RE: [WSG] jump menu method

2005-11-21 Thread kvnmcwebn
Just a thought, but if all the links are counties within a greater whole, why not use a happy map image map interface? Thats a-okay standards-wise, and degrades nicely into a list of links, and looks cute for visitors. Joe there is a mapping system done w/ flash, i have to tie that in as well.

Re: [WSG] $100 laptop WAS: why liquid layout is important.

2005-11-21 Thread James Ellis
Hi Yes, funnily enough I was reading about Edubuntu Linux (http://edubuntu.org/) today - a version of Ubuntu (http://ubuntu.org) specially targeted at school age kids.The ideas raised in this thread seem to mesh well with what's described at the above links. It's a small step from providing

[WSG] shrink-to-fit width in Opera

2005-11-21 Thread Andy Budd
One of my annoyances with Opera is that it calculates the shrink-to- fit width of absolutely positioned elements to be the minimum width, basically adding a break after each word. I wanted to write about how annoying this was, but thought I'd better check the specs first, just in case it

[WSG] Fwd: [LINK] One Laptop per Child

2005-11-21 Thread Jonathan O'Donnell
I thought that WSG'ers might be interested in this view of the One Laptop per Child project. Liddy Nevile was at the launch last week, and will be working on a project in Bangledesh next year, I think. Begin forwarded message: From: Liddy Nevile Date: 21 November 2005 10:56:13 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] shrink-to-fit width in Opera

2005-11-21 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 21 Nov 2005, at 8:33 pm, Andy Budd wrote: One of my annoyances with Opera is that it calculates the shrink-to-fit width of absolutely positioned elements to be the minimum width, basically adding a break after each word. I wanted to write about how annoying this was, but thought I'd

Re: [WSG] ASP.NET XHTML compliant blogging

2005-11-21 Thread Francesco Sanfilippo
I wish I had my blogging/community system finished for you, Mark. It will be ASP.NET 2.0 and CSS/XHTML compliant. It won't be ready until early next year. -- Francesco Sanfilippo Web Architect and Software Developer http://www.blackcoil.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 402-932-5695 home office

RE: [WSG] why liquid layout is important.

2005-11-21 Thread Duckworth, Nigel
I don't think anyone here would disagree that the equitable delivery of and access to information and education is every persons right. I disagree. I'm pretty sure this is not the forum for this topic though. -Nigel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [WSG] jump menu method

2005-11-21 Thread Joseph R. B. Taylor
As simple as http://realtor.com and choose map search. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Herrod, Lisa wrote: can you send a link to an example of one of these? thanks, lisa -Original Message- From: Joseph R. B. Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 21 November 2005 4:06 PM

Re: [WSG] jump menu method

2005-11-21 Thread Terrence Wood
Lachlan Hardy said: Try this one: http://www.business.vic.gov.au/ where's the map? ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list

Re: [WSG] WordPress CSS - Content and Sidebar Squished In IE

2005-11-21 Thread Terrence Wood
Artemis said: the content and sidebar are squished together in IE just taken a look in IE6 and it looks fine to me, I don't have net access with FF from work... have you fixed it? kind regards Terrence Wood. ** The discussion list for

Re: [WSG] WordPress CSS - Content and Sidebar Squished In IE

2005-11-21 Thread Thierry Koblentz
I am very new to CSS (I put the N in Newbie!), and I had followed a book on creating my first WordPress theme by editing the default theme. It looks really nice in Firefox, but the content and sidebar are squished together in IE (more than likely due to me being silly and going off on my own

Re: [WSG] shrink-to-fit width in Opera

2005-11-21 Thread Andy Budd
First, which version of Opera are you testing ? 7.5blah, 8.02, 8.5 Second, what kind of content goes into that absolute positioned element ? Text If I put an element with just some static text in, Opera 7.5 - 9 prev display the same as Firefox (1.6a1 nightly), Camino (1.0b), iCab,

Re: [WSG] jump menu method

2005-11-21 Thread Lachlan Hardy
Terrence Wood wrote: where's the map? I'm sorry, I thought Lisa wanted an example of the unordered list conversion to dropdown list ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

[WSG] OR 2006 Conference

2005-11-21 Thread Andrew Cunningham
Hi all, thought some of you might be interested in a Conference in Melbourne in Feb. 2006. http://openroad.net.au/conferences/2006/ The second day includes Richard Ishida (W3C) on web internationalization Russ Rolfe (Microsoft) on Windows Vista internationalization Houman Pournasseh

