[WSG] Work from the outside in or the inside out?

2007-03-27 Thread Samuel Richardson
When working on a Photoshop mock up of the site, do you normally work from the outside in (build the surrounding framework, perhaps centre the site then start at the top of the page working down) or build from the inside out (get each individual element on the page built then slot them into the

[WSG] Miranda Cook is out of the office

2007-03-27 Thread Miranda . Cook
I will be out of the office starting 27/03/2007 and will not return until 28/03/2007. For urgent Web assistance, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] else i will get back to you when i return. NOTICE - This message

[WSG] thoughts on the new phpbb layout

2007-03-27 Thread Brian Cummiskey
If you guys haven't seen already, phpbb re-did their boards in XHTML strict, table-less design. http://www.phpbb.com/community/ I'm curious mostly to your thoughts on how they did their main forum listing. definition lists inside of unordered lists. code trimed: ul class=topiclist

RE: [WSG] thoughts on the new phpbb layout

2007-03-27 Thread Crocker Ryan \(rc\)
Well, they (the phpBB Group) didn't actually re-design the site or the style for phpBB. Tom Beddard of tictoc design does pretty much all their design work. Regards, Ryan Crocker Training Support Specialist Volvo Penta of the Americas, Inc. Fax: 757-436-5182 Phone: 757-436-2800 x7733 Email:

[WSG] New Yorker Redesign

2007-03-27 Thread John Horner
Speaking of redesigns, http://www.newyorker.com/ is looking very nice these days. Not a table in sight. It doesn't quite validate due to some (presumably back-end-error) weirdness: misc:exposeBean var=platform bean=platform/ but other than that it looks like a good standards-based website.

RE: [WSG] New Yorker Redesign

2007-03-27 Thread Paul Bennett
misc:exposeBean var=platform bean=platform/ Never a good look to expose your beans in public... Apart from that it seems to be just url encoding issues - great to see more and more large sites moving to standards based code Paul

Re: [WSG] New Yorker Redesign

2007-03-27 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Nice site. Looks like 1204x768 is becoming the new 800x600, but it's something that is probably ahead of its time. Especially since two members of my immediate family intentionally use the smaller resolution because it's easier to see. Still, though, adoption of standards is a positive

Re: [WSG] New Yorker Redesign

2007-03-27 Thread ~davidLaakso
John Horner wrote: Speaking of redesigns, http://www.newyorker.com/ is looking very nice these days. Not a table in sight. but other than that it looks like a good standards-based website. Yes, well, sort of...still the need (for me) to go through the drill of ignoring their

[WSG] pop-up - onblur question

2007-03-27 Thread Donna Jones
hi everyone: i have some pop-ups that are part of a fairly old design and have been working on updating the code as i go. i've used onblur=window.close(); (in the body tag) to have the pop-up close after it loses focus, but Tidy says, onblur is proprietary and doesn't like it. is there

Re: [WSG] New Yorker Redesign

2007-03-27 Thread Micky Hulse
Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: Nice site. Looks like 1204x768 is becoming the new 800x600, but it's something that is probably ahead of its time. Especially since two members I work at a newspaper... we are heading that direction for our next site design iteration Content area will

Re: [WSG] New Yorker Redesign

2007-03-27 Thread Jermayn Parker
Yeah the new web design at my australian government place is also currently involved in a redesign and it is made for a 1024 screen (funny seeing the web managers still use 800) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28/03/2007 10:43 am Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: Nice site. Looks like 1204x768 is becoming

Re: [WSG] Recommendations for books to take one to the next level

2007-03-27 Thread Mordechai Peller
Thank to all who responded. Nick Fitzsimons wrote: Well worth reading, although some would argue that Nielsen can be overly strict in his approach to web usability. I've heard that a lot, he himself state that his finding don't apply all the time and they aren't a substitute for user testing.