Re: [WSG] skip links

[Matthew Pennell]

On 12/14/07, dwain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> i'm using ibm's adesigner.  i'm getting errors about skip links.  how do
> you skip links?  why?


What does the error say?

A 'skip link' is a link that is provided either before or after a large
chunk of content (or at the start or end of a page) that allows the user to
'skip' directly to a particular part of the page. So for example if you had
quite an extensive set of navigation options, you might place a 'skip to
content' (or 'go straight to content', or whatever other wording you think
appropriate) link before it, allowing users to bypass the navigation and
jump down to the main content of the page.

They are particularly useful for keyboard users and screenreader users, who
don't want to have to tab through/listen to the entire page to get to the
part they want.

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Re: [WSG] skip links

[Christian Snodgrass]

You don't skip links, it means you probably don't have a skip link. I've 
never used IBM's program, but that is what I would assume it is 
referring to. A skip link is an accessibility feature used to skip over 
repetitive information like navigation. Here is a good article on them: 
http://www.jimthatcher.com/skipnav.htm


dwain wrote:
i'm using ibm's adesigner.  i'm getting errors about skip links.  how 
do you skip links?  why?

dwain

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[WSG] skip links

[dwain]

i'm using ibm's adesigner.  i'm getting errors about skip links.  how do you
skip links?  why?
dwain

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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Al Sparber]

From: "Michael Horowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Personally I'm looking forward to buying computers with virtually nothing 
pre installed.  I always end up deleting most of it anyway.  Alot of 
people start off by reinstalling the OS to get rid of all the junk the PC 
manufacturers put on.


Indeed. But to bring it on-topic, I doubt very highly that Opera's 
motivation is standards. If the unimaginable happened and MSIE8 were as 
standards-comformant as Opera, it would also be stronger in the marketplace. 
The best thing that could happen for standards-oriented web developers would 
be that all computers shipped with a single, extensible browser appliance 
with a standards-based module, managed and updated by an independent party, 
being the chief extension. It's better that the industry wake up now because 
eventually someone is going to figure out that a browser is an appliance and 
the only thing it should be doing is supporting standards and sitting 
unobtrusively in the background acting as a window to the web.


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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Michael Horowitz]

Personally I'm looking forward to buying computers with virtually 
nothing pre installed.  I always end up deleting most of it anyway.  
Alot of people start off by reinstalling the OS to get rid of all the 
junk the PC manufacturers put on. 


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Al Sparber wrote:

From: "Christian Montoya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


My concern with the complaint is that it is clearly twofold; that
Microsoft is holding standards back, and that Microsoft is holding
competitors back. One is valid, the other is clearly business.


Here's another way to look at it...

Microsoft is a software publisher. It develops an OS that contains a 
default browser: Internet Explorer. Microcenter makes PowerSpec brand 
computers. It made my computer. It installed Microsoft Windows on my 
computer in the flavor I specified. It installed a 1 year subscription 
NAS, which it does on all of its computers. It also installed Firefox. 
When I booted up the computer the first time, Windows asked me to set 
my default programs. One of the choices was for a browser. I could 
have chosen Firefox.


As my logic goes, Opera should be suing Microcenter -- as well as any 
other computer manufacturer that does not include Opera.


Further:

Apple is both a computer manufacturer and a software publisher. It 
develops an OS that contains a default browser: Safari. My iMac comes 
with neither Firefox nor Opera. Opera, using its logic, should sue 
Apple, the software publisher. Using my logic, they should sue Apple, 
the computer manufacturer.


If I were Opera, I'd take a long walk along the fjords and do some 
soul-searching about "ethics", EU-style ethics notwithstanding.





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[WSG] css issues

[Michael Horowitz]

I would like to have my buttons go to the end of the blue box on the 
left and the right but when I try and expand it I lose the text 
centering.  I'm sure I am reading something wrong in CSS when I do 
this.  What would be the best way to do this.


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Thanks for any ideas.

2nd question I am learning my css from CSS Mastery: Advanced Web 
Standards Solutions.  Any suggestions for any other books I can look at 
that will compliment my learning.



