Re: [WSG] .NET sites which are XHTML 1.0 strict
Give this one a try. http://www.mddus.com I've just finished this off, I didn't do the mark up on this so please ignore the standard, the only thing to note is it's .Net and it validates. The only reason it might not validate is user content but as far as .Net code goes there should be no problem with it validating. As far as I am aware it is impossible in .Net 1.1 but feel free to try and find one that does. In .net 2 you can get it to validate but you can't use .Net forms you need to use HTML forms with your own handlers. Using .Net forms creates a load of issues, like inserting un-encoded actions as well as invalid input id's for viewstate etc. Cheers Jamie Jamie Stewart Web Developer Conscia Enterprise Systems 208 St Vincent Street Glasgow G2 5RL http://www.conscia.co.uk 2008/10/8 Gareth Senior [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tesco.com doesn't validate. The Becta one does, but it's PHP. The challenge continues! On 08/10/2008 09:33, Foskett, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Both my previous and current employer are XHTML strict: http://www.tesco.com/ http://becta.org.uk/ Tesco is a .net site. Mike Foskett -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Milner Sent: 08 October 2008 03:23 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] .NET sites which are XHTML 1.0 strict Hi, I was having a *chat* with some .NET developer colleagues and they challenged me to find a .NET site that achieves XHTML 1.0 strict compliance. Hoping to prove to them that it can be done. Does anybody know of some .NET sites which are XHTML 1.0 strict (or even transitional)? Thanks, Anthony *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** ---Warning This e-mail is from outside Tesco - check that it is genuine. Tesco may monitor and record all e-mails. Disclaimer This is a confidential email. Tesco may monitor and record all emails. The views expressed in this email are those of the sender and not Tesco. Tesco Stores Limited Company Number: 519500 Registered in England Registered Office: Tesco House, Delamare Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire EN8 9SL VAT Registration Number: GB 220 4302 31 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** All correspondence, attachments and agreements remain strictly subject to fully executed contract. (c) GCap Media plc 2008. All rights remain reserved. This e-mail (and any attachments) contains information which may be confidential, subject to intellectual property protection and may be legally privileged and protected from disclosure and unauthorised use. It is intended solely for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it is addressed and others specifically authorised to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail or any parts of it please telephone 020 7054 8000 immediately upon receipt. No other person is authorised to copy, adapt, forward, disclose, distribute or retain this e-mail in any form without prior specific permission in writing from an authorised representative of GCap Media plc. We will not accept liability for any claims arising as a result of the use of the internet to transmit information by or to GCap Media plc. GCap Media plc. Registered address: 30 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA. Registered in England Wales with No. 923454 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Cannot go back
There are a couple of ways of putting links on your page which mimic the back button that I know of. One is by using JavaScript, history.back() is what you will want to use. If you don't want to use JavaScript it is possible through code, well with .Net at least. You can easily access the UrlRefferer which gives you the full URL of the previous page. I hope this helps Jamie. On 17/01/2008, Simon Cockayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I use an internal web application that someone else coded. Once I have navigated to URL for this web app (from whenever I was) I can never go back to where I came from...which is very frustrating. The developers of the web app say that the back button processing has been overridden and it is not possible to go back to the place the user was before they entered the web app. Is there no standard way to prevent the back button from really going back...but provide some mechanism (a different button/link on the page) to allow the user to go back to where they were before the app started? Oh..and Happy New Year. Cheers, Simon *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Skip nav links, tab through
Hi Paul,
I've actually seen this before, and this approach is pretty much ideal, the
only tweak you have to make is as well as having a:active you also need
a:focus and this will fix your issue.
ul.skipNav li a:focus, ul.skipNav li a:active { /* your active styles*/}
Hope this helps
Cheers
Jamie.
On 15/11/2007, Steve Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's no reason why you shouldn't be able to tab through the links in
Firefox. Links are not on the tab sequence in Safari by default, but you
can
turn that on in the Preferences. I have no idea if users actually do in
practice.
