Re: [WSG] 3px Space problems

2005-09-22 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
(and perhaps other browsers too) have a default image alignment of baseline which leaves that gap at the bottom. Incidentally, you might want to have a look at the site with images disabled. Or load it over a dial-up connection. Regards -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Web Designer/Developer

Re: [WSG] a DIV adjusts to content in IE but not in Mozilla, page validates as XHTML 1.0 strict

2005-09-22 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
the floats. Good Luck, Joseph R. B. Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Jeroen Verburgh wrote: Hi, I'm building a website with two floating DIVs. In IE6 this design appears to work okay. In Mozilla (Firefox 1.0.7) however, the wrapper DIVs (#pagewrapper and #page) don't resize to accomodate the UL's

Re: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review

2005-09-25 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
As a one-man show, I disagree with that statement as I find it advantageous for me to do it all as even in the early design stages I'm thinking about how this design can be used in a page most effectively and most easily coded up. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Thierry Koblentz wrote:

Re: [WSG] Using CSS for Flash backgrounds

2005-09-27 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
? Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC 408 Route 47 South Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 (609) 335-3076 http://sitesbyjoe.com Genau Junior wrote: Christian Montoya wrote: The only problem with this is sometimes when you right-click (if you ever need to right click) you get the Flash right-click

Re: [WSG] Using CSS for Flash backgrounds

2005-09-27 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
The download time for the movie itself to start is reduced, obviously everything still needs to download, but in the sense where I don't need the image right away in the movie its swell. Joe Tom Livingston wrote: On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:18:16 -0400, Joseph R. B. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] Using CSS for Flash backgrounds

2005-09-27 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Another added thought is using flash detection to change the background image if flash isn't seen via javascript, the replacement image can be the same as the background image but with some text on it that emulates what the flash would've been. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC 408 Route

[WSG] Hiding Headings

2005-09-27 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
is better? Do search engine spiders know the heading is hidden in scenario one and skip that text? Is there a known workaround for the issue caused by scenario two? Thanks, Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC 408 Route 47 South Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 (609) 335-3076 http

Re: [WSG] Hiding Headings

2005-09-28 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
I think we're strictly thinking of the perfect semantic document, which would in all likelihood, have an H1 at the very top. Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: -Original Message- From: Duncan Heal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 28 September 2005 1:02 PM To:

Re: [WSG] IE MAC just won't play ball!

2005-09-28 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
I noticed one other thing worth mentioning on the charismalab site. Your container div with the background gets cut off at the bottom of the first page length (in Firefox using 1024x768 resolution). I haven't gone through your CSS as I'm supposed to be working right now, but I'm guessing

Re: [WSG] Couple of question - Image Map etc.

2005-10-16 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
build the page. Yes, its more time-consuming, but at least I know everything is rendering right. I'm on a PC, so I have to hope and pray for Safari and IE to be good. Generally though, if Opera likes it, it must be pretty darn correct! Hopefully this helps! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe

[WSG] Firefox mystery space bug?

2005-10-17 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
it to pop up more often when I fiddle with the declaration of link styles in the footer. Its very strange and hopefully its not me! If anyone is aware of this, or has a known fix for this please let me know! Thanks, Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC 408 Route 47 South Cape May Court House, NJ

Re: [WSG] Never ending cross browser problems! Lets just do IE!

2005-10-19 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
it perfect. Only trial and error will teach you about the browser bugs and how to resolve them. Now get that site done and get paid! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC 408 Route 47 South Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 (609) 335-3076 http://sitesbyjoe.com

Re: [WSG] Firefox filter?

2005-10-28 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
I make it a point to test in Firefox first, since historically it is nearly free of rendering bugs. IE and Opera come next, once the 3 are behaving, you should be in good shape. I would be concerned about a bug only showing up in Firefox, I believe that hiding something from Firefox is not

Re: [WSG] form hidden field ?

2005-10-29 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Set it's display to none. Joshua Street wrote: Example link? On 10/29/05, csslist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a hidden field in a css styled form and when you view the page it's shown as a line in firefox, any ideas? tia dave -- Joshua Street http://www.joahua.com/ +61 (0)

[WSG] Which browser is most stanard compliant?

2005-10-29 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
In response to some of the opinions generated by my Firefox first, others later way of testing my pages, it brings up the question of which browser is closest to rendering my code the way it SHOULD look? I was under the impression that Firefox was as accurate as available today. If gecko is

Re: [WSG] Which browser is most stanard compliant?

