Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread John Faulds
What markup do you favor for a headline-tagline pair? (The second element could be a tagline or a byline.) h1Thundering Pigs/h1 citea blog by Bob/cite No, cite is for citations. A question on cite: is this an appropriate usage? pThe SitePoint book citeBuild Your Own Web

Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread Tim
What markup do you favor for a headline-tagline pair? (The second element could be a tagline or a byline.) h1Thundering Pigs/h1 citea blog by Bob/cite No, cite is for citations. A question on cite: is this an appropriate usage? pThe SitePoint book citeBuild Your Own Web

Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread Paul Novitski
At 5/6/2007 12:43 AM, John Faulds wrote: What markup do you favor for a headline-tagline pair? (The second element could be a tagline or a byline.) h1Thundering Pigs/h1 citea blog by Bob/cite No, cite is for citations. A question on cite: is this an appropriate usage? pThe

Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Paul Novitski wrote: CITE: Contains a citation or a reference to other sources. As I read this definition and these examples, I find it defensible to use CITE to mark up a byline which is, after all, a citation of the author of the piece at hand. Note the to other sources part of the

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Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Paul Novitski wrote: Ah. It appears that you're reading it as: Contains [a citation or a reference] to other sources. and I read it as: Contains [a citation] or [a reference to other sources]. I have to say that the two examples given in the spec seem to support the latter

Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread Paul Novitski
At 5/6/2007 09:41 AM, Patrick H. Lauke wrote: Paul Novitski wrote: Ah. It appears that you're reading it as: Contains [a citation or a reference] to other sources. and I read it as: Contains [a citation] or [a reference to other sources]. I have to say that the two examples

Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread ~davidLaakso
My goal is still to learn what markup solutions others have settled on for headline/tagline and title/byline pairs. Regards, Paul If you are interested in what others have settled on try the NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/education/06montana.html?_r=1oref=slogin Best, ~dL --

[WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread dwain
i'm stuck. since i don't know php i went with 1 and 1's default blog. it doesn't render correctly in firefox 2.0.0.3, but it does in firefox 1.5.0 according to tech support at 1 and 1. the calendar sticks out of the gray div, at least on my machine. is it just me or does anyone else have the

Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread Stuart Foulstone
On Sun, May 6, 2007 6:52 pm, Paul Novitski wrote: My goal is still to learn what markup solutions others have settled on for headline/tagline and title/byline pairs. Regards, Paul Hi Paul, You might find the ideas on the following link interesting:

RE: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread Kepler Gelotte
Hi Dwain, I have FF 2.0.0.3 and your blog looks fine to me. The calendar does break out of the sidebar when you change the font size though. You could use a fixed font size for your calendar to stop that from happening although that it not the most accessible solution it is probably the easiest.

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread dwain
Kepler Gelotte wrote: Hi Dwain, I have FF 2.0.0.3 and your blog looks fine to me. The calendar does break out of the sidebar when you change the font size though. You could use a fixed font size for your calendar to stop that from happening although that it not the most accessible solution

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread Chris Williams
I am using Wordpress to power my entire site (http://clwill.com), static pages, integrated blog, everything, and it is hosted by 1and1. It works wonderfully. Just install WP locally on your LAMP setup, pick a theme that you like, and start fiddling. If you create pages in WP, they are

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread dwain
Chris Williams wrote: I am using Wordpress to power my entire site (http://clwill.com), static pages, integrated blog, everything, and it is hosted by 1and1. It works wonderfully. i'm using the 1and 1 blog. they have validation problems. i like what you have done. i would like to have a

Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread John Faulds
You might find the ideas on the following link interesting: http://www.pearsonified.com/2007/04/definitive-guide-to-semantic-markup.php Not a particularly good article in my opinion. He recommends serving site taglines in H2s and then post titles in H1s which in most cases would mean the H2

Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread Karl Lurman
Who says? How's he to know that people aren't displaying content in their sidebar which deserves to be introduced with a H2? So you are saying that sidebar content is as important as the main body of the page? If so, shouldn't that content be in the main body of the page? Just being a devils

Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread John Faulds
If the content in the main body of the page starts with a H1, why shouldn't the sidebar content start with a H2? And I've seen sites where the sidebar isn't just an aside - both columns present information of equal weighting. The point is, you can't make blanket statements about what the

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread Chris Williams
As I said, none if this us anywhere near as hard as you're making it. Go into the theme's directory and open up the files. Change just a couple of small things and see how it changes things. You'll quickly see that this isn't complex. Dive right in. See below: From: dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Karl Lurman wrote: Who says? How's he to know that people aren't displaying content in their sidebar which deserves to be introduced with a H2? So you are saying that sidebar content is as important as the main body of the page? If so, shouldn't that content be in the main body of the page?

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread Jermayn Parker
My biggest problem would be the font size. It is too small... On 5/7/07, dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm stuck. since i don't know php i went with 1 and 1's default blog. it doesn't render correctly in firefox 2.0.0.3, but it does in firefox 1.5.0 according to tech support at 1 and 1.

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread dwain
Jermayn Parker wrote: My biggest problem would be the font size. It is too small... i can't edit the css or the html to my knowledge. everything is controlled by 1 and 1 in this situation. i'm beginning to experiment with a local copy. what i don't understand is how do i get my current site

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread dwain
Chris Williams wrote: As I said, none if this us anywhere near as hard as you're making it. Go into the theme's directory and open up the files. Change just a couple of small things and see how it changes things. You'll quickly see that this isn't complex. Dive right in. i have a

Re: [WSG] problem with 1 and 1 wordpress blog

2007-05-06 Thread dwain
Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: Hello Dwain, To create a static page in WordPress just go Write in the admin, then select Page in the sub-menu. Just use the default template probably or a page template if one exists. It differs from the Post in that it becomes a dedicated page and even