Re: [WSG] Sliding Doors and IE5.00 Mac

2004-09-02 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Sep 2, 2004, at 1:05 pm, Richard Czeiger wrote: Yes, Philippe - but can you figure out a way to do it so that nav items that are two or more words don't require a non-breaking space in order for the nav not to collapse as it does on your Japanese site for about us? R :o) Weird. Works fine

[WSG] Divs or Cells

2004-09-02 Thread Wasabi
Hi, If this is off-topic, please reply directly. a client with an international market needs a site redesign. The currently use tables, but would like a transition to CSS. My concern is their market, an international base of travelers on various platforms with varying skill levels. I'm

Re: [WSG] Divs or Cells

2004-09-02 Thread Genau Junior
You shoud try to make some test tunning versions to analyse how bandwidth the interfaces and technologies qre faster. I think that one conversation with your clients about the advantages of web standards may be proper. Genau Lopes Júnior WebDesigner ¬¬¬

Re: [WSG] Divs or Cells

2004-09-02 Thread Wasabi
On Thursday, September 2, 2004, at 07:38 AM, Justin French wrote: If you're genuinely looking at support for alternate devices (PDA's, etc) then I think CSS (with a lot of research into alternate stylesheets, media-specific stylesheets, etc would be well worth it -- far more than tables Should

[WSG] Sitepoint Web Business Kit

2004-09-02 Thread Wasabi
Hi, Could someone critique the Sitepoint Web Business Kit. Is it worth the pulp, or can the info provided be found on the internet? Respectfully, Chris http://ckimedia.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud

RE: [WSG] Sitepoint Web Business Kit

2004-09-02 Thread Ted Drake
could you send a link to sitepoint? Ted -Original Message- From: Wasabi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Sitepoint Web Business Kit Hi, Could someone critique the Sitepoint Web Business Kit. Is it worth the

Re: [WSG] Sitepoint Web Business Kit

2004-09-02 Thread Wasabi
On Thursday, September 2, 2004, at 09:18 AM, Ted Drake wrote: http://www.sitepoint.com/books/freelance1/ could you send a link to sitepoint? Ted -Original Message- From: Wasabi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG]

[WSG] web essentials briefing/ westciv CSS Guide

2004-09-02 Thread Herrod, Lisa
Thanks to everyone involved in organising last nights breifing, it was really, really great. If last night is any indication of what WE04 is going to be like, steal your mama's purse and get there guys. I was also lucky enough to win a copy of the Web Essentials starter Kit, which I've been

Re: [WSG] web essentials briefing/ westciv CSS Guide

2004-09-02 Thread Frederic Fery
yes it was great evening Kate from IML gave me the copy she won of the starter kit - lucky me I have just tried Firefox - looks very much like Safari (only after 5 minutes of browsing) - fast, fast, fast.. What's the (standard) benefit of using firefox over safari for testing? Frederic On

Re: [WSG] web essentials briefing/ westciv CSS Guide

2004-09-02 Thread Neerav
1. a lot more people using mozilla/firefox than safari 2. Web Developer toolbar http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefoxid=60vid=63 -- Neerav Bhatt http://www.bhatt.id.au Web Development IT consultancy Mobile: +61 (0)403 8000 27 http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/ -

[WSG] Mac IE 5.2

2004-09-02 Thread 7 sinz
Hi, Im a junior desinger for a company based in auckland,new zealaand. im having some issues with floats for mac IE 5.2, and really would lappreciate it if someone could help point out the best plan of attack to fix it. Id like to point out that we did not do the design for this site ( you'll

Re: [WSG] web essentials briefing/ westciv CSS Guide

2004-09-02 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Frederic Fery wrote: What's the (standard) benefit of using firefox over safari for testing? Safari and Firefox have slightly different quirks and bugs when it comes to rendering CSS, so it's best to check in both (and, as Firefox is also used on many other platforms - Windows, *nix, etc - it's

Re: [WSG] ADMIN THREAD CLOSED was Sitepoint Web Business Kit

2004-09-02 Thread Lea de Groot
On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 12:37:40 +1000, Wesley Davis wrote: Actually i own a copy of the Business Kit and one of the things that I was personally disappointed with was the lack of talk about standards and also accessibility for that matter. None of the author's websites, that I have seen,

Re: [WSG] Mac IE 5.2

2004-09-02 Thread Hugh Todd
Steven, im having some issues with floats for mac IE 5.2, and really would lappreciate it if someone could help point out the best plan of attack to fix it. The main issue is as follows: Mac IE 5 wrongly clears floats inside clearing block elements, and you can't fix it with clear:none;. The

[WSG] commonly used order of styles within a css class

2004-09-02 Thread Sean
Does anyone know if there is a common way of listing styles in CSS? I don't mean the order of a:hover a: visited, or the order of specification. I am thinking more of some logical order that would be helpful to anyone else working on stylesheets I have created. For example, perhaps the font

[WSG] Next WSG meeting in Sydney - September 16

2004-09-02 Thread russ - maxdesign
Sydney WSG meeting Date: Thursday 16th September Time: 6.30pm informal start for 7pm start Where: Australian Museum Search Discover meeting room Level 2 6 College Street Sydney We have two exciting presentations lined up for the night. 1. Mark Stanton from Gruden will be talking about

Re: [WSG] Next WSG meeting in Sydney - September 16

2004-09-02 Thread Neerav
RSVP like normal to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? -- Neerav Bhatt http://www.bhatt.id.au Web Development IT consultancy Mobile: +61 (0)403 8000 27 http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/ - Ramblings Thoughts http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/neerav russ - maxdesign wrote: Sydney WSG meeting Date: Thursday

Re: [WSG] Next WSG meeting in Sydney - September 16

2004-09-02 Thread russ - maxdesign
Yes please RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in mind that we are keen to get other cities up and running with meetings so contact Peter and I offlist if you want to know about your city - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Russ on 3/9/04 3:24 PM, Neerav at wrote: RSVP like normal to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ?