[WSG] Out of office notice

2007-12-16 Thread info
Please note that we have closed down for our Summer Break from 14 December 2007 till 2 January 2008. Limited access to e-mail. If you urgently need to contact me, then please use the online contact form on http://www.asq.co.za/contact.aspx.

Re: [WSG] positioning question

2007-12-16 Thread David Laakso
kevin mcmonagle wrote: Hi, On the below 3 column page http://www.jfl.ie/index.php Does that look allright? -best kvnmcwebn Yes, I suppose so. But there seldom is a correlation between how well a page /looks/ on the Web and how well that page /works/ on the Web (with user discretion

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

2007-12-16 Thread Rob Crowther
Michael Horowitz wrote: It would be a wonderful world. I can't imagine how government does anything but lower standards in these areas. Assuming you're being serious, I would love to hear your reasoning for this. With most things even remotely technical now happily existing in a market

[WSG] Strange CSS problem

2007-12-16 Thread Michael Horowitz
At http://theatomicconservative.typepad.com/ when I click on any of my links the text at Subscribe to this blog's feed turns red (which is the color is should change to when clicked. Here is what I believe is the relevant CSS .module a:link { color: #1e77f5 } .module a:visited { color:

Re: [WSG] Strange CSS problem

2007-12-16 Thread Andrew Freedman
Michael Horowitz wrote: At http://theatomicconservative.typepad.com/ when I click on any of my links the text at Subscribe to this blog's feed turns red (which is the color is should change to when clicked. Hi Michael, It's not doing it here - FF 2.0.0.11 or IE 6.0. Andrew

Re: [WSG] Strange CSS problem

2007-12-16 Thread Michael Horowitz
Interesting as Andrew pointed out the issue does not occur is IE 6. I have it only occur in IE 7 which would make it a new IE bug. The frustrating part of typepad is I cannot delete the original css declaration only overwrite it with the new one. I'm also new to learning firebug, how does

Re: [WSG] Strange CSS problem

2007-12-16 Thread Simon Moss
Michael Horowitz wrote: Interesting as Andrew pointed out the issue does not occur is IE 6. I have it only occur in IE 7 which would make it a new IE bug. The frustrating part of typepad is I cannot delete the original css declaration only overwrite it with the new one. I'm also new to

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

2007-12-16 Thread Michael Horowitz
Do you forcibly work for the government or do you offer your services in the free market? Does your company hire the worst developers and designers or the best it can afford at the salary it is willing to pay. In the free market their tends to be high and low quality products based on the

[WSG] CSS Image issue with buttons

2007-12-16 Thread Michael Horowitz
Adding to my issues I put a image on the server that I want to show up on my buttons but it isn't appearing. Here is how I added the CSS for that The image is definitely therehttp://theatomicconservative.typepad.com/images/atom.gif /*define look of buttons*/ ul a{ display:block; width: 98%;

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

2007-12-16 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Michael Horowitz wrote: In the free market their tends to be high and low quality products based on the price the buyer wishes to pay. You can buy a Lexus or you can by Kia. All transactions are between a willing buyer and seller. Only until you get to a situation of oligopoly or monopoly.

[WSG] Good resources

2007-12-16 Thread Carlos Carreo
56 Flash tutorials http://www.blogcreativo.com.ar/56-tutoriales-de-flash/ 65 Illustrator tutorials http://www.blogcreativo.com.ar/65-tutoriales-de-illustrator/ 800 Photoshop Brushes http://www.blogcreativo.com.ar/mas-de-800-brushes-para-photoshop/

Re: [WSG] CSS Image issue with buttons

2007-12-16 Thread krugonN
On Dec 16, 2007 9:21 PM, Michael Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding to my issues I put a image on the server that I want to show up on my buttons but it isn't appearing. Here is how I added the CSS for that The image is definitely

Re: [WSG] CSS Image issue with buttons

2007-12-16 Thread Adam Martin
where in the folder structure is the css file? On Dec 17, 2007 10:44 AM, krugonN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 16, 2007 9:21 PM, Michael Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding to my issues I put a image on the server that I want to show up on my buttons but it isn't appearing. Here

Re: [WSG] CSS Image issue with buttons

2007-12-16 Thread Adam Martin
try url(../images/atom.gif) On Dec 17, 2007 10:44 AM, krugonN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 16, 2007 9:21 PM, Michael Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding to my issues I put a image on the server that I want to show up on my buttons but it isn't appearing. Here is how I added the

Re: [WSG] CSS Image issue with buttons

2007-12-16 Thread krugonN
On Dec 16, 2007 9:54 PM, Adam Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: where in the folder structure is the css file? On Dec 17, 2007 10:44 AM, krugonN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 16, 2007 9:21 PM, Michael Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding to my issues I put a image on the server

