[WSG] CSS Netscape 6 positioning problem

2004-04-02 Thread Kevin McMonagle
Hi Wsg, I'm new to css and xml but am starting to get into it. A page im working on exhibits a placement problem when the viewed in navigator 6-mac. The page works well in ie 5-mac. Does netscape have problems with some positioning values? The only work around I can think of is doing to sets

Re: [WSG] Trouble with safari

2004-05-07 Thread Kevin McMonagle
The top right links are not positioning properly in ie 5 mac either. _ Getting married? Find tips, tools and the latest trends at MSN Life Events. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married

[WSG] please help

2004-05-06 Thread Kevin McMonagle
Hi Russ, At your recommendation i made my layout simple. It now works in ie4 and up. Thank you very much. However the image in the div mast dosnt show up in netscape, can you tell me why? I've encluded most of the style sheet in this email. Nearly there. -Kevin BODY { marging: 0 0;

[WSG] dont laugh

2004-04-30 Thread Kevin McMonagle
Hi all, I tried to build a portfolio site using web standards code, more or less. The site consists of a main page for primary navigation and logo with two inline frames for content/subnav pages. I didnt use tables on the main page, only css positioning and i had to use different style sheets

[WSG] help with compatability

2004-05-03 Thread Kevin McMonagle
Hi guys, I really need help. Im building a portfolio site for my graphics work. Check it out at www.mcmonagle.biz The problem: Browser compatability. I live in Ireland, i estimate that half the people here use a 4 or 5th generation browser. I built this portfolio site using css positioning

[WSG] Please take a look at this page.

2004-05-17 Thread Kevin McMonagle
Hi, The css navbar is'nt working in netscape 6 mac. The regular a link state is the problem, for some reason the text color is not what it should be in netscape 6mac. http://www.mcmonagle.biz/finalone.html thanks in advance -Kevin _

[WSG] decendant selector nav problem

2004-05-17 Thread Kevin McMonagle
Hi, I had sent a post earlier regarding trouble that I was having with a navbar in ns 6 mac. Well i solved the problem. For the nav bar links i created a decendant selector like this: #nav a:link {...} #nav a:hover {...} But i also had the regular link states specified in the style sheet, like

RE: [WSG] decendant selector nav problem

2004-05-22 Thread Kevin McMonagle
yes it was only netscape 6 mac that was causing problems which are now fixed: The problem was that netscape would pick up the a: link text colorfont size: then use the rest of the styles from a nav decendant selector that it should have been using for everything. Im away from my desk for the

Re: [WSG] some simple box problems

2007-02-27 Thread kevin mcmonagle
David and lindsay, Thanks for the advice on clearing the floats. Can you check that this layout holds up in ie 6 now? ~davidLaakso wrote: The problem that may need to be addressed is that the page is brittle. Font-scaling will expand thenav and drop the float. Yeah i will have to

[WSG] css generating i.e security pop up

2007-02-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle
? www.mcmonagle.biz/arena7 -best kevin mcmonagle *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

[WSG] background image

2007-03-01 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi, Just one more question about this page: http://www.arena7.ie/index2.html When viewing the above page with ie6 pc can you see the diagonal striped bacground pattern? I have ie6 running locally on an old machine thats offline and its not showing up. thanks for all the help -best

[WSG] class targeting problem-help!- was background image

2007-03-03 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hello, Thanks for all the suggestion for the background image. I have one more problem with this site. www.arena7.ie/index2.html click on the function room link in the far right of the top nav bar. notice that when the link is clicked the layout breaks. this is because the right border turned

[WSG] standards selling points

2007-03-08 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hello, This has been discussed before but i was wondering about new input. I've tendered on a big job and i will be up against a lot of competition. What are some web standards selling points that might get through to a completely uniformed, unsavy client. The job requires a cms, ill be using

Re: [WSG] New Yorker Redesign

2007-03-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Does this site use some kind of image replacement/substitution technique for the headers? *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help:

Re: [WSG] sliding door based button breakign on :active state

2007-03-30 Thread kevin mcmonagle
The padding changes on the active state did you try defining it for that state? Ted Drake wrote: I’m trying to investigate an issue with a button that uses sliding doors for flexibility. It looks good for normal and hover states. On the active state, the button changes sizes and the

[WSG] jump menus

2007-03-31 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Whats the current web standards position on jump menus? I've never used them as top level navigation before but i have a situate where im considering it. If it is permissible what are the guidelines? -best kevin *** List