2005-10-29 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
: From: Joseph R. B. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 8:58 PM Subject: [WSG] Which browser is most stanard compliant? In response to some of the opinions generated by my Firefox first, others later way of testing my pages, it brings up

Re: [WSG] my rounded corner box isn't displaying correctly in IE

2005-10-30 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Classic box model problem. Don't apply padding or margins (unless zero) to block level elements width a set width. Use an additional div for padding and margins. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Bruce Gilbert wrote: I have a rounded corner box I am using with four images and it displays

[WSG] Text choices on our own sites

2005-10-30 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
As a thought, I wanted to point something out. No one cares about standards or accessibility but us. Its our job to care. As an example, we can view any of the URLs on this list, and see a common thread - we all like to point out that we use standards and care about accessibility. I've

[WSG] PNG Question

2005-11-13 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Greetings all, I wanted to see what people's comments were as to using .png's vs. .gifs these days. I have a design that will require those nice transparency effects only a .png can provide if I want it to be just like the mockup. Do most browsers support that yet, or do I have to go with

Re: [WSG] Help with menu

2005-11-15 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
As a reminder, at this point you cannot safely apply widths to any elements that have a border, padding or a margin. In the case you need to apply width adn one of the others mentioned, safest best is to insert a nested div/span with the padding applied etc to break it up. This has long

Re: [WSG] Help with menu

2005-11-15 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
http://sitesbyjoe.com James O'Neill wrote: Joseph: Interesting. Do you have something that I can reference for this? Thierry: I will take a look at that tonight. Thanks guys! On 11/15/05, * Joseph R. B. Taylor* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a reminder

Re: [WSG] Help with menu

2005-11-15 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
confused at your suggestion, why add extra markup when you just need to use the box model hack in the css http://tantek.com/CSS/Examples/boxmodelhack.html Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: I'm not sure...about a physical reference but here's an example: http://sitesbyjoe.com

Re: [WSG] news scroller and standards

2005-11-15 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
If you mean a vertical scroller that scrolls by hand, you can steal this one I made (CSS) way back: http://www.ventnorcity.org/ If he want marquee scrolling or auto vertical scrolling, tell the client that its just plain bad taste - yuck! Just kidding. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com

Re: [WSG] horizontal scroll on menu

2005-11-15 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
This appears to be a box model width issue. You have a couple of options. 1. Use a hack to send a thinner width to firefox (adds padding to width) 2. Remove any padding/margins/borders from elements that have a specified width 3. My favorite (and in discussion currently on this list) is to

Re: [WSG] horizontal scroll on menu

2005-11-15 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
You do want to set the width on that div, that way the nested elements stretch to its width. kvnmcwebn wrote: brillant thanks, Adding overflow: hidden; to .navcontainer ul does exactly what i need it to in firefox-i.e didnt respond to it. http://www.mcmonagle.biz/otinavtest.htm Ted:

Re: [WSG] snug a border around diff sized pix

2005-11-16 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
I would use a selector to apply the border to the image itself, rather than the div. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com csslist wrote: I have a div that shows phots dynamically that are different sizes and would like to throw a 1px border aound them, I can't seem to get them to hug the photo,

Re: [WSG] Firefox :hover font-weight: bold

2005-11-20 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
The flicker disappears if you simply remove the bold from the hover state. Why not remove the weight change? No matter what, the weight change is gonna move things around, try enlarging the text to eyesight impaired size and see what I mean. Personally, I think the color change on the hover

Re: [WSG] jump menu method

2005-11-20 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Just a thought, but if all the links are counties within a greater whole, why not use a happy map image map interface? Thats a-okay standards-wise, and degrades nicely into a list of links, and looks cute for visitors. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Terrence Wood wrote: Lachlan Hardy

Re: [WSG] jump menu method

2005-11-21 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
As simple as http://realtor.com and choose map search. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Herrod, Lisa wrote: can you send a link to an example of one of these? thanks, lisa -Original Message- From: Joseph R. B. Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 21 November 2005 4:06 PM

[WSG] Curse you IE! Float Drop suggestions?

2005-12-01 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Greetings all, I'm hoping one of you CSS gurus out there who remember the cures for all of IE's quirks can solve this float drop instance please. Here's the mockup I need to code up: http://sausalito.sitesbyjoe.com/mockup.htm Here's the coded up page thus far:

Re: [WSG] Curse you IE! Float Drop suggestions?