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

2007-12-16 Thread Michael Horowitz
Look how Firefox has grown to 16% of the market. I think that shows how you are not correct. I also suspect that Open Office is going to start challenging Microsoft as well. Especially is MSFT succeeds with establishing good copy protection Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant

Re: [WSG] CSS Image issue with buttons

2007-12-16 Thread Michael Horowitz
That was a stupid mistake but when corrected I still have the issue. I also should at least have had the hover working when I make that mistake and it didn't show either /*define look of buttons*/ ul a{ display:block; width: 98%; line-height:1.4em; background:#1c1c1b url(images/atom.gif)

Re: [WSG] CSS Image issue with buttons

2007-12-16 Thread Michael Horowitz
Solved it I had to use /images not images Strange that it is so specific. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Adam Martin wrote: try url(../images/atom.gif) On Dec 17, 2007 10:44 AM, krugonN [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WSG] CSS Image issue with buttons

2007-12-16 Thread Adam Martin
As I said you need to change to background:#1c1c1b url(../images/atom.gif) no-repeat left bottom; note the ../ On Dec 17, 2007 11:31 AM, Michael Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That was a stupid mistake but when corrected I still have the issue. I also should at least have had the hover

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

2007-12-16 Thread Christian Montoya
On Dec 16, 2007 7:06 PM, Michael Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does your company hire the worst developers and designers or the best it can afford at the salary it is willing to pay. I just finished working for a company that would hire the worst developers and designers. I think it was

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

2007-12-16 Thread Christian Montoya
On Dec 16, 2007 8:27 PM, Michael Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look how Firefox has grown to 16% of the market. I think that shows how you are not correct. I also suspect that Open Office is going to start challenging Microsoft as well. Especially is MSFT succeeds with establishing good

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

2007-12-16 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Michael Horowitz wrote: Look how Firefox has grown to 16% of the market. I think that shows how you are not correct. Aeh..you ARE aware of the various antitrust actions the government took to prevent MSFT from becoming an actual monopoly, don't you? Without government action in the past,

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

2007-12-16 Thread Michael Horowitz
Again this isn't about supporting one company over another. It's about using the coercive power of government to control someone elses private property (which is what a business is) I don't like a lot of how MSFT does things. But they don't control the world. Frontpage died while

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

2007-12-16 Thread Michael Horowitz
And see what happens to the company in the market. 6 months ago I was let go because my boss thought I was a threat to his job. The company continues a spiral towards bankruptcy. They are the oldest company in their business and their chief competitor beats them every time they go head to

Re: [WSG] Strange CSS problem

2007-12-16 Thread Michael Horowitz
It isn't the overwritten style. I verified that by changing the visited link to green .module a:link { color: #1e77f5; } /*.module a:visited { color: #d22539; }*/ .module a:visited { color: green; } .module a:hover { color: #1e77f5; } .module a:active { color: #1e77f5; } and now it changes to

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

2007-12-16 Thread Dylan Lindgren
Michael Horowitz wrote: And see what happens to the company in the market. The damage has already been done however. What happens when rather then it being a piece of software thats faulty, its a car. or a child's toy, or an aeroplane. Sure, eventually the company would get its just deserts,

[WSG] Do we just throw out the img tag

2007-12-16 Thread Michael Horowitz
Now that I have mastered putting an image in a site using CSS do we just throw out the img tag in standards based xhtml. And how does the use of css compare with use of the object tag http://www.webstandards.org/learn/articles/askw3c/jun2004/ I found in my google searches on the issue. --

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

2007-12-16 Thread Lea de Groot
Guys, While the thread is interesting, do try to keep it on the topic of *web standards*. Some of the points which are either off topic or verging there include: - is Microsoft the boogey man? - should the government implement standards. The thread is still open, and it will stay that way if

Re: [WSG] Do we just throw out the img tag

2007-12-16 Thread Adam Martin
I assume you mean you are setting a background image using css - now what if you want another image on top - you use img tag for that. For example have a look at http://qps.shockmedia.com.au/About-QPS - if you resize the browser window you will see that the logo appears on top of the image on the

RE: [WSG] Do we just throw out the img tag

2007-12-16 Thread John Hancock
Personally, I think the img tag has the correct semantics (and attributes) for an image. I'd just keep them for images in paragraphs and use css background for everything else. An object is just that! -Original Message- From: Michael Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December

Re: [WSG] Do we just throw out the img tag

2007-12-16 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Michael Horowitz wrote: Now that I have mastered putting an image in a site using CSS do we just throw out the img tag in standards based xhtml. And how does the use of css compare with use of the object tag http://www.webstandards.org/learn/articles/askw3c/jun2004/ I found in my google