[WSG] nav menu help

2007-04-09 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi all, Just wondering what the best way set width and height on a horizontal list menu like this http://www.nwtc.ie/home.html so that a user-sizing the fonts wont break the layout but can still change font size. Thanks -kevin

[WSG] ive given up on css

2007-05-16 Thread kevin mcmonagle
broke and everybody's pointing fingers. Today i just told them to go back to using table based layouts and i will restrict my designs accordingly- i cant listen to the whining anymore. What would you have done in this situation? -best kevin mcmonagle

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] Site check Please - new thread

2007-05-16 Thread kevin mcmonagle
http://web-strategists.com:888 Yes I agree a min width would be good, if not maybe look into png transparency for the floating logo. http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/png_overlay_with_no_extra_markup.asp -best kvn *** List

Re: [WSG] ive given up on css

2007-05-16 Thread kevin mcmonagle
I think in your situation though it's the choice of your client as to their code. Find another client - or risk sounding like a whiner yourself. At the end of the day, you can give clients informed choice... Good advice: I dont want to come off as a whiner because thats not what i would

Re: [WSG] Site Check - Streaming Media

2007-05-22 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Parker, Simi (DPS) wrote: Hi everyone I am investigating some potential issues with our live broadcasting service and if you use an O/S / browser / media player configuration other than Windows / Internet Explorer / Windows Media player, I would really appreciate your feedback and/or

[WSG] div hiding and expanding

2007-05-22 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi, Is there a way to do this unobtrusively and validly? see div ids: div id=/wrapper/ div id=/visible all the time/ /div div id=/hidden but expands when link clicked/, /div /div div id=/wrapper/ div id=/visible all the time/ /div div id=/hidden but expands when

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] Mocking up web interfaces

2007-05-24 Thread kevin mcmonagle
First get a feel for the content, play around with different ways of presenting it using a graphics app and or sketching- i use illustrator. The presentation should come naturally from the needs of the content - web standards practices support this way of working. When the illustrator file

[WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle
://www.eaf.textdriven.com/design.html -thanks kevin mcmonagle *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Thanks nick i might need to implement that js fix. The sliding doors method, or any that ive seen, only works if all the tabs are the same colour. I will have to change my design cause i dont have time to figure id out-in fact even if i did have the time that would be a tough nut to crack.

[WSG] overflow: scroll-y;

2007-05-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi, Whats the method of setting the overflow of a div to scroll vertically only. I saw it here a long time ago but cant find anything online about it. I thought it was something like overflow: scroll-y; but i cant remember. -thanks kevin

Re: [WSG] overflow: scroll-y;

2007-05-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Sorry folks - problem solved, i found the anwser in the list- archives overflow-y:scroll; kevin mcmonagle wrote: Hi, Whats the method of setting the overflow of a div to scroll vertically only. I saw it here a long time ago but cant find anything online about it. I thought it was something

Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle
I was in your situation about six months ago and someone on the list recommended textpattern. The textpattern text editor textdrive is meant to be easy to learn-clients can do simple formatting to their content updates easily. I was able to train a client to use it in one sitting. Still if i

Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle
I dont know, im stuck with it. Heres my progress http://eaf.textdriven.com/ Sander Aarts wrote: kevin mcmonagle schreef: The sliding doors method, or any that ive seen, only works if all the tabs are the same colour. I don't see why. If every tab has its own id you can define different

Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-29 Thread kevin mcmonagle
; } *#home #nav-home a, #news #nav-news a, #products #nav-products a, #about #nav-about a, #contact #nav-contact a* { background-position:100% -150px; color:#333; padding-bottom:5px; } thanks kevin mcmonagle | *** List

Re: [WSG] safari hack for overflow-x/y

2007-05-31 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Terrence Wood wrote: I'm curious as to why you need a hack for safari as it's a reasonably compliant browser. What are you trying to work around? Hi Terrence, In this case its to compliant for my design-which the client has all ready approved. I didn't foresee this issue and cant change

Re: [WSG] Recommended screen size

2007-06-01 Thread kevin mcmonagle
. In school the teacher has to teach for the dumbest kids in the class and that ruins it for everyone else. -kevin mcmonagle *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] Recommended screen size