2005-12-01 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
I managed to solve my problems by simply stepping around the issue. It does still leave the question of somehow removing the 3px space from around images in IE which is the root of the troubles I was having. Thanks, Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: Greetings all

[WSG] Layout Check Please

2005-12-02 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Guys, I'm on a PC with Firefox 1.5, IE 6.0 and Opera 8.5. Everything looks okay so far, but I was hoping some of you mac / linux guys could take a peek at this layout please. http://sausalito.sitesbyjoe.com/default.asp Thanks so much, Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com

Re: [WSG] Layout Check Please

2005-12-02 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
your content is all over the place. (All browsers are most current versions.) -- Dan Smith Lucid Realm Design www.lucidrealmdesign.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/2/05, Joseph R. B. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys, I'm on a PC with Firefox 1.5, IE 6.0 and Opera 8.5. Everything looks okay

Re: [WSG] talking points for standards

2005-12-05 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
In my own experience, I find myself using the house analogy again and again when it comes to websites and getting points across to clients. There's a code for what is considered a good building. You cannot gain a certificate of occupancy with passing code. You CAN launch a site without

Re: [WSG] talking points for standards

2005-12-05 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
that clarifies. At least it works on Realtors Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Patrick H. Lauke wrote: Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: You CAN launch a site without passing code, but there are groups that are working together to enforce the integrity of the code. And which groups would those

[WSG] Flash and Validation

2005-12-12 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Guys and Gals, A problem I have ignored all too long is Flash and XHTML. The problem lies in the embed tag and its attributes of course. I have of course read the alistapart articles on how they have taken steps to make valid code, but I have still found problems in Opera etc when using

[WSG] Site Check please

2005-12-12 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Guys and Gals, I have just switched my site to a fluid layout vs. the old 750 pixels wide approach. I have also changed all my font sizes to em's to adjust as needed. Can people in mac and linux take a glance to make sure all is well for me? Thanks, Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com

Re: [WSG] Site Check please

2005-12-12 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
The poor practices mostly come from this code being slowly updated since version 1, (which was really bad), hopefully in time all the no-no's will be removed. I appreciate the time you spent looking in there and noticing that stuff, I forgot all about those stupid span tags all over the

Re: [WSG] li background image

2005-12-14 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
A trick I've used, though some may not care for this especially, is to use padding on the top and bottom, such as: HTML: ullia href=#My Link/a/li/ul CSS: (going for 25 pixels high) li{height:25px;} li a{font-size:12px;padding-top:6px;padding-bottom:6px;} Usually its works great, so long as

[WSG] Site re-check please

2005-12-16 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Guys and gals, If the Mac / Linux users would be so kind as to take a peek at this page: http://sausalito.sitesbyjoe.com/default.asp I had posted this about 2 weeks ago and everyone ripped it apart, thank you, and I have made most the changes everyone mentioned that would make this layout

Re: [WSG] pdf graphics

2006-01-13 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
email me if this is the case rather than pollute the list anymore than I just have. Thanks, Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marilyn Langfeld wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 6:59 AM, kvnmcwebn wrote: are the graphics vectors? Opening from

[WSG] IE6 and color display behavior

2006-01-23 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
/mcdowell/default08.htm Thanks, -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some

[WSG] To answer myself

2006-01-23 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
I bet its the .png filesdang -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

[WSG] ASP, PHP and Ruby - oh my!

2006-01-26 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
If you want to keep this list clean, just email me your thoughts if you like. Thanks, -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] ASP, PHP and Ruby - oh my!

2006-01-26 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Ok, SORRY for starting this thread, I didn't intend to start a classic argument over server languages. I just wanted to get a feel for how many of us standards guys are adopting Ruby, or they plan to stick with PHP/other in the foreseeable future. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http

Re: [WSG] missing menu: rendering bug in Firefox?

2006-01-28 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Get your code to validate then repost if it still happens. I notice about 40 errors when I ran it through. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Roberto Gorjão wrote: Olá a todos, In this page - http://www.ouronor.com/problems

[WSG] Firefox being naughty

2006-02-01 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
the background black! I even went into the CSS and added a background-color: #FF and it didn't affect the behavior at all. Any guesses would be greatly appreciated. -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] PDF files on web site

2006-02-02 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Another option is to copy the text out of the PDF and stick it on the page. I personally hate PDF's on sites (annoying to read). Especially multi-page versions. Just think how that text would help your page rank for that page if it wasn't a PDF...just a thought! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites

Re: [WSG] Call for a new (scalable) business case for web standards.

