Re: [WSG] Standards based visual design guidelines

Hey, to answer your question, I start with this: http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContentID=12#Web It's Section 508 guidelines for the Web. It's required for US government agencies only, but it's a good recommendation for commercial sites too. Then I follow these guidelines: -

Re: [WSG] Style a parent element based on an id selector of the child element

Can't you make the a fill the entire td? i think it's display:block? then the background of the link will look like it fills the table cell.

[WSG] [Idea] Web designer/developer pool for Open Source projects

Hi all, I'm mooting the idea of having a pool of web designers/developers who have an interest in OpenSource projects to provide voluntary services for creating their web fronts. Most OpenSource projects have zilch-nada budget for marketing and the cheapest avenue is the web. However, as

[WSG] OT: Good Flash development mailing lists/forums

Does anyone know of any good, active and busy, Macromedia Flash development mailing lists or forums? Thanks, Stephen -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.0/103 - Release Date: 15/09/2005

RE: [WSG] OT: Good Flash development mailing lists/forums

Does anyone know of any good, active and busy, Macromedia Flash development mailing lists or forums? Thanks, Stephen dont know if this is o.t. but check out www.flashkit.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

[WSG] Site Check (eStore)

http://www.tjkdesign.com/eStore/ I've put it through a few browsers on PC, but I'm pretty limited on the Mac side... Thanks, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

[WSG] images in html or css

hello, Just Wondering- Is the img tag still widly used among list members. Should we put as many of the images we can in the css as backgrounds etc. Right now i put most sitewide images in the css and the page by page content in with the img tag.

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

G'day Is the img tag still widly used among list members. Should we put as many of the images we can in the css as backgrounds etc. Right now i put most sitewide images in the css and the page by page content in with the img tag. My approach is (generally) that purely decorative images

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

kvnmcwebn wrote: hello, Just Wondering- Is the img tag still widly used among list members. Should we put as many of the images we can in the css as backgrounds etc. Right now i put most sitewide images in the css and the page by page content in with the img tag. IMG elements should always be

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

I agree with Bert! Regards, -- Cláudio Diashttp://www.mundonu.com

Re: [WSG] Site Check (eStore)

Hi, Butterfly.com looks good in Safari 2.0.1, Firefox 1.5.1 Beta, Opera 8.0.2 nav_bar shifts to the left in IE 5.2 in the mac. On Sep 15, 2005, at 7:51 AM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: http://www.tjkdesign.com/eStore/ I've put it through a few browsers on PC, but I'm pretty limited on

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 16:03 +0100, kvnmcwebn wrote: Is the img tag still widly used among list members. Should we put as many of the images we can in the css as backgrounds etc. Right now i put most sitewide images in the css and the page by page content in with the img tag. I don't think

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

techniques like FIR of hiding foreground text and putting images in CSS have problems in accessibility software So the designer should use a smart IR solution. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The

Re: [WSG] Site Check (eStore)

Looks good on FF, OS10.3.9 The menu tab slides away when the window is resized too small, but it is not likely people will go as far as I did. Love the content! pd On 9/15/05, Thierry Koblentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.tjkdesign.com/eStore/ I've put it through a few browsers on

Re: [WSG] Site Check (eStore)

Thierry Koblentz wrote: http://www.tjkdesign.com/eStore/ I've put it through a few browsers on PC, but I'm pretty limited on the Mac side... Thanks, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com XP_SP2 IE/Moz/FF/Opera It is an attractive and aesthetically pleasing site, Thierry. The two butterflies

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

Is the img tag still widly used among list members. Should we put as many of the images we can in the css as backgrounds etc. Right now i put most sitewide images in the css and the page by page content in with the img tag. Content goes in the html. Presentation guides for content go in

RE: [WSG] Site Check (eStore)

Hi Thierry If were gonna git nitpicky. I'd clean up this code on the shopping cart: tr valign=top class=altRowOdd tdinput name=lineID2 type=hidden value=59 / label for=qty2a href=details.asp?prodID=72Marbled White/a (023-BAXS)/label br / raquo; Color: Black br / raquo; Size: X-Small /td td

Re: [WSG] Site Check (eStore)

