[WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

users should remain in the same window or should be taken to a new window/tab when they click on an external link? Regards Alex Mironov *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] Title tags - site name then keywords?

Hope that helps! With best wishes, Alex Stanhope 247 Creative Email: a...@247creative.co.uk Web:www.247creative.co.uk Phone: +44 (0)1243 530928 Mobile: +44 (0)7930 406778 Office Address: Forum House, Stirling Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7DN Digital Media 247 Ltd trading as 24

Re: [WSG] a table layout issue

height - IE6+7 don't support 'border-spacing' properly which puts some extra white gaps into the layout IMHO, the IE6+7 rendering is a reasonable compromise, although conditional comments MIGHT even add a touch more polish there. Cheers, Alex Walker On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 a

[WSG] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

LinkedIn I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Alex Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/e/isd/709479156/Vscl5Plb/ -- (c) 2009, LinkedIn Corporation *** List Guidelines:

RE: [WSG] Installing More than one version of IE6

Darrin, I too used Internet Explorer Collection as suggested by Adam[1]. I did have to download some windows updates though to get IE8 running. I found the TredoSoft installer messed up form inputs and blocked selects! Thanks, Alex [1] http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/iecollection.htm

Re: [WSG] IE7 CSS fix

x27; couldnt give a monkies or even have any knowledge about better or newer browsers. Anyway...thought I would give Gunlaug something to chew on...(cheer up son). - Original Message - From: Gunlaug Sørtun [mailto:gunla...@c2i.net] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:35:

RE: [WSG] IE7 CSS fix

I dont understand why anyone needs to hack anything. If you design to web standards and use a logical structure/layout with good use of floats or positioning, you can develop a page/layout that works in all browsers. It usually takes a bit of tweaking but it can be done. I thought this group was

Re: [WSG] linking multiple CSS files

g build scripts in your project or aiming for high performance. Best regards, Alex Tracer. I prefer to use smaller CSS files than great long things (neater and easier to edit), so I have tried importing a file "combined.css" which consists of : /* CSS Document */ @import url(structu

RE: [WSG] Marking up Doctor's Qualifications

Alexey Nikolaenkov Actimind Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] , icq 202-510-511 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross Bruniges Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 11:39 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Marking up Doctor's Quali

RE: [WSG] site check please

> http://www.phillipwrayracing.com XHTML error - img tag has been opened but not closed & add alt attributes to those images. Other than that nice! Thanks, Al *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm U

RE: [WSG] 1 pixel gap

> Just got a 1 pixel gap at the left of my image here that is baffling me. http://method.com.au/test.html Try reducing 'bgMain.gif' to 709px Thanks, Al *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubsc

Re: [WSG] Disappearing positioned footer in IE7 - works in IE6

IE7 doesn't support * html: Except that very page says "[strict mode only fix]". When in quirks mode you get the worst of both worlds since IE7 does not behave the same as IE6 even though it's picking up the same declarations. I'd wag

Re: [WSG] Validating HTML output for XSLT

Its then that the life of a developer getting interesting - your lovingly crafted (compliant, accessible etc etc) code gets transformed into some horrible sub-standard code. Sometimes... It will depend on your CMS Good luck From: "James Gollan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: wsg@webstandards

RE: [WSG] talking points for standards

convince Donna to fight the PR agency?  Cheers,   Alex  

RE: [WSG] editor

Artemis,   If you're moving to Firefox then you can install the 'HMTL Tidy' extension the list have informed you of, this hopefully will help when hand-coding in the following open source software I'm recommending: Notepad++ http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm Download http://sou

RE: [WSG] List item overlap

Title: Message Taco wrote:  > I have this list item on http://www.lrp.com.au/admin/ (main navigation) it overlaps, I would like it to just continue underneath without overlapping, is that possible?    Also removed the left and right padding on #navigation_main li, #navigation_sub li, should

RE: [WSG] Printing Footers

Krassy wrote: [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is it possible to get repeated footers to print using > XHTML/CSS? Have you experimented with this? http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2005/08/29/ Further links from google using the search term 'footerstickAlt' provide some excellent rea

RE: [WSG] tr onmouseover or class:hover

Vaska wrote: > I know I've read somewhere in the past that if you want to change the > color of a table row TR I need to use: > > class='transparent' onmouseover="this.className='over';" > onmouseout="this.className='transparent';" > Have you read these articles?: http://www.alistapart

RE: [WSG] problems with links

jackie reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have been having the most appalling time with my links here > www.mackayports.com css here www.mackayports.com/styles/newport2.css > in the left hand column I can't stop the logo images > from having an underline, its underlining the whole link. First

