Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

- Original Message - From: "Rimantas Liubertas" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09) Regards, Rimantas -- http://rimantas.com/ *** Lis

Re: [WSG] An interesting take....

ng that is much less monolithic. If WHATWG and the W3C are unable to do this, the browser vendors -- and the market -- will. -jeff 2008/9/12 Andrew Duck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Jeff Croft posted an interesting comment on the state of the HTML WG/Web > standards. > > http://j

Re: [WSG] Copycat site

Actually the foryoung.com is a template. I just fownloaded it last night for myself. Jeff - Original Message - From: "Rick Faircloth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:38 PM Subject: RE: [WSG] Copycat site I don't think so...if

Re: [WSG] Lawsuits for inaccessible websites

wheelie and get your Arz in the door. Sherri === Love your attitude Sherri ; ) Jeff www.junglejims.com *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http:/

Re: [WSG] Should we design for 800x600 screens?

Depends on the targeted audience and what designer I work with. Sometimes we design for 800x600 while other times the designer we create for 1024 and we have no choice but to use those dimensions whether we like it or not. IceKat wrote: Hi, I have a question I'd like to poll people about. S

Re: [WSG] horizontal list padding

We have all been there before Bruce... : ) > Formula for success. > Get tired and frustrated, then write a note to web standards group > complaining. > Ten seconds later see a comma that was missed in stylesheet. > > sheesh, sorry all > > Bruce Prochnau > > ***

Re: [WSG] Float Left Problem

trying to understand why Firefox does not push the text column to the right as it should.  I am also trying to understand how to add the bottom graphic to the text column as well.   Here is the url to the jpg of the eps file:   http://www.romdev.com/olp/olp_home_01.jpg   Thanks   Jeff

Re: [WSG] Float Left Problem

Thanks for the reply Drew.  The html and css both now validate.  Changing the clear to clear:both did not help though.   Jeff   - Original Message - From: Drew Trusz To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Float

[WSG] Float Left Problem

index2.htm   CSS is here:   http://www.romdev.com/olp/css/main.css   Thanks so much for any assistance and Merry Christmas to all. Jeff D. Reid Webmaster HHI MusicHanser Holdings InternationalCincinnati, OH http://www.hhimusic.com    OwnerROMDevReid Online Media DevelopmentCincinnat

Re: [WSG] A little help with a charity site please

will give you more flexibility and reduce the need for having images that don’t really have any semantic meaning in the mark-up. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st From: Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Pacific Fox Reply-To: Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:54:48 +1

[WSG] Menu Wrapping in IE

http://www.kustom.com/092005/ In Firefox this menu renders ok but in IE the menu wraps the last two links back under the menu row. Whay is that? Anyone want to take a stab at it? TIA Jeff Thanks! Jeff http://www.patandjeff.com

[WSG] Font Size Issue (causes unwanted wrapping?)

the div they are contained in. I would like for the top navigation items to now wrap back under but to remain in one single row. How is it that it works for me across many resolutions fine but goes beserk on this laptop? I am sensing this will be an issue with a Mac as well? Jeff Thanks

[WSG] Can this function be duplicated using CSS

that help in accomplishing this? Thanks Jeff ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **

[WSG] IFrame Question

t;of course they open in a new page. Here is the url: http://www.olpguitars.com/08122005/scrollertest.htm TIA Jeff ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hi

Re: [WSG] Spacing Issue

does not help the situation at hand. I turned to the only place where I knew I could get level headed and correct answers. Thank you for the answer you gave. It was much more helpful than others I got. Have a great day! Jeff - Original Message - From: "John Foliot - WATS.ca"

Re: [WSG] Spacing Issue

Isn't that is what belonging to a specific online community, forum or email list all about in the first place? Oh well..end of rant. I will go back to lurk status and will learn the old fashioned way...trial and error until I can begin thinking of myself as some form of an elitist as well..

Re: [WSG] Spacing Issue

Thanks for the replies. I actually took a step back, re-evaluated the suggestions I got and came up with this test page which appears to work: http://www.olpguitars.com/index2.asp The top links all work and I retained the graphic designer's sliced image. oh yeah...it VALIDATES! Thanks

Re: [WSG] Spacing Issue

hat. http://www.olpguitars.com/index2.asp Got it down to 43 errors at the W3C Validator. And it passes at the W3C CSS Valiadator. Will work on those remaining items in the mnorning...thanks to all. Good night. Jeff - Original Message - From: "Peter Firminger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

[WSG] Spacing Issue

/occ_chopperbass.asp Thanks Jeff ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **

Re: [WSG] Sliced Image Dilema

I am sent to build from and to try and make something similar in style sheets.   Thanks to all who replied...   Jeff - Original Message - From: sam sherlock To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Sliced Image

[WSG] Sliced Image Dilema

Can anyone here please post urls to some reading regarding the use of sliced images in building a website vs using CSS instead.  Kind of a "pros and cons" type of paper.   Thanks   Jeff D. Reid MIS DepartmentDavitt-Hanser Music CompanyCincinnati, OH http://www.bcri

Re: [WSG] looking for an accessibility reference on why text-only is bad

Good article: http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2005/01/server-side-accessibility Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Ph: 02 9570 9875 | Mobile: 0419 350 760 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au > From: Kay Smoljak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> &

Re: [WSG] Images not loading...

top.gif (at bottom of page) HTH, Jeff - Original Message - From: "Kim Kruse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Images not loading... > Hi Jeff, > > Thanks for your reply. Perhaps I would a great idea to mention it

Re: [WSG] Images not loading...

All images load just fine using the following: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3 and Windows XP Pro I am located in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA and it is Sunday, June 26, 2005, 3:12 pm EST.. HTH, Jeff - Original Message - From: "Kim

Re: Re: [WSG] Hi there!

I would check your web logs to answer this question. Using a program such as Web Trends to generate reports, you can then tell where your traffic is coming from and what your web site visitors are using browser wise. Jeff > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/21 Tue

Re: Re: [WSG] Issue with CSS, Flash and FireFox

I added an absolute value to the left margin for my main container. This appears to help with the menu "sliding" issue. Jeff > > From: Chris Kennon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/02 Thu PM 05:08:29 EDT > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Is

Re: Re: [WSG] Issue with CSS, Flash and FireFox

Thanks Chris I have not gotten to checking the site on a Mac yet. Thanks for the head's up. Jeff > > From: Chris Kennon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/02 Thu PM 03:20:32 EDT > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Issue with CSS, Flash and FireF

Re: Re: [WSG] Issue with CSS, Flash and FireFox

Thanks I will try that. Jeff > > From: Leslie Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/02 Thu PM 02:02:15 EDT > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Issue with CSS, Flash and FireFox > > You have a number of validation errors per the W3C HTML valid

[WSG] Issue with CSS, Flash and FireFox

. http://www.kustom.com/Kustom2005/index.htm Any solutions that help me better understand the slight differences and how to overcome them in the future will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Jeff D. Reid MIS Dept. HHI Music Cincinnati, OH, USA

[WSG] Client wants flashing text

When a client wants some flashing text for emphasis, what do you do or tell them? Jeff ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & get

Re: [WSG] within & Screen Readers

Thanks Patrick So many tables I've seen have been marked up that way, I just assumed it to be correct. Maybe that's a good blog tutorial. Cheers Jeff > From: "Patrick H. Lauke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: > Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:17:10 + > To:

Re: [WSG] within & Screen Readers

Sorry guys, it really should be marked up as follows: CSS You could even put aq title attribute in there as well if you like. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au > From: Gez Lemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: > Date: Wed, 16 Ma

Re: [WSG] Site check (esp. Mac): One House

Exactly what happened to me :) Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au > From: Jan Brasna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 02:42:08 +0100 > To: > Subject: Re: [WSG] Site check (esp. Mac): One House >

