg xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg;

[WSG] i want my svg

2006-08-08 Thread dwain . alford
like a dog with a bone ... i converted the border again in corel draw 13. it's a bit smaller now in file size than the last time; funny, i thought it would always be the same size. never mind that. fire fox still has scroll bars, but i'm getting some interesting behavior. when you scroll,

Re: [WSG] i want my svg

2006-08-09 Thread dwain . alford
Matthew Cruickshank wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if this is a scalable vector graphic, then why doesn't firefox scale it? Because even though it is a vector an SVG gets to say what resolution it should be rendered at. In this case your svg file is requesting a specific width of 900px and

Re: [WSG] i want my svg

2006-08-10 Thread dwain . alford
Matthew Cruickshank wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: would you look at the image now with css constraints /**/ out? a year ago i put up a svg file and set the width to 100% and the file sized to the window regardless of resolution. this one doesn't seem to do that. what i read the other

Re: [WSG] i want my svg

2006-08-10 Thread dwain . alford
Matthew Cruickshank wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now if there had been something wrong with my coding, i'm sure someone would have said something. may i safely assume that there is nothing wrong with the coding? Are you kidding me? It's like I hadn't said a word. Your code is wrong.

[WSG] an apology and a few pointed questions

2006-08-10 Thread dwain . alford
first, i would like to apologize to the list for my obsessive behavior dealing with svg files for the past several days. second, i would like to apologize for flaming firefox in my frustration. third, i would like to apologize to matthew for getting on his last nerve. the pointed questions:

Re: [WSG] i want my svg

2006-08-11 Thread dwain . alford
Matthew Cruickshank wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thank you for the definitive statement. The blinked text was also in my second post. now that you understand what i am trying to do, is it possible? I still don't understand; you have conflicting requirements. Without putting text in

Re: [WSG] Need Help With Websites

2006-08-18 Thread dwain . alford
marvin hunkin wrote: Hi. if any one can help me, could they send their e-mail address. Okay developing a couple of websites, and coding them using html, and a text editor called textpad. Now, my sites have the following features. that they all have frames i don't think that's such a good

Re: [WSG] List option question

2006-10-09 Thread dwain . alford
Kim Nylander wrote: Greetings. I am in a dilemma. I have to create an ordered list with the following nested scheme: 1. Item *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] In the 'Wow, if only everyone did this category...

2006-10-09 Thread dwain . alford
Lachlan Hunt wrote: Tom Livingston wrote: View this in WebKit browsers only. (Hence the subject of this post): http://decaffeinated.org/archives/projects/multibg/background-image.html Yeah, WebKit implemented that a few months ago. It's the new multiple-backgrounds syntax from the CSS3

Re: [WSG] Getting the layout to work and with all browsers

2006-10-10 Thread dwain . alford
David Cameron wrote: Problems: Opera / Firefox menu bar sits higher that drop-down menu, making navigation impossible. do you think that enclosing the drop down in a table has anything to do with the positioning? dwain ***

Re: [WSG] Getting the layout to work and with all browsers

2006-10-10 Thread dwain . alford
David Cameron wrote: Problems: Opera / Firefox menu bar sits higher that drop-down menu, making navigation impossible. here's your problem: .menu ul li { float:left; position:relative; list-style-type: none; padding-left:0px; font-size: 93%; display:inline; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:

Re: [WSG] Getting the layout to work and with all browsers

2006-10-11 Thread dwain . alford
Kevin Murphy wrote: I'm still seeing only a very small percentage of users with IE 7, but even after its released, my campus CS department has the auto updates for things like IE disabled, so I don't think that our lab computers will be upgrading when everyone else does, and i don't think we

Re: [WSG] SiteAdvisor.com

2006-10-13 Thread dwain . alford
Peter Firminger wrote: Hi, Probably don't want this thread to keep going as it is kind of off-topic, but I'm certainly not removing links to anything based on a stupid newbie tool made by a company whose ethics are down there with the virus makers themselves. Just ignore it and it'll go away

