Re: [WSG] IE 6 bugs

ow it turns out. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 russ - maxdesign wrote: So this is one of those famed IE 6 bugs that is hopefully going away soon. Two issue sidebar shows up on top and not on the side and some of the fields have a ye

Re: [WSG] IE 6 bugs

I fixed it by resizing the width correctly. Thanks for the help. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Thierry Koblentz wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Horowitz

Re: R: [WSG] Alternative to align = center?

Can you explain to me a little bit more of the theory of why you would want to use and id vs a class called center is this type of situation. Trying to understand more how this becomes an issue of separating presentation and content. Thanks Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http

Re: [WSG] Full flash websites

The look good but aren't standards. You pretty much hit the head on the problem. The same usability problems also give them a problem with being found by search engines. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Michael Persson wrote:

Re: [WSG] Older Browsers

ays people access the web not the handful of people with IE 1.0 Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Robert O'Rourke wrote: Krystian - Sunlust wrote: IE5 ? Each time I hear about IE5 I want to laugh, honestly, IE6 is old, and most

Re: [WSG] [OT] users - IT literate?

ormal part of their culture and their education. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Designer wrote: I have doing a site for someone for a few years now. He recently requested a few minor changes whilst he was at my office, so I did them w

Re: [WSG] firefox 3 beta5

were promised final copies in June. http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2450 The project site http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3 Here are the release notes http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0rc1/releasenotes/ Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com

Re: [WSG] PHP Standards

I am guessing that PHP is much like JavaScript in that a lot of what is floating about is either poor or pooh the result of all the good programmes stending their time on ASP or J2EE Why woul you think the good programmers spend their time and ASP or J2EE? Michael Horowitz Your Computer

Re: [WSG] Help

Just a note on web standards You can also be interactive with html. You will also have your guestbook run faster and be more accessible. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Bidemi Adejumo wrote: I guess at not a wrong group coz we&#x

[WSG] Book ideas for updating skills to modern html xhtml standards

Is there a good book (something like Oreilly's nutsshell series) that works as a good desk reference for (x)html standards people recommend? Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394

Re: [WSG] Book ideas for updating skills to modern html xhtml standards

I'm looking over the description now but will note for anyone else the sitepoint book is alot cheaper on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-HTML-Reference-Ian-Lloyd/dp/0980285887/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215992940&sr=1-1 Michael Horowitz Your Compute

Re: [WSG] Book ideas for updating skills to modern html xhtml standards

Both references look like what I am looking for and alot cheaper than a book. thanks Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Michael Vogt wrote: Hi. Although not in book format, Opera Software has released "The Web Standards Curri

Re: [WSG] Help

What you would want to do is learn a programming language like PHP http://us2.php.net/tut.php Stay away from FrontPage it isn't even supported by Microsoft anymore. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Bidemi Adejumo wrote: Thank

[WSG] Javascript to change pages web standards question

and have a fallback. -- Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] Javascript to change pages web standards question

Good idea. This client won't pay for the extra work but it got me thinking how I would want to do it in the future. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Breton Slivka wrote: Oops, I missed the bit about the form element. In that

[WSG] Aligning a menu to the bottom of a div

d question originally put my height in the header element but when I added the #header ul li I found it stopped working so I moved it there. I would love any ideas why I needed to do that. -- Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 56

Re: [WSG] Aligning a menu to the bottom of a div

If I wanted to replace my pixels with em's what would I do? I've seen some discussion of them but aren't an expert. I did a fix with margin that did work Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Essential eBiz Solutions

[WSG] Why css settings a background image in the body tag wouldn't work

I have set a background image in my body tag body { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-image:url(../images/background.jpg) font-size:10px; } I am finding I am having to put this info instead in my div's Im sure it is some silly problem Thanks -- Mi

Re: [WSG] Why css settings a background image in the body tag wouldn't work plus 2nd issue of space between divs

; font-size:10px; color:gray; background-image:url(../images/background.jpg) } #footer{ clear:both; width: 800px; background-image:url(../images/background.jpg) } ul { list-style-type: none; } Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com

Re: [WSG] Why css settings a background image in the body tag wouldn't work

someone to tell me why I am getting space between by header div and the rest of the site Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Matthew Holloway wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Michael Horowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am f