Re: [WSG] Site check (esp. Mac): One House

All looks good now. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au > From: Seona Bellamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:20:49 +1100 > To: > Subject: RE: [WSG] Site check (esp. Mac): One House > > Hi Je

Re: [WSG] Site check (esp. Mac): One House

Hi Seona Mac Ie5 is having a real problem with the #mainNav ul {position: absolute} change this to float left and it should fix everything up. This shouldn't affect any other browsers. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au > From: Seona

Re: [WSG] getting two colums to be of the same height

Sorry for not putting a reference there: http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/articles/presentationaljavascript.php Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au > From: Jeff Lowder - Accessibility 1st <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: > Date: Mon, 28

Re: [WSG] getting two colums to be of the same height

The only other way that I can think of is with JavaScript 'offSetHeight' Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au > From: Marco van Hylckama Vlieg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 01:02:04 +0100 > To:

Re: [WSG] getting two colums to be of the same height

Check Roger's article out: http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200406/equal_height_boxes_with_css_par t_ii/ Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au > From: Marco van Hylckama Vlieg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: > Date: Mon,

[WSG] XHTML 1.0, Tables and Firefox

Here in Firefox on Windows I see space below the top row of images: http://elmbrook.org/navigation2.html The border is in there only to show what's going on. In IE it looks fine. I assume it's user error. Any hints? Thanks. Jeff BTW this has to be somewhat self contained as far as CSS co

Re: [WSG] Floated list items not floating on a Mac

Replied off list Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au > From: Seona Bellamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:57:56 +1100 > To: > Subject: RE: [WSG] Floated list items not floating on a Mac > >

Re: [WSG] Floated list items not floating on a Mac

It's only happening in Mac IE, anyway instead of having the Lis float left, change it to 'display: inline' and this fixes the problem. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au > From: Seona Bellamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To

Re: [WSG] innerHTML and javascript

Hi Alan I doubt it, even though it is probable the fastest method, it goes against the node-centric ways of the W3C DOM. Even though it isn't in the W3C DOM spec, the browser manufacturers have still implemented it, so it'll still work cross browser. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility

Re: [WSG] linking to style sheet - how best?

o put some sort of figure in with what I send you. Have a great weekend. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Ph: 02 9570 9875 Mobile: 0419 350 760 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and

Re: [WSG] Navigation using list tags and Screen Readers...

ty Hope this helps. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 08:30:29 -0600 > To: > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [WSG] Navigat

Re: [WSG] Another plea for help: FF1.0 render problem

Hi Leslie Your problem occurs when you have the border-top: 0; after the border statement. If you take this out, it then works the same as in other browsers, strange I know. Hope this helps. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Ph: 02 9570 9875 Mobile: 0419 350 760 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] IE6 and my sidebar

Hi Kim The problems lies in the #content statement in layout.css If you change margin-left: 30px TO margin: 0 200px 0 30px; & get rid of the width: 420px; then it'll be more flexible. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Ph: 02 9570 9875 Mobile: 0419 350 760 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] Heading without line break

display: inline Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au On 25/1/05 12:31 PM, "Ryan Sabir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heya? > > How would I tell a stylesheet to not put a line break at the end of an

Re: [WSG] Class -vs- ID

IDs have higher specificity is another. You can link/anchor to them that way. Cheers Jeff On 13/1/05 1:23 PM, "Chris Stratford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just wondering. > I was asked for the first time yesterday, what the big difference and > advantage to usi

Re: [WSG] CSS Roundbox

Hi Lori I've put a working solution up on my blog: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au Hope this helps Cheers Jeff On 11/1/05 2:37 PM, "Lori Leach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Terrence, > > Forgot to add, that the reason it wont work, is that in Roger'

Re: [WSG] CSS Roundbox

Hi Lori I see your dilemma. Terrance is right, the other one of Roger's should work. Cheers Jeff On 11/1/05 2:14 PM, "Lori Leach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff, > > I went back to this one one more time, edited my images, and coded it up. > Here

Re: [WSG] CSS Roundbox

I would use Roger's one: http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/teaser/flexible/ Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au On 11/1/05 10:59 AM, "Lori Leach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a design that

Re: [WSG] Can't get image and text to line up in unordered list...