[WSG] would someone tell me where

2006-10-13 Thread dwain . alford
hi, i have seen small css and xhtml w3c icons to place on pages. would someone tell me where i can obtain these small icons? dwain *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] would someone tell me where

2006-10-13 Thread dwain . alford
thanks to you all for the links. i do appreciate it. dwain *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WSG] Pure CSS dropdown Menu, take II

2006-10-16 Thread dwain . alford
Thierry Koblentz wrote: Is that good enough now? :) wonderful! i need to tidy a horizontal menu on my nephew's site. may i use this and is a tutorial on how to make this happen forth coming (along with the js)? i see you have copyrighted the process; will you have a problem with sharing

Re: [WSG] IE6 - IE7

2006-10-17 Thread dwain . alford
Christian Montoya wrote: On 10/17/06, John Faulds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the public release of IE7 nearly on us I'm just wondering whether it's better to download the fix to stop IE7 installing via automatic update and continue to use IE7 as a standalone, or let IE7 replace IE6 and

Re: [WSG] IE6 - IE7

2006-10-18 Thread dwain . alford
Rahul Gonsalves wrote: I will not be allowing IE7 to be installed on my main computer, until most of the bugs have been worked out, and a couple of security updates have been applied :-). how do you go about doing this? dwain

Re: [WSG] IE6 - IE7

2006-10-18 Thread dwain . alford
John Faulds wrote: On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:52:17 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rahul Gonsalves wrote: I will not be allowing IE7 to be installed on my main computer, until most of the bugs have been worked out, and a couple of security updates have been applied :-). how do you go about

Re: [WSG] Your email requires verification verify#ClzcCtK3WXzb3aIZxmdB6mR5lyC4TsGV

2006-11-06 Thread Dwain Alford
i got an email telling me my reply was being scrutinized because i had a suspicious header. all i did was reply to a post.On 11/6/06, Germ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:can i please ask what this is about??? On 11/6/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:The message you sent requires that you

[WSG] ie7 does not render page properly

2006-11-19 Thread Dwain Alford
ie6, ff 2.0, opera 9.0.2 and mozilla 1.7.12 render the page properly. ie 7 sticks some copyright info, which is enclosed in a div with the powered by info, to the left of the validate buttons. why? dwain http://www.alforddesigngroup.com/

[WSG] what's causing ie7 to ignore the valid div rules?

2006-11-21 Thread Dwain Alford
in ie7 the valid div hangs over the container div. all other browsers that i can check render the div inside the container with a 1em margin. what do i need to do to fix this so ie7 will render properly? dwain *** List

Re: [WSG] what's causing ie7 to ignore the valid div rules?

2006-11-21 Thread Dwain Alford
but it's supposed to be up to standards, yes? dwain On 11/22/06, Micky Hulse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matthew Pennell wrote: Code? Link? Telepathic mind-meld? Throw us a frickin bone, here Lol! Sounds like a clearing problem maybe? -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch:

Re: [WSG] what's causing ie7 to ignore the valid div rules?

2006-11-21 Thread Dwain Alford
http://www.alforddesigngroup.com/ hey, it's 0100hrs where i am; i've been at this for some time now. sorry for the brain fart. dwain On 11/22/06, Matthew Pennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/22/06, Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in ie7 the valid div hangs over the container div

Re: [WSG] what's causing ie7 to ignore the valid div rules?

