Re: [WSG] site check please

2005-07-22 Thread dwain
Drake, Ted C. wrote: Hi All I've been working on a re-design of my web site and I know the code is still rough. However, I think I could use some outside eyeballs on the design. You know how things are when you look at it for too long... http://www.tdrake.net/joan/index-liquid.html very n

[WSG] svg images

2005-07-22 Thread dwain
can someone instruct me how to place a svg image as a background image that will validate in xhtml 1.0 strict? dwain -- Dwain Alford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alforddesigngroup.com "The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression.

Re: [WSG] 2 ?'s

2005-07-22 Thread csslist
thanks that really sux! just another way microsucks makes our lifes miserable, truely amazing!!!From: Gary Menzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 1:44 AMTo: wsg@webstandardsgroup.orgSubject: Re: [WSG] 2 ?'sRemove all the whitespace between each set of the tags.  That w

Re: [WSG] 2 ?'s

2005-07-22 Thread Gary Menzel
Remove all the whitespace between each set of the tags.  That will make IE behave.   i.e: no whitespace inbetween the sets of tags.     This same problem happenes if you create a display:inline item - it renders one white space if there are any.  Regards, Gary   On 7/23/05, csslist <[EMAIL

Re: [WSG] 2 ?'s

2005-07-22 Thread csslist
yeah, try it again, i was trying to get around a w3c error saying it couldnt find the closing body tag but its there. cutting up the page into header, nav and footer sections, when u do that the validator takes a crapFrom: Gary Menzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 1:26 AMTo: wsg

Re: [WSG] 2 ?'s

2005-07-22 Thread Gary Menzel
Got an error on that page.   You appear to be missing the ##'s around expandPath.   Could not find the included template expandPath(header.cfm). Note: If you wish to use an absolute template path (e.g. TEMPLATE="/mypath/index.cfm") with CFINCLUDE then you must create a mapping for the pa

Re: [WSG] 2 ?'s

2005-07-22 Thread csslist
thanks! thats the best one i have seen so far. the only 2 i have tested so far that aren't so good is on ie mac it floats up near top and on pc opera 8 it's kinda funky. seems to have even fixed my 1 px left float on safari for the header whoo hoo. another problem is the menu on pc ie6 has too bi

Re: [WSG] circodeliaproducciones.com - thoughts on this site

2005-07-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
sam sherlock wrote: I happened acrosss this site on stylegala. http://www.circodeliaproducciones.com/ I would like to know what the list members think of the site... Looking good in some browsers - but can't take any stress. - My Firefox doesn't like it. - Opera 8... not too bad. - Relying

Re: [WSG] circodeliaproducciones.com - thoughts on this site

2005-07-22 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
sam sherlock wrote: http://www.circodeliaproducciones.com/ I would like to know what the list members think of the site critism / praise and other comments Look wise, it's quite pleasing. The underlying markup, however, looks a bit funky. The navigation is marked up as a series of H2s...wh

Re: [WSG] circodeliaproducciones.com - thoughts on this site

2005-07-22 Thread sam sherlock
its not very in depth piece of critism, the site users flash (which may be why you don't like it) I find that clients like flash ask for it and demand it, they don't know of webstandards i am researching method of marrying the two disciplines (and indeed the wider array of web disciplines)

Re: [WSG] circodeliaproducciones.com - thoughts on this site

2005-07-22 Thread Rick Faaberg
>> I happened acrosss this site on stylegala. >> >> http://www.circodeliaproducciones.com/ >> >> >> I would like to know what the list members think of the site There are quite a number of CSS validation errors (W3C online validator). Seems to be valid XHTML strict (W3C again). Attractive, int

Re: [WSG] circodeliaproducciones.com - thoughts on this site

2005-07-22 Thread David Laakso
sam sherlock wrote: I happened acrosss this site on stylegala. http://www.circodeliaproducciones.com/ I would like to know what the list members think of the site Not much. critism / praise and other comments atb - Sam Regards, David Laakso -- David Laakso http://www.dlaakso.co

Re: [WSG] circodeliaproducciones.com - thoughts on this site

2005-07-22 Thread sam sherlock
it looks unformated with styles disabled, as do any css driven sites, specifically what looks awful? I think the only issue with css turned off is that the logo is a transparent gif which looks bad on white bkgd everything else looks fine to me (as far as unformated goes) any other thoughts

Re: [WSG] 2 ?'s

2005-07-22 Thread Rick Faaberg
On 7/22/05 7:10 PM "csslist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent this out: > anyone have a good linnk to a tut or other about footers and always having > them at bottom under the content. This was on this list recently: --- quoting Looks like someone has found a mostly-reliable CSS-only solution to that co

Re: [WSG] site check please

2005-07-22 Thread David Laakso
Drake, Ted C. wrote: Hi All I've been working on a re-design of my web site and I know the code is still rough. However, I think I could use some outside eyeballs on the design. You know how things are when you look at it for too long... http://www.tdrake.net/joan/index-liquid.html T

[WSG] 2 ?'s

2005-07-22 Thread csslist
anyone have a good linnk to a tut or other about footers and always having them at bottom under the content. also, i have a page banner div and on safari it's moved over to the right by 1 px, any ideas on this? thanks:)

[WSG] div overflow inner div issues

2005-07-22 Thread Ajay Ranipeta
Hi list, I'm in a bit of a twist and need help. I have a css-based dropdown list with div's. I needed this as I need to have images with my dropdown list options which I can't achieve with a normal dropdown (select) field. Now that I have this dropdown list, I have a few issues with it, both in

Re: [WSG] circodeliaproducciones.com - thoughts on this site

2005-07-22 Thread Zulema
I think it's great, but it looks awful with CSS turned off :S. Works fine w/o JavaScript. It prints ok too. One page I tested had errors. http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.circodeliaproducciones.com/circodelia_producciones_artisticas_trabajos_clientes.php ciao, Zulema Z

Re: [WSG] Unicode in Visual Studio? For xhtml, css ?