Title: Re: [WSG] Can't get image and text to line up in unordered list... Hi Kay I would do something like this: (see attached) Please add the alt attributes though :) Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au DISCL

Re: [WSG] Semantic markup for publication titles

I would use the CITE tag, Cite: contains a citation or a reference to other sources (http://www.w3.org/TR/html4?struct/text.html#h-9.2.1) if this is what you're after. Cheers Jeff On 17/12/04 4:05 PM, "Andy Kirkwood | MOTIVE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SEMANTIC MARKU

Re: [WSG] pop quiz: calculating specificity of group selectors

They are both equal, because of the comma separation. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au On 15/12/04 9:46 AM, "John Allsopp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps someone has seen, or has a definitive answer to this question

Re: Re: [WSG] Cross Browser woes

Thanks In trying to correct this, I have managed to break it in IE now. I appreciate the help and after reviewing the code, I have realized that maybe there is a better way to do this without it becoming so complicated with 's. Jeff > > From: "Johannes Reiss" <[

[WSG] Cross Browser woes

Jeff D. Reid Owner ROMDev Cincinnati, OH http://www.romdev.com http://www.patandjeff.com "A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila." -Mitch Ratliffe- --=_NextPart_000_0E7E_01C4D7

Re: [WSG] why oh why

Sorry I can't replicate the problem - Firefox 1.0 on XP and Mac Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: http://www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ On 24/11/04 9:59 AM, "Web Usability" <[EMAIL PROTE

RE: [WSG] IE review

I tried in IE6 and everything looked fine. Tried all links. -Original Message- From: David Laakso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] IE review Ted Drake wrote: >Hi everyone > >I have gotten two messages that our

Re: [WSG] Site critique

when validated I got 105 errors. The bulk of them had to do with > MM. > > Any suggestions appreciated. > Just one, in the interest of saving time, get rid of Menu Machine. Jeff ** The discussion list for http://webstandard

[WSG] First External Test

and in Firefox.   Mac platforms also.   The url is http://www.bcrich.com/_new/index.asp and I thank you in advance for your time and efforts.   Jeff D. Reid MIS DepartmentDavitt-Hanser Music CompanyCincinnati, OH http://www.bcrich.comhttp://www.kustom.comhttp://www.olpguitars.com

RE: [WSG] Accessability testing

Hi James I personally find that Cynthia is a better "automated tool" than Bobby - and it certainly helps you find & fix up errors quicker, although I still really prefer to do accessibility testing myself by using Jaws & Lynx. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessi

Re: [WSG] Site looks fine when previewing in IE, but messy in IE online

Looks good in Firefox .9. In IE 6 the "For more information contact: " column appears bottom left rather than on the right Jeff At 07:36 22/06/2004, you wrote: Hello WSG! I have been using CSS for text styles for the last few months, but now I want to make my sites with divs and no

Re: [WSG] Site looks fine when previewing in IE, but messy in IE online

Looks good in Firefox .9. In IE 6 the "For more information contact: " column appears bottom left rather than on the right Jeff At 07:36 22/06/2004, you wrote: Hello WSG! I have been using CSS for text styles for the last few months, but now I want to make my sites with divs and no

Re: [WSG] Site looks fine when previewing in IE, but messy in IE online

Looks good in Firefox .9. In IE 6 the "For more information contact: " column appears bottom left rather than on the right Jeff At 07:36 22/06/2004, you wrote: Hello WSG! I have been using CSS for text styles for the last few months, but now I want to make my sites with divs and no