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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Felix Miata]

On 2007/12/13 23:04 (GMT-0500) Christian Snodgrass apparently typed:

> I think if IE was standards-compliant, we wouldn't be seeing this.

Mostly I agree, but also I think another issue is that too many people think
IE *is* THE internet, and don't know better, or even any, other options exist
for finding www.isawitontv.com with their puter.
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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Kenny Graham]

How do you legally distinguish "standards-compliant" from
non-compliant anyway?  IE is clearly the worst of the bunch, but I'm
not aware of a browser that doesn't have any rendering bugs.  Would
the requirement be "be at least as compliant as opera"?  And if so,
how do you measure that?  Acid2?  Number of CSS selectors understood?
And which standard?  IE renders HTML 3.2 pretty well, if not
perfectly, 4.01 like crap, and XHTML (as xml) not at all.


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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Al Sparber]

From: "Christian Montoya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


My concern with the complaint is that it is clearly twofold; that
Microsoft is holding standards back, and that Microsoft is holding
competitors back. One is valid, the other is clearly business.


Here's another way to look at it...

Microsoft is a software publisher. It develops an OS that contains a default 
browser: Internet Explorer. Microcenter makes PowerSpec brand computers. It 
made my computer. It installed Microsoft Windows on my computer in the 
flavor I specified. It installed a 1 year subscription NAS, which it does on 
all of its computers. It also installed Firefox. When I booted up the 
computer the first time, Windows asked me to set my default programs. One of 
the choices was for a browser. I could have chosen Firefox.


As my logic goes, Opera should be suing Microcenter -- as well as any other 
computer manufacturer that does not include Opera.


Further:

Apple is both a computer manufacturer and a software publisher. It develops 
an OS that contains a default browser: Safari. My iMac comes with neither 
Firefox nor Opera. Opera, using its logic, should sue Apple, the software 
publisher. Using my logic, they should sue Apple, the computer manufacturer.


If I were Opera, I'd take a long walk along the fjords and do some 
soul-searching about "ethics", EU-style ethics notwithstanding.


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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Christian Snodgrass]

I think Opera considers this to be a slightly different case then that 
of email clients, cd burning software, etc. The key point in here I 
think is that Internet Explorer has low standards-compliance, which 
hinders the development of internet-based projects. I don't think it's 
so much they it only comes with Internet Explorer, as it is that it only 
comes with Internet Explorer -which isn't standards compliant-.


I think if IE was standards-compliant, we wouldn't be seeing this.

Just my 2 cents.

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[WSG] [Fwd: spaces between list items]

[Michael Horowitz]

Ignore that figured it out

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Any ideas why I end up with a space between list items here 
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The code doesn't appear to add it in


  
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[Michael Horowitz]

Any ideas why I end up with a space between list items here 
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The code doesn't appear to add it in


   
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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Michael Horowitz]

Private businesses have the right to install or not install any software 
they want.  Unfortunately businesses that can't compete successfully in 
the free market as government to force other businesses to use their 
product.


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John Faulds wrote:
Delivering their OSes with half a dozen pre-installed 
standard-compliant alternatives to IE/win isn't a

technical problem, so why not?


I'm no lawyer and I'm also no MS fanboy, but I think 'why?' is as 
equally a valid question as 'why not?'.


My latest computer with Vista came pre-intalled with Windows Mail, 
Windows Media Player, Microsoft Works and Roxio CD Creator (this one 
may be more of an HP choice than MS); should I also expect my system 
to be preinstalled with Eudora/Thunderbird/Lotus Note, 
RealPlayer/Quicktime, OpenOffice and Nero? Is it reasonable for any OS 
vendor to have to install any more than one type of any application? 
For the less savvy users, having more than one option may actually 
make things more difficult for them.


Surely it's any manufacturer's right to choose what components they 
use in their own product (as long as there aren't health and safety 
concerns involved)?





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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Christian Montoya]

On 12/13/07, John Faulds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "First, it requests the Commission to obligate Microsoft to unbundle
> Internet Explorer from Windows and/or carry alternative browsers
> pre-installed on the desktop."
>
> I can't see that flying. Is anyone going to ask Apple to stop shipping
> their OS with Safari?

