Re: [WSG] Why is one page of several linked to the same stylesheet exhibiting different behaviour?

2004-10-24 Thread Lyn Patterson
Thanks, Ken - got it now ! Lyn Kenneth Feldman wrote: The link didn't work because of the line break near the end (see just above this paragraph). The link ends with doctype.asp, not /objects/. Regards, Kenneth Feldman ** The discussion list

Re: [WSG] Stadards Site Section

2004-10-24 Thread Mordechai Peller
Chris Kennon wrote: I dread the use of JS pop up windows, but would like to keep the page count down, Besides being potentially inaccessible to those without JavaScript (unless done correctly) or XP SP2, and annoying to those where it does function (again, depending on how and where it's

Re: [WSG] Semantic indentation

2004-10-24 Thread Mordechai Peller
Joshua Street wrote: What's the recommended practice with indentation? You can use CSS to indent text with padding and whatever else, but that's a pain if you have a sitewide CSS file, and the text to be indented doesn't sit in any defining container Why doesn't it sit in any defining

[WSG] Help: IE text hiding behind float

2004-10-24 Thread Ben Stockdale
Hi, I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this small problem. This is my first attempt at a full css layout and to my surprise it seems to test ok on most browsers, apart from the later versions of IE where some of the text hides underneath the floated image. http://stockdale.id.au/ggg/ I

Re: [WSG] Help: IE text hiding behind float

2004-10-24 Thread Mordechai Peller
Ben Stockdale wrote: This is my first attempt at a full css layout and to my surprise it seems to test ok on most browsers, apart from the later versions of IE where some of the text hides underneath the floated image. http://stockdale.id.au/ggg/ I haven't moved the css external yet whilst testing

Re: [WSG] Semantic indentation

2004-10-24 Thread Nick Gleitzman
Joshua Street wrote: What's the recommended practice with indentation? Uh - is there any reason not to use pre? What you're talking about is really visual presentation, isn't it? I'd respectfully suggest that the indentation is not adding anything to the semantics of the content or the code. A

RE: [WSG] Semantic indentation

2004-10-24 Thread Bryan Garnett-Law
This is my code for indenting text after the first line .indent { text-indent: -2em; margin: 0 2em;} .indent:first-line { text-indent: 2em; } Bryan ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] Semantic indentation

2004-10-24 Thread Charles Eaton
I'll second that with the css code of white-space which takes these values: normal, pre, and nowrap. EX: .poem{white-space:pre;} -chuck On Sunday, October 24, 2004, at 08:03 AM, Nick Gleitzman wrote: Joshua Street wrote: What's the recommended practice with indentation? Uh - is there any

[WSG] Jacqueline Vidot/NRE is out of the office.

2004-10-24 Thread jacqueline . vidot
I will be out of the office starting 22/10/2004 and will not return until 15/11/2004. I will be away from the office from Friday 22 October through to Friday 12 November. I will respond to your message on my return, however if urgent, please contact Philip Jones, Manager - KI Operations - 9658

Re: [WSG] Semantic indentation

2004-10-24 Thread Carl Reynolds
I like Bryan's markup the best as it uses the first-line attribute to specify the indentation for each stanza. When I first started to think about this the solution I conceived was similar to the ones that Mordechai proposed and I like those as well, however, if the css standard supports

Re: [WSG] Circle menu

2004-10-24 Thread Jad Madi
ah ok I'll draw on and attach it thank you though On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 10:52:53 +1000, Neerav [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.albin.net/CSS/roundedCorners/ could help Neerav Bhatt http://www.bhatt.id.au Web Development IT consultancy http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/ - Ramblings

Re: [WSG] Circle menu

2004-10-24 Thread Carl Reynolds
http://www.eblong.com/zarf/sitemap-disc.html I realize this isn't a menu, but is might be an example of a place to start the discussion. Is this kind of the idea you are trying to create? Carl. Jad Madi wrote: Greetings Any idea how to create a circle menu that fit the whole screen with

Re: [WSG] Stadards Site Section

2004-10-24 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, It doesn't keep page count down after thinking about it, can you direct me to the correct solution you alluded to. C On Saturday, October 23, 2004, at 11:30 PM, Mordechai Peller wrote: Chris Kennon wrote: I dread the use of JS pop up windows, but would like to keep the page count down,