2006-02-02 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
clean informative document that is left behind once the presentation layer is removed. Then I show them the tag soup site that doesn't change much. That always creates an impression. Hopefully thats helpful. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] HTML Restructuring of hopkinsprogramming.net

2006-02-02 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
I personally would expect the page to appear as any typical printed document should. Page Title (your h1 element) Table of Contents (your ul nav list) Content (content) My 2 cents. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Terrence Wood wrote

Re: [WSG] Gaps At The Top

2006-02-02 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Adding a margin: 0px; to the H1 element pushed up to the top. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] White Ash wrote: Hi all ~ There's a gap at the top of the page in Firefox Opera, but not in IE. I would like that gap to go away

Re: [WSG] pdf graphics

2006-02-02 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
It's also worth mentioning that many other readers exist besides Acrobat. The feature-rich Acrobat features may not apply to all the readers. It may be a mute point since just about everyone uses Acrobat, but... Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Call for a new (scalable) business case for web standards.

2006-02-03 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
pitch to make them understand the point of this. It's our responsibility to do it the best we can so they DON'T have to think about it. Most educated people never heard the word semantics! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] adam LEAPER

Re: [WSG] Firefox being naughty

2006-02-03 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Thanks for your replies, I noticed the double flash in Opera as well. I think it's due to some compliant flash code script I had found last year - may have been on a list apart... better go back and check them all! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076

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

2006-02-08 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
You can always get the google search this site, or you can find free scripts that search html documents, usually in the asp/php flavor. If the content of your site (articles and such) is databased, its very easy to write a search engine for that. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http

[WSG] Min-Width, IE, Fluid Content and Hair Loss

2006-02-24 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
expansion that works so nicely on everything else... Anyone have suggestions on this? Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] Min-Width, IE, Fluid Content and Hair Loss

2006-02-24 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Thank you Project VII! I could of sworn I had looked at that... Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Heiden wrote: Joseph, Friday, February 24, 2006, 5:06:39 PM, you wrote: JRBT I have a min-width applied to my wrapper div

Re: [WSG] Converting the heathen: never again

2006-02-27 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
don't think I need to tell you what the lesson is. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Absalom Media wrote: Lachlan Hunt wrote: What kind of person would rather insult the customer instead of admitting they have a problem? A bank ? I

[WSG] Quick Site Check Please

2006-02-28 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
sizes in FF. The URL is: http://cmcaor.sitesbyjoe.com A screenshot for reference is located at: http://cmcaor.sitesbyjoe.com/images/draft08.gif Thank you so much! -- Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] Quick Site Check Please

2006-02-28 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
/ Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joshua Street wrote: On 3/1/06, Joseph R. B. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It validates and renders correctly on FF 1.5, Opera 8.5 and IE 6.0. The only issue I discovered so far is a layout break when I

Re: [WSG] Quick Site Check Please

2006-02-28 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Same thing is happening on the PC. I have my nav text set to 1.0em. I have the height of each li set to 1.75em. I wrongly assumed that the li would expand along with the text since they both used ems for sizing... Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076

Re: [WSG] Quick Site Check Please

2006-03-01 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Thank you everyone for your input, its been very helpful! Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ulrich Maasmeier wrote: Hi! I´m just surfing a biz around, and it looks fine o me on Mac OSX 10.4 w Opera 8.52 There can´t be any Sizing

Re: [WSG] testing tips

2006-03-02 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
has one toolbar you can download to check, has an extension to review your code as well. Have fun, Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anja Kennedy wrote: Hi can anybody give me some tips regarding website testing? what browsers

Re: [WSG] page break when printing

2006-03-09 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Look up page-break-before and page-break-after in google for explanations and how to use in your particular case. Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack Pivac wrote: I have a page with about 20-30 div's each about 200-300px height

Re: [WSG] Usability issue with form help

2006-03-13 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Keep in mind too, that most tabbers are familiar with shift + tab as well for navigating backwards. Should we assume that keyboard navigators can competently do this, or is that giving too much of an assumption? Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076 [EMAIL

[WSG] Website Directory Structure - Best Practice

2006-03-18 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
layouts, I first notice that the 2nd layout has multiple images folders, one for each page in fact. This sort of organizes the images better, but now there's images all over the place. How do YOU set up your directories? Joseph R. B. Taylor Sites by Joe, LLC http://sitesbyjoe.com (609)335-3076

Re: [WSG] Screen reader friendly show/hide dhtml

2007-03-05 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
will only create a confusing experience. This same rule should apply to any javascripting - always start with a plain-jane page and enhance from there. My 2 cents, *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http

