RE: [WSG] The use of asterisks in forms to indicate required fields

> On Behalf Of Mike at Green-Beast.com > > What about marking up "*" used in forms with ABBR elements? > > In your example you left the text instruction. > > > Fields marked with * (asterisk) are required. > Thus I'd say further treatment is unnecessary. And if you change that > by > removing th

RE: [WSG] dl v table for form layout

> On Behalf Of Sander Aarts > ... English is not my native language adds to my misinterpretation though. Welcome to the club ;) --- Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/gu

RE: [WSG] The use of asterisks in forms to indicate required fields

> On Behalf Of Nick Fitzsimons > > Please fill fields marked with * (required field). > > * Name: > php echo > > error(); ?> > > > > > > * Email: > > > > > It makes sense to me, assuming that the second (the one for > the email field) is missing a "title" attribute, and ou

[WSG] The use of asterisks in forms to indicate required fields

I saw Dan Cederholm's presentation at the "@media" conference in San Francisco yesterday. I took a look at the markup of a one page web site he created for the purpose of the presentation and noticed that he marked up a 4 star image like this: What about marking up "*" used in forms with ABBR

RE: [WSG] Mocking up web interfaces

> On Behalf Of Nick Fitzsimons > Being "Just a Coder", my usual workflow is: > > 1. Receive Photoshop files created by client's graphic designer, who > has no knowledge of web technologies, no understanding of usability, > no interest in accessibility, and thinks everything is the same as > print

RE: [WSG] Photo gallery markup & semantics

> On Behalf Of Jason Robb > Unless my client needs to show a number with each image, an ordered > list > would be my second choice. I still think a DIV will be the right markup > for the task. Thanks for the input everyone, I really appreciate it. What's wrong with the UL? And what about adjacent

RE: [WSG] dl v table for form layout

> On Behalf Of Steve Green >  > Definition lists are the new tables. People are just falling over themselves trying to abuse them in all kinds of inappropriate ways. To paraphrase the previous message, a definition list is for lists of definitions I don't agree with this definition. For example, t

RE: [WSG] Photo gallery markup & semantics

> On Behalf Of Patrick Lauke > Can't guarantee how robust this would be in all situations, but I've > just been playing with word-spacing to override the space without > having to change the HTML itself. Seems to work ok in IE 6, IE 7, > Firefox 2.0, Mozilla 1.7, Opera 9.2 on WinXP. Not sure how S

RE: [WSG] css type loop

> But at the end of the day, this will only piss of the people on this > mailing list, and the next developer to work on your web site. The > users > will still see a nice bold heading. The semantics are meanlingless to > them. Actually with your example, I believe there are more users who would b

RE: [WSG] width of inline lists

> >> and, of course, the 'width : 250px' is just ignored. I've tried > setting > >> a width on the but that doesn't work either. > >> > >> MUST I use a table? Before you use a table, check this link: http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/make_an_html_list_look_like_a_table.asp Ignore the script sol

RE: [WSG] Hack for all IE versions including 7

> On Behalf Of Jermayn Parker > This is what I find very useful and explained very simply: > http://www.solidstategroup.com/page/1592 FWIW, I'd question #6 and #7 --- Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com *** List Guidelines:

RE: [WSG] Hack for all IE versions including 7

> Thanks Theiry, I haven't seen the "voice family" one for quite some > time :) ;-) > IMO: If you take your time you shouldn't need too many hacks anyway, > maybe a box model or two and a peekaboo bug here and there, which > should really only require a "\" or a "* html", not too complex. But >

RE: [WSG] Hack for all IE versions including 7

> On Behalf Of Paul Collins > conditional comments gives an excuse to be lazy and just write a whole > new bunch of styles for IE that could have been fixed in the original > stylesheet with a bit of playing around. When working on sites built Do you mean that kind of "playing around"? div.conte

RE: [WSG] Semantics and

> inside pages. Like so: > Accessites.org > The Art of AccessibilityHow correct or > semantically pure this method is I do not know. I am comfortable with > it is > all. The span is meaningless, but does happen to contain the > [replacement] > image over the still accessible text, the small bre

