[WSG] Is it possible to style an attribute?

2011-12-19 Thread Grant Bailey
instead (yes, I am fussy). Is there any way to do this? I would be grateful for responses. Thank you and kind regards, Grant Bailey *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-19 Thread Grant Bailey
Alex, If the link is to an external site then personally, I prefer the link to open in a new window automatically. Also, not all devices make it easy for users to open a link in a new window on request. Regards, Grant Bailey On 20/12/2011 1:09 PM, Alex Mironov wrote: Hi I have been doing

Re: [WSG] Divs for tabular data

2011-12-05 Thread Grant Bailey
. Regards, Grant Bailey On 5/12/2011 6:22 PM, David McKinnon wrote: OK, so I'm working on a project in which the developers are laying out tabular data using divs. The site is using the 960 CSS grid system so making the 'tables' work just means applying the appropriate class to align each div/table

[WSG] Breaks within table cells

2011-11-23 Thread Grant Bailey
the picture attached. I tried to style the br using the line-height property but this only worked in Google Chrome. If anyone could offer hints I would be grateful. Thank you and kind regards,

Re: [WSG] Breaks within table cells

2011-11-23 Thread Grant Bailey
A brilliant suggestion that worked perfectly. Thank you very much Chad! Kind regards, Grant Bailey On 24/11/2011 12:13 AM, Russ Weakley wrote: Why not use a list within the table as it is a list of items. There you go! Option 3

Re: [WSG] Using ellipsis to indicate truncated overflow content

2011-11-15 Thread Grant Bailey
David, Thank you for your reply. I think you mean page layout - I was asking about tables for data. I've since been able to muddle through. Regards, Grant On 15/11/2011 7:42 PM, David Laakso wrote: On 11/15/11 12:49 AM, Grant Bailey wrote: Is anyone able to offer suggestions as to how

[WSG] Using ellipsis to indicate truncated overflow content

2011-11-14 Thread Grant Bailey
. If anyone could offer suggestions I would be grateful. Thank you and regards, Grant Bailey (attachment) *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] Using ellipsis to indicate truncated overflow content

2011-11-14 Thread Grant Bailey
Matthew, Thank you, yes, the text-overflow property is great but does not work in Firefox 3.6. Do you know of a work-around for Firefox. Many thanks, Grant Bailey On 15/11/2011 4:56 PM, Matthew Pennell wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Grant Bailey grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au

[WSG] Table with middle column of flexible width

2011-11-13 Thread Grant Bailey
to overflow (preferably with an ellipsis cue). If someone could suggest a solution I would be most grateful. Note that I have tried to limit the height of the rows using the code labelled /**/ below but my browser (Firefox 3.6) will not honour it. Many thanks and regards, Grant Bailey *** HTML

Re: [WSG] Attributes within source element (HTML5)

2011-11-10 Thread Grant Bailey
Jon, Thanks for your email. Yes, I am quite sure the path is correct, in fact, I had Dreamweaver create it and I checked it manually. Very strange ... Regards, Grant Bailey On 10/11/2011 2:34 PM, Jon Reece wrote: Hi Grant, There's nothing in the current spec (editor's draft included

[WSG] Attributes within source element (HTML5)

2011-11-09 Thread Grant Bailey
for comments. Thank you and kind regards, Grant Bailey *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] Accessibility With Moodle

2011-10-22 Thread Grant Bailey
Hi Marvin, Thanks for your post. I'm interested in reading the other replies. I would have thought that accessibility was a priority for Moodle. It is widely used now. Certainly a matter of relevance for persons considering whether to use it as their LMS. Regards, Grant Bailey On 22/10

[WSG] jQuery accessibility

2011-10-09 Thread Grant Bailey
/ about collapsible panels), many blind users expect a fully-functioning website. Is accessibility normally built in to jQuery or must we add it ourselves (as Filament Group did)? I would be grateful for any responses. Thank you and kind regards, Grant Bailey

Re: [WSG] Table borders

2011-09-30 Thread Grant Bailey
thColumn 2 Title/th /tr /thead tbody tr thRow 1 Title/th tdCol 1 Row 1/td tdCol 2 Row 1/td /tr tr thRow 2 Title/th tdCol 1 Row 2/td tdCol 2 Row 2/td /tr /tbody /table /body /html On 30/09/2011, at 7:01 PM, Grant Bailey wrote: Hello, I'd be grateful for some help on this problem. I need

[WSG] CSS2.1 now an official recommendation

2011-06-17 Thread Grant Bailey
that speeding the process of approval along (just a little) might encourage browser vendors to comply with web standards ... Insights would be appreciated. Kind regards, Grant Bailey *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

[WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread Grant Bailey
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Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread Grant Bailey
:* Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:11 PM *Subject:* Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute HTML, CSS and JavaScript of course. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Grant Bailey grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au mailto:grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hello, Today's

Re: [WSG] Today's Google home page (1 May)

2011-05-05 Thread Grant Bailey
Dear Raul, Many thanks for your reply. Kind regards, Grant Bailey On 1/05/2011 9:21 PM, Raul Ferrer wrote: Hi Grant! This was a brilliant Google logo...as usual. However, the technologies, though awesomely implemented, are not that new. It's plain HTML for the structure, CSS for the display

[WSG] Today's Google home page (1 May)

2011-04-30 Thread Grant Bailey
, Flash, etc.? Also: does the technology satisfy web usability guidelines? I would be grateful for any responses. Thank you and kind regards, Grant Bailey *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] PDF Conversion

2011-02-08 Thread Grant Bailey
. Perhaps others could offer comments. Regards, Grant Bailey On 9/02/2011 4:33 PM, Samuel Santana wrote: Hi all, This is not a solution to your problem as these documents have already been created but just wanted to add my two-cents. Generally publications are created/developed using a word

Re: [WSG] Detecting Mobile user agent - what methods work best?

