Re: [WSG] Search Engine Script *Little off topic*

2006-02-08 Thread Joseph Lindsay
If your site meet's the terms of use, you can use Yahoo's API with site:http://yoursite; in the request string On 2/9/06, Jon Tan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Todd This is self promoting but we might have what you're looking for. Please feel free to check our PHP plug-in Grow Search listed

[WSG] Scrolling in IE5.5

2005-12-12 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Hi folks, I have an issue with IE5.5 (who doesn't?). This page: http://www.ermanz.govt.nz/no/newsletters/20051118.html displays without scroll-bars, and wont scroll with a mouse wheel either. It does scroll with the keyboard. I know the obvious fix is tell the users to get a modern browser,

[WSG] Video of Screen Reader Use?

2005-11-13 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Does anybody have, or know of any video of users on the Internet with a screen reader? While managers listen to the arguments about accessibility, I would like to appeal to their emotions as well. It is much easier to empathise with a person, than facts and figures.

Re: [WSG] more definition list lovin' - the lh tag.

2005-07-06 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Hi Ted, can you give me the URL where you found that? As far as I can tell from the HTML 4.01 DTD (i'm happy to me corrected) the dl element must contain 1 or mor dt ordd elements, and can't contain any other elements (although the dt can have inline elements and dd can have block and inline

Re: [WSG] more definition list lovin' - the lh tag.

2005-07-06 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Upon further research, it appears that the lh element was in older HTML specs. I found it in the HTML 3 DTD. but it is not in more recent versions. http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html3/html3.dtd On 7/7/05, Joseph Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ted, can you give me the URL where you found

Re: [WSG] em vs i

2005-06-14 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Here's one of the best explanations of when to use b and i: http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2004/05/02/b-and-i On 6/15/05, Chris Kennon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Any reference on this? On Jun 14, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Ben Curtis wrote: for example when you are italicizing foreign words, book

Re: [WSG] OT: Site help please

2005-06-10 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Get your client to clear their browser cache and reload the page (Ctrl+F5 in internet explorer) On 6/10/05, Joern Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mike I see some ... Fine, hand-made solid timber furniture ... and three pictures It's fine Cheers Joern Nielsen Bangkok, Thailand

[WSG] Wellington WSG meeting

2004-12-08 Thread Joseph Lindsay
This probably goes without saying, but I'll ask anyway just in case it's overlooked: Can someone who's going to the Wellington meeting tonight please blog/record happennings so that those of us that can't attend can find out what went on? Photos if appropriate (or incrimanating) would be good

Re: [WSG] Accessibility Checklist in Simple English

2004-12-02 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Hi, The New Zealand Government has a checklist for its web guidelines (which include accessibility). Not all of the checkpoints will be relevant to non-government sites, but they may be a useful starting point, and are in reasonably plain english. The latest version is being reviewed at the

Re: [WSG] Superior Tutorials

2004-11-23 Thread Joseph Lindsay
I'm surprised that nobody has recommended starting at the WSG resources page: http://webstandardsgroup.org/resources/ On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:38:28 -0700, Shane Helm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is where I began: http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/basics/index.html Shane Helm On Nov

[WSG] Fangs Screen Reader Emulator

2004-11-22 Thread Joseph Lindsay
I've just a cool firefox extension: Fangs: The Firefox Screen Reader Emulator at standards-schmandards. The developer has released it so the they can get feedback and suggestions. http://www.standards-schmandards.com/index.php?2004/11/22/8-fangs-release-05

Re: [WSG] converting WORD text into clean XHTML

2004-11-22 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Textism have a word cleaner that works quite well: http://textism.com/wordcleaner/ On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:45:30 +1100, Hope A. Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23/11/04 9:19 AM, Wybrow, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a tool in Dreamweaver that can auto generate but I must admit I

Re: [WSG] choosing encoding, charset and using special characters

2004-11-18 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Hi Julin, We have issues in New Zealand with words in Mori. In government we are required to use macrons to indicate a long vowel sound in Mori words. The way we do it is to use UTF-8 as the document character set encoded in 7-bit ASCII. More info is available here:

Re: [WSG] image alignment?

2004-11-17 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Try this: http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/boxes.html Check out the source of each one. Play around with a few numbers and selectors to see what effect each has. On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 02:17:29 +, Sam - SS29 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.ss29.co.uk/wsg/test.html

Re: [WSG] Site Critique

2004-11-12 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Just to add my 2c to the weight of opinion, I'm on a broadband connection and I had to wait too long. I'm glad I'm not on dial-up. On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:58:32 -0800, Chris Kennon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've not read the entire thread, someone has probably mentioned this. The

Re: [WSG] Looking for party animals

2004-10-20 Thread Joseph Lindsay
And for the Kiwis (Wellington): http://www.openforce.at/mozparty2/?party=172 On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:51:40 +1000, Nigel McFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear OSIA and WSG members, If you happen to: - like Mozilla or Firefox Web browsers - enjoy social occasions - reside in one

Re: [WSG] w3c badges

2004-10-17 Thread Joseph Lindsay
my 2c Good: It helps promote standards Not so good: you look like a pratt if it doesn't validate I think it's a matter of personal taste. I use text links on my sites, but not on sites I develop for work I think it you do use them, it's probably good to have an explanation (alt, title or

Re: [WSG] my site works on Mac, not PC :: suggestions???

2004-10-16 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Hi Shane, It's and IE problem. Looks great on Firefox. (I don't have linux :( Firefox 0.10.1) -- Gmail invites - just ask nicely On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 15:45:50 +1000, Joshua Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Be nice to PC's. I've got a PC, and all that looks fine to me. Mind you, I'm

Re: [WSG] Positioning Quandry

2004-10-14 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Hi Chris, Absolute positioning places an element absolutely, with regard to its containing box. Also, when positioning within a container even though it is implicit, its good to also specify position: relative; to the container's selector. I'm not sure if this is in the spec or not, but

Re: [WSG] Left and right: inline content...

2004-10-04 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Hi Joshua, try wrapping the abn in p. #footer {clear: both;} #footer p {float:left;} #footer ul {float: right;} #footer li {display:inline;} Joe On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:49:01 +1000, Joshua Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I'm trying to do something which I know is easy with tables,

Re: [WSG] best tags for FAQs

2004-10-03 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Hi Andreas, I use a definition list. Usually, if the list is long, I have the list of questions at the top as an unordered list with links to anchors further down the page too. e.g. ul lia href=#q1Q1/a/li lia href=#q2Q2/a/li ... lia href=#qnQn/a/li /ul dl dta name=q1/aQ1/dt ddAnswer to Q1/dd

Re: [WSG] Peek-a-Boo Bug in FireFox???

2004-09-18 Thread Joseph Lindsay
looks similar to this: http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2004/03/the_incredible_dancing_google_ads/index.php On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:38:30 +1000, Chris Stratford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey WSG, Need some help here... http://fs.neester.com/ When you rollover the menu on the left. In MY