Your question is perfectly valid, but where have you been? The EU
courts just slammed Microsoft with a huge penalty for their "bundling"
practice with Windows Media Player, which came after a complaint from
Real. I don't remember who it was specifically, but someone
representing the court said that they are very much against
Microsoft's market dominance and want to do more to prevent similar
practices from Microsoft.

So yes, I definitely see this flying.

My concern with the complaint is that it is clearly twofold; that
Microsoft is holding standards back, and that Microsoft is holding
competitors back. One is valid, the other is clearly business. I don't
like the fact that these two things go together. I want to see
Microsoft get serious about standards support, but I don't think it's
fair to apply a double standard when other companies use bundling
practices too.

Regardless, I think Opera struck when the iron was hot and I can see
this having a lot of traction.

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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Christian Montoya]

On 12/13/07, dwain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On 12/13/07, Gav... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > No, OS suppliers should have the option of providing whatever default
> > packages they want, and leave the options open for users to install their
> > own alternatives. Those that need a better, standards compliant web
> > browser will know they can get one.
> >
> but their os should be able to run other optional packages that the customer
> chooses.
> vista has little to no support from other software vendors and drivers are
> another issue all together.

We are on the verge of getting a worse peanut gallery than when we
were discussing the target lawsuit.

Windows is known for supporting many drivers and programs out-of-the-box.

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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Gunlaug Sørtun]

John Faulds wrote:
Delivering their OSes with half a dozen pre-installed 
standard-compliant alternatives to IE/win isn't a technical 
problem, so why not?


I'm no lawyer and I'm also no MS fanboy, but I think 'why?' is as 
equally a valid question as 'why not?'.


Indeed. Which would make any such case valid for testing.

[...] Is it reasonable for any OS vendor to have to install any more 
than one type of any application?


I think that would depend on the application in question. AFAIKS only
one application is mentioned in the article.

For the less savvy users, having more than one option may actually 
make things more difficult for them.


Sure, and the least savvy users may get lost with only one option -
especially if it's a weak one. Making choices for users rarely helps,
unless the aim is to keep them ignorant.

Surely it's any manufacturer's right to choose what components they 
use in their own product (as long as there aren't health and safety 
concerns involved)?


Don't know about the rest of the world, but in the EU there's also
something called "ethics" involved when products and sales methods are
evaluated.
Microsoft has been evaluated on ethics before - in the EU, and it didn't
pass the tests. The same has happened to other companies - big and
small, so it doesn't really matter what name it has and what its
products are.

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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[dwain]

i guess i stand corrected.
dwain

On 12/13/07, Adam Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> drivers are the responsibility of the vendors. As is the ability of
> running other software. Vista is essentially a framework for software
> developers - it is there responsibility to ensure it works - not Microsofts.
>
> On Dec 14, 2007 11:01 AM, dwain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On 12/13/07, Gav... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > No, OS suppliers should have the option of providing whatever default
> > > packages they want, and leave the options open for users to install
> > > their
> > > own alternatives. Those that need a better, standards compliant web
> > > browser will know they can get one.
> > >
> > but their os should be able to run other optional packages that the
> > customer chooses.
> > vista has little to no support from other software vendors and drivers
> > are another issue all together.
> > cheers,
> > dwain
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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[John Faulds]

but their os should be able to run other optional packages that the  
customer chooses.


Out of all the applications Gav & I mentioned previously, all the  
alternatives are easily installed on Windows (including Vista), and that's  
certainly the case for other browsers, so I don't really see your point.



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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Adam Martin]

drivers are the responsibility of the vendors. As is the ability of running
other software. Vista is essentially a framework for software developers -
it is there responsibility to ensure it works - not Microsofts.

On Dec 14, 2007 11:01 AM, dwain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>
> On 12/13/07, Gav... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > No, OS suppliers should have the option of providing whatever default
> > packages they want, and leave the options open for users to install
> > their
> > own alternatives. Those that need a better, standards compliant web
> > browser will know they can get one.
> >
> but their os should be able to run other optional packages that the
> customer chooses.
> vista has little to no support from other software vendors and drivers are
> another issue all together.
> cheers,
> dwain
>
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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[dwain]

On 12/13/07, Gav... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> No, OS suppliers should have the option of providing whatever default
> packages they want, and leave the options open for users to install their
> own alternatives. Those that need a better, standards compliant web
> browser will know they can get one.
>
but their os should be able to run other optional packages that the customer
chooses.
vista has little to no support from other software vendors and drivers are
another issue all together.
cheers,
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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Gav...]

