Re: [WSG] ive given up on css

2007-05-16 Thread Bruce Gilbert
On 5/16/07, Ben Dodson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a link to put a smile on your face anyway, old school web design studio at it's best: http://www.wizwebz.co.uk ... (I kinda like it for some inexplicable reason) last updated their home page in 2000. That is old school!

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

2005-10-31 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Thanks for the tip, I tried adding this for IE in the CSS: * html #box{/*used for internet explorer*/ float:right; width:25em; background-color:#789; margin:0; padding:0; } but I still get the added stuff for my box: http://www.inspired-evolution.com/Accessibility.php

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

2005-10-30 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I have a rounded corner box I am using with four images and it displays fine in Mozilla... http://www.inspired-evolution.com/About_Me.php in IE, however, the right side of the box is flat. Can anyone offer some suggestions in getting this to look as intended in IE? the CSS is at :

[WSG] hidden link to webstandards page 4 older browsers - how does it work

2005-10-26 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Attn: Paul Noone Hey Paul (or others), I noticed from the code sourceon the link you posted to have me look at your layout ( http://d81314.i50.quadrahosting.com.au/), that you have some text for a link to the standards page. this: div class=hide pThis site will look much better in a browser

[WSG] Trouble getting 3rd column to extend to footer

2005-10-25 Thread Bruce Gilbert
hello all,on a site I am working on (http://www.ncpersonalinjurylaw.com/php/Adams.php), my third column (the grey one) isn't extending down to the footer on its own. The third column is being called 'right_col' and the CSS specific to that column is: #right_col {/*creates right column on

[WSG] a better tsolution than oveflow:auto for Mozilla?

2005-09-27 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Hello,on a new site I am working on (http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/) inMozilla/FF. you get the horizontal and vertical scroll bars on some of the pagesand I know the reason why. It is because I am overflow:auto on my content div. Iadded this after googling and finding this was a float

Re: [WSG] a better tsolution than oveflow:auto for Mozilla?

2005-09-27 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Thanks Ted, not sure I am understanding you correctly, though. Say you have a parent div you would to extend the length of your content, and within that parent div you have a div at the top that you want to not float, but fit the width of the parent, and below the top child div, you have two more

Re: [WSG] a better tsolution than oveflow:auto for Mozilla?

2005-09-27 Thread Bruce Gilbert
that's more or less what I am doing, but take a look at this page in FF http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/About.htm scroll bars are there, if I take out overflow:auto in CSS on div#text_area it looks even worse cuz, in FF the div only extends as far as the #right_block_content on some pages.

[WSG] please ignore prvs. msg.

2005-09-16 Thread Bruce Gilbert
msg. sent to wrong group, sorry bout that :-)

[WSG] 2night

2005-09-16 Thread Bruce Gilbert
R U going to try and get to the art museum right at 7:00Heard from anyone else who is going??-- ::Bruce::

Re: [WSG] site not looking good in Mozilla/FF!

2005-09-08 Thread Bruce Gilbert
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Gilbert Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2005 2:05 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] site not looking good in Mozilla/FF! I tested the following site I am working on in Mozilla and it's

[WSG] IE 5.0 fix assistance needed

2005-09-08 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Hello, on my personal site at http://www.inspired-evolution.com, there are a few issues I noticed when viewing in IE 5 PC. (1) the top graphic doesn't extend all the way to the right leaving a gap between the header and container. (2) top menu is all bunched together and floating to the left

Re: [WSG] site not looking good in Mozilla/FF!

2005-09-07 Thread Bruce Gilbert
. top_bar: right-align the text instead of using all that left padding. hope this helps...cheers,--Geoff PackDeveloperABC New Media -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Gilbert Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2005 2:05 PM To: wsg

[WSG] site not looking good in Mozilla/FF!