Re: [WSG] Disappearing element in IE

#bottom_nav { position: static; float: right; margin: -150px 9px 0 0; height: 196px; width: 535px; *width: 570px; background: url(/resources/5661/assets/images_community/footer.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; } I'd add "display:inline", just to make sure IE doesn't double the right margin. --- Regards, T

Re: [WSG] Acronym tag usage

From: "David Dorward" Then I think it is a screen-reader issue as I believe there is no point to have this as default setting since documents are supposed to contain the expansion in plain text already... "Specify the expansion of each abbreviation or acronym in a document where it first occu

Re: [WSG] Acronym tag usage

From: "Nick Fitzsimons" On the other hand, screen-readers are generally configured by default to always read out the expansion of text marked up as an abbreviation (that is, the contents of the title attribute), so using (or the non-standard ) repeatedly will force users of such assistive

Re: [WSG] Acronym tag usage

From: "Craig Bailey" For example, if I have a page devoted to explaining what a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is, should I tag MSA with the tag every single time it's mentioned? I'd use the element (abbr) each time MSA appears in the document and would expand the title on its first

Re: [WSG] wa state guidlines question

Perhaps I did not make myself clear - what every script of this nature does is remove the need for an 'inline' onClick event handler, by programmatically inserting the exact same handler after the document has loaded, by searching for some attribute of the link. While this does a good job of fool

Re: [WSG] IE 7 body length problem

From: "Philippe Wittenbergh" body has 'Layout' by default True, thanks --- Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/gui

Re: [WSG] IE 7 body length problem

From: "Lachlan Hunt" Thierry Koblentz wrote: I don't see this behavior in ie7 WinXP Pro But I think you should be able to fix what you describe by giving layout to some element in there. Did you try: body {zoom:1} Be very careful about overusing hasLayout. It's not s

Re: [WSG] IE 7 body length problem

On my site, http://christianmontoya.net/ the body does not extend past the content in IE 7 on initial page load, so the background doesn't reach the bottom of the screen. I know there's a simple fix for this, but I can't remember it... can someone help me out? Thanks in advance. Hi Christian, I

Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

I've usually gone: Thundering Pigs a blog by Bob Who knew you could do things different ways? ;) I do something very similar, but using a colon: Thundering Pigs: a blog by Bob CSS: h1 span {display:block;text-indent:-.3em} If the document is styled we get a line break *without* the colon a

Re: [WSG] Template Review

Finally, I think show/hide javascript for the explanations is pointless... if I really happen to be interested enough to read all the sections, I would have to go through 10 clicks. That's a lot of work to read half a page worth of text. I say just let everything be available on page load and don'

Re: [WSG] Template Review

CK wrote: > For Show/Hide Dom Switching You may find this article useful: http://tjkdesign.com/articles/toggle_elements.asp It is about using javascript to create the links and hide the DDs ("progressive enhancement"). > See this There

Re: [WSG] Template Review

In Win Firefox 2 the validation select list seems too short, cutting off part of the final 'n' of Validation. I can't see where in your stylesheet you're constraining its width, but maybe some padding-right would help. It is due to the global reset at the top of the sheet: *{margin: 0; padding

Re: [WSG] Minimum Height Delimma in IE

I usually stay away from anything that cannot be done in IE 6 without a hack, but I've got a client who "loves" a design I did before I realized that the main container would need to be "held open" vertically under certain circumstances. So, now I'm kinda stuck - can anyone help? Hi Cole, You

Re: [WSG] em-based layout test request

Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Thierry Koblentz wrote: >> FWIW, I'm not for limiting the width of an em-based layout to the >> window's width. I'd keep this behavior and may be implement a zoom >> layout to make everybody happy. > > Is this where I turn on my

Re: [WSG] em-based layout test request

> I'm hoping to redo my site after the old one has become a couple years > stale. New logo too. Don't want anything messed up appearing before > committing to the change. I'm sure you understand. > > http://sitesbyjoe.foodzoomer.com/homepage.htm > > Give it a shot and respond off-list if this is

Re: [WSG] style sheets - best practices

Ted Drake wrote: > So, if you are building a site that gets moderate to low traffic, go > for the multiple css files and import or link. If you are building a > site that will get significant traffic and your server load is > important, you should consider consolidation. Hi Ted, I think this link

Re: [WSG] doing things right

David Dorward wrote: > Barney Carroll wrote: > >> Wo! Well said, Hassan. You're right, a string to replace null values >> is significant. I take back my earlier point - a character could be >> introduced with JS, I suppose. > > How is that any different? The resulting document is the same. FWIW

Re: [WSG] Talking about tabular data...