Re: [WSG] Removing space from division between header and content wasWhy css settings a background image in the body tag wouldn't work

? Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Matthew Holloway wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Michael Horowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am finding I am having to put this info instead in my div's Im sure it is some si

[WSG] Making an image come right up to a list

text-indent:35px; left center; } #mainNav img { float: right; } -- Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guideline

Re: [WSG] Making an image come right up to a list

Tried all the resettings and added the css to remove default margins from elements and still have the issue. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Tijmen Smit wrote: Add this -> #mainNav ul {margin:0; padding:0;} to your stylesheet. A

Re: [WSG] Making an image come right up to a list

Sure just put it up at http://horowitzfamily.net/ Also wondering why my footer is so far down Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Tijmen Smit wrote: Thats really weird, I tested it and it worked fine. Do you have that page online

Re: [WSG] Making an image come right up to a list

I just figured out the reason it isn't coming right up the list. Its the image that makes the background of the list. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Tijmen Smit wrote: Thats really weird, I tested it and it worked fine. Do you

Re: [WSG] Making an image come right up to a list

Thanks on this one. Just forgot about setting the height Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Susan Grossman wrote: Sure just put it up at http://horowitzfamily.net/ Also wondering why my footer is so far down Michael Horowitz - I

Re: [WSG] Making an image come right up to a list

thanks for the advice 0 out the padding and margins fixed several problems. Especially after spelled my div right in the css :) Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Susan Grossman wrote: I have a div within that div I

[WSG] IE loses background image

text-indent:35px; } #mainNav img { margin:0px; padding:0px; display:block; float: left; } body { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-image:url(../images/background.jpg); font-size:10px; } -- Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomp

Re: [WSG] IE loses background image

That does it. Shame it doesn't fail validation for such a problem. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Gonzalo González Mora wrote: On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Michael Horowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

[WSG] How to move text near but not on the bottom of a div

; /*line-height: 14px;*/ margin:0px; padding:0px; } #header ul a { text-decoration:none; color:#4d4325; } Thanks -- Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 *** List

Re: [WSG] How to move text near but not on the bottom of a div

Didn't work. What properties do people think I should play with. What I want to learn to go beyond this one issue is how do I best control text placement for menu lists that use background images. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394

Re: [WSG] How to move text near but not on the bottom of a div

Just to show I just am not asking questions. I found what seems to be a good answer #header ul { position: relative; top: 55px; right: 30px; } This position relative seems to be a good way to move text around. I'd love to know what people think of this. Michael Horowitz Your Com

[WSG] Inline style works but css does not

Interesting this works but this does not .small { font-size:8x; } -- Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] Inline style works but css does not

I know typos kill me. Sorry about bothering people with that. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 David Dorward wrote: On 1 Aug 2008, at 16:22, Michael Horowitz wrote: but this does not .small { font-size:8x; } "x" is

Re: [WSG] Extra white line on the top of my list

:0; display:block; line-height:36px; text-decoration:none; color:#00; font-size: 10px; color:#4d4325; font-weight:bold; position: relative; left: 18px; bottom: 5px; } Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Davi

Re: [WSG] Extra white line on the top of my list

Strange it wasn't like the transparency. Remade the graphic w/o it. Is transparency often an issue with browsers. Not sure if the issue is web standards or my photoshop skills. My apologies if this is the wrong forum Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant

Re: [WSG] Positioning was Extra white line on the top of my list

. Quite honestly in hacking around this worked. I'll be happy to get feedback on better techniques for the future Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Al Sparber wrote: From: "Michael Horowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I a d

Re: [WSG] Positioning was Extra white line on the top of my list

In playing I've found using the relative positioning working pretty good for me. Is it just a matter of personal preference what I use then? Thanks for the article I really haven't understood negative margins. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.c

Re: [WSG] Appropriate postings

just read. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Adam Martin wrote: Sorry to come across blunt - but I don't think the web standards group is meant to be a teacher of css. Great that people on here are wanting to learn. But there are plenty

Re: [WSG] Appropriate postings

Definitely a hope of mine. I would really think it might be best to use subject headings to allow people who aren't interested in helping to skip over posts. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: On

