Re: [WSG] Does anybody know an expandable vertical css/js menu based on uls?

2004-07-09 Thread Nick Lo
Hi Gerd, You mean a bit like one I have at: http://www.amcs.org.au Which is based on... http://www.gazingus.org/html/Using_Lists_for_DHTML_Menus.html Nick Hi Folks! Could one of you please point me to a vertical menu solution based on css/js and semantically structured by ul/li's? I'd love to

[WSG] id or class on html or body

2004-07-09 Thread Mordechai Peller
Putting an id or class on the html or body tags is a useful way of targeting slight variations in style rules with resorting to a second style sheet. I remember seeing a discussion of the pros and cons, but I can't remember where. Does anybody have a link? Or perhaps the discussion can begin

Re: [WSG] id or class on html or body

2004-07-09 Thread Neerav
The id is in the body tag I first heard of the idea from Pete who works at Fairfax Digital, his presentation as a PDF from the June Sydney WSG meet is somewhere in the WSG resources section I have implemented the idea at a group of sites for a client where the navigation and layout are all the

RE: [WSG] id or class on html or body

2004-07-09 Thread Patrick Lauke
Keep in mind that you can't have id or class attributes on the HTML element (not in xhtml, nor html4). Apply them to the BODY instead. Patrick Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk -Original Message- From: Mordechai

Re: [WSG] id or class on html or body

2004-07-09 Thread Chris Blown
CSS signatures ? Here http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/13291 On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 17:55, Mordechai Peller wrote: Putting an id or class on the html or body tags is a useful way of targeting slight variations in style rules with resorting to a second style sheet. I

RE: [WSG]headers

2004-07-09 Thread Trusz, Andrew
Lee Wrote: The Semantic web has changed that. Any computer connected to the WWW can share information with another computer through Resource Description Framework which uses XML to share information. So, no longer to we have to keep our information to ourselves. We can share that information

[WSG] HELP REQUEST: netscape float:absolute problem

2004-07-09 Thread Scott Reston
I'm experincing a problem that manifests only in Netscape (regardless of platform). It looks like float:absolute is relative to the viewport, rather than the containing parent div block. I've highlighted the offending blocks in blue: http://www.capstrat.com/development/cs2004/template.html css

RE: [WSG] HELP REQUEST: netscape float:absolute problem

2004-07-09 Thread Scott Reston
oops... i meant position:relative. sorry for the mis-type. the div in question is indeed contained within a position:relative div. the problematic div is the lower of the two boxes on the page. s:r -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Patrick

Re: [WSG] id or class on html or body

2004-07-09 Thread Mordechai Peller
Patrick Lauke wrote: Keep in mind that you can't have id or class attributes on the HTML element (not in xhtml, nor html4). Apply them to the BODY instead. I checked, and your right, but since body can take both, that's the way to go. However, validity was only a minor part of my question,

RE: [WSG] Internal CSS in XHTML served as application/xhtml+xml

2004-07-09 Thread Patrick Lauke
Derek, have a read through http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2003/xhtml-style-script/ ...but to answer the question quickly: it should work if you use //![CDATA[ //]] Patrick Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk

RE: [WSG] Internal CSS in XHTML served as application/xhtml+xml

2004-07-09 Thread Derek Featherstone
Patrick wrote: have a read through http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2003/xhtml-style-script/ ...but to answer the question quickly: it should work if you use //![CDATA[ //]] Right, but that only deals with JS embedded in its own script/script block. I've used that before if I

Re: [WSG] id or class on html or body

2004-07-09 Thread Justin French
On 09/07/2004, at 5:55 PM, Mordechai Peller wrote: Putting an id or class on the html or body tags is a useful way of targeting slight variations in style rules with resorting to a second style sheet. I remember seeing a discussion of the pros and cons, but I can't remember where. Does anybody

RE: [WSG] Internal CSS in XHTML served as application/xhtml+xml

2004-07-09 Thread Patrick Lauke
This breaks down though, for references like this in the page for bookmarklets (pardon the length): but wouldn't you say that bookmarklets are a bit of a perversion of the standard, in which case it becomes academic to discuss how these can be served in a standards-compliant way? or is it just

RE: [WSG] Internal CSS in XHTML served as application/xhtml+xml

2004-07-09 Thread Derek Featherstone
This breaks down though, for references like this in the page for bookmarklets (pardon the length): but wouldn't you say that bookmarklets are a bit of a perversion of the standard, in which case it becomes academic to discuss how these can be served in a standards-compliant way? Oh, I

Re: [WSG] id or class on html or body

2004-07-09 Thread Nick Gleitzman
On Saturday, Jul 10, 2004, at 02:37 Australia/Sydney, Justin French wrote: - trigger active and inactive tabs on a menu navigation (can't think of an example) http://www.alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors/ http://www.alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors2/ N ___

Re: [WSG] Internal CSS in XHTML served as application/xhtml+xml

2004-07-09 Thread Kay Smoljak
On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:28:22 -0400, Derek Featherstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a related note -- I recently setup content negotiation on WATS.ca to serve our XHTML as application/xhtml+xml and most of the site worked fine. The one spot where it failed was with inline JavaScript -- we have a

Re: [WSG] HELP REQUEST: netscape float:absolute problem

2004-07-09 Thread James Ellis
Hi Scott Which version of Netscape..? This is important as with Netscape 4 you are better off hiding the stylesheet. Netscape 6 is/was a dud so better off pressing for an upgrade for the 1 % of users who use it. If you are targeting Netscape 7 then the problem *should* (touch wood) manifest

[WSG] Frameworks of Design for Easy Reuse and Change in CSS

2004-07-09 Thread Geoff Deering
Hi, I'm wondering what others feel about the design or architecture of sites so that it is easy to apply new CSS to components. What I mean is having basic frameworks where it is easy to modify and reuse basic designs like one, two and three column designs with various box models, and headers

Re: [WSG] Drop Shadows

2004-07-09 Thread Ben Bishop
Hi Mordechai, Client wants drop shadow on the site name and some photos in the header. Any thought or alternative methods? Have you considered a Flash replacement technique like Shaun Inman's? http://www.shauninman.com/mentary/past/ifr_revisited_and_revised.php This would provide the desired