Re: [WSG] Flow from bottom?

2004-04-03 Thread Zulema
I'm new to the list and wanted to contribute this link on footers from A List Apart that might help: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/footers/ it uses Javascript and CSS. later, Z Z u l e m a O r t i z W e b D e s i g n e r email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] website : http://zoblue.com/ Sam Walker wrot

Re: [WSG] Flow from bottom?

2004-04-03 Thread Sam Walker
Here's a simplified sample: http://asan102.spymac.net/flowup/info.html Sorry, it's add-supported hosting, so there's a generated frame. Also, the CSS covers multiple pages, so most of it is irrelevant to this sample, I just don't have the time to go through and clean it up. Hope this will help.

Re: [WSG] Flow from bottom?

2004-04-03 Thread James Ellis
HI Sam Do you have a URL? Maybe there is another way to do this that could be helped along with something visual. Cheers James Sam Walker wrote: Yes, I notice that now that I try it with more content. Perhaps there' another way without so many problems? On Apr 3, 2004, at 6:23 PM, Tim Shortt

Re: [WSG] Flow from bottom?

2004-04-03 Thread Sam Walker
Yes, I notice that now that I try it with more content. Perhaps there' another way without so many problems? On Apr 3, 2004, at 6:23 PM, Tim Shortt wrote: russ weakley wrote: One method - not tested but in theory: Place the content inside a container, and apply absolute positioning to the conta

Re: [WSG] Flow from bottom?

2004-04-03 Thread Sam Walker
Thanks. I'm not entirely sure why it works, but it does seem to. However, it off-sets the content from the bottom by a few pixels. I replaced the bottom:20px and top:20px with 0px, and it seems to work fine, but it still leaves a few pixels of space underneath, even with margin and padding at 0. A

Re: [WSG] Flow from bottom?

2004-04-03 Thread Tim Shortt
russ weakley wrote: One method - not tested but in theory: Place the content inside a container, and apply absolute positioning to the container: #contaner {position: absolute; left: 20px; bottom: 20px;} The container will set at the bottom of the viewport or its containing box and the content wi

Re: [WSG] Flow from bottom?

2004-04-03 Thread russ weakley
One method - not tested but in theory: Place the content inside a container, and apply absolute positioning to the container: #contaner {position: absolute; left: 20px; bottom: 20px;} The container will set at the bottom of the viewport or its containing box and the content will flow up rather t

[WSG] Flow from bottom?

2004-04-03 Thread Sam Walker
I'm not sure exactly ho the explain this, but I'll give it a shot. I'm making some good progress on my first real standards-compliant css and xhtml page. On one of the pages, I would like the page to flow "up" instead of "down". For example, in a normal page, if you just had one paragraph, it woul

RE: [WSG] OT: email delays and pair hiring a standards-savvy designer END AGAIN!

2004-04-03 Thread Peter Firminger
Folks, this is noise. Please discuss elsewhere. THE END > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sarah Sammis > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 6:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [WSG] OT: email delays and pair hiring a > standards-s

RE: [WSG] Impressive CSS Example

2004-04-03 Thread P.H.Lauke
I said it to a few colleagues at the time, and I still hold the same opinion now: it's cute, for sure, but here we are, talking about semantic, structurally sound markup, and the division between presentation and content...and then something like this comes along which is perverting markup (albe

Re: [WSG] Impressive CSS Example

2004-04-03 Thread Leo J. O'Campo
On Saturday, April 3, 2004, at 07:09 AM, Darian Cabot wrote: (This dude has way too much time) ditto... but a very nice piece of CSS art. Leo * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guideli

Re: [WSG] OT: email delays and pair hiring a standards-savvy designer

2004-04-03 Thread Sarah Sammis
It can't be pair because I'm doing the same thing. I'm replying via their squirrel mail and I'm not getting the same delays with my posts. Cheers Sarah On Saturday, Apr 3, 2004, at 02:33 US/Pacific, Darian Cabot wrote: Crazy... that's really not good... (._.) I'm using pair networks (http://www