2005-09-06 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I tested the following site I am working on in Mozilla and it's not looking too good at the moment. the URL is: http://www.semlogic.com/test/index.htm and the CSS is http://semlogic.com/test/CSS/Global.css some of the issues are the left menu isn't displaying properly, the background image for

[WSG] issues with trying to overlay background-images

2005-08-18 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Hello group. On a page I am working on, I am trying to get a background image for a search bar to overlap and appear in front of another background image. I am not sure if this is even possible, but I am trying to do it using z-index to no avail. the page url

[WSG] getting ie 6 PC to behave with padding, margins and h1 within a div

2005-08-11 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I have a div bar, which I am trying to make the height narrower, but in IE PC , it doesn't want to cooperate unless I add a specific height to the div, but then my h1, appears at the top of the div, so I try adding some padding or margin to the h1 which expans the height of the div which it

[WSG] footer at bottom of page

2005-08-10 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I was hoping someone could look at this page http://www.wealthdevelopmentmortgage.com/Bruce/Company.htm and help me with getting the footer at the absolute bottom of the page. Right now, as I look at in in FF PC, there is some of the body which shows below it. The body is green and the footer is

[WSG] browser v.5 woes

2005-08-09 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I just checked a site I am working on in both PC and Mac v. 5.0 and the page is looking pretty crappy in those browsers. I am most interested in getting things looiking better in IE PC 5.0. The main probs are top menu scrunched together with side borders and h1 title page div not enough padding .

[WSG] a few more issues with page layout with definition list

2005-08-04 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Hello, thanks for the information about using a definition list to layout thumbnail images and text. I think this is a great way to do things. I am still having some layout issues looking at firefox on the PC though. take a look at http://www.wealthdevelopmentmortgage.com/test/test_file_home.htm

Re: [WSG] a few more issues with page layout with definition list

2005-08-04 Thread Bruce Gilbert
On 8/4/05, Rachel Radford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Bruce, It's looking good but quite different between FF and IE... Try putting a negative top margin on the image with the hand and key... that should fix that problem for Firefox. But you might need to make it conditional so that IE 6

[WSG] how should I mark this up ? (thumbnail links)

2005-08-03 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I have a test site set up at http://www.wealthdevelopmentmortgage.com/test/test_file.htm and part of it I am struggling as the best way to code it. That would be the thumbnail images links you see around the middle of the page (free applications, cost estimate, one on one). right now I have a

[WSG] Re: digest for wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

2005-07-09 Thread Bruce Gilbert
David Laakso wrote: Major Tom says, neither: img src=image.jpg height=25 width=45 alt=Astronaut title= Major Tom took his protein pill and put his helmet on... / (but then what does he know...?) This is ground control to Major Tomhuh? On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:06:04 1000,

[WSG] image height and width question which is better CSS or inline

2005-07-08 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I have a question about which is the better way to approach adding a height width to an image for accessibilty/standards. img src=image.jpg height=25 width=45 / or img src=image.jpg class=thisimage / and in the CSS have: .thisimage{ height:25px; width:45px; } or is either one o.k? TIA --

[WSG] problems with aligning of thumbnails

2005-07-06 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I am *trying* to get my thumbnail images to align center to their respective backgrounds and also to change border color on mouseover and I am not able to accomplish either one at the moment. The page in question is http://inspired-evolution.com/Graphics.php and CSS can be found at

[WSG] trouble with extra width in IE PC

2005-06-28 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Hello, I am having a devil of a time trying to fix a problem with page not aligning correctly width wise in IE on the PC. If you are on IE on the PC and go to http://www.inspired-evolution.com/Hireme.php you will see what I mean. The dark blue area to the right of 'hire me' has extra padding or

[WSG] valid javascript code

2005-06-14 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Hello, I just tried to validate a page against an XHTML strict DTD with javascript code and received these errors: there is no attribute language required attribute type not specified I am calling the JS code externally and thought it was correct. the syntax in question is: script

[WSG] not sure why I am getting errors in CSS file

2005-06-10 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Can someone do me a favor and run my CSS through the CSS validator at w3c.org and see if they can determine what the errors mean and what needs be sone to correct? I am not sure why I am getting about 7 errors in my CSS file. I'm working only in a text editing program and not a good CSS editor, so

[WSG] information architecture

2005-05-31 Thread Bruce Gilbert
can someone give me a good explanation on what information acrhitecture is as it relates to web standards? I seen the word(s) used a lot lately. thanks, -- ::Bruce:: ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

[WSG] style sheet set up

2005-05-28 Thread Bruce Gilbert
is there any standard way to set up the flow of a style sheet? I usually try and use just one style sheet and start with global elements such as body, p, table, li etc. followed by elements as they flow on a page from header to footer. I use one stylesheet even though with a large site, this can

