Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread ~davidLaakso
My goal is still to learn what markup solutions others have settled on for headline/tagline and title/byline pairs. Regards, Paul If you are interested in what others have settled on try the NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/education/06montana.html?_r=1oref=slogin Best, ~dL --

Re: [WSG] Template Review

2007-04-29 Thread ~davidLaakso
CK wrote: http://working.bushidodeep.com/dom_site/template.php Hi, Typography is the emphasis of this creation, so a review for readability is desired. Please send along screen captures of any strange behavior. Concerned with the absolute placement of the navigation and the generated

Re: [WSG] Template Review

2007-04-29 Thread ~davidLaakso
CK wrote: Hi, As monochromatic minimalism is a tight-rope walk, please suggest a kicker. On Apr 29, 2007, at 8:31 PM, ~davidLaakso wrote: Passed. But needs a kicker (is the text a little bland like sort of, maybe? :-) ). Monochromatic minimalism? You've got to be kidding :-) . dt

Re: [WSG] Layout Check Please (Linux / Mac)

2007-04-16 Thread ~davidLaakso
Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: Greetings all, I was hoping some of you fine Linux / Mac users could test this layout to make sure no blowups happen. Everything SHOULD be fine, but you never know. http://homestead.foodzoomer.com/ Thanks a bunch! Everything SHOULD be fine, but you never

Re: [WSG] Trouble with H3 float

2007-03-28 Thread ~davidLaakso
Sarah Peeke (XERT) wrote: One more question please... When I resize http://geofeat.com/ to 800x600 the H3 heading *Featured Advertisers* (third heading on page content) floats right. I have tried all sorts of css to fix this but end up with more problems (specifically to do with excess

Re: [WSG] New Yorker Redesign

2007-03-27 Thread ~davidLaakso
John Horner wrote: Speaking of redesigns, http://www.newyorker.com/ is looking very nice these days. Not a table in sight. but other than that it looks like a good standards-based website. Yes, well, sort of...still the need (for me) to go through the drill of ignoring their

Re: [WSG] Using headers symantically

2007-03-20 Thread ~davidLaakso
Lee Powell wrote: Last evening I was playing around with some conceptual work which included a vast number of headers, and it got me thinking into how best to use them, and indeed how the spec says to use them. The W3C spec states, that the range of headers goes from h1 through to h6, and

Re: [WSG] Site Check: lagunadesigns.com.au

2007-03-07 Thread ~davidLaakso
Dylan Lindgren wrote: If I could get you guys to have a look at the website www.lagunadesigns.com.au it would be greatly appreciated. Dylan Lindgren Dylan, I think you are off to a good start. The w3c markup validation service will point to the same few errors on all pages. It is important

Re: [WSG] New Project - Feedback Appreciated

2007-03-05 Thread ~davidLaakso
Sarah Peeke (XERT) wrote: We have recently unveiled a new project on all things green, eco-friendly and organic: http://geofeat.com/ I would really appreciate feedback on issues related to standards, usability and accessibility. Sarah :) Quick look in XP, Sarah. Doing well in

Re: [WSG] MSIE causing trouble

2007-03-04 Thread ~davidLaakso
Michael Cordover wrote: There is a file: default.ie.css, linked from an IE conditional comment and contains exactly that rule already. Further suggestions? The requested URL /default.ie.css was not found on this server Michael Regards, ~dL -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [WSG] css generating i.e security pop up

2007-02-28 Thread ~davidLaakso
kevin mcmonagle wrote: Im using the pure css - alphaimageloader hack for png transparency. The problem is that its setting of a security warning in ie 6. The pngs will only show up if you click ok and allow the script. www.mcmonagle.biz/arena7 -best kevin mcmonagle No clue. But this may

Re: [WSG] some simple box problems

2007-02-27 Thread ~davidLaakso
kevin mcmonagle wrote: David and lindsay, Thanks for the advice on clearing the floats. Can you check that this layout holds up in ie 6 now? In reference to your uri: http://mcmonagle.biz/arena7/ As far as I can tell, you only cleared the float. The page is still broken in ie6, ie/7, ff,

Re: [WSG] some simple box problems

2007-02-26 Thread ~davidLaakso
kevin mcmonagle wrote: The problem is the wrapper div is not being expanded by the two nested columns within it. Theres no hieghts set. Also margins are showing up abovr the wrapper and footer divs even though they're set to 0. Only looked at it in firefox mac so far would like to fix