Re: [WSG] Failure to load under IE and Opera

2004-04-03 Thread Leo J. O'Campo
Randall Remove the xml prologue [] It's not required and IE chokes on it. Leo On Saturday, April 3, 2004, at 03:47 AM, Randall Potter wrote: I'm having an issue where the site that I'm working on validates as xhtml-strict and looks fine under Gecko and KHTML based browsers but, fails to loa

[WSG] A few more links

2004-04-03 Thread russ weakley
The Way Forward with Web Standards http://www.maccaws.org/kit/way-forward/ What Every Web Site Owner Should Know About Standards: A Web Standards Primer http://www.maccaws.org/kit/primer/ Russ * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup

RE: [WSG] Impressive CSS Example

2004-04-03 Thread Amit Karmakar
And another http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/wpd0104review.htm#footnote Regards, Amit Karmakar www.karmakars.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darian Cabot Sent: Saturday, 3 April 2004 10:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Impress

RE: [WSG] Impressive CSS Example

2004-04-03 Thread Amit Karmakar
Darian, Chris is a great guy :) and that house was built about 5 months back! :) but yeah 'tis great! He has made a few others as well. Try some more here http://resources.the-protagonist.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=4 7 (watch for wrapping) Regards, Amit Karmakar www.karmakars.com --

[WSG] Impressive CSS Example

2004-04-03 Thread Darian Cabot
The power of CSS!! hehehe (This dude has way too much time) (>_<) I didn't check it's validity :P Check it out... http://www.designdetector.com/tips/3DBorderDemo2.html Darian Cabot -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cabot Consultants Pty Ltd Software Engineer / Website Design http://www.cabotcon

[WSG] Re: Nested DIV not displaying correctly

2004-04-03 Thread Alan Milnes
Many thanks for the tips . Alan * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ***

RE: [WSG] Nested DIV not displaying correctly

2004-04-03 Thread James Gollan
The problem in your lies in your CSS selector - you have specified .blockheader which is read by the browser as apply these rules to a class named blockheader. You actually want to apply them to the div named block header, which would be achieved using the #blockheader selector. As for the variou

[WSG] Nested DIV not displaying correctly

2004-04-03 Thread css
I'm just starting out with redesigning my websites to be fully standards compliant (one of my audience uses his television to access the web which is a good reminder that there is more to the web than IE etc!). My site is at http://www.gameplan.org.uk/ and the css is at http://www.gameplan.org.uk

RE: [WSG] hiring a standards-savvy designer

2004-04-03 Thread Darian Cabot
Crazy... that's really not good... (._.) I'm using pair networks (http://www.pair.com) as a host and email service for my website. I don't use IMAP or POP anything, just their webmail powered by SquirrelMail. These delays can't be good for business, or this discussion forum (>_<) Sorry and I'll l

Re: [WSG] Failure to load under IE and Opera

2004-04-03 Thread Randall Potter
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 19:00:35 +1000 "James Gollan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On closer inspection it looks like the script tag is creating problems, > needs the closing tag rather than the xhtml empty tag syntax. > > James That was indeed what turned out to be the problem, (got some help on IRC

RE: [WSG] Failure to load under IE and Opera

2004-04-03 Thread James Gollan
On closer inspection it looks like the script tag is creating problems, needs the closing tag rather than the xhtml empty tag syntax. James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randall Potter Sent: Saturday, 3 April 2004 6:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROT

RE: [WSG] Failure to load under IE and Opera

2004-04-03 Thread James Gollan
You could try taking out the xml prologue (first line). This causes IE to render in quirks mode, but I don't think it affects Opera. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randall Potter Sent: Saturday, 3 April 2004 6:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] S

[WSG] Failure to load under IE and Opera

2004-04-03 Thread Randall Potter
I'm having an issue where the site that I'm working on validates as xhtml-strict and looks fine under Gecko and KHTML based browsers but, fails to load in IE, Opera, and dillo. I would much appreciate it if someone could help me out here and tell me what I'm missing. http://www.aegisconsulting

RE: [WSG] WSG Design competition is now open

2004-04-03 Thread Cameron Adams
I'd have thought you'd: - Receive entries - Wait for the deadline - Set up a gallery of said entries - People vote for their favourite one, once only, secretly - Winner takes all Why do you need to see what other people are voting? -- Cameron Adams W: www.themaninblue.com --- Peter Firminger