>> Delivering their OSes with half a dozen pre-installed standard-compliant
>> alternatives to IE/win isn't a
>> technical problem, so why not?
>
> I'm no lawyer and I'm also no MS fanboy, but I think 'why?' is as equally
> a valid question as 'why not?'.
>
> My latest computer with Vista came pre-intalled with Windows Mail, Windows
> Media Player, Microsoft Works and Roxio CD Creator (this one may be more
> of an HP choice than MS); should I also expect my system to be
> preinstalled with Eudora/Thunderbird/Lotus Note, RealPlayer/Quicktime,
> OpenOffice and Nero? Is it reasonable for any OS vendor to have to install
> any more than one type of any application? For the less savvy users,
> having more than one option may actually make things more difficult for
> them.
>
> Surely it's any manufacturer's right to choose what components they use in
> their own product (as long as there aren't health and safety concerns
> involved)?

+1, I just posted the same thing :)

Gav...

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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Gav...]

 

> John Faulds wrote:
>> "First, it requests the Commission to obligate Microsoft to unbundle
>> Internet Explorer from Windows and/or carry alternative browsers
>> pre-installed on the desktop."
>>
>> I can't see that flying. Is anyone going to ask Apple to stop
>> shipping their OS with Safari?
>
> No, but Apple is hardly in a dominant position, and carrying
> pre-installed alternatives to Safari can't be much of a problem.
>
> Microsoft is in a "slightly" more dominant position, so a better control
> of its practices sure wouldn't hurt. Delivering their OSes with half a
> dozen pre-installed standard-compliant alternatives to IE/win isn't a
> technical problem, so why not?

Where would that end - Should they pre-install alternative mail clients,
firewalls, anti-virus programs, web servers too?

No, OS suppliers should have the option of providing whatever default
packages they want, and leave the options open for users to install their
own alternatives. Those that need a better, standards compliant web
browser will know they can get one.

Just my 0.02

Gav...

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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[John Faulds]

Delivering their OSes with half a dozen pre-installed standard-compliant  
alternatives to IE/win isn't a

technical problem, so why not?


I'm no lawyer and I'm also no MS fanboy, but I think 'why?' is as equally  
a valid question as 'why not?'.


My latest computer with Vista came pre-intalled with Windows Mail, Windows  
Media Player, Microsoft Works and Roxio CD Creator (this one may be more  
of an HP choice than MS); should I also expect my system to be  
preinstalled with Eudora/Thunderbird/Lotus Note, RealPlayer/Quicktime,  
OpenOffice and Nero? Is it reasonable for any OS vendor to have to install  
any more than one type of any application? For the less savvy users,  
having more than one option may actually make things more difficult for  
them.


Surely it's any manufacturer's right to choose what components they use in  
their own product (as long as there aren't health and safety concerns  
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Re: [WSG] Content Management Systems - Inserting Form Buttons

[S.R. Emerson]

What payment gateway are you using?
Cart buttons like Mals.  You can use a number of payment gateways including 
PayPal.



Its pretty easy to embed PayPal buttons into almost any CMS solution

Not interested in using PayPal buttons.

Will have a look at your product and see if it will fit with the project. 
Thank you.


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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[Gunlaug Sørtun]

John Faulds wrote:
"First, it requests the Commission to obligate Microsoft to unbundle 
Internet Explorer from Windows and/or carry alternative browsers 
pre-installed on the desktop."


I can't see that flying. Is anyone going to ask Apple to stop 
shipping their OS with Safari?


No, but Apple is hardly in a dominant position, and carrying
pre-installed alternatives to Safari can't be much of a problem.

Microsoft is in a "slightly" more dominant position, so a better control
of its practices sure wouldn't hurt. Delivering their OSes with half a
dozen pre-installed standard-compliant alternatives to IE/win isn't a
technical problem, so why not?