Re: [WSG] WordPress CSS - Content and Sidebar Squished In IE

2005-11-21 Thread Artemis
Thierry, Adding the disply:inline to the #content and #sidebar fixed it!! Oh, thank you thank you thank you! It would appear that adding that also fixed something else I was going to ask about, so now I don't have to holler for help again. For future reference (and my own curiosity), can you

Re: [WSG] WordPress CSS - Content and Sidebar Squished In IE

2005-11-21 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Artemis wrote: Thierry, Adding the disply:inline to the #content and #sidebar fixed it!! Oh, thank you thank you thank you! It would appear that adding that also fixed something else I was going to ask about, so now I don't have to holler for help again. For future reference (and my own

[WSG] CSS equivalent for image alignment

2005-11-21 Thread Ben Wong
Hi all, What is the CSS way of setting the align attribute of img / to middle? e.g., img src=___ align=middle / I just want to align text to the middle of an button image sitting on the same line instead of to the bottom of it. TIA -- Ben Wong e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://blog.onehero.net

Re: [WSG] CSS equivalent for image alignment

2005-11-21 Thread Neal Watkins
vertical-align: top middle or bottom (middle may be center) Quoting Ben Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, What is the CSS way of setting the align attribute of img / to middle? e.g., img src=___ align=middle / I just want to align text to the middle of an button image sitting on the

[WSG] A little help with a charity site please

2005-11-21 Thread Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox
Title: Message I can't seem to figure out why there is a pixel opening between the top graphic and the next www.raokonline.com www.raokonline.com/_resource/style/default.css I also cannot get the transparency working in Internet Explorer 6, the transparency works in Firefox but not IE.

RE: [WSG] jump menu method

2005-11-21 Thread Geoff Pack
Nice script. What sort of attribution would you like if I borrow it? Geoff. Lachlan Hardy wrote: Herrod, Lisa wrote: can you send a link to an example of one of these? Try this one: http://www.business.vic.gov.au/ Hopefully, you'll forgive the lack of validation - not our

RE: [WSG] jump menu method

2005-11-21 Thread kvnmcwebn
Nice script. What sort of attribution would you like if I borrow it? It is brilliant Lachlan i'd like to use it to if you don't mind. -best -kvnmcwebn ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

RE: [WSG] jump menu method

2005-11-21 Thread Herrod, Lisa
now I just want to find a way to use it because it sounds so good! -Original Message- From: kvnmcwebn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2005 12:14 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] jump menu method Nice script. What sort of attribution would you

Re: [WSG] jump menu method

2005-11-21 Thread Lachlan Hardy
kvnmcwebn wrote: Nice script. What sort of attribution would you like if I borrow it? It is brilliant Lachlan i'd like to use it to if you don't mind. Well, shucks, guys. Like I said, I didn't write it. I've just checked with a colleague, and as far as we can recall (this was months ago)

[WSG] HTML Color Combo Chooser - extremely well made

2005-11-21 Thread sam sherlock
no need for replies just thought this would be of use to many of you http://www.siteprocentral.com/cgi-bin/feed/feed.cgi all the best - S ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

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

2005-11-21 Thread Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox
Title: Message PS. I got the transparency working after I gave the container a size. Still haven't figured out the 1pixel space. Taco Fleur - Chief Executive OfficerPacific Fox http://www.pacificfox.com.au an industry leader with commercial IT experience since 1994 ** Web Design and

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

2005-11-21 Thread Bert Doorn
G'day PS. I got the transparency working after I gave the container a size. Still haven't figured out the 1pixel space. Change the image alignment from top to bottom img { vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; } Incidentally, the html doesn't validate, partly because you have no alt

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

2005-11-21 Thread Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox
Thanks for that. Taco Fleur - Chief Executive Officer Pacific Fox http://www.pacificfox.com.au an industry leader with commercial IT experience since 1994 . ** Web Design and Development ** SMS Solutions, including developer API ** Domain Registration, .COM for as low as fifteen dollars a

Re: [WSG] jump menu method

2005-11-21 Thread Dejan Kozina
No, you're right and it seems that I'm much dumber than that. The form uses POST indeed, but I managed to hide some link in a div with display: none to help the bots around my Java-only navigation (yes, it was that long ago; probably the very first CSS I wrote!)and, of course, one of those