[WSG] All in the Head DTD feedback

2006-01-10 Thread Karl Dawson
Hi, I am thinking to change: A Document Type Definition is an XML schema language and defines a set of declarations that conform to a particular markup syntax. to simply read: A Document Type Definition defines a set of declarations that conform to a particular markup syntax. It removes any

Re: [WSG] All in the Head: Document Type Definition

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Heiden
Lynne, on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 04:19 wsg@webstandardsgroup.org wrote: On 1/10/06, Martin Heiden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Document Type Definitions were AFAIK first used by SGML and later for defining XML and XHTML. Because of the limitations of the DTD Language XML Schema has been

Re: [WSG] All in the Head DTD feedback

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Heiden
Karl, on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 10:34 wsg@webstandardsgroup.org wrote: A Document Type Definition defines a set of declarations that conform to a particular markup syntax. That's much better! regards Martin ** The discussion

Re: [WSG] Jello Mold not working right in IE/Win

2006-01-10 Thread Thomas Livingston
On Jan 9, 2006, at 5:25 PM, Seona Bellamy wrote:Can anyone who is running a larger resolution than 1024x768 please have a look and tell me if the layout is holding up? Sorry no time to peek, but I am using this on a current project...#sizer {width:_expression_(document.body.clientWidth 1554 ?

RE: [WSG] Jello Mold not working right in IE/Win

2006-01-10 Thread Duckworth, Nigel
Title: Message Can anyone who is running a larger resolution than 1024x768 please have a look and tell me if the layout is holding up? Looks good at 1600-1000px. Scrollbar appears at 999px. -Nigel

[WSG] No Helpdesk software based on webstandards?

2006-01-10 Thread Sander van Dragt
Hello list, For the college I am working for I am looking for new helpdesk software for internal use on the college intranet. However I am unable to find any solution that's based on webstandards, the code on all software that we've come across is horribly and I would spent too much time cleaning

RE: [WSG] No Helpdesk software based on webstandards?

2006-01-10 Thread Peter Goddard
Hi Sander I had to develop my own in c# asp.net2.0 to ensure standards compatability. This uses IIS, .net framwork 2.0 and sqlServer 2000. It didn't take all that long as really it was a request tracking system rather than a full blown intranet solution. But .net 2.0 is easy to shape into valid

Re: [WSG] No Helpdesk software based on webstandards?

2006-01-10 Thread Jan Brasna
Maybe http://www.edgewall.com/trac/? It depends on the functionality and features you need. -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] No Helpdesk software based on webstandards?

2006-01-10 Thread Samuel Richardson
If it's for internal use then you must have a fairly standard platform for it to run on (I'm guessing windows 2000 or XP machines with IE6) in that case web standards would be a fairly low priority as you have such a common interface to work with. Samuel http://www.seasonstravel.com.au

Re: [WSG] No Helpdesk software based on webstandards?

2006-01-10 Thread Karl Dawson
On 10/01/06, Samuel Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it's for internal use then you must have a fairly standard platform for it to run on (I'm guessing windows 2000 or XP machines with IE6) in that case web standards would be a fairly low priority as you have such a common interface to

Re: [WSG] No Helpdesk software based on webstandards?

2006-01-10 Thread Samuel Richardson
Your confusing web accessibility with web standards, a page can be valid XHTML while not being accessible, likewise this works in reverse. You are joking of course? What about *employees* present or future with disabilities? ** The

Re: [WSG] No Helpdesk software based on webstandards?

2006-01-10 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Samuel Richardson wrote: Your confusing web accessibility with web standards, a page can be valid XHTML while not being accessible, likewise this works in reverse. I believe that Karl rightly meant web standards in the wider sense. It's not just the syntax side (valid XHTML, CSS layout) but

[WSG] a:hover background image and IE

2006-01-10 Thread Jad Madi
Hi, I'm having problem with background image for a:hover and IE CSS #header-image img{float:left;} #header a:hover{position:absolute;width:410px; z-index:10; background:transparent url(http://www.jadmadi.net/blog/wp-content/themes/almost-spring/images/home.jpg) no-repeat top left;

Re: [WSG] a:hover background image and IE

2006-01-10 Thread Hopkins Programming
Forgive me, but that seems to be a complicated way of doing things... Why not break the image up into 2 parts and make the entire left half an a:href with css hover? The absolute positioning doesn't seem necessary. --Zachary On 1/10/06, Jad Madi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi,I'm having problem

[WSG] HTML Numeric and Named Entities

2006-01-10 Thread Kat
I am aware that #151; is an incorrect character entity for the em dash, that the correct entity is #8212;. But I was mucking about on the W3C Character entity references in HTML 4 http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html and noted that the named entity references are now linked to

Re: [WSG] Jello Mold not working right in IE/Win

2006-01-10 Thread Seona Bellamy
On 11/01/06, Thomas Livingston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 5:25 PM, Seona Bellamy wrote: Can anyone who is running a larger resolution than 1024x768 please have a look and tell me if the layout is holding up? Sorry no time to peek, but I am using this on a current

