I would be grateful if someone could tell me what is the current best
practice for letting users change the font-size (e.g., by clicking on
three 'a's of different sizes to make different css files be used) on
the web site. Is it still a good idea, or do we go for the approach of
using the
Comes down to the 'give a man a fish/teach a man to fish' principle
for me. If you explain to the user how to use their browser settings
to change the text size then they can use that on any site.
Good in theory -- would you point out a few example sites that have
done a good job of
The guys over at unit interactive also have a help script to help fix
the issues with transparent PNG images in IE6.
http://labs.unitinteractive.com/unitpngfix.php
I highly recommend this script very handy and concise. The one
problem I have noticed with it is that it doesn't
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On 29 Apr 2009, at 13:46, James Leslie wrote:
The guys over at unit interactive also have a help
script to help fix the issues with transparent PNG
I was aware of the X-UA-Compatible thing, but have no intention of
going down that route: I have no way of knowing whether my code is
compatible with IE9 or not, so how can I decide which mode it should
render in next year? (As you can all see, I'm not too sure whether it is
compatible with
If in doubt, place this meta in page head...
meta http-equiv=X-UA-Compatible content=IE=edge / ...and the
Compatibility view button will disappear in IE8.
Using meta http-equiv=X-UA-Compatible content=IE=8 / will also
have the same effect (getting rid of the compatibility view button and
Another point to note is that many mobile phones have JavaScript enabled
so this figure may increase with the expected rise in mobile popularity.
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Thanks for all the responses. The majority seem to pretty much agree
with my view that it would be better to have the user initiate the
music. The player I'm planning on using does have very clear controls
for playback and volume, so if the client does *insist* on auto-playback
I will definitely
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Sorry about the OT, but I'm bewildered by the choices! Can anyone
suggest a good starting book to learn AJAX? I'm familar with javascript
and PHP and want to investigate.
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I wouldn't think it is
The latest versions of the 4 major browsers (IE, Opera, Safari and
Firefox) all do zooming. It is *relatively* safe to assume that Firefox,
Safari and Opera users will update their browsers on a regular basis as
these browsers all have to be sought out and downloaded initially.
However IE6 still
Hi,
It is not valid because the inner ul needs to be contained in a li
item of the outer ul. The only valid thing inside a ul tag is a
li.
If you surround the inner ul with a li with a class/id attached then
you should be able to fiddle with that specific li in your CSS to sort
out
Why is this the best way? It means that anyone without JavaScript
enabled cannot contact you. Spam is a pain, but not giving a user the
basic opportunity of contacting you is a bigger problem IMO.
I think mailto's and spam filters are the best way to go, as they are
accessible for everyone.
J
standards and
not for the clients or visitors in general...
There is a war and it will always be there until understanding from
all parts are met.
Michael
James Leslie wrote:
Why is this the best way? It means that anyone without JavaScript
enabled cannot contact you. Spam is a pain
I like the idea of a title tag being used i.e.- a
href=mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title=e-mail address -
[EMAIL PROTECTED]first name last name/a
I don't know what you would gain by this Any bots harvesting email
addresses will just pick up on the address in the href.
Unfortunately, I think the
It is the best solution they can come up with that won't destroy
everything that has been created in the past. Adding one line of code to
each of your pages is a lot more cost effective and time saving then all
of the hacks we currently have to do to get it to display properly in
IE6 and IE7.
I think we will be able to 'ignore' IE7 way before IE6 due to Microsoft
being able to (presumably) force upgrades of IE7 to IE8, but still being
stuck with IE6 in the way we are now on older OS's.
Though IE8 rendering like IE7 by default means we will have to fix for
that And no doubt
Every user smart enough to know there are non IE browsers are smart
enough to know sometimes you have to switch back to IE to make the
website work.