Re: [WSG] standards selling points

2007-03-09 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
cares. My competition all uses Frontpage, frames, javascript links, whole pages that are just jpgs with image maps, only use CSS to style scrollbars - its ridiculous! My 2 cents, *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com

Re: [WSG] site check - almost ready for prime time

2007-03-19 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Looks pretty strong. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com Bob Schwartz wrote: The test site at http://www.fotografics.it/fife/ has been refurbished to make it more standards compliant

Re: [WSG] Correct structure of lists with headers

2007-04-06 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
All thoughts so far on formatting lists with headings are good. I would hesitate to put a heading inside a li though. Seems a little goofy to me. Again, the content being marked up will be the final decision maker. My 2 cents, *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design

[WSG] em-based layout test request

2007-04-08 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
browsers out there, especially you linux and mac users. -- *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] em-based layout test request

2007-04-09 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
the window. Thanks for the input. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com Paul Novitski wrote: At 4/8/2007 09:18 PM, Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: I've been working on an em-based layout

Re: [WSG] em-based layout test request

2007-04-09 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
width, but I'm running 1280 wide so that's probably not the typical experience for those who have to enlarge their text in the first place. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com Gunlaug

[WSG] Layout Check Please (Linux / Mac)

2007-04-16 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
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! -- *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development

Re: [WSG] input name and id

2007-04-16 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
name. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The HTML XHTML definitive guide from O'Reilly states that NAME is a required attribute in INPUT. Can I just substitute ID

Re: [WSG] What do we say if we don't say click?

2007-04-19 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
...page 95. The method we would use to reach page 95 is out of context of the information. As far as the URL showing on printwell thats another beast altogether. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http

Re: [WSG] Template Review

2007-04-29 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
FYI - the main box for the layout busts out on each side by 20px in Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP. You'll need to feed that browser something 40px thinner as a width on that box. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076

[WSG] A Linux Check please?

2007-05-02 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Good Linux users, Can you check this layout for me? http://seaislerealty.com/homepage.php As long as nothing is blowing up, we're cool. Thank you so much! -- *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http

Re: [WSG] IE6 problem - more general

2007-05-15 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
* Set up separate stylesheets for IE so you don't have to use hacks Those points make life much easier in the battle against IE's rendering issues. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com

Re: [WSG] The use of web standards (tables vs CSS)

2007-05-15 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
. All I remember was the cowboy who was saying something like ...thats the cowboy way... in regards to following the standards. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com Katrina wrote: Gday

Re: [WSG] The use of web standards (tables vs CSS)

2007-05-15 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Yes! Good Stuff. It was this page that opened my eyes to CSS forevermore. http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/ *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com John Faulds wrote: I think you're talking

Re: [WSG] Site check Please - new thread

2007-05-15 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
for a site check around here. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com Taco Fleur wrote: Thanks. How large did you size the font to? We've only anticipated 1 size up, as its already a large

Re: [WSG] dl v table for form layout

2007-05-21 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
in regards to using/not using the div, nesting the input inside the label, etc. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com Benedict Wyss wrote: Hi all, I am having a discussion with colleagues here

Re: [WSG] div hiding and expanding

2007-05-22 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
sibling of your activating link with the onclick event *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com kevin mcmonagle wrote: Hi, Is there a way to do this unobtrusively and validly? see div ids

Re: [WSG] Site Review (www.richardson.co.nz)

2007-05-30 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Nice job on that one. I only thing I could find wrong was the use of javascript: pseudo links. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com Snadden Tim wrote: www.richardson.co.nz

[WSG] Mac / Linux Check if you please

2007-05-30 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Greetings all, Can I ask the Linux users to take a look at this one? I want to make sure there's no layout flaws on your favorite browsers. http://michaels.sitesbyjoe.com/ Many thanks, -- *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076

Re: [WSG] Mac / Linux Check if you please

2007-05-30 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
Thanks for taking a look at this one. And Felix, believe it or not, there will be a dry cleaning newsletter. We're looking to offset some of his postcard expense which is spent on regular clients who would be happy to receive discounts etc... Crazy, isn't it? *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites

Re: [WSG] Re: Use of Fieldsets other than in form?

2007-06-04 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
all. My 2 cents, *Joseph R. B. Taylor* Sites by Joe, LLC /Custom Web Design Development/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 www.sitesbyjoe.com http://www.sitesbyjoe.com Nick Gleitzman wrote: On 5 Jun 2007, at 11:41 AM, Lucien Stals wrote: ...the fieldset itself can contain anything... Huh? Where