Hi Ted, If were gonna git nitpicky. I'd clean up this code on the shopping cart: Ouch! I guess I still have more work to do then :) I've started with a commercial (shopping cart) package. Out of the box, the markup doesn't validate, tables are all over the place, deprecated markup, bunch of

Re: [WSG] OT: Good Flash development mailing lists/forums

I've been using this one for a couple of years. http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/flashproBeen a bit dorment lately, but the members reply swiftly and are the most professional Flash developers I've come across. RegardsFjellmanOn 9/15/05, kvnmcwebn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know

Re: [WSG] Site Check (eStore)

Drake, Ted C. wrote: If were gonna git nitpicky. I'd clean up this code on the shopping cart: I was going to change the markup as you suggested, but then I thought that a list may not be the correct markup for this. Because it would suggest that there are 3 different items when in fact it is

[WSG] check website

Hi guys, please, check this website http://www.creareconkaterina.com cheers Daniele

Re: [WSG] Site Check (eStore)

A standards Compliant e-solution for future reference: (http://www.zen-cart.com/modules/frontpage/) C On Sep 15, 2005, at 11:13 AM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: Hi Ted, If were gonna git nitpicky. I'd clean up this code on the shopping cart: Ouch! I guess I still have more work to do then :)

Re: [WSG] Site Check (eStore)

Drake, Ted C. wrote: I like using definition lists over paragraphs for their inherit structure and the hooks they provide for CSS. Do you see any reasons to not use a dl? I like DLs too ;) I have 2 or 3 in this site already. But here I don't think it would be the correct markup. Beside that,

Re: [WSG] check website

A few suggestions: 1) The site could fit at 800x600, but the fixed margins make it too large. 2) Consider using text with background images for the menu and footer, instead of images of text. This would reduce file size and make the site useable by people who can't or won't view images. If that

Re: [WSG] check website

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, please, check this website http://www.creareconkaterina.com Hi Daniele, You have more than *140kb* of images on this page... IMHO, you should try to reduce that... Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com ** The

RE: [WSG] images in html or css

I find that centralizing images in css is useful for maintainability. However, if page load time is an issue, it's a good idea to stress test the site with both images in html and css. when they're in html, the height and width tells the browser how big the image is which helps it load a little

[WSG] Content that jumps

Title: Message Hi all, I have this page with 3 columns, for some reason the divs jump when the page is loaded. I checked if the HTML is valid, and it is. Anybody any idea on this? http://testing.icanmls.pacificfox.com I am looking at it in IE6 by the way. Thanks, Taco Fleur -

RE: [WSG] Content that jumps

Title: Message The content has stopped jumping, haven't changed anything in the structure. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Taco Fleur - Pacific Foxan industry leader with commercial IT experience since 1994 http://www.pacificfox.com -Original Message-From:

Re: [WSG] Content that jumps

Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox wrote: The content has stopped jumping, haven't changed anything in the structure. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Yup. I've found that the content gets really tired from jumping after a while and stops. Usually it takes a few hours solid jumping for it

Re: [WSG] Content that jumps

There is nothing to see. I am on IE 6 and get a blank page with the following HTML in it. !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//ENHTMLHEADMETA http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html; charset=utf-8/HEADBODY/BODY/HTML And. it takes AGES to come back with that

[WSG] Help with IE giving me a big white space

Hello Any help would be appreciated http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/wip/hit111/ renders fine in Firefox Has a big white block under my utilities at the top in IE6 Please help as I just can't figure this out. Thank you :) Helen *** Helen Rysavy Web

RE: [WSG] Content that jumps

Title: Message that's weird, comes up for me through megaproxy.com Taco Fleur - Pacific Foxan industry leader with commercial IT experience since 1994 http://www.pacificfox.com -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary

RE: [WSG] Content that jumps

Cheers, I'll give that a go, it's in there now, would you mind having another look at it? thanks Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox an industry leader with commercial IT experience since 1994 . http://www.pacificfox.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WSG] check website

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : A few suggestions: 1) The site could fit at 800x600, but the fixed margins make it too large. 2) Consider using text with background images for the menu and footer, instead of images of text. This would reduce file size and make the site useable by people who