[WSG] FireFox DOM issue.

2005-08-09 Thread Buddy Quaid
Hi everyone, I'm new to this group and this is my first message. I am porting over a rich text editor that currently only works in IE. I have done tons of search about getting the selected text in a page. I'm very close...for instance...you can now see the formatting buttons and also I have the

RE: [WSG] Proper IE Hacks

2005-08-09 Thread Buddy Quaid
that. Buddy Quaid http://www.tangerinefiles.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Sherwood Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 8:18 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Proper IE Hacks Hi All, The tips and advice

RE: [WSG] Font-size em and reseting within

2005-08-25 Thread Buddy Quaid
I don't believe you can stop the inheritance. You should try using the keywords which are relative to the users font-size setting. Xx-small x-small small etc... Otherwise you might can try mixing and matching percentages with ems? I have not tried it but maybe something like: div style=font-size:

RE: [WSG] Font-size em and reseting within [using keywords]

2005-08-26 Thread Buddy Quaid
According to 'Designing with web standards' by Jeffrey Zeldman keywords are used to size up and down the users specified size. It doesn't matter what size or how they choose their size -- in CSS, 'medium', will always be what they users specified size is set to and then scaled up or down by using

RE: [WSG] Screen Resolution for Fluid Layouts

2005-08-27 Thread Buddy Quaid
One thing to consider is your audience. If your site is all about graphics, chances are that the people going to your site are NOT blind and also that no designer in the world that does graphic design is going to have a 800x600 monitor resolution so in this case, it would be perfectly fine and you

RE: [WSG] Suckerfish nav moving page background image

2005-08-30 Thread Buddy Quaid
I can't seem to duplicate your problem in either FF or IE Works fine for me. Buddy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Stump Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:10 PM To: WSG Group Subject: [WSG] Suckerfish nav moving page

Re: [WSG] avoid Verdana - I cant get the whole point.

2005-10-03 Thread Buddy Quaid
I think there's something fundamentally wrong when a discussion about what font you should and shouldn't use is brought up in the context of web standards. Web Standards is nice but to me it seems like its becoming this 'Eliteist' approach, and if you don't follow the guidelines exactly

Re: [WSG] avoid Verdana - I cant get the whole point.

2005-10-03 Thread Buddy Quaid
like I should. But like a tree, some of these discussions go out on a long limb and lose focus of the big picture. Buddy Q. Joshua Street wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Buddy Quaid Sent: Tue 4/10/2005 13:32 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG

Re: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right!

2005-10-04 Thread Buddy Quaid
I had never been there until this thread popped and up and yes, you are correct, it's ugly. But I guess it's the content that makes it succeed? Buddy Nick Lo wrote: I agree with Andreas to the degree that he is really saying this is not THE Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005 but rather Top

Re: [WSG] Jello flexible layout

2005-10-04 Thread Buddy Quaid
I had these same requirements...after trying to do it in CSS alone I decided it wasnt possible since you can't use height:100% for a container and it work like a table does. I ended up using a hybrid layout with a table for the general stuff but all controlled by css. It works. Buddy Tom

Re: [WSG] Jello flexible layout

2005-10-05 Thread Buddy Quaid
I did an experiment with the full height thing about a year ago. I was absolutely baffled but what I found out, is if you leave out the doctype, full height will work in IE. But does not work with a doctype. Obviously because the browser has kicked into the dtd's mode. You can see the final

Re: [WSG] Stop the Presses! Announcing the supercool search plugi n!

2005-10-06 Thread Buddy Quaid
Your website will not pull up for me. Buddy Drake, Ted C. wrote: I didnt have room for all of them but Ive added most of the sites below. Ted From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of bit Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:15

Re: [WSG] Stop the Presses! Announcing the supercool search plugi n!

2005-10-06 Thread Buddy Quaid
post. Ted From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Buddy Quaid Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:52 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Stop the Presses! Announcing the supercool search plugi n! Your website will not pull up

Re: [WSG] Meta Keywords?

