Re: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction

2008-03-17 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, Im doing a site for a nightclub. So im doing a hybrid. The owner has demanded a music track playing continuously. What would you lot do if you had to put in a continually playing music track? I mean the only solution that is a frameset right but i just want some feedback of the dangers of

[WSG] Out of Office AutoReply: WSG Digest

2008-03-17 Thread Faul, Mark
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Re: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction

2008-03-17 Thread John Hancock
I'd use flash. http://www.gothamsounddesign.com/ is a fairly good example of an 'unobtrusive' flash player. On 18/03/2008, at 3:10 AM, kevin mcmonagle wrote: hi, Im doing a site for a nightclub. So im doing a hybrid. The owner has demanded a music track playing continuously. What would you

Re: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction

2008-03-17 Thread Frederick Matzen
If you can't talk the guy out of it then try and get him to at least allow the USER to start the music. If not that then I would suggest teh next course is a flash player but at half volume and make SURE that the START and STOP button is easy to find. I wouldn't use a frameset for anything. On

Re: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction

2008-03-17 Thread dwain
On 3/17/08, kevin mcmonagle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, Im doing a site for a nightclub. So im doing a hybrid. The owner has demanded a music track playing continuously. What would you lot do if you had to put in a continually playing music track? i would suggest allowing the user to

Re: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction

2008-03-17 Thread Nick Stamoulis
Hi Kev, I would recommend that you do not loop music as this often does not sit well with many types of visitors. If you offer a choice for visitors to turn off the sound as well... Good luck with the site! Nick Nick Stamoulis President Brick Marketing Direct: 781-350-4365 Cell:

Re: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction

2008-03-17 Thread David Hucklesby
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:10:31 +, kevin mcmonagle wrote: hi, Im doing a site for a nightclub. So im doing a hybrid. The owner has demanded a music track playing continuously. What would you lot do if you had to put in a continually playing music track? Hi Kev - Because I am on dial-up

RE: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction

2008-03-17 Thread Conyers, Dwayne
I will throw my 2 cents in and say that nothing is more annoying than going to a web site and suddenly being bombarded with loud music you don't want to hear. In face, I got an add-in for Firefox so that I could safely use MySpace without a cacophony of noises playing without my control.

Re: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction

2008-03-17 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, i think if i cold sell him on a player that would be user controlled. I will tell him he can put in more tracks by his dj's. Sorry i meant to change the title of the post. thanks a million. -kevin *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction - ADMIN - THREAD CLOSED

2008-03-17 Thread russ - maxdesign
--- ADMIN --- Hi all, We have had some complaints that this SEO, fact or fiction thread is off-topic. We have left it alone till now as the list has been surprisingly (spookily) quite for the last week. However, the thread has now gone on long enough.

[WSG] IE 8 and grey

2008-03-17 Thread Keryx Web
Quick question. I have not got IE 8 beta 1 myself... Does it understand grey, spelled with an e - as it should be ;-) Lars Gunther *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] IE 8 and grey

2008-03-17 Thread Adam Martin
Are you talking from a css point of view? I would advocate not using words - what happens if a future browser decides that grey should be #6; where previously it was #3; (just examples). Your design is suddenly not going to look as you intended. My 2c. Adam On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 7:41

Re: [WSG] IE 8 and grey

2008-03-17 Thread Hassan Schroeder
Adam Martin wrote: Are you talking from a css point of view? I would advocate not using words - what happens if a future browser decides that grey should be #6; where previously it was #3; (just examples). Your design is suddenly not going to look as you intended. You mean, if a

Re: [WSG] IE 8 and grey

2008-03-17 Thread Thomas Thomassen
Because they are defined by w3c what they should map to. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#color-units - Original Message - From: Adam Martin To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] IE 8 and grey Are you talking from a

[WSG] Spolsky on IE8 flag

2008-03-17 Thread Lea de Groot
Joel Spolsky has published an ... interesting article http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html I wonder if Microsoft considered the approach of IE 7 is the last version of IE. Our new product will be $NEW_PRODUCT_NAME[1]. All old hacks for IE are irrelevent - we're starting afresh,

Re: [WSG] IE 8 and grey

2008-03-17 Thread Chris Broadfoot
Keryx Web wrote: Quick question. I have not got IE 8 beta 1 myself... Does it understand grey, spelled with an e - as it should be ;-) Lars Gunther Probably not. grey isn't a css colour. *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] IE 8 and grey

2008-03-17 Thread John Hancock
CSS is a US-spec language. If we suddenly start seeing 'colour: #123456;' then I'll be delighted - but I don't think the CSS authors are so interested in global standards ;) On 18/03/2008, at 1:04 PM, Chris Broadfoot wrote: Keryx Web wrote: Quick question. I have not got IE 8 beta 1

Re: [WSG] Spolsky on IE8 flag

2008-03-17 Thread Mike Brown
Lea de Groot wrote: Joel Spolsky has published an ... interesting article http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html I think it's a great article. And one the nails why this has created so much heat. Among many killer quotes, this to end things: You see? No right answer. As usual,

Re: [WSG] Spolsky on IE8 flag

2008-03-17 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Lea de Groot wrote: Joel Spolsky has published an ... interesting article http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html Far too long, and his point is buried somewhere... IE8b1 is a very rough beta...heck, I'd call it an alpha. They have serious rendering issues so far, but I doubt

Re: [WSG] Spolsky on IE8 flag

2008-03-17 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Lea de Groot wrote: Joel Spolsky has published an ... interesting article http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html Microsoft failed to follow the evolutionary trail and keep up with common standards - to the degree that such exists, and now they try to catch up without causing a