Steve
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Behalf Of Paul Collins
Sent: 15 November 2007 14:45
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: [WSG] Skip nav links, tab through
Hi all,
I've added a hidden skip navigation link to my site, that I want to show
up when you tab through each page. I'm using the method described on the
webaim site:
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/skipnav/#focus
Problem is, I realised that you can't actually tab through the links on a
page using Firefox or Safari. I am guessing this has to do with Tabbed
Browsing shortcuts?!
Does anyone know a better way of doing this, so when someone tabs through
your site they get the Skip Navigation link displayed?
Cheers
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Re: [WSG] Best way to clear a float
My preference would be to clear floats through the CSS and not through
adding in any additional markup. The code for this is below, so any two
elements being floated to sit side by side should be put in a container with
the class .clearfix.
I use this approach purely because I view this as a presentation issue and
not a reason to add a new element to your HTML structure. I hope this helps
and here is a link explaining the below example
http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html
Cheers
Jamie Stewart
.clearfix:after {
content: .;
display: block;
height: 0;
clear: both;
visibility: hidden;
}
.clearfix {display: inline-block;}
/* Hides from IE-mac \*/
* html .clearfix {height: 1%;}
.clearfix {display: block;}
/* End hide from IE-mac */
On 12/11/2007, Likely, James A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I am curious to see how others clear floats.
Here is the problem. Div one and two float left and take 50% of the
screen. Content is to go below the two floats.
div style=float: leftone/div
div style=float: lefttwo/div
divContent/div
In the past I would use:
div style=float: leftone/div
div style=float: lefttwo/div
br style=clear: both; /
divContent/div
As this seemed to be the only method to make the clear work in IE. I am
curious to see how others do this and if you are doing it with out using the
br style=clear:both /
What method are you using to make this work in IE?
Thanks
Jamie
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Re: [WSG] prettier forms
Drop down lists I'm not so sure but check boxes and radio buttons definitely. They use JavaScript and CSS and it is a form of image replacement that is used. Here is one example: http://www.whatstyle.net/articles/18/pretty_form_controls_with_css But there are many out there and as long as your check boxes degrade to the default you will be fine. So I suggest styling up your form using the defaults and use the example above to enhance the look of the form only. The example above uses CSS 3 pseudo classes but I believe he provides a suitable alternative if you don't want to use CSS 3. I hope this helps Jamie. On 14/09/2007, Mohamed Jama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I recall those are controlled by the operating system so if you using MAC they will look nice shiny blue etc, hope that helped M. Jama big:interactive 91 Princedale Road Holland Park London W11 4NS Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct: +44 (0)20 7313 2262 www.biggroup.co.uk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maarten stolte Sent: 14 September 2007 14:29 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] prettier forms Hello, I'm looking for pointers towards tutorials on how to make a form look prettier; especially the selectbox/pulldown and checkboxes are of interest. Thanks for any help, Maarten *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .
Hi Bob, Excellent question and I am sure you are going to receive many different answers which may confuse the matter more!! From my point of view I would suggest any decorative images should be styled as CSS background images, granted this brings with it the issue of losing it's place within the document and it becomes very hard when working with a CMS to allow a user to have varying heights. However, there are ways around this. My reasoning behind this is purely based on the fact that if an image has no semantic meaning to a page it shouldn't exist on the page. With regards to your logo question, I am of the belief a logo should have alt text as this is probably the most important thing about a page, it indicates to the user who is providing the information and they can determine from that whether or not it is a trusted source. Jamie. On 11/09/2007, Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, What is the current wisdom about the syntax of alt tags? I believe that if I have a decorative image I am supposed to put a blank tag. But I've also been told that the tag should be alt= , NOT alt=, because with no spaces (or one) the screen reader will announce 'blank' whereas with two spaces it remains silent. Other folk have said that logo's etc should have a descriptive alt tag whereas some say a blank should be used. Google answers vary somewhat. So, in summary, my questions are: 1. When should one use an empty tag? and, more importantly, 2. What is the recommended syntax of the empty tag? Thanks, -- Bob www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