Katrina wrote: > No. It is the assumption on your part of what that data means. It is > better to be explicit, rather than implicit, and to not leave the > meaning of the data with the viewer who makes their own meanings from > their own experiences and understandings. >> In short, does the follow

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

Designer wrote: > John Faulds wrote: >> What the critics say >> What the critics say >> >> Same text - different destinations. >> > > Thanks John! But . . . > > That's what I want : 2 different books, each in it's own headed list, > both with a section on "what the critics say". Does this mean I

Re: [WSG] Talking about tabular data...

Kenny Graham wrote: >> More seriously, in my opinion yes, it would stop being tabular data >> because then the top row for the headers becomes useless. Look at it >> this way: if that (two column) table was linearized, its content >> would still make sense. > > I disagree. What if instead of takin

Re: [WSG] Talking about tabular data...

Nick Fitzsimons wrote: > On 8 Mar 2007, at 16:37:15, Thierry Koblentz wrote: >> But this definition applies to more than just table elements, >> isn't? In the >> above, we could replace the words "first column" with "dt" and >> "second colum

Re: [WSG] Talking about tabular data...

Paul Novitski wrote: > Pairs, triplets... the number of columns doesn't matter. For me a > table is a dataset naturally structured in rows and columns -- in > which everything in each column belongs to one class of data and > everything in each row is one associated group. In your example, the >

Re: [WSG] Talking about tabular data...

Frank Palinkas wrote: > FWIW, my interpretation of what constitutes tabular data relies on the > meaning of the data being directly associated to its grid > coordinates, i.e. the intersection of a column and row. The column > coordinate + the row coordinate gives specific meaning to the data > loca

Re: [WSG] Talking about tabular data...

Kenny Graham wrote: >> What for you makes a list of "name/value" pairs tabular data? > Besides the fact that "name/value" is an example of what would go > inside some s? Or in this case name and position. I guess the > situation I'm forced to wonder about in regards to your stance on this > is t

Re: [WSG] Talking about tabular data...

Katrina wrote: >> Forget about how it should be marked up or presented, the "issue" is >> about *defining* what tabular data is. >> What's your definition of tabular data? > Data that is separated by a tab character (such as tsv files etc). I don't think this relates *directly* to HTML though, it

Re: [WSG] Talking about tabular data...

Paul Novitski wrote: > At 3/6/2007 05:51 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: >> President..John Smith >> Vice-president.Janet Jones >> >> In other words, the items in the two columns line up horizontally, >

Re: [WSG] Talking about tabular data...

> At 3/6/2007 11:04 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: >> For me if it fits in a two column table then it's not tabular data. > And self-contradictory: if it "fits in a table" then > it is by definition "tabular," number of columns aside. I didn't say that

Re: [WSG] Talking about tabular data...

> i don't think you are missing anything. imo what you are proposing Actually I think I was missing something, because in my opinion, this was a no brainer and I didn't expect these answers at all. For me if it fits in a two column table then it's not tabular data. I have a need for a table when

[WSG] Talking about tabular data...

The tabular data thread reminds me of one I participated in in another group. The original post was: I have a page with a list of officers of an organization. It's an obvious application for a table because that's what tables were designed for. But I wanted it to look the way it did in the printe

Re: [WSG] Forward-slash suppresses word wrap in Windows IE

Paul Novitski wrote: > I have to say, though, that inserting images into the HTML purely in > order to tweak the presentation makes me twitch. Tremble as you > watch the finger bones of spacer gifs claw their way out of the grave! I agree ;) IMHO, the best would be to use an *empty* SPAN with the

Re: [WSG] Forward-slash suppresses word wrap in Windows IE

Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: >> Better yet, use the character U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE (though, you'd >> need to check browser support) > > Something along those lines... > > HTML: > ​ > > CSS: > * html .wbrv {font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; visibility: hidden;} > > ...is what I use when everything else f