2005-07-22 Thread Terrence Wood
True it probably isn't needed in most cases, except where it may be included in an html file that is not utf-8 and the CSS file actually contains utf-8 characters. In fact, according to w3c the character encoding is usually reliably determined form the first few bytes of the file anyways [http:

Re: [WSG] site check please

2005-07-22 Thread Edward Clarke
Re: http://www.tdrake.net/joan/index-liquid.html   I think a nice Georgia font would go down well with that template.   Edward Clarke ECommerce and Software Consultant   TN38 Consulting http://blog.tn38.net   Creative Media Centre 17-19 Robertson Street Hastings East Suss

turning images off - RE: [WSG] site check please

2005-07-22 Thread Drake, Ted C.
Hi everyone Georg brought up a great point. The site design is completely illegible with images turned off. I have a black background color set on the body and black text. I need to place a white background on the content section to provide a readable area when the images are disabled. I think

Re: [WSG] site check please

2005-07-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Drake, Ted C. wrote: http://www.tdrake.net/joan/index-liquid.html I really like the look of that one - but... - Scrolling left isn't easy, so maybe try this adjustment: body { padding-left: 95px;} ...tested in Opera, Firefox & IE6. (I can even make it line up perfectly in Opera 8's 'fit to wi

[WSG] circodeliaproducciones.com - thoughts on this site

2005-07-22 Thread sam sherlock
I happened acrosss this site on stylegala. http://www.circodeliaproducciones.com/ I would like to know what the list members think of the site critism / praise and other comments atb - Sam ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgro

RE: [WSG] site check please

2005-07-22 Thread Collin Davis
Ted, I love the layout, the colors, the borders, that image on the left - very nice! One browser related issue - the left hand side search area is messed up in Opera 8.01. Regarding general critique, the only things I would mention would be: 1. the blockquote colors (black bg/white text) is a littl

[WSG] site check please

2005-07-22 Thread Drake, Ted C.
Hi All I've been working on a re-design of my web site and I know the code is still rough. However, I think I could use some outside eyeballs on the design. You know how things are when you look at it for too long... http://www.tdrake.net/joan/index-liquid.html I was trying to keep it liquid bu

RE: [WSG] Eric meyers on crashing IE

2005-07-22 Thread Drake, Ted C.
Sorry for another post. I just wanted to clarify. I didn't write the post on crashing IE. I cut and pasted the post by Eric Meyers. I thought it would be more convenient to provide his insights than to make you click on a link and go to his web site. There was also a link in there.  I just

RE: [WSG] Eric meyers on crashing IE

2005-07-22 Thread Drake, Ted C.
I agree. I think. Ted     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mugur Padurean Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 10:36 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Eric meyers on crashing IE   Ted, now, why did you give IE another brake ? It's alw

[WSG] A Change of Names[off-topic]

2005-07-22 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, As much of the consul on this list is given without saccharin, I've come with this off-topic inquiry. I've had the domain ckimedia since 1998, but with the proliferation of Apple, especially the (i) Applications, I'm beginning to wonder if a change of name is in order? I've been with A

Re: [WSG] alphabetic horizontal list problem

2005-07-22 Thread Paul Novitski
At 02:03 AM 7/22/2005, Stephanie wrote: I need to create an alphabetic horizontal list to link to content on a page - problem I am having is that I want to float the list right but when I do that the alphabetic list is ordered from Z - A instead of A - Z. Any clue as to how to solve this probl

Re: [WSG] Prototype Framework - script.aculo.us

2005-07-22 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
On 7/22/05, Chris Rizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One thing I haven't found yet is a possible alternative to script.aculo.us. > We've tried to implement some of these effects and they work in Firefox but > not IE (throws no error). There's no help/support anywhere that I can find > and docume

RE: [WSG] Prototype Framework - script.aculo.us

2005-07-22 Thread Chris Rizzo
One thing I haven’t found yet is a possible alternative to script.aculo.us. We’ve tried to implement some of these effects and they work in Firefox but not IE (throws no error). There’s no help/support anywhere that I can find and documentation is minimum. Does anyone know where there maybe

[WSG] Border-style: double Experiments

2005-07-22 Thread Julián Landerreche
Hi all, well, I think this is my first e-mail to this great list (or at least, one of the first ones). I have been reading since more than 1 year, and I have learned a lot. I have been experimenting with double borders in CSS. They are really cool. Lot of weird/cool effects can be achieved by

Re: [WSG] alphabetic horizontal list problem

2005-07-22 Thread Gary Menzel
If the list is a based list you should be able to float the right.   If that is giving problems then you might need to wrap a around it and float the right.   The following code uses a bit of JS to make getting the list easier, but has a floated right (with appropriate "inline" style on the )

[WSG] alphabetic horizontal list problem

2005-07-22 Thread Stephanie
I need to create an alphabetic horizontal list to link to content on a page - problem I am having is that I want to float the list right but when I do that the alphabetic list is ordered from Z - A instead of A - Z.   Any clue as to how to solve this problem?   Stephanie Champion

RE: [WSG] Unicode in Visual Studio? For xhtml, css ?

2005-07-22 Thread Peter Goddard
.NET developers thats who!   And before you rant about code reformatting and standards on Visual Studio check out VS2005 the Web Edition is free and its superb. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John LewisSent: 21 July 2005 23:03To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.orgSu