2006-11-22 Thread Dwain Alford
the width and height values now, or just width? dwain On 11/22/06, Gunlaug Sørtun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dwain Alford wrote: but it's supposed to be up to standards, yes? Not according to those who have created it. They have only said that IE7 is up to _some_ of the standards :-) I would start

Re: [WSG] i have a javascript problem

2006-11-30 Thread Dwain Alford
you have given to the community and it will work regardless of js. but, i digress. what did i miss in the link you gave me with regard to the way i have done it? dwain On 11/30/06, Thierry Koblentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dwain Alford wrote: i posted this request to another list and have

Re: [WSG] i have a javascript problem

2006-11-30 Thread Dwain Alford
ah ha, onclick. i like that. so i guess i go borrow your code? is there js involved? there doesn't seem to be any here, yes? thanks, this is a terrific solution and i think it works better for me. dwain On 11/30/06, Thierry Koblentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dwain Alford wrote: i'm

[WSG] menu, css, javascript question

2006-12-25 Thread Dwain Alford
i have a js menu that i finally got to work. i have a couple of questions. one pertains to the menu and one pertains to best practices with regard to the menu and site. 1. the menu operates as expected, except that only on the index page is the sub-li background transparent and the copy and

Re: [WSG] menu, css, javascript question

2006-12-26 Thread Dwain Alford
On 12/26/06, Gunlaug Sørtun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dwain Alford wrote: 1. the menu operates as expected, except that only on the index page is the sub-li background transparent and the copy and the menu gets all jumbled together in ie 6 and 7 and is unreadable. http://www.studiokdd.com

[WSG] site check for broken links, 404 errors and javascript

2007-01-10 Thread Dwain Alford
would you check the following site for broken links, links that give a 404 error and see that the javascript works across browser land? i've looked and checked until it all runs together and i can't see the forest for the trees on a w2k box. p.s. i don't have mac or linux, a look see on these

Re: [WSG] Art and accessibility

2007-01-24 Thread Dwain Alford
would making web designers get a certificate of some kind fix this problem?? -- dwain alford p.o. box 145 winfield, alabama 35594 u.s.a. 205.495.5619 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] IE layout problem

2007-01-27 Thread Dwain Alford
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[WSG] image placement problem

2007-01-28 Thread Dwain Alford
/new-orleans.html css:http://www.studiokdd.com/css/studiokdd.css dwain -- dwain alford p.o. box 145 winfield, alabama 35594 u.s.a. tele: 205.487.2570 cell: 205.495.5619 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] image placement problem

2007-01-28 Thread Dwain Alford
/sandbox/new-orleans.html css:http://www.studiokdd.com/css/studiokdd.css dwain -- dwain alford p.o. box 145 winfield, alabama 35594 u.s.a. tele: 205.487.2570 cell: 205.495.5619 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Web Writing Instructors (possibly OT)

2007-02-13 Thread Dwain Alford
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Re: [WSG] Site check raoset.com

2007-02-15 Thread Dwain Alford
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Re: [WSG] hr won't turn black

2007-02-19 Thread Dwain Alford
a section of text and may contain several P tags, for example. Then you could style to DIV by adding a border. Now the structure is semantic, and the visual effect (the horizontal line) is in the CSS where it belongs. Lucien. On 19/2/07 4:44 PM, Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: after

Re: [WSG] hr won't turn black

2007-02-19 Thread Dwain Alford
at the moment. dwain On 2/19/07, Hassan Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dwain Alford wrote: as long as i'm good to go with what i have, away with the hrs. Uh, realizing, I hope, that the prior poster may be wrong :-) Your HR will show a logical separation exists without depending

[WSG] when i turn css off

2007-02-19 Thread Dwain Alford
when i tiurn css off on a page i have done everything reverts to default ( i.e. h1, h2, etc.) and lines up down the left side of the page. without using tables, is there a way to maintain the layout when css is turned off? dwain -- dwain alford p.o. box 145 winfield, alabama 35594 u.s.a

Re: [WSG] when i turn css off

2007-02-20 Thread Dwain Alford
lol. sometimes i love sarcasm. dwain On 2/20/07, Tee G. Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 19, 2007, at 11:18 PM, Dwain Alford wrote: when i tiurn css off on a page i have done everything reverts to default (i.e. h1, h2, etc.) and lines up down the left side of the page. without