RE: [WSG] height problem in firefox

If you read this tutorial at A List Apart, it'll show you how to achieve what you want. http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/ Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ -Original Message- From: [

RE: [WSG] meta http-equiv

Title: meta http-equiv Here’s the reference to W3C: http://www.w3.org/International/O-charset.html   and   http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#C_9   Cheers   Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal

RE: [WSG] www.seoed.com - Please review

put in the meta-tag. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lindsay Evans Sent: Wednesday, 9 June 2004 1:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: [WSG] www.seoed.com - Please review

7;re on a shared web server (as most people on this list would be) then I would definitely include a Content Type meta-tag as this will ensure the user agent recognises any character encoding, and the text is rendered correctly. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessib

RE: [WSG] www.seoed.com - Please review

Well done. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Razvan Pop Sent: Monday, 9 June 2003 1:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

RE: [WSG] new window losing it's anchor place

eight=300'); return false;" just to make sure it's available via keyboard only. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Beh

Re: [WSG] NS6 indiscrepancies

reat in IE6, 5.5, 5, NS7, Safari, Mozilla etc. > etc. However, NS6 is simply a mess. > > Have scoured the web but always draw a blank. > > > > > Kind regards > Martin Chapman Fromm > http://developer.netscape.com/docs/technote/gecko/n6release.h

RE: [WSG] Help with IE 6

You now have a problem that it doesn’t look correct in IE5 without the 100%   So maybe do something like – in the actual page:     Cheers   Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Ph: 02 9570 9875 Mobile: 0419 350 760 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au

RE: [WSG] Help with IE 6

This is your problem: #navcontainer li a{display: block;padding: 5px 5px 5px 0.5em;border-left: 10px solid #326263;border-right: 10px solid #92C6C7;background-color: #498485;color: #EDF7F8;text-decoration: none;width: 100%; - you don’t need this}   Cheers   Jeff Lowder Accessibility

RE: [WSG] Site breaking in Mozilla

pages except for the homepage do this:     <img src="index_files/logo_banner.jpg" width="600" height="100" alt="Texas Dental Hygienists' Association" />     Cheers   Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.

RE: [WSG] What Editors do you guys use?

On Windows I use Homesite+ or XML SPY for HTML stuff & Topstyle Pro for CSS stuff (great combination), sometimes I use HTML-Kit as well (free-be product) I also use BBEdit on Mac Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/jou

RE: [WSG] Site breaking in Mozilla

Hi Ward Most of your problems are coming from the standard box model problems associated with IE. I see that you're using the

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

nlikely to be still waiting on your ever-so-neat price list and order form for home delivered pizza to materialise. As basic advice it's worked for me Jeff 06:28 05/06/2004, you wrote: Hey list, I have something which has been a major topic of discussion between a friend and I. I am currentl

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

nlikely to be still waiting on your ever-so-neat price list and order form for home delivered pizza to materialise. As basic advice it's worked for me Jeff 06:28 05/06/2004, you wrote: Hey list, I have something which has been a major topic of discussion between a friend and I. I am currentl

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

nlikely to be still waiting on your ever-so-neat price list and order form for home delivered pizza to materialise. As basic advice it's worked for me Jeff 06:28 05/06/2004, you wrote: Hey list, I have something which has been a major topic of discussion between a friend and I. I am currentl

Re: [WSG] I wrecked my CSS ... : (

- Original Message - From: "James Silva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 8:18 PM Subject: RE: [WSG] I wrecked my CSS ... : ( > Jeff, I had a quick look and... > > #content_bcrich is too wide. Reducing it

RE: [WSG] IE... grrr

Hi Steve, IE commonly has problems with 100% width. Thisâll fix it.   #calendar { Â color: #66; Â line-height: 140%; Â padding: 2px; Â text-align: center; Â width: 100%; }   Cheers   Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog

RE: [WSG] lotus domino vs doctype

Chris Bentley might be able to give you an exact DOM solution, as he had to deal with this exact same problem only 6 months ago, but I'd still just try working with HTML 4.01 :O)   Cheers   Jeff Lowder Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/jo