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Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[John Faulds]

"First, it requests the Commission to obligate Microsoft to unbundle  
Internet Explorer from Windows and/or carry alternative browsers  
pre-installed on the desktop."


I can't see that flying. Is anyone going to ask Apple to stop shipping  
their OS with Safari?


On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:05:11 +1000, James Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:



Hi

I read this on the Opera feed this morning, I'm not sure how it will  
proceed

but it mentions:

"The complaint describes how Microsoft is abusing its dominant position  
by
tying its browser, Internet Explorer, to the Windows operating system  
and by

hindering interoperability by not following accepted Web standards"

http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2007/12/13/

I wonder what the flow on effects of this would be internationally  
rather than
just in the EU ? Of course there is the opinion that only lawyers win  
out of
arguments like this but it would defnitely be a more interesting  
playground

if IE wasn't bundled and supported accepted standards better.

Cheers
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[WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

[James Ellis]

Hi

I read this on the Opera feed this morning, I'm not sure how it will proceed 
but it mentions:

"The complaint describes how Microsoft is abusing its dominant position by 
tying its browser, Internet Explorer, to the Windows operating system and by 
hindering interoperability by not following accepted Web standards"

http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2007/12/13/

I wonder what the flow on effects of this would be internationally rather than 
just in the EU ? Of course there is the opinion that only lawyers win out of 
arguments like this but it would defnitely be a more interesting playground 
if IE wasn't bundled and supported accepted standards better.

Cheers
James


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Re: [WSG] Content Management Systems - Inserting Form Buttons

[Avi Miller]

On Dec 14, 2007 8:59 AM, S.R. Emerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a standards compliant content management system that can
> be used for a client's site where Buy Now buttons need to be inserted.

What payment gateway are you using? Its pretty easy to embed PayPal
buttons into almost any CMS solution, but I'll plug ours as being
pretty standards compliant (*cough* http://matrix.squiz.net *cough*).
If you have a specific payment gateway in mind, you'll need to be more
specific about that.

cYa,
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[WSG] Content Management Systems - Inserting Form Buttons

[S.R. Emerson]

Hi,
Does anyone know of a standards compliant content management system that can be 
used for a client's site where Buy Now buttons need to be inserted.  

Something other than the traditional ecommerce software and blogging software.

S. R. Emerson
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Re: [WSG] typepad css problem

[Michael Horowitz]

One of the annoying parts of dealing with a system like typepad is I 
cannot affect the base html.  So I need to write my css based on the 
html they already have.  I've been able to create the button look and 
now just have to play with colors and size to see how I can make it look 
better.


There is an advanced template series that gives me more control I may 
end up deciding to use, but with all their docs warning how it can break 
their system using it I'm trying to stick to using css to make their 
templates look better.


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Your Computer Consultant
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561-394-9079



Deena Fisher wrote:
What about applying a class to your link? (a.button href> )If that doesn't work, I've actually had some success with 
adding a span class to a link.


On Dec 12, 2007 5:25 PM, Michael Horowitz 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:


I'm customizing a typepad account.  They have their own default
css and
then their interface allows you to add your own css on the bottom and
override their values.

I am trying to create a button affect using this css

a:{
display:block;
width: 6em;
padding 0.2em;
line-height:1.4;
background-color:#00;
border 1px solid black;
color:#d22539;
text-decoration: none;
test-align: center;
}

but it is not working.

The site is at http://theatomicconservative.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Thanks for any ideas

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Re: [WSG] typepad css problem

[Deena Fisher]

What about applying a class to your link? (a.button  )If that doesn't work, I've actually had some success with adding
a span class to a link.

On Dec 12, 2007 5:25 PM, Michael Horowitz <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm customizing a typepad account.  They have their own default css and
> then their interface allows you to add your own css on the bottom and
> override their values.
>
> I am trying to create a button affect using this css
>
> a:{
> display:block;
> width: 6em;
> padding 0.2em;
> line-height:1.4;
> background-color:#00;
> border 1px solid black;
> color:#d22539;
> text-decoration: none;
> test-align: center;
> }
>
> but it is not working.
>
> The site is at http://theatomicconservative.typepad.com/my_weblog/
>
> Thanks for any ideas
>
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> 561-394-9079
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