Re: [WSG] Firefox bug?

2005-05-01 Thread Matt Thommes
I experience this vertical line problem quite a bit. It only happens on my Mac - using Firefox. It's something to do with Firefox, because it doesn't seem to happen in any other browser. Also, I don't recommend Firefox for the Mac. For the PC, it's great. The Mac version has issues. MATTHOM

Re: [WSG] Headings within ul Navigation

2005-05-04 Thread Matt Thommes
Why do you want all those header tags in there- for display purposes? I don't think it's invalid - I just don't see the purpose yet It's probably better to just class the ul or li, such as ul class=heading1, and then style all those headings for the correct appearance. Matthom matthom.com/

[WSG] Valid blockquote scenarios?

2005-05-06 Thread Matt Thommes
Hello, I'm having some trouble deciding if certain blockquote scenarios are valid, or semantically correct. Example 1: pblockquoteTEXT/blockquote/p OR blockquotepTEXT/p/blockquote OR blockquoteTEXT/blockquote - Is the p even necessary? If so, does it go INSIDE or OUTSIDE the blockquote?

Re: [WSG] Valid blockquote scenarios?

2005-05-08 Thread Matt Thommes
Thanks for all of your help! MATTHOM On 5/7/05, James Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi The WDG HTML 4.0 reference is a good guide to determine these things: http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/block/blockquote.html Cheers James

Re: [WSG] Formatting tables

2005-05-10 Thread Matt Thommes
Do you have a link to the table in question so we can see whats not working (and the way you want it to work?) hint : border-collapse : collapse; gets rid of the need for cellpadding and cellspacing in the html Yes, it's better to put all your presentational code in the CSS. I am

Re: [WSG] Playing a sound file - what is the best way?

2005-05-17 Thread Matt Thommes
I would use Flash to play the audio and provide an alternative link to the sound file as alternative content Yes, I agree. Flash is extremely versatile with handling audio files - and if you have even just a little experience with Flash, you can easily export a SWF file with an MP3 embedded.

[WSG] CSS list spacing: margin or line-height?

2005-05-18 Thread Matt Thommes
I've noticed that the CSS 'line-height' property provides extra spacing between list items, such as in an ordered list, unordered list, as well as definition lists. In the past, I've always used the 'margin' property to add spacing between list items. IE: ul li { margin-bottom: 5px; } However,

[WSG] CSS selectors: next adjacent element?

2005-05-24 Thread Matt Thommes
I know in CSS, there is a method to select the 'first child' of an element, as well as the 'first adjacent element', within an element. However, is there a way to select the 'next adjacent element' - within the same parent? Example: div class=picture /div h3Headline/h3 pParagraph text/p

Re: [WSG] CSS selectors: next adjacent element?

2005-05-24 Thread Matt Thommes
Do you mean something like div.picture + h3 {...} I'm pretty sure I mean that - I am, perhaps, confused on what the plus (+) sign does. I was under the impression that your example meant this: div class=picture h3.../h3 /div .. rather than this: div class=picture ... /div h3.../h3

Re: [WSG] Exporting inline CSS

2005-05-31 Thread Matt Thommes
Quick question, I have a client with lots of HTML file that have inline CSS. (Over 300 docs) Good Lord, what was that previous author thinking!?? There's no escaping this problem - you're just gonna have to start from scratch. Don't waste your time with export/import methods. MATTHOM

[WSG] small and big : accessibility usage?

2005-06-14 Thread Matt Thommes
Is there any reason at all to ever use small, and big? I know they are visual elements, but I thought I heard somewhere that small represents a tonal adjustment, for screen readers - such as *lowering* the tone of voice. em and strong provide levels of emphasis - but is there an opposite to