[WSG] liquid layout and image sizes

2004-11-06 Thread Thorsten
howdy, how do you guys tackle image sizes when using liquid layouts? to my knowledge, you can't really set relative sizes for images without indirectly cropping the image, right? this question has been loitering at the back of my mind for quite a while now. -- Thorsten

Re: [WSG] Colour Scheme aids

2004-11-06 Thread Amit Karmakar
Some links seem to have been already covered earlier but here is a list i had made some time back. http://karmakars.com/links/colour.php HTH. On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 20:49:42 -0600, Laura Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some color tools are listed at: http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/tools#color The

Re: [WSG] liquid layout and image sizes

2004-11-06 Thread russ - maxdesign
how do you guys tackle image sizes when using liquid layouts? to my knowledge, you can't really set relative sizes for images without indirectly cropping the image, right? Richard Rutter has written about this: http://www.clagnut.com/sandbox/imagetest/ He also talked about it in his WSG

[WSG] Lists and images

2004-11-06 Thread Razvan Pop
Hello. Here is what I'm trying to do: I have a list, each LI contains some text and an image. Text must be on the left, image on the right. Also the text must be vertical aligned middle and the height and width of the images may vary. My example: http://play.cpea.ro/css/lista.html Is this

Re: [WSG] Lists and images

2004-11-06 Thread Natalie Buxton
You could set your image as a background: background: url(your/image/path.img) no-repeat right center; Add margins or padding as needed. OR you could do it as a SPAN inside the list OR as a definition list and have the images as your DD floated right. Lots of different ways. On Sat, 6 Nov

[WSG] MSIE 5.2 Mac problem

2004-11-06 Thread Marco van Hylckama Vlieg
Hello folks, I have created a new personal site about 1.5 weeks ago. My pages are valid XHTML and they display fine in MSIE 5.5-6 on PC, Safari, Opera, Firefox but MSIE 5.2 on MacOS X cuts off the page at the bottom. I have no idea why this is. Is there anyone who can have a look and give me

Re: [WSG] Lists and images

2004-11-06 Thread russ - maxdesign
I have a list, each LI contains some text and an image. Text must be on the left, image on the right. Also the text must be vertical aligned middle and the height and width of the images may vary. Is this possible or not?:) Try this: http://www.maxdesign.com.au/jobs/css/lista.htm Not tested

Re: [WSG] Lists and images

2004-11-06 Thread Razvan Pop
Nice solutions, but... Lists will be generated from a database. I can't set a class for each li or image. That's the biggest problem. Thank you. On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 23:25:02 +1000, russ - maxdesign [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a list, each LI contains some text and an image. Text must be

Re: [WSG] liquid layout and image sizes

2004-11-06 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Thorsten wrote: how do you guys tackle image sizes when using liquid layouts? to my knowledge, you can't really set relative sizes for images without indirectly cropping the image, right? You can treat images as any other element, or in combination with other elements. Clip, crop, overflow,

Re: [WSG] Lists and images

2004-11-06 Thread russ - maxdesign
Lists will be generated from a database. I can't set a class for each li or image. That's the biggest problem. Want a rough-as-guts solution? Write your styles into the li element on the fly from your database. Look up the image name and it height. These two bits of info can be used to

Re: [WSG] MSIE 5.2 Mac problem

2004-11-06 Thread Nick Gleitzman
On 6 Nov 2004, at 11:15 PM, Marco van Hylckama Vlieg wrote: Hello folks, I have created a new personal site about 1.5 weeks ago. My pages are valid XHTML and they display fine in MSIE 5.5-6 on PC, Safari, Opera, Firefox but MSIE 5.2 on MacOS X cuts off the page at the bottom. I have no idea why

[WSG] Letting clients update their site

2004-11-06 Thread Erwin Heiser
Hi all, I¹m a one man operation and mostly do smaller sites. A lot of clients these days are requesting to be able to do their own updates on their sites, but haven¹t a clue when it comes to XHTML or CSS. What I¹d like to prevent (as one client did) is that they edit the pages with Microsoft

Re: [WSG] MSIE 5.2 Mac problem

2004-11-06 Thread Marco van Hylckama Vlieg
Thanks Nick that did the job! Cheers, Marco -- Marco van Hylckama Vlieg Senior Internet Developer email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.i-marco.nl/ On Nov 6, 2004, at 2:32 PM, Nick Gleitzman wrote: On 6 Nov 2004, at 11:15 PM, Marco van Hylckama Vlieg wrote: Hello folks, I have created a new

