Re: [WSG] CSS/IE Link Color Problem - SOLVED

2007-08-04 Thread Tony Crockford
On 4 Aug 2007, at 05:46, Cole Kuryakin wrote: er-riding user styles??? I've never run into that one before. Irritating. Aside from the !important solution or the (as yet untried) focus solution that Kepler suggested, does anyone else have an even more elegant option or ... for my issue

RE: [WSG] CSS/IE Link Color Problem - SOLVED

2007-08-04 Thread Kepler Gelotte
now I replace the link with the navigation text wrapped in a span (programatically) and style the span to match my active/hover needs. e.g. ul#navTopSimpleUL li a:focus, ul#navTopSimpleUL li a:hover, ul#navTopSimpleUL li.active span { color: #CC0033; cursor: default;

RE: [WSG] CSS/IE Link Color Problem - SOLVED

2007-08-04 Thread Cole Kuryakin
Tony - Very interesting idea. I like it (it makes complete sense), tried it, and solves my issue all together (as far as I can see) without the need for using !imporant - which, as I've continued reading about, is said to be really an accessibility-specific declaration. Why, however, do you wrap

Re: [WSG] CSS/IE Link Color Problem - SOLVED

2007-08-04 Thread Tony Crockford
On 4 Aug 2007, at 08:49, Cole Kuryakin wrote: Why, however, do you wrap your link text in a span? Are there standards - or some other - issues I'm not aware of if you simply border your landing-page link text with the li's without span elements? I use the span to apply other styling to the

RE: [WSG] CSS/IE Link Color Problem - SOLVED

2007-08-04 Thread Cole Kuryakin
Tony - Thanks for you explanation; all of that makes sense. Thanks as well for your solution to my specific problem. Best regards, Cole -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Crockford Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 4:29 PM To:

Re: [WSG] Please help! CSS/IE Link Color Problem

2007-08-04 Thread Stuart Foulstone
Hi, a:active is a pseudoclass, not a class, and the declaration should read: ul#navTopSimpleUL li a:active not a.active class name. Browsers are tolerant of mistakes and try to correct wrong coding in a meaningful way. However, different browsers may apply different corrections to the error

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-04 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Tee G. Peng wrote: On Aug 3, 2007, at 8:19 PM, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: Unless my copy is sick, the default is 9px Mine is 12px. I don't remember I ever altered the fontsize in Opera (9.22), as I only use this browser for testing. Monitor Screen resolution: 1680 x 1050. According to

[WSG] When to use image replacements?

2007-08-04 Thread Lee Powell
Hi all I'm just after a bit of advice as when to use image replacements over using a gif or jpeg graphic. Whilst working on a new project at work the other day it struck me as to how much I was using image replacement and if I was going over the top in using it. Generally I use image

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-04 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
On 3 Aug 2007, at 20:14:59, Patrick H. Lauke wrote: Nick Fitzsimons wrote: (Still falls foul of a minimum font-size set in the browser preferences, though.) I wouldn't say it falls foul. If a user has set a minimum size, then a page should heed that. It still *respects* minimum font-size

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-04 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
On 4 Aug 2007, at 11:55:42, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Tee G. Peng wrote: On Aug 3, 2007, at 8:19 PM, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: Unless my copy is sick, the default is 9px Mine is 12px. I don't remember I ever altered the fontsize in Opera (9.22), as I only use this browser for testing.

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-04 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Nick Fitzsimons wrote: 2. I trashed my Opera preferences and installed the latest version, and it has a minimum font size of 13px, which ties in with what I remember seeing previously. On a brand-new, never-run Windows XP SP 2 install (gotta love Parallels): download and run Opera, minimum

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Re: [WSG] Please help! CSS/IE Link Color Problem

2007-08-04 Thread Tim
@Sutart: I believe that Stuart is using active as a class name, not a pseudoclass.This class is being added to the anchor tag when the page loads. Not the same as the pseudoclass which is invoked on click, but does not persist through the subsequent page load. @Cole: In my install of

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-04 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
On 4 Aug 2007, at 17:08:37, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Just to check since there may also be another, so far pretty undocumented, variable at play here: - does anyone know if this 'minimum font size' value changes/differs with screen-DPI in Opera? It is a bit problematic if a browser has

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-04 Thread Felix Miata
On 2007/08/04 17:59 (GMT+0100) Nick Fitzsimons apparently typed: On 4 Aug 2007, at 17:08:37, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Just to check since there may also be another, so far pretty undocumented, variable at play here: - does anyone know if this 'minimum font size' value changes/differs with

Re: [WSG] Please help! CSS/IE Link Color Problem

2007-08-04 Thread minim
In the light of the pseudoclass and class having the same name and smart-alec browsers trying to correct perceived errors, could this then be a case of misinterpretation by IE6? Might it not be better to avoid using 'reserved' words for class/id names in case this sort of thing happened (I

[WSG] designing for handheld

2007-08-04 Thread Tee G. Peng
Hi, a project I'd been working, client asks if I can port the layout for handheld devices. Current layout is pixel width with every pixel carefully culculaated in different sections/columns, so there is no way I can simply adapt the style sheet. At this stage, it's simply an inquiry from

Re: [WSG] designing for handheld

2007-08-04 Thread John Faulds
The only site I've done with a handheld stylesheet is: http://www.thiesskentz.com.au/ As far as testing goes, not sure how reliable DW's previews would be considering how bad their design view is. Other testing options include: http://www.operamini.com/demo/

Re: [WSG] designing for handheld

2007-08-04 Thread Tee G. Peng
On Aug 4, 2007, at 6:42 PM, John Faulds wrote: The only site I've done with a handheld stylesheet is: http:// www.thiesskentz.com.au/ As far as testing goes, not sure how reliable DW's previews would be considering how bad their design view is. Other testing options include:

RE: [WSG] designing for handheld

2007-08-04 Thread Andrew Boyd
Hi Tee, as well as Opera Mini 3.n, it is probably worth trying the Opera Mini 4 beta http://www.operamini.com/beta/ - I use both to test blog templates, as 4 beta renders closer to a desktop browser (desktop browser with magnifier, anyhow). Just on the mobile browsing experience - Ryan Healy

Re: [WSG] designing for handheld

2007-08-04 Thread John Faulds
The obvious different is that there are two Thiess Kents logo, one big, one small, the small one overlapping the Engineers Constructors Actually, that was an oversight on my part. It's fixed now. Thanks! You can also get an idea of what your site will looked like on handhelds using Opera