Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] semantics of a simple form

2008-10-01 Thread Drew Trusz
The aspx programmer is open to standards and may be receptive to my advice. how about this: fieldset legendRoom Search/legend div class=checkin labelCheck-in Date:/label select name=... option value=101/option /select .. /div div class=checkout label for=...Check-out

Re: [WSG] semantics of a simple form

2008-09-26 Thread Drew Trusz
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:28 PM, kevin mcmonagle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: im not an expert on this but should there be a fieldset or legend around this? not even sure if it qualifies as a form, although it has a submit button. The reference about forms is:

Re: [WSG] ibm's adesigner says....

2008-08-29 Thread Drew Trusz
On 8/28/08, dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've been working on the accessibility of a page. i have added longdesc inside the img tag with the page where the information is found. according to what i've read the d link is deprecated. adesigner says that i need the d link in addition to the

Re: [WSG] Removing space from division between header and content wasWhy css settings a background image in the body tag wouldn't work

2008-07-30 Thread Drew Trusz
Now here is my question someone mentioned starting to use em instead of pixels for all of this. How does this work? Michael Horowitz em's are somewhat like cubits and leagues. The typographers will give you a full discourse, or six, about them. (A lot of the discourse will even be

Re: [WSG] Re: Form (layout/accessibiity)

2008-07-10 Thread Drew Trusz
On 7/9/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it appropriate that I have one label for two inputs or does anyone know of a surefire way to hide second label I have tried this but it does not seem cross browser Only one input per label according to the fine manual The LABEL element

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-31 Thread Drew Trusz
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Jens Brueckmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I said it may explain ALA's approach, but that doesn't mean I like the idea ;) fwiw, I never use more than one H1 per document since I'm using it for site title. imho, if H1 is used for site title it can't be used

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-30 Thread Drew Trusz
I'd say when it comes to news the source is very important, so imho the publisher is key. Imaging this: h1The Times/h1 h2There is water on Mars/h2 or this: h1The Sun/h1 h2There is water on Mars/h2 versus: h1There is water on Mars/h1 -- So following the specs that a heading

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-28 Thread Drew Trusz
On 5/28/08, Chris Pearce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a few years now I've been marking up a clients company logo as a h1. I just wanted to get an idea of how many people actually do this compared to using a html image tag? I believe a h1 is more semantically correct however I'd be interested

Re: [WSG] Making Video Accessible

2008-04-03 Thread Drew Trusz
On 4/3/08, Viable Design [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I recently found a video embedder plugin that works well with WordPress and validates perfectly with a strict doctype. But I realize validation does not equal accessibility, so what exactly needs to be done to make video accessible? Is

Re: [WSG] Site Check/Launch: Edentiti.com

2006-03-03 Thread Drew Trusz
On 3/2/06, Lachlan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, A new site I recently developed the front-end for over the past few months, called Edentiti [1], has just officially launched and I wanted to get some feedback about the usability, accessibility and over functionality in

Re: [WSG] Overflow and inheritance problems with a 2-column layout

2006-02-17 Thread Drew Trusz
On 2/16/06, John Latter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://evomech2.blogspot.com/2006/02/re-evomech-re-peer-review-and-genetic.html Its a 2 column layout and I think the relevant css code is: div#mainClm{float:right;width:66%;padding:30px 7% 10px 3%;border-left:dotted 1px #E0AD12;}

Re: [WSG] Target sued over non-accessible site

2006-02-14 Thread Drew Trusz
Legally courts can and will regulate companies. It's been happening for years! We tell them the required minimum wage, the maximum working hours, we regulate overtime, we tell them to put wheelchair ramps in front of their doors, we zone their buildings, we make them get permits, we do health

Re: [WSG] Fieldset/legend semantics

2005-12-28 Thread Drew Trusz
On 12/28/05, Jonathan Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have recently been re-evaluating my thinking on the subject of designing semantic forms and the use of fieldsets has raised a few questions for me. What I'd like to know is: at what point does it become semantically correct to include a

Re: [WSG] Yet Another Float Problem

2005-12-27 Thread Drew Trusz
On 12/26/05, Paula Petrik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the problem is solved--for the time being. It still does not work on Win98 with IE4, but I think that I have to draw the line. As Drew suggested, it was a rounding problem, but I did get a lot of practice writing if statement for the IE

Re: [WSG] Yet Another Float Problem

2005-12-26 Thread Drew Trusz
On 12/26/05, Paula Petrik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm being driven nuts. Pulling out my hair. I cannot get this to workin IE and can't figure out where I'm going wrong. If I float:leftthe #maincontent, I lose my background image because #wrapper has noheight. IE does not want to honor something.

Re: [WSG] Yet Another Float Problem

2005-12-26 Thread Drew Trusz
On 12/26/05, Paula Petrik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm being driven nuts. Pulling out my hair. I cannot get this to workin IE and can't figure out where I'm going wrong. If I float:leftthe #maincontent, I lose my background image because #wrapper has noheight. IE does not want to honor something.

Re: [WSG] Float Left Problem

2005-12-25 Thread Drew Trusz
On 12/25/05, Jeff D. Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In IE 6, I have managed to get this page to lineup somewhat right in visual appearance from the graphic designers overall printout. But in Firefox, the left text column is not aligning in the same visual placement as in IE. Also second

Re: [WSG] Float Left Problem

2005-12-25 Thread Drew Trusz
On 12/25/05, Jeff D. Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the reply Drew. The html and css both now validate. Changing the clear to clear:both did not help though. Jeff On my FF the sidebar footer is now in the right place. The header image still has problems. drew

Re: [WSG] Float Left Problem

2005-12-25 Thread Drew Trusz
On 12/25/05, Jeff D. Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the reply Jorge. I have posted a jpg of the eps file I have to work with from the designer. In Firefox the text column sits closer to the left margin of the page than in IE. IE renders the page as close to the jpg file as I

[WSG] re: overflow

2005-12-21 Thread Drew Trusz
Barrie North wrote: Hi all, I have a fluid layout and for the life of me can't get the image to be cropped as the screen adjusts. Here is the link: http://www.compassdesigns.net/joomlashack/ If you resize the window the image will stay on top. I have

[WSG] Re: digest for wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

2005-12-21 Thread Drew Trusz
Barrie North wrote: Hi all, I have a fluid layout and for the life of me can't get the image to be "cropped" as the screen adjusts. Here is the link: http://www.compassdesigns.net/joomlashack/ If you resize the window the image will stay on

Re: [WSG] Re: digest for wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

2005-12-21 Thread Drew Trusz
On 12/21/05, Barrie North [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Drew, Well, I tried min-width 300px and then removed the min-width completely and it still didn't work :/ Barrie That's what I get for not trying the solution before profoundly pronouncing it. This one is

Re: [WSG] Re: digest for wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

2005-12-21 Thread Drew Trusz
On 12/21/05, Barrie North [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Drew, Well, I tried min-width 300px and then removed the min-width completely and it still didn't work :/ Barrie Only way I was able to eliminate the scroll is to make the headerimg a background image (as

[WSG] re:talking points for standards

2005-12-07 Thread Drew Trusz
Bert wrote:When it comes to search engines, can anyone prove that lean codeis better? Has anyone done research on this claim? Google is fullof tagsoup sites that are highly ranked.I searched for web design in Google (pages from Australia only). The top 3 (non sponsored) sites used tables for