Now this is not true I got caught out this weekend discovering that
I needed to use IE for a media program that I assumed was just not
Hi,
I'm trying to use some code so that submit buttons on a form are (using
JavaScript if available) removed and replaced with anchor tags that then
have event handlers added to them to submit a form if clicked. The
reason for this is that I have some tabs I want to style in a similar
way though
I guess that you have to count down in your for-loop. You modify the
DOM while iterating over the nodes, so the model changes while you
are working at it. If you start with the last element, you don't
mess up the references.
for(var j=inputs.length-1; j=0; j--) { ... }
This might be a stupid question, but why can't you just style your form
submit buttons to look like links using CSS?
-
Primarily because some browsers don't support styling of inputs very
well, but
That is not really true. Form fields take focus from the order they are
in the code. They can be positioned anywhere on the screen using CSS.
Without intervention they will follow this order regardless of top,
bottom, left or right on the screen.
'Lining them up' would (hopefully) be done with
That is not really true. Form fields take focus from the order they are
in the code. They can be positioned anywhere on the screen using CSS.
Without intervention they will follow this order regardless of top,
bottom, left or right on the screen.
'Lining them up' would (hopefully) be done with
Thanks everyone for your responses to this.
I might give the stylish extension a try or just stick to removing them
by hand in the web developer extension.
The font declarations I was looking at have all been sized as
percentages and ems rather than pixels, I was just interested in how
different
Hi Folks,
I have just inherited a bands website which places all of the navigation
(both top and bottom links) in iframes. I don't 100% understand why the
developer chose to do this unless it is emulating php includes in static
html, anyway, it seems like a bad idea to me and is high on my list
Hi Chris,
That seems like an odd scenario to me, firefox is pretty tight compared
to IE I thought, but I'll take your word for it :-)
You could try using a plug-in such as HTML validator for Firefox that
will put a little icon on the bottom right of your firefox browser to
show you if a page is
.
The biggest problems with frame-based sites are more usability than
accessibility issues e.g. bookmarking.
Steve
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On Behalf Of James Leslie
Sent: 21 November 2007 14:32
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: [WSG] Iframe
Hi guys,
Am comfortable with HTML/CSS and accessibility in general, but struggle
with JavaScript. I'm not a developer by trade, am a business type (sales
and marketing) so most oft he stuff is well over my head. I am looking
for a really basic, plain English guide to JavaScript. Either on or
How should I code less than and greater than signs in UTF-8
encoded HTML?
less than = lt;
greater than = gt;
You might find this useful:
http://leftlogic.com/lounge/articles/entity-lookup/
James
For fixed width boxes I use 3 images - 1 for the top, 1 for the middle
and 1 for the bottom
For totally fluid boxes I try to use tags inside the container (headings
and paragraph tags can be useful here depending on content) and then add
divs as appropriate
James
James Jeffery wrote:
What
I work for a commercial agency making microsites and have done
freelancing in the private sector too. I haven't to date worked in the
Public sector and don't anticipate doing so. I think the private sector
probably allows more creative freedom (taking into account company
branding) and less
I was wondering If anyone could suggest any credible certifications, exams,
qualifications etc. in:
* Web Standards
* Accessibility
* SEO
* Site Building / Design
* etc.
That would be worthwhile taking/having on my CV as well as being useful from a
learning point of view. I have an old
I also use Fireworks, primarily as I like the combination of vector and
bitmap abilities during the mock-up stages. I too sketch a lot of ideas
on paper first.
Hi there,
Just a quick one - what do people most commonly mock up web site
designs in? (Photoshop?) Also, if possible, Linux and GPL
2) Another method with a UL:
ul
lia href=img /a//li
lia href=img /a//li
/ul
It's been pickin' my brain for days.
The main reason I even considered a table is because the anchors leave
an empty space between the images.
I've set up a test page here:
On a related note, though not involving galleries, I find a lot of our
clients want to have linked text along the lines of Click here for more
details on product x. I have managed to fairly much insist that we
always use the entire sentence as a link to show context, rather than
just the click
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