RE: [WSG] Letting clients update their site

2004-11-06 Thread Bob Boisvert
Hi Erwin, I'm also a one operation. If you're using Dreamweaver, have you looked into the Advance HTML Editor located here? http://www.dmxzone.com/ShowDetail.asp?NewsId=6180 Or possibly Macromedia's Contribute? Unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to use either. My clients have had no

Re: [WSG] iframe flicker-- Gecko

2004-11-06 Thread David Laakso
Big John wrote: David Laakso wrote: *Since adding the thumbnails in the sidebars * The iframes flicker jump vertically, in Gecko browsers, when the thumbnails in the left or right sidebars are hovered. http://www.dlaakso.com/ David, this is without a doubt the single most complex

Re: [WSG] Letting clients update their site

2004-11-06 Thread Jason Anderson
Hi Erwin, Maybe we can talk. I'm in the process of developing a service that would allow clients to do just that, without affecting the design. One of my main goals right now is a simple user interface, since all the CMS-type offerings I've see are far too complicated for many new users. It's

Re: [WSG] Dupe Char Bug

2004-11-06 Thread David Laakso
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: David Laakso wrote: I have no idea what you're talking about, or what you mean. Shame...because that should be the answer. Ok then, let's break it down: in your markup for the sidebars (taking one from sidethumb1 for this), this is what you have a class=gallery slidea

Re: [WSG] Dupe Char Bug

2004-11-06 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
David Laakso wrote: Either of these changes eliminate the characters and bring back the gif (*at least on my machine*): 1) Enlarging the width of #sidethumb1 #sidethumb2 from 90px to 91px. 2) Changing a.gallery from display:inline to display :block. If the duplicate characters

Re: [WSG] Dupe Char Bug

2004-11-06 Thread David Laakso
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: David Laakso wrote: Either of these changes eliminate the characters and bring back the gif (*at least on my machine*): 1) Enlarging the width of #sidethumb1 #sidethumb2 from 90px to 91px. 2) Changing a.gallery from display:inline to display :block. If

[WSG] Overlaping [A]

2004-11-06 Thread helmut
Hello all, Simple question I had set up a pseudo-class like this a.sub:link { property } a.subTwo.link { property }... It was working fine until I decided to define a global anchor pseudo-class a.link { property } ... a.sub:link { property } a.subTwo.link { property }... Now sub

[WSG] Confirming Java Script tag

2004-11-06 Thread The Man With His Guide Dog At The Tent Store
I do not know if the following is off topic. If it is I am sorry; I do not know who to ask. Java Script is new to me. is the following proper syntax? !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd; html xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml;

Re: [WSG] Confirming Java Script tag

2004-11-06 Thread Nick Gleitzman
On 7 Nov 2004, at 9:26 AM, The Man With His Guide Dog At The Tent Store wrote: script language=Javascript type=text/javascript src=AccessKeyJavaScript.js/script Yup, that's fine - for HTML4. You might, however, like to look at standardising your tags in lower case - you currently have a mix of

CLOSED Re: [WSG] Letting clients update their site

2004-11-06 Thread Ben Bishop
While off-topic for this list, we do have a mailing list for discussing content management/web publishing systems (thanks to Peter Firminger.) http://webstandardsgroup.org/resources/index.cfm?resource_id=131 The members of this list are currently working out the rules but basically anything to

[OFFLIST] Re: [WSG] Letting clients update their site

2004-11-06 Thread Kristof Neirynck
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 15:10:58 +0100, Erwin Heiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I¹m a one man operation and mostly do smaller sites. A lot of clients these days are requesting to be able to do their own updates on their sites, but haven¹t a clue when it comes to XHTML or CSS. What I¹d

[WSG] oops

2004-11-06 Thread Kristof Neirynck
That last message wasn't meant to be posted to the list. Sorry. -- Kristof ** 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] Color Schemes

2004-11-06 Thread Robin Button
Mike: Try this link for color schemes: http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html Robin From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 9:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: digest for [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[WSG] Melbourne Meeting Nov 15: XForms plus Body Class Switcheroo

2004-11-06 Thread afdesign
Melbourne members Our second last meeting for this year will be on Monday November 15. See details below and note the new venue (Medibank Building, 700 Collins St, 16th floor. This venue actually has a projector...I feel better now!). As well as the set agenda we'll also be discussing our plans