2007-06-01 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Paul Novitski wrote: So you're saying that someone using an 800-pixel-wide monitor probably wouldn't know what it's like to see the same page with a 1000-pixel-wide monitor? A user that has they're screen resolution set to 800x600 is well used to scrolling. The school analogy wasn't

[WSG] ie positioning help needed

2007-06-02 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi-first this is a confusing post but i cant put it simply. Theres a div acting up in ie7(6 as well?) - http://www.eaf.textdriven.com/testie.html it shows up on the bottom right of the ie7 screen but works in ff and safari Since i was made aware of the problem Ive made changes but need to see

Re: [WSG] ie positioning help needed

2007-06-02 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Simon Moss wrote: Hi Kevin, You could use conditional comments to serve that up exclusively to IE7 - but does the #gradient div really need to be outside the #wrapper div? Would a z-index not place it over the #rightcol div? Good question-I had thought about that briefly but i have a phobia

Re: [WSG] Recommended screen size

2007-06-04 Thread kevin mcmonagle
All right-after reading all the posts on this topic ive been reviewing my rational for sticking with fixed width layouts for the last 50 sites ive designed. Where can i find the latest tutorials, articles and examples of creating relative sized layouts. Specifically can anyone recommend a site

[WSG] ie word wrap mess-help

2007-06-06 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi can anyone suggest how i might get this definition list to wrap around the thumb image which is inside the h2 tag. It wraps in ff and safari and netscape but not in ie: I cant move the image out of the h2 its dynamically generated from the cms. heres the url:

[WSG] positioning question

2007-12-15 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi, On the below 3 column page http://www.jfl.ie/index.php under the header image part there is the search input box and a blue bar that spans across the wrapper. 2 of the 3 columns below that, the center and right navigation column, need to be positioned with a negative top coordinates.

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] Site Check

2007-12-20 Thread kevin mcmonagle
I read somewhere that the latest gen adobe external js script method for flash embedding fixes a stacking bug when it comes to z-index. are you using that method to embed? CK wrote: Hi, How does CSS z-index and flash commingle, or does the solution rest with scripting? CK On Dec 20,

[WSG] strange cropping of divs in ie

2007-12-20 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, If i can ask an old question, whats the best way to get margins and padding to be set the same across all browsers. -kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] Site Check

2007-12-20 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi From a web typography stanpoint its nice and clean but somehow its not as comfortable to read as it could be. Maybe crank up the leading and possibly the font size as well. maybe make the horizontal word count less. Maybe spend a bit of time styling some heads and subhead to break up the

[WSG] inline styles theoretical question

2008-01-01 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, Im not sure on the exact reason why in line styles are not accepted but i assume its because they are not as efficient as putting styles into a linked style sheet or into the header. I mean the only reason i can see that they dont validate is because its sort of sloppy and defeats the

Re: [WSG] Re: inline styles theoretical question

2008-01-01 Thread kevin mcmonagle
sorry my mistake - i forgot inline styles are valid but not best practices. you guys are right in all you say but i dont know if you understand exactly what im saying. A textpattern form with inline styles, only gets loaded once and when a change is made to it every page on the site is

Re: [WSG] Re: inline styles theoretical question

2008-01-01 Thread kevin mcmonagle
John Faulds wrote: only CSS in an external stylesheet gets cached... ok john that settles it. no more inline styles in my forms. thanks. -kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] Re: inline styles theoretical question

2008-01-01 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Theresa Weber Wrote: I should have said we can still create templates for the pages that are the same as long as all styles are created using the CSS (so that download time is faster). huh...that doesnt make sense?... i dont know

Re: [WSG] Behavior Effecting Presentation or Structure - Precedence?

2008-01-07 Thread kevin mcmonagle
This is way above me but isn't that what the below method does? http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/ufo/ if so how does he do it? it seems to be the savy solution hope my reply is relevant -kevin *** List Guidelines:

[WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-01-24 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi, Whats my cheapest option for getting ie7 to run on my intel based mac. Is it basically an option between boot camp, parallels or virtual pc? Very frustrated with discrepancies at the moment. -best kevin *** List Guidelines:

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-01-27 Thread kevin mcmonagle
2008, at 16:16, Gregory Alan Gross wrote: Had a terrible time on my Intel MacBook with Parallels Desktop; it refused to play nice with OS X Leopard. Wouldn't even install properly. Switched to VMware Fusion, and haven't had a problem since. g. On Fri , kevin mcmonagle sent: Hi