RE: [WSG] Fixed pixel fontsize -> resizable font size

Neerav wrote: > was wondering if there are any percentage or em > equivalents or formulas to convert from: > FONT-SIZE: 11px, 22px, 10px, 14px and 16px. To go from pixels to em's, simply divide by 16. HTH aj ** The discussion list for http://

Re: [WSG] {Spam?} stupid question

Just to elaborate, you might have one stylesheet named "site.css" with site-wide styles, such as banners, link-styles, headers, etc. Then you might have another stylesheet called "forum.css" for your message boards, and another called "products.css" for a page with pictures of products, etc. Th

Re: [WSG] Who's putting javascript in my code?

Seems interesting... the address 127.0.0.1 is the TCP address for loopback. This means that any computer that calls that address is actually referring to itself. The only reason I can think of, is that your browser is inserting it in order to allow or block certain functionality on the page

Re: [WSG] Semi-newbie: advice needed

alistapart.com offers some nice tutorials about converting oldschool code into compliant code. Apart from that, I would say use google and look for "standards-compliant web design" or something to that effect... Have fun! - Original Message - From: "Mark B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sen

RE: [WSG] table background images with CSS

John Wrote: > I'm having a bit of a mind lapse, I think, because I can't get the > background image to span the table rows. Take a look at this demo from the master: http://stopdesign.com/present/2004/sydney/beauty/?no=64 Click on 'playing with backgrounds' HTH aj

RE: [WSG] Floating to left and/or right...

with PHP5 AFAIK > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Gunlaug Sørtun > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 8:50 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Floating to left and/or right... > > > Alex Katechis wro

RE: [WSG] Floating to left and/or right...

> > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 02:50:15 +0100, Gunlaug Sørtun > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alex Katechis wrote: > > > Hi all, this is my first shot at a tableless XHTML/CSS design and its > > > turning out better than I thought... Everything is going according >

RE: [WSG] Floating to left and/or right...

div to make the float: left float: right technique to work. I tested it in FF1.0. Hope this helps. I'm sure there are other ways to do it too that some one can point out. On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:04:02 -0500, Alex Katechis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, this is my first shot at a tablel

RE: [WSG] Future XHTML Proposals?

Very interesting proposal... I agree that many beginners find tableless designs somewhat hard to grasp. Probably because they took a class in high school or college, and their teacher may have told them that its easier to use tables because they act logically. The thing is, that when people design

[WSG] Floating to left and/or right...

Hi all, this is my first shot at a tableless XHTML/CSS design and its turning out better than I thought... Everything is going according to plan, _except_ for one minor detail that is making a big difference. Check out the page that I'm laying out: http://cyberphant0m.dotgeek.org/index.html The m

RE: [WSG] Class -vs- ID

another difference between classes and ids are that IDs have a higher specificity than classes. If a class's properties conflicted with an ID's properties, the ID would take precedence over the class. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Stra

RE: [WSG] Possible Min-height issue

Hmmm, I think that you could adapt a javascript/css fix that I found on an ALA article (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/footer) you might need to factor in padding, margins, borders, and heights of the different elements in your page. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[

RE: [WSG] Can I use a table in a form?

What you're suggesting (putting TDs in a table) sounds like using tables for layout, which we all know we're not supposed to do... I found an article that discusses CSS alternatives to the non-standards uses of tables for layouts... This article from alistapart (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/p

Re: [WSG] Help. 2 extra words breaks the page

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 14:07:21 +1100, Jay Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:00:49 -0700, Paul Burchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to create a "sidebar" for web pages at work to allow an > > author a spot to place notes or other quick thoughts. > > > > What I've

[WSG] standard compatible richtext editor?

e and styled view - ah well, and maybe for free... did one of you stumble across something like this? -- Best regards, alex mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re[4]: [WSG] Fwd: links dont work in ie6

hello Mike, again thank you very much. you saved my day. _alex MP> Sorry Alex -- MP> margin: 0 auto; in the #container id will do it. MP> Have a good one, MP> Mike Pepper MP> Accessible Web Developer MP> www.seowebsitepromotion.com

Re[2]: [WSG] Fwd: links dont work in ie6

* MP> The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ MP> See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm MP> for some hints on posting to the list & getting help MP> * -- Best re

[WSG] Fwd: links dont work in ie6

hello everybody, ok. this seems to be the right time for my first posting on this great list which im enjoying very much. does anyone know what kinda weird trick this is? ie6 (on a w2k machine) does not display the background graphic of the head div and the links are NOT WORKING at all. any other