RE: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-02 Thread Mark Stanton
I know but... variablevalue ... is just nicer IMHO. Cheers Mark -- Mark Stanton Technical Director Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: 9956 6388 Mob: 0410 458 201 Fax: 9956 8433 http://www.gruden.com ***

Re: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-02 Thread James Ellis
Mark Stanton wrote: Thanks for all your help - I think its time to go back to tables & vertical alignment :( Mark There's nothing wrong with using a table here as it seems to me you are using some sort of tabulated data (variable, value pairs). variablevalue Then apply some des

Re: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-02 Thread Scott Mebberson
Hey mate, cool. yeah, I mis understood what you needed it for. Yep, MXDU was crazy this year. Good event. I'll have to make sure I introduce myself next time round. cheers, Scott. Mark Stanton wrote: Did you check www.enpresiv.com using my UL implementation? No good for ya?

RE: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-02 Thread Mark Stanton
> Did you check www.enpresiv.com using my UL implementation? > No good for ya? In a couple of respects - it doesn't cut it for what I'm trying to do. Sorry I should have provided a bit more back ground. I'm working on an intranet & I want all my view pages and add/edit forms to be presented as t

Re: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-02 Thread Scott Mebberson
Mate, Did you check www.enpresiv.com using my UL implementation? No good for ya? BTW, were you at MXDU (I recognize the name Gruden)? I was there, I presented on Central. If you were there, we never got to meet :( cheers, Scott. Mark Stanton wrote: Mate - I've been looking at & - but I've g

RE: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-01 Thread Mark Stanton
Mate - I've been looking at & - but I've got to ask myself why bother with definition lists at all if I've got to hack to get it to look right. Thanks for all your help - I think its time to go back to tables & vertical alignment :( Cheers Mark -- Mark Stanton Technical

Re: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-01 Thread Ben Smith
is this too dodgy for you? This is div1This is div2 B Mark Stanton wrote: Yup great illustration - that's the problem in a nut shell. Here's a simple demo page for this (which doesn't use a DL). The problem is that IE stacks up the right side boxes with no gap between them, while Firefo

RE: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-01 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi Scott Its fairly well accepted that Google places emphasis on text that is contained within certain HTML elements - , , and for example. I guess this is an example of semantic searching in its infancy. What Russ is saying in his preso is that Google will *not* place emphasis on stuff in dl/

RE: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-01 Thread Mark Stanton
Yup great illustration - that's the problem in a nut shell. > Here's a simple demo page for this (which doesn't use a DL). > The problem is that IE stacks up the right side boxes with no > gap between them, while Firefox aligns the tops of the right > side boxes with those of the left. I do

Re: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-01 Thread Scott Mebberson
Hey Guys, I'm new to the WebStandardsGroup (I saw Russ' presentation at MXDU and decide to join up). Anyhow, I read the tutorial on definition lists at MAX Design and noticed it said that search engines handle the content of definitions lists differently to other content? Is there any more info

Re: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-01 Thread Robert Moser
Mark Stanton blurted out: Sorry James - my point wasn't too clear. I'm not concerned about the wrapping - sometimes things have to wrap. I just want to make sure that each definition lines up vertically with its term. This works in Firefox, but no IE. Cheers Mark Here's a simple demo page for this

Re: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-01 Thread James Ellis
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RE: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-01 Thread Miles Tillinger
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RE: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-01 Thread Mark Stanton
Sorry James - my point wasn't too clear. I'm not concerned about the wrapping - sometimes things have to wrap. I just want to make sure that each definition lines up vertically with its term. This works in Firefox, but no IE. Cheers Mark -- Mark Stanton Technical Director

Re: [WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-01 Thread James Ellis
off the top of my head white-space :pre; /* possibly nowrap or whatever the other one is */ on the long term 1 will force it to be rendered in a line - I use this when I don't want lines broken. Cheers James Mark Stanton wrote: Hey All If anyone has a few minutes and a couple of spare brain c

[WSG] Table style definition lists

2004-03-01 Thread Mark Stanton
Hey All If anyone has a few minutes and a couple of spare brain cells I'd appreciate some help with a definition list problem in IE6. I guess the reference point is Russ's demo at: http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/definition/dl-table-display.html. The example works fine unless you end up