2005-10-06 Thread Buddy Quaid
Well, I think the answer is a yes and no. Google I don't think reads or puts any weight on the meta tags at all. It does read a couple of meta tags like the 'revisit' meta tag and a couple of others but not description or keywords. Google goes more by link popularity and keyword density in

Re: [WSG] Meta Keywords?

2005-10-06 Thread Buddy Quaid
I second that. Buddy John Allsopp wrote: Martin, However, I have just received a document from a client who has been advised by a search engine optimisation specialist [hitwise] to add specific Meta Keywords to pages in their site. Get them to ask Hitwise to justify the recommendation,

Re: [WSG] Avoiding the evil br

2005-10-09 Thread Buddy Quaid
Peter Firminger wrote: This thread is a clear case of why non-standards developers laugh at us (Web Standards Zealots) and justifiably say we're irrelevant. We're arguing over a line break! Forget the context (but a postal or street address is a fine example of the need for a line break in the

Re: [WSG] Avoiding the evil br

2005-10-10 Thread Buddy Quaid
Usually when telling someone an address your giving it to them as information which they either have to write down or type in. The pause is usually to let them write it down before you go any further. I wonder if there is a way to make the screen reader say what you want it to say for

Re: [WSG] DW 8 standards

2005-10-10 Thread Buddy Quaid
As an avid user of Dreamweaver everyday, I can tell you that Dreamweaver is great for compliant sites. It has a lot of built in tools like a validator that validates to the spec of your current DTD. Also closes tags according to the dtd chosen. It has not only xhtml validator but also 508

Re: [WSG] DW 8 standards

2005-10-11 Thread Buddy Quaid
im suprised because I think the built in validator actually checks the validity through the internet from w3c, doesn't it? So, I dont know how it could not work properly. I may be wrong but that's what I thought happened. Wha semantically doesn't it do in strict mode? Can you provide an

Re: [WSG] IE team says no to hacks

2005-10-12 Thread Buddy Quaid
what do you mean by conditional comments? It seems to me, that css hacks are not really a good thing since they are called hacks. The language should just work regardless of browser or computer. I think thats what standards are for aren't they? So that the language is standard for everyone??

Re: [WSG] IE team says no to hacks

2005-10-12 Thread Buddy Quaid
away... it's a nice option to have, just stop making IE so inconsistent with other browsers. I'll probably be using conditional comments for the next five years, and everytime I use them I think to myself, this would just be easier if IE worked the same as FF/Opera/Safari. On 10/13/05, Buddy

Re: [WSG] Firefox mystery space bug?

2005-10-17 Thread Buddy Quaid
That is very strange...when i 'edit css' via the web developers toolbar in ff the space goes away even after you close the 'edit css' window until you refresh...I have no idea. Buddy Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: Guys and gals, check this out. http://hayteam.sitesbyjoe.com/default.asp I

Re: [WSG] Fluid problems

2005-11-16 Thread Buddy Quaid
I noted that the contentRight div has a height of 500px on it. The first paragraph fits within that 500 and so its staying in...after the text exceeds to bottom of the right div, it spills out...so you need to work on that rightDiv I think. Buddy Paul Bennett wrote: There's a message here:

Re: [WSG] Fluid problems

2005-11-16 Thread Buddy Quaid
wrote: true! I want the height to stretch the height of the content... how??!!?? I've added the missing /p (thanks, Seona) and the page now validates. base.css? just a hang-over from another page. all the style info is in the head at the moment. On 16/11/05, Buddy Quaid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

RE: [WSG] A floating menu that keeps folding where it shouldn't (repost)

2005-12-06 Thread Buddy Quaid
Also make sure you look at css drop down examples at www.alistapart.com . I think there's stuff about using position:relative or z-index to get it going right. Buddy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bert Doorn Sent: Tuesday, December