[WSG] Re: WSG Digest

2012-05-16 Thread Vicki Taylor
Hi, Grant, I'd recommend you have a look at this: http://cssgrid.net/ Do it once, do it well, make it flexible. :-) V. On 16 May 2012 22:48, wrote: > * > WEB STANDARDS GROUP MAIL LIST DIGEST >

Re: [WSG] Related content labelling and styling?

2012-05-16 Thread Russ Weakley
On 17/05/2012, at 4:23 AM, Rick Hill wrote: > The ideal would be to position the related content at the bottom of the > associate main content and then position it at the top right of the main > content. So visually it would look the same but the HTML reading order and > header nesting would b

Re: [WSG] positioning help, please

2012-05-16 Thread ron zisman
On May 16, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Kepler Gelotte wrote: >> the first problem i'm having is that bbedit, safari, firefox and opera (on >> a mac) all position it in a different location (#pre-nex). > > Hi, > > Try 'position: relative' for #main (the containing div of #pre_nex). > > Best regards, mer

[WSG] Related content labelling and styling?

2012-05-16 Thread Rick Hill
We have a feature in our CMS that allows users to add a spotlight box of related content to the right of the main content. This is not a right column (which we also allow) but a floated block of content. Visually this works well and the user base wants the feature. Unfortunately, there are acces

RE: [WSG] positioning help, please

2012-05-16 Thread Kepler Gelotte
> the first problem i'm having is that bbedit, safari, firefox and opera (on > a mac) all position it in a different location (#pre-nex). Hi, Try 'position: relative' for #main (the containing div of #pre_nex). Best regards, Kepler Gelotte Neighbor Webmaster, Inc. 156 Normandy Dr., Piscataway,

Re: [WSG] positioning help, please

2012-05-16 Thread ron zisman
On May 16, 2012, at 1:32 PM, Mladen Barac wrote: > simple > > you must put something like this: > border:none > > for example > if image is link, then: > > a img {border: none; } > > or: > > a:link {border:none} > > I hope this could be helpful. Try! thank you mladen. i put the border on t

Re: [WSG] positioning help, please

2012-05-16 Thread Mladen Barac
simple you must put something like this: border:none for example if image is link, then: * * *a img {border: none; }* or: *a:link {border:none}* * * *I hope this could be helpful. Try!* * * On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM, ron zisman wrote: > http://ricochet.org/new_floradise/arrangements.htm

[WSG] positioning help, please

2012-05-16 Thread ron zisman
http://ricochet.org/new_floradise/arrangements.html http://ricochet.org/new_floradise/plants.html hey all, i'm having trouble positioning a background image. on the arrangements page, the two arrows have a blue border. the first problem i'm having is that bbedit, safari, firefox and opera (on

[WSG] Re: WSG Digest

2012-05-16 Thread Dominic Hey
Hi Grant, You could have a dedicated mobile site (using a sub-domain and server-side client detection, for instance) with zero regard paid to accessibility *or*standards. Responsive design (using media queries, for instance) follow the DRY principle - Don't Repeat Yourself. Rather than think about

Re: [WSG] Mobile sites

2012-05-16 Thread Phil Archer
I think it's worth noting that there is a lot of commonality between accessibility and mobile optimisation. When the W3C Mobile Web Best Practices Group began its work (way back in June 2005 - I'm feeling old) our starting point was WCAG. They're not the same, of course, but the ways of thinkin