Re: [WSG] Forward-slash suppresses word wrap in Windows IE

Lachlan Hunt wrote: > Thierry Koblentz wrote: >> I missed part of the question, I tought you just wanted to break the >> string, no matter where... >> Another solution would be to use IMG elements in there. > > Better yet, use the character U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE (th

Re: [WSG] Forward-slash suppresses word wrap in Windows IE

Paul Novitski wrote: >>> Workarounds: Preceding the slash with a BR tag works, of course, but >>> I haven't yet found anything else. >> >> Try this: >> P.demo2 {word-break:break-all} > > > Thanks, Thierry, but no go: > > word-break is shorthand for word-break-CJK || word-break-inside > [1]. word-b

Re: [WSG] Forward-slash suppresses word wrap in Windows IE

Paul Novitski wrote: > Workarounds: Preceding the slash with a BR tag works, of course, but > I haven't yet found anything else. > > Your suggestions are welcome. Hi Paul, Try this: P.demo2 {word-break:break-all} Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com **

Re: [WSG] Announcing GrayBit v0.5 Beta

Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: > I made all of the suggested changes to the GrayBit [1] > page/application -- downgrading to XHTML 1.0 Strict and correcting > the font-size issue for IE (bugs passed along and added to the bug > list) and I thank you for this. However, since I didn't hear from > tha

Re: [WSG] Styling Fieldset and Legend Elements

Lachlan Hunt wrote: > * html hacks will continue to work in IE6 forever, just as they do > today. We already know this filter has been fixed in IE7 (standards > mode), and so the following are exactly equivalent: > > > * html foo { ... } I think it worth mentioning that the * html hack works in

Re: [WSG] IE7 Compatibility Team

Kenneth Fraser wrote: > Greetings, > > From my experience when I run into an IE bug (double-margin / 3 pixel > jog) that could use height: 1% to fix it, I use display: inline as an > alternative and it saves a hack in your code or one less reason to > use a conditional comment. I haven't noticed a

Re: [WSG] "cool" FAQ page [follow up]

Terrence Wood wrote: > Thierry Koblentz said: >>> Both. You have misinterpreted the articles, and have formed an >>> opinion based on that misintrepretation. >> I disagree. > So you keep saying, but your actions are different. I'm not sure I agree with that. Pl

Re: [WSG] "cool" FAQ page [follow up]

Terrence Wood wrote: > Thierry Koblentz said: >> Are you saying that you disagree with my interpretation of these >> articles or that I am plain wrong? > Both. You have misinterpreted the articles, and have formed an opinion > based on that misintrepretation. I disagree

Re: [WSG] "cool" FAQ page [follow up]

Terrence Wood wrote: > Thierry Koblentz said: >> Are you saying that you disagree with my interpretation of these >> articles or that I am plain wrong? > Both. You have misinterpreted the articles, and have formed an opinion > based on that misintrepretation. I disagree

Re: [WSG] "cool" FAQ page [follow up]

Terrence Wood wrote: >> Both of the articles mentionned abobe say that the defining feature >> is to *replace* the document with another one, *not* to take the >> user to another part of the same document. > Again, you are misquoting the recommendation. Both articles are > talking about not openin

Re: [WSG] "cool" FAQ page [follow up]

Terrence Wood wrote: >> Both of the articles mentionned abobe say that the defining feature >> is to *replace* the document with another one, *not* to take the >> user to another part of the same document. > Again, you are misquoting the recommendation. Both articles are > talking about not openin

Re: [WSG] "cool" FAQ page [follow up]

Terrence Wood wrote: >> USEIT said clicking a link should have the only effect of loading >> a new document in the same browser window. > News to me, I have never heard of such a recommendation. Googling > USEIT doesn't support you on this point either. "Links that don't behave as expected underm

Re: [WSG] "cool" FAQ page [follow up]

Terrence Wood wrote: > Thierry Koblentz said: >> AFAIK, it has been mentionned but not "discussed"; > Please. Please what? I'm sorry but AFAIK when this option came up nobody mentionned its pros and cons. Is it de facto *the* option because 2 people on this list said

Re: [WSG] "cool" FAQ page [follow up]

Terrence Wood wrote: >> a marketing-oriented person would probably eat you for lunch > I doubt it. I spent over a decade in marketing =) > > Besides, a solution for getting topics above the fold has already been > discussed in this thread. Which one are you referring to? A "serie of anchor links a