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-01-27 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, just a quick follow up. After 20mins downloading and installing and no cost im running ie6 and 7 natively in tiger with ies4osx. It aint pretty but it works. -best kevin kevin mcmonagle wrote: thanks for the good reply's guys. I think im gonna try this one first: http://macapper.com

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-02-03 Thread kevin mcmonagle
of windows. On Fri , kevin mcmonagle sent: Whats my cheapest option for getting ie7 to run on my intel based mac. Is it basically an option between boot camp, parallels or virtual pc? *** List

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-02-07 Thread kevin mcmonagle
note to anyone who wants to run ies4mac. install wine verstion .51 the current version doesnt work. -kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] hello

2008-02-12 Thread kevin mcmonagle
yes its a buzzword mostly but from a design standpoint its also a genre. Thomas Thomassen wrote: Nothing. Web 2.0 is a buzzword. There's nothing truely new. It's often accociated with social networking. Sites where the users provide the content.

[WSG] ie problem

2008-02-15 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi, Im frustrated with a margin difference in ie6. Im modifying a zen cart install and didnt create the style sheets and dont have much control over the html. The problem is the two links (log in and home) at the top right of the page header. Ive added The borders just so you can see the

[WSG] repeating background png support ie6

2008-02-19 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi, Whats the standards way to handle or degrade ie6 png support for a repeating background img? Im having problems solving this-ies4mac doesn't seem to do well with conditional comments and png hacks-so i cant tell whats working. Im thinking about putting the wrapper div with the repeating

Re: [WSG] repeating background png support ie6

2008-02-19 Thread kevin mcmonagle
of IE6/7 I use the netrenderer: http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/ and for more advanced checks use browsershots: http://browsershots.org/ Cheers, Tony kevin mcmonagle wrote: Hi, Whats the standards way to handle or degrade ie6 png support for a repeating background img? Im having problems solving

Re: [WSG] PNG in IE6

2008-02-21 Thread kevin mcmonagle
If its not a repeating background this is the easiest way to get png support: http://www.twinhelix.com/css/iepngfix/ -best kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

[WSG] background-position:top center; IE6?

2008-02-24 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, is there any way to get ie6 to accept this property: background-position:top center; i have a tabular nav bar with different width tabs, the background image needs to center itself. thanks kevin *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] CMS review

2008-02-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle
That code isn't standards based. Use textpattern. -kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[WSG] ie8 flash scripts

2008-03-04 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, anyone know how ie8 will work with ufo flash detection js and and the standard dreamweaver flv embedding scripts? thanks in advance kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] ie8 flash scripts

2008-03-04 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Patrick Lauke wrote: There's not even a downloadable beta of ie8 out yet...so I think there won't be much of an answer beyond speculation? suppose your right early days yet. *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction

2008-03-17 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, Im doing a site for a nightclub. So im doing a hybrid. The owner has demanded a music track playing continuously. What would you lot do if you had to put in a continually playing music track? I mean the only solution that is a frameset right but i just want some feedback of the dangers of

Re: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction

2008-03-17 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, i think if i cold sell him on a player that would be user controlled. I will tell him he can put in more tracks by his dj's. Sorry i meant to change the title of the post. thanks a million. -kevin *** List Guidelines:

the soundtrack was Re: [WSG] Re: WSG Digest

2008-03-19 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, thanks for the reply but im going go with the a controllable music player that ill do up in flash. The main problem was that he wanted a continuous song going on the site which would have been impossible without frames. But as some members suggested a controllable player is much more

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-04 Thread kevin mcmonagle
I think its very handy even though i hardcode most stuff. Its good for organizing your work flow, with document tabs and what not. The code is pretty clean these days and theres a good built in validator. I think even object embedding (.flvs and what not) is pretty unobtrusive. Sorry if thats

[WSG] seo / standards question

2008-04-09 Thread kevin mcmonagle
: h2section title/h2 h3apage name/a/h3 h3apage name2/a/h3 ... thanks in advance -kevin mcmonagle www.mcmonagledesign.com www.donegalimage.com *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

[WSG] ie background img positioning

2008-04-09 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, I have a bg image set for heading links like so: h3 a:link, h3 a:visited, h4 a:link, h4 a:visited { overflow:visible; background: url(/images/arrowh3.jpg) no-repeat 100% -1px; padding: 0 40px 0 0; } The problem is that if a long heading breaks to two lines the background image