Re: [WSG] form from the 7th level of hell

Question couldn't you just set the padding to 0px to take care of IE adding the padding? Is there a reason this would not work? Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Joseph Taylor wrote: If the markup has to stay as it is now,

Re: [WSG] Correct markup of fieldset

I want to make sure I understand you are saying that input type really is required to be under fieldset instead of directly under form Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Jens Brueckmann wrote: 2008/8/7 Paul Collins <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [WSG] Web dev or design certificates

Adobe has a cert http://www.adobe.com/support/certification/ace.html I think that would be a good project to have a Web Standards certification and force people to update every few years. Be great to have the W3C run it and test peoples standards knowledge. Michael Horowitz Your Computer

Re: [WSG] Web dev or design certificates

rk is better than this. I guess this is a good check to see if you want to give them money for training. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Thierry Koblentz wrote: Try CIW http://www.ciwcertified.com/ certification. Certified Intern

[WSG] how to use images and text in a menue

How would people suggest if I have a menu with an image on top and text underneath and I want both the text and the image as a link I'm thinking of making them link items and use css to move the image on top of the text. Does that sound semantically correct. HOME -- Michael Horowitz

Re: [WSG] Skype changing format of my pages

Of course that won't help users using skype who don't talk to the designer or read this forum. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Cortney Sellers wrote: Yes – it’s a Skype feature to make numbers easily clickable to use

Re: [WSG] how to use images and text in a menue

y xhtml is HOME Everything validates However instead of replacing the text and leaving it available for use by search engines and text reader both the text and image show. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Svip wrote: Try style="

Re: [WSG] how to use images and text in a menu

he li element not the a element. Not sure why this worked. If anyone can tell me why that placement is important I would appreciate it. The article I found discussing how to do this that helped me with the height issue is here http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/lir/ Michael Horowitz

Re: [WSG] how to use images and text in a menue

Actually my last fix caused another problem. My image isn't a link to click Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Michael Horowitz wrote: I've been using the background image idea. #home { background:url(../images/Home.png) no-

[WSG] Background issues in a div

works ok in all three browsers. So I'm wondering what IE-7 might be doing to my background image. Thanks for any ideas. -- Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 ***

Re: [WSG] Background issues in a div

What is css-d. Any ideas how to start testing or researching this type of problem. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 tee wrote: #signup{ position: relative; float: left; top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px

[WSG] multiple background images

I think I'm narrowing down where my problem is. I have multiple background images. The main one is the body tag and then I have div's with a different body tag. It appears there are issues with this within div's. Any ideas on this Thanks -- Michael Horowitz Your Computer

[WSG] Figures out issues. Standards for troubleshooting css

Any good lists of generic steps people do when troubleshooting CSS issues. -- Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Figures out issues. Standards for troubleshooting css

Actually that helped me with my image problem. It let me know the issue was with how I was defining my background image when it worked with a background color. The hardest thing about learning a new language is learning its troubleshooting techniques. Michael Horowitz Your Computer

Re: [WSG] Code for Firefox, hack for IE

Why not just user Safari for Windows rather than Opera to get an idea how Safari works? Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 willdonovan wrote: I would have to agree with the others here. Coding for / with FF is easier because of the

Re: [WSG] Facebook downgrading support for IE6

IMHO it seems to me to be a violation of web standards to tell the user what browser to use. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Gregorio Espadas wrote: I like the IE6Blocker from Chris Coyier, check it out at http://css-tricks.com/ie-6

Re: [WSG] Google chrome... Coming very soon...

Just tried it. It is fast. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Bill Brown wrote: tee wrote: Google chrome is available for windows download ! http://www.google.com/chrome It has no Mac version! :( Nor Unix

Re: [WSG] Google chrome... Coming very soon... [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

ntasy football spreadsheets are not going to end up shared with the world unless you want them to be Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Rae Buerckner wrote: If they don't have that functionality built in to chrome yet, they cer

Re: [WSG] Google chrome...

Because that is an intentional part of the way the system is designed. Read the comic for all the details http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/index.html Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Nancy Gill wrote: One thing I have noticed

Re: [WSG] G'day from Copenhagen!

can get back on topic please Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Paul Collins wrote: Hi all, I've decided to stop whinging about the lack of action on Climate Change and do something about it! I am currently in Copenhagen for the Cl

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