Re: [WSG] Problem with floats and clears

2005-02-06 Thread Josh McDonald
Ah yes of course, cheers :) And now I see the solution, I remember I'd already solved it for a site I did a couple of months ago :-/ On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 21:51:25 -0500, Zachary Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hiya! > > Try this: http://69.174.31.29:90/wsg/test.html > I added two divs - One

Re: [WSG] Problem with floats and clears

2005-02-06 Thread Zachary Hopkins
Hiya! Try this: http://69.174.31.29:90/wsg/test.html I added two divs - One that floats left to contain your purple and orange boxes, and another that clears everything to keep the green inside the blue. I've marked lines I've added with "" I'm not 100% sure if it's the best way to do it, but it

[WSG] Problem with floats and clears

2005-02-06 Thread Josh McDonald
f I have clear:left on something, should it "escape" its container div? A lousy explanation I know, an example is here: http://www.gfunk007.com/stuff/test.html the results I want are like this: http://www.gfunk007.com/stuff/expected.gif am I missing some vital css, or can it simply not be done

Re: [WSG] Is a list required for horizontal navigation?

2005-02-06 Thread James Ellis
> Hi > > It would be better to float your list elements rather than set display > : inline; on them. inline is better for text within a paragraph - > "phrase" elements. > With inline, your li's will be broken up over multiple lines if the > line break (by containing box width etc) occurs within t

Re: [WSG] Another plea for help: FF1.0 render problem

2005-02-06 Thread Leslie Riggs
Thank you!! That is a really bizarre quirk, even more so that it works without rendering issues popping up in the other browsers. I shall sleep much better tonight, and have a good report for the client in the morning. Is this a Gecko bug, I wonder? Thanks again. Leslie Riggs Hi Leslie Your pr

Re: [WSG] colour contrast analyser

2005-02-06 Thread Nils Kr. Falch
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Re: [WSG] Another plea for help: FF1.0 render problem

2005-02-06 Thread Jeff Lowder - Accessibility 1st
Hi Leslie Your problem occurs when you have the border-top: 0; after the border statement. If you take this out, it then works the same as in other browsers, strange I know. Hope this helps. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Ph: 02 9570 9875 Mobile: 0419 350 760 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We

Re: [WSG] XHTML Strict alternative to

2005-02-06 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Ian Fenn wrote: I guess I could use a table... in this context do you think it would be acceptable? I'd give that a tentative yes (while putting on my flame-proof piyamas), if the number has some sort of meaning. Heck, even if it denotes "order" or "position" I'd go with it. positi

Re: [WSG] XHTML Strict alternative to

2005-02-06 Thread Ian Fenn
Quoting "Patrick H. Lauke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The painful answer is: you're supposed to do it via CSS, but > unfortunately support for counters is spotty at best...so you're left > with either reverting to transitional, or writing your own DTD. Hmm... Thanks Patrick. Neither of these are reall

[WSG] Another plea for help: FF1.0 render problem

2005-02-06 Thread Leslie Riggs
Hello, I posted a few days ago, about this puzzler. Didn't get a response. I REALLY need some help with this from you gurus. I primarily code for Firefox, then check other browsers, then IE6. The majority of users who will view the pages on this site are IE users, however, the fact that I se

Re: [WSG] Web app guidance/site comment

2005-02-06 Thread Andrew Krespanis
Your :hover changes on menus create a contrast shift that is far too small. In short, make the :hover background lighter and text darker so we can still read the menu :) On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 19:21:31 +1100, Brendan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings all, > > I'm currently working on a we

Re: [WSG] XHTML Strict alternative to

2005-02-06 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Ian Fenn wrote: Had I been doing it with HTML Transitional or similar, I would have displayed a second page of results as follows: First result Second... ... Do you have any suggestions as to how I could achieve a similar effect with XHTML Strict? I was thinking of using a CSS counter but I wasn'

Re: [WSG] colour contrast analyser

2005-02-06 Thread Steven . Faulkner
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[WSG] XHTML Strict alternative to

2005-02-06 Thread Ian Fenn
Hi, I am in the process of building a template for a page of search results. The rest of the website is XHTML Strict so I'm having to code it this way. Had I been doing it with HTML Transitional or similar, I would have displayed a second page of results as follows: First result Second... ...

RE: [WSG] List Indenting

2005-02-06 Thread Paul
Perfect, Thanks Sarah! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sarah Wedde Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 4:20 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] List Indenting On 2/7/05 8:14 AM, "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to be

Re: [WSG] Web app guidance/site comment

2005-02-06 Thread JonathanC
https://monitor.hpa.com.au/rta/ Strange... looks fine in Firefox 0.9.3 (Mac OSX) but in IE5.2, it's completely unstyled! Regards, Jonathan Cooper Manager of Information / Website Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, Australia http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au - Original Message - From

Re: [WSG] Web app guidance/site comment

2005-02-06 Thread Richard Czeiger
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Re: [WSG] List Indenting

2005-02-06 Thread Sarah Wedde
On 2/7/05 8:14 AM, "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to be badgering the indented list but I have just put only the > lists into my container and have the same properties for both lists, > just different names, yet one indents and one does not. Anyone, anyone ? > > Page for reference: htt

RE: [WSG] List Indenting

2005-02-06 Thread Paul
Sorry to be badgering the indented list but I have just put only the lists into my container and have the same properties for both lists, just different names, yet one indents and one does not. Anyone, anyone ? Page for reference: http://www.speakupnow.ca/wu/index1.php Ha ha, Paul -Original

RE: [WSG] List Indenting

2005-02-06 Thread Paul
I am still struggling with the list indenting, I have started building my page from scratch piece by piece and it seems when I change the position attribute from absolute to relative the list indents, anyone ever come across this before ? Page for reference: http://www.speakupnow.ca/wu/index1.php

RE: [WSG] design of Macromedia site

2005-02-06 Thread ByteDreams
Thank you very much.  I will take a look.  Sure sounds like it, though I hope I don't have to purchase the article.. ByteDreams     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of csslistSent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 9:58 PMTo: wsg@webstandardsgroup.orgSubject: re: [WS

Re: [WSG] Is a list required for horizontal navigation?

2005-02-06 Thread gareth rushgrove
Hi All Been lurking for a while and finally got round to posting. So here goes; One advantage of the unordered list approach would be that you can eliminate quite a bit of your code (moving it to the css), as well as it being maybe more semantically correct (it is a 'list' of links after all). G

Re: [WSG] Is a list required for horizontal navigation?

2005-02-06 Thread James Ellis
Hi one of the benefits of placing links like this in a list is that you can float them left, right or none. When you turn styles off, or apply a small screen style sheet the floats get negated and the list aligns vertically. Yes, the list is semantically correct because you are producing a list o