Re: [WSG] "cool" FAQ page [follow up]

R Walker (RMW Web Publishing) wrote: > A big reason for not using "toggles" for FAQs we found was the > inability to use the browsers "find" ("Find in this page") feature. > Often the reason for using toggles is that the page's content is quite > large. Users would normally us their browsers find f

[WSG] "cool" FAQ page [follow up]

Following a "bug report" (not in the script, but in a browser), I have made a few changes to the original solution; it now uses images and seems to work in everything but Opera 6.05. http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/toggle_elements.asp Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com **

Re: [WSG] Article: DL + DOM = "cool" FAQ page

Al Sparber wrote: >> Is it something I should know about Safari and the method used here? > > I'm not sure except that createElement is kind of fashionable but > document.write is *much* more straightforward ;-) I agree, but the DOM police scares me... ;-) Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com (wondering w

Safari issue SOLVED! - was Re: [WSG] Article: DL + DOM = "cool" FAQ page

It seems that adding the "rel" attribute to the "link" element through the DOM makes Safari go ballistic. Using the "style" element instead appears to do the trick. A new version of the script should be uploaded later today. Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com **

Re: [WSG] Holy Grail - with padding!

Designer wrote: > Hi All, > > I have just read Matthew Levine's interesting piece, > http://www.alistapart.com/articles/holygrail and I wondered if anyone > has ever seen a similar thing done with padding as well (i.e., same > effect as with a padding : 25px all around)? I've searched and not > f

Re: [WSG] Article: DL + DOM = "cool" FAQ page

TJK_ToggleDL/TJK_ToggleDL.css'; zStyles.type = 'text/css'; zStyles.rel = 'stylesheet'; } Is it something I should know about Safari and the method used here? Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com > On 1 Feb 2006, at 17:58, Thierry Koblentz wrote: > >> The a

Re: [WSG] Article: DL + DOM = "cool" FAQ page

Stephen Stagg wrote: > Is it just me, or does this example NOT work at all with safari? The > technique may be the dog's wotsits but the page is just blank in > Safari. Safari chokes on the way I set the attributes. I'll update the script to take care of the issue. Thanks a lot for your feedback.

[WSG] Article: DL + DOM = "cool" FAQ page

The advantages of this solution: - It uses semantic markup. - It degrades nicely (hidden elements are visible in script-disabled UAs). - DTs do not appear as links without script support. - It does not use inline event attribute (onclick()). - It does not require "A" elements in the markup. - It is

Re: [WSG] Accessible drop down menu

Richard Stephenson wrote: > Don't know if its exactly what you are after but i did a little script > a while ago that turns a list of links into a select box that acts as > a jumpmenu that loads a new url onchange. If the user has no js they > just get the list of links. > > http://www.donkeymagic

Re: [WSG] standards-happy javascript for faq

SunUp wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm doing an FAQ page, and want to make it so only the questions > appear on page load, then when selected, the answers appear below > them. A toggle effect. You know. > > I've found a couple of methods: > > http://www.netlobo.com/div_hiding.html > http://www.mindsac

Re: [WSG] Thierry's TJKDropdown

Barrie North wrote: > Have you tried the suckerfish from HTML Dog? Its very lean codewise FYI: my solution takes care of IE if active scripting is disabled, it also takes care of tabbing navigation (these 2 scripts together represent a few hundred *bytes*), and I believe it has better browser supp

Re: [WSG] DHTML/CSS dropdown menu

Paul Dwyer wrote: > I have been trying to get Thierry's TJKDropdown > http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/dropdown/demo.asp > menu to work, but the js has me over a barrel. > > IE Win (surprise) is exploded to reveal the whole menu and I think it > has to do with how the js is (or isn't) linked to my

Re: [WSG] DHTML/CSS dropdown menu

Paul Dwyer wrote: > I have been trying to get Thierry's TJKDropdown > http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/dropdown/demo.asp > menu to work, but the js has me over a barrel. > > IE Win (surprise) is exploded to reveal the whole menu and I think it > has to do with how the js is (or isn't) linked to my