RE: [WSG] lotus domino vs doctype

is still a completely valid DOCTYPE - you don't necessarily have to go with XHTML strict. HTML 4.01 STRICT might actually be a better/easier way to go anyway. Whatever DOCTYPE you use - just make sure it's a valid one, i.e. http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd";> Cheers Jeff Lowd

[WSG] I wrecked my CSS ... : (

I wrecked my CSS somehow... : ( http://www.bcrich.com/2004/test/guitars.asp http://www.bcrich.com/2004/test/css/sub.css http://www.bcrich.com/2004/test/css/menu.css and have spent the last 3 hours getting absolutely nowhere. Jeff Thanks! Jeff http://www.patandjeff.com

RE: [WSG] new to the list

Title: Message That’s correct Kat, in XHTML shorthand attributes have been depreciated.   So you must use selected=”selected”   Cheers Jeff Lowder Web: www.acessibility1st.com.au       -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kat

RE: [WSG]

say “lets forget about accessibility” before everyone is coding “fully accessible” "web standards" based sites.   Cheers Jeff www.accessibility1st.com.au     -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kay Smoljak Sent: Wednesday, 2

RE: [WSG] Good DOM tutorial?

Hi Rev This is probably a good one to start on. http://www.w3schools.com/dhtml/default.asp Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rev. Bob 'Bob' Crispen Sent: T

RE: [WSG] hiding styles from Mac IE5 : how to?

This is probably a good place to start: http://www.macedition.com/cb/ie5macbugs/ Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James

RE: [WSG] target="_blank" substitute

necessary, I believe that this or Justin's way of dealing with external links is a practical solution to a very real client problem. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [WSG] target="_blank" substitute

Hi Darian This is both an accessible and valid method: new window Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darian Cabot Sent

RE: [WSG] *sigh* drop-downs

Sorry mate, here's the URL: http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/navigation.h tml#menus Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin F

RE: [WSG] *sigh* drop-downs

Hi Justin, I know what you mean. Here's a good place to start. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin French Sent: Thursday, 1 April 2004 3:56 PM To: [

RE: [WSG] Layout 39% not 39%

Title: Message Hi Taco For starters you can’t have “,” within your statement i.e. it should be:   padding: 14px 0 0 0;   and I think you want the padding to be 9% from the left side is that correct?   Cheers   Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Ph: 02 9570 9875 Mobile: 0419 350

RE: [WSG] Firefox 0.8 bug?

Title: RE: [WSG] Firefox 0.8 bug? Hi Justin I'm running XP with Firefox 0.8 and I'm not getting any of the problems you are, so I'm stumped. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ Hi al

RE: [WSG] RE: Display issues

Try this: html>body .cssbtn{vertical-align:0px;} I'm pretty sure this will fix it. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On B

RE: [WSG] Scrollbars in IE6 (PC)

use frames, when they pose such a problem for accessibility. Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ > Besides the other downfalls of frames-based pages, they also do not > perform > well in the search engines.

RE: [WSG] Scrollbars in IE6 (PC)

In the frameset you'll need to add this attribute: scrolling="no" - although it would be preferable not to use frames at all. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ -Original Message- From: [

RE: [WSG] Image replacement

Title: Image replacement Here’s a link to one that uses that type: http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2003/12/12/accessible_i/#c002804   Cheers   Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/     -Original

RE: [WSG] Browser compliance

Hi Martin I've just tried it and go to "Options">"Settings" then click on "Browse" and there is an option to select "use Netscape" (will use the mozilla engine if you don't have Netscape. Hope this helps Cheers Jeff Lowder Access

RE: [WSG] IE5 Mac Doosey

This page shows how you can target just IE5 for Mac: http://www.sam-i-am.com/work/sandbox/css/mac_ie5_hack.html   hope this helps.   Cheers   Jeff Lowder Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/   -Original Message- From

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