Re: [WSG] Jello Mold not working right in IE/Win

2006-01-10 Thread Seona Bellamy
On 11/01/06, Duckworth, Nigel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone who is running a larger resolution than 1024x768 please have a look and tell me if the layout is holding up? Looks good at 1600-1000px. Scrollbar appears at 999px. -Nigel Thanks Nigel. That's exactly where the

Re: [WSG] Dynamic DIV Height

2006-01-10 Thread Seona Bellamy
On 10/01/06, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the help Seona,I followed the advice in the URL you sent me andeverything works great. Well, sorta...Adjusting the height created another issue in Opera 8.It's no longer displaying the background image for #sitewrapper. I'm not sure if it's a

Re: [WSG] HTML Numeric and Named Entities

2006-01-10 Thread Juergen Auer
Hi Kat, On 11 Jan 2006 at 10:29, Kat wrote: I am aware that #151; is an incorrect character entity for the em dash, that the correct entity is #8212;. #151 is definitivly wrong or very, very old. http://www.sql-und-xml.de/unicode-database/latin-1-supplement.html lists it as 'END OF

RE: [WSG] Jello Mold not working right in IE/Win

2006-01-10 Thread Scott Swabey
Seona Bellamy wrote: #sizer {width:expression(document.body.clientWidth 1554 ? 402px : 75% );} would it be possible for someone to translate that expression into plain english for me Hi Seona Hope this clarifies. The expression says: If the body/viewport[1] width is greater than 1554px then

Re: [WSG] Jello Mold not working right in IE/Win

2006-01-10 Thread webmaster
#sizer {width:_expression_(document.body.clientWidth 1554 ? 402px : 75% );} I would prefer not to have to fiddle with the proportions of the buttons just for IE, so would it be possible for someone to translate that _expression_ into plain english for me so I can fiddle with the numbers

Re: [WSG] HTML Numeric and Named Entities

2006-01-10 Thread liorean
On 11/01/06, Kat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it safe to use the named references that formerly refered to the control characters? Multi level answer here: - text/html: Should be perfectly safe. - application/xhtml+xml: Should be, but isn't, safe except for the five named entities of XML. Use

Re: [WSG] HTML Numeric and Named Entities

2006-01-10 Thread Lachlan Hunt
liorean wrote: On 11/01/06, Kat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it safe to use the named references that formerly refered to the control characters? Yes, it's safe to use the named entity references in HTML4, but it's easier to just use UTF-8 and type the actual characters instead. mdash; (or

Re: [WSG] All in the Head DTD feedback

2006-01-10 Thread Steve Ferguson
On Jan 10, 2006, at 1:34 AM, Karl Dawson wrote: Hi, I am thinking to change: A Document Type Definition is an XML schema language and defines a set of declarations that conform to a particular markup syntax. to simply read: A Document Type Definition defines a set of declarations that

[WSG] Plesk (hosting control panel system) and web standards support

2006-01-10 Thread Kay Smoljak
The company I work for is moving our hosting systems to Plesk. One of the tasks that will probably fall to me is adding some of our branding to the Control Panel interface itself. I've worked with the HSphere control panel system in the past and customizing the look and feel has been a nightmare -

Re: [WSG] Jello Mold not working right in IE/Win

2006-01-10 Thread Seona Bellamy
Thanks Scott and Paulo, those were excellent definitions. I understand it a lot better now. So back to fiddling for a while. Cheers, Seona.

[WSG] CSS or JavaScript flyout menu

2006-01-10 Thread Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox
I am looking for some ideas on how to create a _javascript_/CSS fly-out menu, the dreaded day has come that a client finally insisted on using one! I need to custom write it because it needs to be integrated with a CMS.I started working on the structure (see below)I'd like to generate the

RE: [WSG] CSS or JavaScript flyout menu

2006-01-10 Thread Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox
PS. it needs to be able to accommodate several sub links. Kind regards, Taco Fleur - CEOPacific Fox http://www.pacificfox.com.au an industry leader with commercial IT experience since 1994 Web Design and Development SMS Solutions, including developer API Domain

Re: [WSG] CSS or JavaScript flyout menu

2006-01-10 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox wrote: I am looking for some ideas on how to create a JavaScript/CSS fly-out menu, the dreaded day has come that a client finally insisted on using one! ... var menu = new Object(); menu[ about_bdsrecruit ] = new Object(); Yikes! Don't generate a menu like that,

Re: [WSG] CSS or JavaScript flyout menu

2006-01-10 Thread Dmitry Baranovskiy
Hi Taco,If you will do everything in _javascript_, then your menu will lost its semantic. Take a look how it is done on http://www.optuszoo.com.auThere is _javascript_ for delay, CSS for drop-downs and ulli for semantic. best regards,Dmitry

RE: [WSG] CSS or JavaScript flyout menu

2006-01-10 Thread Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox
I had a look at Suckerfish Dropdowns but it seems to go only one level deep, I need several levels deep. Kind regards, Taco Fleur - CEO Pacific Fox http://www.pacificfox.com.au an industry leader with commercial IT experience since 1994 . * Web Design and Development *