Re: [WSG] CSS background problems in IE6

Chris Taylor wrote: > Hi, > > I've very nearly finished the new design of my site, available at > http://www.stillbreathing.co.uk/design2006/ (css at > http://www.stillbreathing.co.uk/design2006/styles/chocolate_and_coffee/s > creen.css), however I have a problem in IE6/Win. The header background

Re: [WSG] Active Links

Patrick H. Lauke wrote: > Unless I'm missing something, I'm surprised that nobody mentioned > what I thought was the most common way to do this with static content: I think it was mentionned by Josh already (2nd post to this thread). Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com ***

Re: [WSG] CSS or JavaScript flyout menu

Al Sparber wrote: > Sometimes it can be good to hide the sub-menus. It depends on how the > site is structured and one's goals. Actually, with these *big* menus (2/3 levels deep), I think it's a good idea to hide everything below the top level items from assistive devices. Thierry | www.TJKDesign

Re: [WSG] CSS or JavaScript flyout menu

Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox wrote: > I had a look at Suckerfish Dropdowns but it seems to go only one > level deep, I need several levels deep. Because of usability/accessibility issues it creates, I would not go with a CSS solution if more than one level deep is needed. Also, I would not use "displa

Re: [WSG] Site check: Noteworthy.com

Christian Montoya wrote: > On 12/19/05, Thierry Koblentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm almost done: http://www.tjkdesign.com/clients/noteworthy >> >> I'm wondering if this is the correct markup for this: >> http://www.tjkdesign.com/clients/notew

[WSG] Site check: Noteworthy.com

I'm almost done: http://www.tjkdesign.com/clients/noteworthy I'm wondering if this is the correct markup for this: http://www.tjkdesign.com/clients/noteworthy/templates.asp Should I use a table instead? It seems that I need some headings and that I'm "cheating" with the first DL in there. Also, I

Re: [WSG] Frames ?

Kevin Ross wrote: > However, I still have a few questions... > Isn't using a dynamic frameset, still using frames? Yes. > What is the advantage, other than being able to place the frame where > I want? What I understood from your questions is that you were going to build the entire site using f

Re: [WSG] weird IE6 doctype switching question

Lachlan Hunt wrote: > As for quirks mode, you should basically try to forget it even exists > as an alternative and never, under any circumstances, attempt to > develop a page using it. Use of quirks mode is never a good solution > to any problem. IMHO, throwing IE6 into quirksmode is sometimes

Re: [WSG] Help with CSS

José Kusunoki Gutiérrez wrote: > Hello, > Does anyone can help me? > I want to know why in IE my side bar is wrong i mean the bullets are > not in > the rigth place, and when i see it in Firefox its ok... is there a > css hack > that i need for IE? > Thanks for your help. José, Before you try to f

Re: [WSG] the kind of assignment that makes you want to scream

Ted Drake wrote: > Can you imagine being the one stuck with creating this navigation > scheme? > > http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4600108?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG Hi Ted, Wow! Graphic tabs + flyout menu altogether! Jaws announces 128 links on the home page ;) Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com

Re: [WSG] Frames ?

Terrence Wood wrote: > On 17 Dec 2005, at 6:46 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: > >> Terrence Wood wrote: >>> Have I missed something or is this just, erm, frames using >>> javascript instead of a static page? >> >> I'm not sure I understand your quest

Re: [WSG] Frames ?

Terrence Wood wrote: > Thierry Koblentz said: > think you can achieve what your client wants without building his site >> using frames. >> Create a dynamic frameset [1]> [1] > http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/frames/5.asp > Have I missed something or is this just, e

Re: [WSG] Frames ?

Kevin Ross wrote: > Hi. I am new to the group and have a question. > > I have a client who wants to set up his business site in such a way > that his logo and "business presence" is always maintained when the > client visits a link to one of the manufacturers that my client > represents. I think

Re: [WSG] CSS Driven?

Al Sparber wrote: > heretic wrote: >> 3) The table means you are tied to that specific layout for the life >> of the page (or you have to modify every single page to change the >> layout). You can't use CSS to switch the navigation to the other >> side >> or any nifty tricks like that. Of course, t

Re: [WSG] Pipe separated lists (was: CSS foul-up in IE)

Geoff Pack wrote: > And what does a list really look like? Which of the following is more > correct: > > My favourite fruits are watermelon, apples and bananas. > > My favourite fruits are: > * watermelon > * apples > * bananas > > Answer: neither. They are both lists and both mean the same. I thi

Re: [WSG] CSS Driven?

