Re: [WSG] A Question of Semantics

2008-01-26 Thread Joe Ortenzi
Christian. Did you know most of your portfolio goes to a 404? On Jan 24 2008, at 16:06, Christian Snodgrass wrote: Hello, I have a small semantic problem that I can't make up my mind about. Basically, I have a list like this: Something: blah blah; blah; blah. The Something: is a

Re: [WSG] A Question of Semantics

2008-01-26 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Yes I do, it's not finished yet. Joe Ortenzi wrote: Christian. Did you know most of your portfolio goes to a 404? On Jan 24 2008, at 16:06, Christian Snodgrass wrote: Hello, I have a small semantic problem that I can't make up my mind about. Basically, I have a list like this: Something:

[WSG] A Question of Semantics

2008-01-24 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Hello, I have a small semantic problem that I can't make up my mind about. Basically, I have a list like this: Something: blah blah; blah; blah. The Something: is a different font size, and kind of a header for the list. I can't decide if I should just do a paragraph with Something strong or

Re: [WSG] A Question of Semantics

2008-01-24 Thread neal
The Something: is a different font size, and kind of a header for the list. It seems you answered your own question something should be a header (h.x tag) look at the footer on sites like linkedin.com - very common approach Neal Hello, I have a small semantic problem that I can't make up

RE: [WSG] A Question of Semantics

2008-01-24 Thread Elizabeth Spiegel
] A Question of Semantics Hello, I have a small semantic problem that I can't make up my mind about. Basically, I have a list like this: Something: blah blah; blah; blah. The Something: is a different font size, and kind of a header for the list. I can't decide if I should just do a paragraph

Re: [WSG] A Question of Semantics

2008-01-24 Thread Mordechai Peller
Christian Snodgrass wrote: I have a small semantic problem that I can't make up my mind about. Basically, I have a list like this: Something: blah blah; blah; blah. The Something: is a different font size, and kind of a header for the list. I can't decide if I should just do a paragraph with

Re: [WSG] A Question of Semantics

2008-01-24 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Mordechai Peller wrote: Christian Snodgrass wrote: I have a small semantic problem that I can't make up my mind about. Basically, I have a list like this: Something: blah blah; blah; blah. The Something: is a different font size, and kind of a header for the list. I can't decide if I should

Re: [WSG] A question of semantics

2005-01-18 Thread Wayne Godfrey
Hi gang! You all must have heard my head banging over the last couple of days! The semantic form that I got from Patrick works great when it's got room, the problem is, I don't have that much room. This is a small 200px wide quick search form that needs a bit of padding. If you add divs to the

Re: [WSG] A question of semantics

2005-01-18 Thread Terrence Wood
div's have no inherent dimensions and can be enclosed by fieldsets. Terrence Wood. Wayne Godfrey wrote: If you add divs to the input fields, won't that effect the fieldset? Or am I missing something here? I've been avoiding this form thing like the plague, but I've got no choice now...gotta get it

Re: [WSG] A question of semantics

2005-01-17 Thread Andrew Krespanis
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:12:57 +, Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The most correct way (tm): form action=... method=... fieldset legendSearch Club Listings/legend label for=nameName of club/label input type=text name=name id=name / label

Re: [WSG] A question of semantics

2005-01-17 Thread Lea de Groot
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:35:26 +1000, Andrew Krespanis wrote: What about br /s to seperate the form elements when CSS isn't present? View that form in anything other than a CSS capable browser and usibility goes right out the window... That way you can still use display:block; for any elements

Re: [WSG] A question of semantics

2005-01-17 Thread Marc Broad
You could even think about a DL for simple forms. Using the label in the DT tag and the input into the DD. Gives you the hooks for styling, and readable in a non css browser. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] A question of semantics

2005-01-17 Thread Terrence Wood
text-only and v4 browsers lack support for fieldsets, so one is really stuck with using br / as the the leanest code solution. Terrence Wood. Patrick H. Lauke wrote: a slippery slope, in my opinion...starting to add what is, in this case, visual markup to compensate for lack of CSS... i

[WSG] A question of semantics

2005-01-15 Thread Wayne Godfrey
Help!! I am in the process of building what amounts to a search form that will extract a club listing from my database. Before I start the building process, I'd like to know what would be considered the most semantically correct way of doing it. The form will display a club listing by state via

Re: [WSG] A question of semantics

2005-01-15 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Wayne Godfrey wrote: what would be considered the most semantically correct way of doing it. The most correct way (tm): form action=... method=... fieldset legendSearch Club Listings/legend label for=nameName of club/label input type=text name=name id=name /

Re: [WSG] A question of semantics

2005-01-15 Thread Lea de Groot
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:12:57 +, Patrick H. Lauke wrote: input type=submit value=List / /fieldset Would you include the submit button in the fieldset by default? I had been assuming that, semantically, it sat outside the fieldset(s). curious, Lea -- Lea de Groot Elysian Systems

Re: [WSG] A question of semantics

2005-01-15 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Lea de Groot wrote: Would you include the submit button in the fieldset by default? I had been assuming that, semantically, it sat outside the fieldset(s). purely from a technical point of view, if you wanted the submit button outside of the fieldset, you'd have to put another block level element

Re: [WSG] A question of semantics

2005-01-15 Thread Wayne Godfrey
The simplicity of it all. Thanks Patrick, I doubt that I would have ever come up with this solution, which is why I posed the question in the first place!! Forms are mysterious creatures to meThanks again. wayne ** The discussion list for

Re: [WSG] A question of semantics

2005-01-15 Thread Lea de Groot
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:52:16 +, Patrick H. Lauke wrote: if i had more than one fieldset (e.g. many sub-sections within the form), i would not have the submit as an element of the last fieldset, but outside, and wrap everything in another fieldset as mentioned above Hmmm, interesting.