Re: [WSG] seo / standards question

2008-04-14 Thread kevin mcmonagle
, 2008, at 14:36, kevin mcmonagle wrote: hi, im generating a list of page links from my cms, its not really for a nav bar just a section of the site that has a number of related articles. im using h2 for the over all list label but am wondering what

[WSG] selectutorial

2008-04-17 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, My friend wants to learn about css so i told him to do the selectutorial on the maxdesign site. It says to reset the margins in the body then use ems for padding. I was reading somewhere that cancelling out the margins in the body tells the browsers to go through all the tags and cancel

[WSG] why

2008-04-25 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Is this wrapper floating over the mast div in ie7 only? ahhh. http://www.seaviewnightclub.com/mockup.html http://www.seaviewnightclub.com/css/boxes.css -best kvn *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] valid video in (x)html?

2008-04-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle
try these, http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/ http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player -best kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

[WSG] will this ever validate?(swfobject 2.0)

2008-05-01 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi, Im trying swf object 2.0. http://www.seaviewnightclub.com/mockup2.html Im using the static-standards compliant method that uses conditional comments. I thought it would validate better than this. Theres a lot of unclosed errors on the param tags. Should i just self close those i

Re: [WSG] Full flash websites

2008-05-05 Thread kevin mcmonagle
What do you people, professionals and hobby standardists think about full flash websites?? where is the usability and accessibility for flash in general?? Im a big fan of xhtml/flash hybrid sites myself. Usually I'll consider using flash for anything but links(usability reasons) and the

Re: [WSG] Full flash websites

2008-05-07 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Michael Persson wrote: Do we still want the money to produce their website or do we say no because we are web standard freaks and would never touch such a bad usability and accessibilty project dirty money hahaha.. Well would we...?? If all they want is eye candy give it to them and take

[WSG] firefox 3 beta5

2008-05-19 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Recently it was pointed out to me that a site I built is breaking in firefox 3 beta five. How close is this to release? Do i need to worry about this? the site works fine in current browsers-firefox and otherwise. -thanks in advance kevin

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] html vs. html

2008-06-21 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi, Are there any free services like net renderer that show firefox 2x. scree captures? -best kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

[WSG] flash navigation - Devils advocate

2008-06-24 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Using swf object 2.0 embeded swfs as an xhtml sites primary navigation - what are the liabilities? -kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] flash navigation - Devils advocate

2008-06-25 Thread kevin mcmonagle
to navigate how will it impact seo? Patrick H. Lauke wrote: kevin mcmonagle wrote: Using swf object 2.0 embeded swfs as an xhtml sites primary navigation - what are the liabilities? without flash, no navigation; not crawled/indexed by search engines; not keyboard-accessible in firefox; even

Re: [WSG] flash navigation - Devils advocate

2008-06-25 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Rick Lecoat wrote: If the visitor has Flash then the Flash swf replaces the alternative content. If they don't (or if they don't have javascript turned on) then they'll get the fallback content, which should also suffice for search engines. (Of course, don't make your fallback navigation

Re: [WSG] flash navigation - Devils advocate

2008-06-25 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Thank you matijs thats what i was wondering, you make a good point about using javascript but im not an expert in using it. Matijs wrote: There isn't really a way for a search engine to see how many times a link has been clicked. It is however possible for a search engine to see / count how

[WSG] flickr streams

2008-06-25 Thread kevin mcmonagle
any good standards based tutorials out there for adding them to regular xhtml pages? -best kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] flickr streams

2008-06-25 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Thanks thats just what i was looking for. Melissa wrote: Best one I've seen and used is at Veerle Pieters' blog: http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/fickr_badge_w3c_valid/ *** List Guidelines:

[WSG] putting inline styles into an external stylesheet

2008-07-08 Thread kevin mcmonagle
What is the software, plug in or extension that does this automatically? -best kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help:

[WSG] list links

2008-07-10 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, im doing a list with a background image and some text. how can an make the whole li area hot and not just the text. i forgot how to do that -best kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] list links

2008-07-10 Thread kevin mcmonagle
doh, thanks. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WSG] list links

2008-07-10 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Rick Lecoat wrote: The main thing is to make sure that the list item is set to display: block. I had tried that rick but i was putting the padding in the li not the li a. Do i still need to make li's block elements for ie? -best kevin