[WSG] why doesn't this validate with w3c.org and what to do about it

2005-05-26 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I have some comments within my CSS to let me or anyone else know what is controlling what eg: /*aligns list in middle of page*/ p.middle{test-align:center} validation doesn't like this.is there a fix? or should I just ignore??? TIA -- ::Bruce::

[WSG] best way to approach markup of an address

2005-05-22 Thread Bruce Gilbert
for an address, which way is best address 1st linebr / 2nd linebr / 3rd linebr / /address or address1st line/address address2nd line/address address3rd line/address TIA! -- ::Bruce:: ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/

[WSG] css markup for a list with a list

2005-02-16 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I have an unorganized sublist ul with a organized list ol and it's not picking up my CSS. Sorry I don't have a link to the page I can display, but was hoping someone could assist based upon my code. (x) html: div class=content ol lifirst list item/li li2nd list item/li li3rd list item: ul

[WSG] need explanation on this css element please

2005-01-28 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Can someone explain exactly what using * in front of something does such as *html li {padding:0;margin:0;} also, I noticed this doesn't validate by w3c, but I see it a lot -- ::Bruce:: ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/

[WSG] how to mark up h3 header for list

2005-01-27 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I don't think w3c standards will allow mark-up this way, so I was wondering the best way to mark up a header for a list. looking for standards, and accessibility. what I currently have is: div id=list1 ul class=navlist h3Most Requested/h3 lia href=# title=How to EnrollHow

[WSG] problems fitting content in third column in IE win

2005-01-15 Thread Bruce Gilbert
I was hoping someone could look at a test page I am workin on located at: http://www.echs.dpsnc.net/testing/html/public_affairs.htm. the problem I am having is in IE Win, the text in the third column (on the right) is not fitting inside the column borders. I originally tested using firefox, so I

[WSG] code 4 son of suckerfish to work on Mac IE browser

2004-07-12 Thread Bruce . Gilbert
. Can someone refresh my memory? TIA Bruce Gilbert Webmaster Durham Public Schools Durham, North Carolina (919) 560-9118 -Office Phone http://www.dpsnc.net * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] code 4 son of suckerfish to work on Mac IE browser

2004-07-12 Thread Bruce . Gilbert
that's great, thanks! Bruce Gilbert Webmaster Durham Public Schools Durham, North Carolina (919) 560-9118 -Office Phone http://www.dpsnc.net Paul Burchfield

[WSG] Bruce Gilbert is out of the office.

2004-06-21 Thread Bruce . Gilbert
I will be out of the office starting 06/21/2004 and will not return until 06/23/2004. I will respond to your message when I return on Wednesday, June 23rd. * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] third style sheet needed?

2004-06-01 Thread Bruce . Gilbert
the site is http://creekside.dpsnc.net and the CSS is located at http://creekside.dpsnc.net/print.css and http://creekside.dpsnc.net/creekside.css\ P.S... I'm aware that the URL below my name is a mess. but that's a different story :-) Bruce Gilbert Webmaster Durham Public Schools Durham

Re: [WSG] third style sheet needed?

2004-06-01 Thread Bruce . Gilbert
thanks, I actually did run in through the validator once, but I guess not after adding the second style sheet. My mistake there. I'm really not lazy and don't expect others to do my work for meI'm just forgetfull :-) Bruce Gilbert Webmaster Durham Public Schools Durham, North Carolina

[WSG] third style sheet needed?

2004-05-31 Thread Bruce . Gilbert
for some reason. I have tried doing both @import url for the stylesheets and also leaving one as a link and the other @import. Am I doing something wrong or is there another way to get the older browsers to ignore the CSS? TIA Bruce Gilbert Webmaster Durham Public Schools Durham, North Carolina (919

[WSG] when to place as a background in CSS

2004-05-28 Thread Bruce . Gilbert
the CSS div tags as background images. Is this o.k to do as long as the images don't have any specific meaning to the content? Bruce Gilbert Webmaster Durham Public Schools Durham, North Carolina (919) 560-9118 -Office Phone http://www.dpsnc.net

Re: [WSG] CSS calendar

2004-05-14 Thread Bruce . Gilbert
I was just going to suggest Eric Meyer on CSS as well. Bruce Gilbert Webmaster Durham Public Schools Durham, North Carolina (919) 560-9118 -Office Phone http://www.dpsnc.net Barbara Dozetos