2011-01-06 Thread Grant Bailey
Hi Mike, It's best to detect from the server side in my opinion. If you have administrator rights to the server you could use something like the Apache Mobile Filter (http://www.apachemobilefilter.org/Apache_Mobile_Filter/Welcome.php). Regards, Grant Bailey On 7/01/2011 3:10 PM, Mike Kear

Re: [WSG] disallow IE6 to load the main style sheet

2010-12-18 Thread Grant Bailey
this approach, given the age of IE6 and its declining market share. However I would be interested in the attitude of other developers. Kind regards, Grant Bailey On 19/12/2010 2:03 AM, Anthony Gr. wrote: Sorry :) !--[if gt IE 6]!-- ... of course. Best, Anton. 2010/12/18 Anthony Gr.ant.grak

Re: [WSG] Document Formats

2010-11-30 Thread Grant Bailey
. If you need to do this, I would suggest using DocToHTML (http://www.doctohtml.com/doctohtml.html) which I have had good success with. It's $39 to buy and good value. Kind regards, Grant Bailey Links: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/office-online-file-converters-and-viewers-HA001044981

Re: [WSG] alt text on email graphic

2010-11-29 Thread Grant Bailey
This article might also help: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/spam/ Kind regards, Grant Bailey On 30/11/2010 3:47 PM, Chad Kelly wrote: - Original Message - From: cat soul cats...@thinkplan.org To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:03 AM Subject: [WSG

Re: [WSG] Fixed-position menus?

2010-11-23 Thread Grant Bailey
You could use the Dean Edwards script to force IE6 into standards compliance: http://code.google.com/p/ie7-js/ Regards, Grant Bailey On 24/11/2010 9:16 AM, Joseph Taylor wrote: Cat, You can always use javascript to move the menu as you scroll to overcome IE6 lacking. As far as how

[WSG] Google 'X-ray' banner

2010-11-08 Thread Grant Bailey
they did it. Does anyone know? Is it an animated Gif, or some HTML5 trick? Thank you, Grant Bailey *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] Google 'X-ray' banner

2010-11-08 Thread Grant Bailey
Thanks for all the quick replies. I did not realise an animated Gif could look so impressive! Have a good day, Grant *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

RE: [WSG] A simple IE and JS detection method?

2010-10-28 Thread Grant Bailey
Mike, I like it. You have styled the body element as an example. Would you need to style every element in the document using this technique, or would inheritance deal with the other elements? Sorry if the answer is obvious but I'm not a JavaScript guru ... Regards, Grant Bailey

[WSG] Multiple pseudo class selectors

2010-10-14 Thread Grant Bailey
does not seem to accept it, however, even with Dean Edwards' IE7.js script activated (see http://code.google.com/p/ie7-js/). I would be grateful if anyone could advise whether they have been able to get multiple pseudo class selectors working in Internet Explorer. Many thanks and regards, Grant

RE: [WSG] Current thinking on fixed width/liquid design ?

2010-08-19 Thread Grant Bailey
Lyn, If you need to cover IE6 then you might need to make adjustments as it does not recognise max-width. I think the Dean Edwards JavaScript solution helps here. Regards, Grant Bailey -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf

FW: [WSG] CSS Expandable Menu

2010-06-30 Thread Grant Bailey
As a follow-up to my original email, the following methods have been very well designed from the accessibility point of view: http://juicystudio.com/article/ecmascriptmenu.php http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200705/accessible_expanding_and_co llapsing_menu/ A further example worth

RE: [WSG] CSS Expandable Menu

2010-06-29 Thread Grant Bailey
Thank you to everyone who replied to my email. Kind regards, Grant Bailey -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Ted Drake Sent: Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:07 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] CSS Expandable

[WSG] Using CSS to select a tag having an ID attribute: page served as application/xhtml+xml

2009-12-17 Thread Grant Bailey
. There is only one ID named div_Heading in the document and the document itself validates. Could someone please advise me what might be going wrong as I have been unable to find anything of assistance on the web or in the WSG forums. Many thanks and regards, Grant Bailey

RE: [WSG] Using CSS to select a tag having an ID attribute: page served as application/xhtml+xml

2009-12-17 Thread Grant Bailey
=../../../Styles/Lesson.css type=text/css alternate=no title=Screen media=screen, projection? ?xml-stylesheet href=../../../Styles/Print.css type=text/css alternate=yes title=Print media=print? As the 'title' attribute is optional you might be best leaving it out! Kind regards, Grant Bailey

RE: [WSG] Using CSS to select a tag having an ID attribute: page served as application/xhtml+xml

2009-12-17 Thread Grant Bailey
to select a tag having an ID attribute: page served as application/xhtml+xml Am i the only one missing the name attribute in the samples? On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Grant Bailey grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au wrote: Sorry everyone, I just discovered what the problem was: I have

[WSG] Collapsing margins and relative positioning

2009-06-26 Thread Grant Bailey
to the body does not seem to fix the problem. A sample html document with inline style sheet is attached. I'd be grateful for any guidance on this. Thank you. Regards, Grant Bailey ... ?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1? !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN http://www.w3.org/TR

[WSG] Questions about browser renderings (CSS 2.1)

2009-06-21 Thread Grant Bailey
are absolutely positioned), whereas Firefox contains both divisions within the body box. Could someone please advise whether this is an error in Firefox's rendering of the page. Many thanks and regards, Grant Bailey *** List

RE: [WSG] DHTML Menus

2009-02-18 Thread Grant Bailey
Kristine, This link might provide some guidance (although query whether respondents to the survey were typical web users rather than experts): http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp Regards, Grant Bailey -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li