Al Sparber wrote: > While it's usually best if you can lay out a page without tables, > tables and CSS are not mutualy exclusive. Tables are not the opposite > of CSS :-). This scenario also separates presentation from structure: > > markup: > > > > Main content > > > > Sidebar > > > Of cour

Re: [WSG] WordPress CSS - Content and Sidebar Squished In IE

Artemis wrote: > Thierry, > Adding the disply:inline to the #content and #sidebar fixed it!! Oh, > thank you thank you thank you! It would appear that adding that also > fixed something else I was going to ask about, so now I don't have to > holler for help again. > > For future reference (and my

Re: [WSG] WordPress CSS - Content and Sidebar Squished In IE

> I am very new to CSS (I put the N in Newbie!), and I had followed a book > on creating my first WordPress theme by editing the default theme. It > looks really nice in Firefox, but the content and sidebar are squished > together in IE (more than likely due to me being silly and going off on > my

Re: [WSG] Help with menu

Tom Livingston wrote: > This is essentially the same as adding the extra div. > > > foo > > > Apply the padding to the instead of hacking the div. It's the > same difference. > > Right Thierry? ;-) Exactly! It's about constructing the box, not fixing it ;-) Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com

Re: [WSG] Help with menu

Charlie Bartlett wrote: > The reason I use this technique rather that the box model hack, is > because we cannot guarantee that the box model hack will work in > future browsers, I know its probably not going to be a big deal to > fix it, knocking out a couple of lines of css shouldn't take long, >

Re: [WSG] Help with menu

Charlie Bartlett wrote: > Because it is a hack, I tend to use the same technique as Joesph, I > think its best to avoid hacks wherever possible. But using an extra DIV like this is also a hack. And not better IMO, since it mixes structure and presentation. My approach is to *not* mix dimensions wi

Re: [WSG] Help with menu

James O'Neill wrote: > I am having problems with a menu that is similar to the Alistapart's > hybrid menu. I can not get the width to be consistantly even with the > rest of the site and it is not workig in IE or Opera. It works fine > in Firebird. I have been beating my head against this for quite

Re: [WSG] hover div fill query

Patrick H. Lauke wrote: > Ah, hang on, missed the bit about the white space. Why not just set > the padding on both div.input and div.item to 0, and reapply the > padding in div.item a:link? Also, you don't need the width: 100%; and > height: 100% in the a:link The width is not needed, but I belie

Re: [WSG] hover div fill query

ivanovitch wrote: > Nope: it's the demo page that is failing. Might be the browser (I'm > using Safari and Firefox at present, and rebuilding my Windows box > after a trojan popped in). > > We're only talking a few pixels: the text does show the hover state, > but if I were to use a table cell, th

Re: [WSG] color overflow in pc ie fieldset

csslist wrote: > this is how it is supposed to look, see how there isnt any color > above the feildset border. > http://www.jamwerx.com/form2.png (on ff mac) > > where as this one, there is some grey extending up over border > towards the top (on ie6 pc) > http://www.jamwerx.com/form1.jpg > > the

Re: [WSG] Unstyling named anchors

Paul Noone wrote: > Well now I'm totally confused. Ah...can anyone spell Dreamweaver? :\ > a-HEM. Big sorry there. > >> What make you think you can't leave them empty? > > Assumptions based on a code rewrite. Is that not the case? In which > case can it be self-containg and self-closing too? > >

Re: [WSG] Unstyling named anchors

Patrick H. Lauke wrote: > Damien Hill wrote: >> For IE and Firefox on PC, the styles I apply to a:link don't effect >> anchors. > > Because is not a :link, but a local anchor, > whereas a more generic "a" style selector will include those as well. > So yes, a simple way to avoid issues is to jus

Re: [WSG] Unstyling named anchors

Paul Noone wrote: > The reason I've run into this little problem is because, unlike HTML, > XHTML seems to require that the tag surrounds some text. Perhaps > an   would do it? What make you think you can't leave them empty? > How are other people preventing this, apart from hiding their anchor

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