Re: [WSG] Circle menu

2004-10-24 Thread Lea de Groot
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:13:22 +0300, Jad Madi wrote: ah ok I'll draw on and attach it Actually, can you draw one, upload it to some webspace and post the url? Avoid posting attachments to the list - see http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm , point 1: no attachments. Thanks Lea --

Re: [WSG] Stadards Site Section

2004-10-24 Thread Mordechai Peller
Chris Kennon wrote: It doesn't keep page count down after thinking about it, can you direct me to the correct solution you alluded to. First and foremost, start with a plain link: a href=http://other.domain.com/;Someplace else./a Then, and only then, (if you must) assign to the node's onclick

Re: [WSG] Semantic indentation

2004-10-24 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Joshua Street wrote: What's the recommended practice with indentation? Uh - is there any reason not to use pre? Charles Eaton wrote: I'll second that with the css code of white-space Well, I wouldn't say the spaces are part of the content, but rather they're a part of the presentation, based

Re: [WSG] Circle menu

2004-10-24 Thread Jad Madi
sorry for delay check the idea out http://www.w3planet.info/circle-menu/menu.jpg sure without the circle border and little larger to fit the screen I dont want to use any image maping, or images, only markup any idea? On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:08:33 +1000, Lea de Groot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[WSG] Melbourne Web Standards Presentations Tonight

2004-10-24 Thread David McDonald
Accessibility and Standards for Web Designers/Developers Just a quick reminder that the Melbourne Web Standards Group is presenting Steve Faulkner (NILS) and Brett Jackson (Fairfax Digital) as our guest speakers tonight. The event will be held at the Bell's Hotel Brewery, Cnr of Moray and

[WSG] Brisbane November Meeting

2004-10-24 Thread Lea de Groot
Brisbane's November meeting will be on Wednesday the 10th . (Note: some people thought it was the 3rd! Check your diary entry!) Scott Barnes will be presenting Now and Zen - A journey into the Fantasy and Reality of CSS. Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] to RSVP - looking forward to seeing you

Re: [WSG] My Style Switcher... (CSS Caching)

2004-10-24 Thread RMW Web Publishing
Again no disrespect - I too am all for easier maintenance on the server side, but don't fall into the trap of thinking that your files will be cached just because the URL doesn't change. I have just made several requests to your site all the (index page) and each time your CSS was downloaded

Re: [WSG] Circle menu

2004-10-24 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Jad Madi wrote: http://www.w3planet.info/circle-menu/menu.jpg sure without the circle border and little larger to fit the screen I dont want to use any image maping, or images, only markup any idea? Well, an approximation of what you want to do...

Re: [WSG] Stadards Site Section

2004-10-24 Thread Kevin Futter
Hi Chris, The semi-accessible way of creating JavaScript pop-ups would go something like this: Create a js function called popWindow() or somesuch, with all the relevant code to create your pop-up window. Your HTML code would then look something like this: a href=myWindow.html

Re: [WSG] Stadards Site Section

2004-10-24 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Kevin Futter wrote: a href=myWindow.html onclick=popWindow('myWindow.html'); return false;Click here/a Small modification: use popWindow(this.href) to refer back to the A element's HREF attribute. This way, if you change the href at some point, you won't have to remember to change the javascript

[WSG] IE/Win hover fix in percentages? Also a.current fix?

2004-10-24 Thread Andrew Thompson
I've been using the a:hover width fix to get IE/Win to display the hover property when mousing over the div, rather than just the linked text, in a navbar. However, this only works properly with fixed width navbars. I can't get it to work with navbars set at a percentage width. Check it out at

Re: [WSG] Stadards Site Section

2004-10-24 Thread Kevin Futter
On 25/10/04 12:13 PM, Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin Futter wrote: a href=myWindow.html onclick=popWindow('myWindow.html'); return false;Click here/a Small modification: use popWindow(this.href) to refer back to the A element's HREF attribute. This way, if you change the

Re: [WSG] Stadards Site Section

2004-10-24 Thread Mordechai Peller
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: Small modification: use popWindow(this.href) to refer back to the A element's HREF attribute. This way, if you change the href at some point, you won't have to remember to change the javascript as well, as it will automatically pick it up... I had forgotten about that