Re: [WSG] list links

2008-07-10 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Sorry Kevin, I meant to say that the a *inside* the li should be set to display: block. list items are block level by default. no problem thanks for the help. Theres another issue with this nav bar. There are 3 primary links that have images - the rest are just text. Ive used an id

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] list links

2008-07-11 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi, Is it possible to target specific classes in a list to apply different background image to the different links in a list nav? tried everything i could think of but cant get it to work. something like: #navlist li .furniture a or applying the different images to the anchors instead of

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] list links

2008-07-11 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Rick Lecoat wrote: Note the removal of the space; li.furniture refers to a list item that has the class 'funiture'; li .furniture refers to some other element with a class=furniture *that is contained within* a list item. oh boywell that explains it.. Thanks for the tip on the

[WSG] visibility problem in ie...z-index maybe?

2008-07-14 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, im using negative margins to put a png half over the edge of a wrapper div. Works good in ff, but breaks the layout in ie. Is there anything i can do to get ie to display the div like fire fox does or is this to tall an order for ie? -best kevin

Re: [WSG] visibility problem in ie...z-index maybe?

2008-07-14 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Thanks David, That works well in ie 6 7. I only had to add a negative margin in a conditional comment to the div that was getting pushed up. -best kevin David Owens wrote: Hi Kevin, You might be better off using position: relative; top: -35px; instead of the negative margin

[WSG] firefox treatment of wrapper overflow height

2008-07-15 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, I have a wrapper in that wont scale to its contained content/divs but there are no heights set in the divs that i can see. Is there something else that can cause this? -best kevin *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] firefox treatment of wrapper overflow height

2008-07-16 Thread kevin mcmonagle
in an inner wrapper with no heights set anywhere /unless /the outerwrapper was floated left or right itself.. -best kevin David Hucklesby wrote: On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:08:47 +0100, kevin mcmonagle wrote: hi, I have a wrapper in that wont scale to its contained content/divs

[WSG] ie six download?

2008-07-17 Thread kevin mcmonagle
I bought got an old laptop for testing sites-it has ie 5.5 on it now, Anybody know where i can download an upgrade to ie6 for windows 2000 proffessional? best kevin *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] firefox treatment of wrapper overflow height

2008-07-17 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Andrew Newman wrote: a little more valid / semantic div.clearer {clear: both; line-height: 0; height: 0;} div class=clearernbsp;/div On 17/07/2008, at 4:04 AM, kevin mcmonagle wrote: now i can validate. thank you -kevin

Re: [WSG] ie six download?

2008-07-17 Thread kevin mcmonagle
thanks for the links. -best kevin David Hucklesby wrote: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:35:32 +0100, kevin mcmonagle wrote: I bought got an old laptop for testing sites-it has ie 5.5 on it now, Anybody know where i can download an upgrade to ie6 for windows 2000 proffessional? Assuming you

Re: [WSG] firefox treatment of wrapper overflow height

2008-07-18 Thread kevin mcmonagle
its used as a shim. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry folks, but am I missing something here? Why do you think that it is important to stuff something invisible inside an (otherwise) empty div? Regards, Mike *** List

Re: [WSG] firefox treatment of wrapper overflow height

2008-07-18 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Of kevin mcmonagle Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 10:33 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] firefox treatment of wrapper overflow height its used as a shim. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry folks, but am I missing something here? Why do you think that it is important to stuff

[WSG] old underscore hack question

2008-07-18 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, i want to use the underscore hack instead of conditional comments because it will be easier to keep track of image paths. Its only an ie6 because transparency workaround. In my understanding the below code should only serve the gif to ie 6, not later versions? but IE net renderer is

[WSG] form from hell - difficult redesign

2008-07-30 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi I've been asked to redesign the gui on a hotel booking engine / room allocation web app. Its basically the busiest example of tabular data ive ever seen - most data in the cells is input. Any Advice on styling an overwhelming amount tabular data? -best kevin

Re: [WSG] form from hell - difficult redesign

2008-07-30 Thread kevin mcmonagle
, LLC /Clean, Simple and Elegant Web Design/ Phone: (609) 335-3076 Fax: (866) 301-8045 Web: http://sitesbyjoe.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] kevin mcmonagle wrote: Hi I've been asked to redesign the gui on a hotel booking engine / room allocation web app. Its basically the busiest example

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