Re: [WSG] List Item Background Disappearing in IE

2004-06-23 Thread Natalie Buxton
Oh, also IE doesnt like images under 1k in size. Try to make your bullets a little over 1k and see if that does the trick. Nataie :) On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:34:25 +1000, Andrew Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've googled and discovered that yeah it's a known bug, Im just wandering if

Re: [WSG] List Item Background Disappearing in IE

2004-06-23 Thread Natalie Buxton
Oh, also IE doesnt like images under 1k in size. Try to make your bullets a little over 1k and see if that does the trick. Nataie :) On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:27:12 +1000, Natalie Buxton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hve you tried adding: list-style: inside; or list-style: outside; I

Re: [WSG] Styling Text...

2004-07-02 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Chris B U I are not exactly outlawed. You can still use it, and I do believe b and i are perfectly valid in XHTML - I use them myself. Someone would have to check the underline though - I'm of the opinion text should never be underlined unless it is a link. Natalie :) - Original

Re: [WSG] Unaccessible - NY Attorney General busts two big name sites

2004-08-24 Thread Natalie Buxton
Yeah, but the Kiwis are not Australians, they are New Zealanders, so we have an excuse ;p That said, looking forward to the notes being available, impossible to get to Sydney to be at the real deal. On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:04:26 -0700, Ted Drake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ted (from San Diego,

Re: [WSG] PHP is stopping my page validating as xhtml 1.0 Strict

2004-08-25 Thread Natalie Buxton
There is nothing wrong with your PHP, the Validator (just like the browser) never sees it. The exact error is: Line 76, column 146: document type does not allow element input here; missing one of p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, div, pre, address, fieldset, ins, del start-tag

Re: [WSG] Browsing without images

2004-09-04 Thread Natalie Buxton
Have you tested this Marc? I had assumed that if images were switched off, it wouldn't matter if they are in the CSS, that the browser would still ignore them? Would be good to know. Natalie On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 21:51:36 +1000, Marc Greenstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just realised there is

Re: [WSG] Form layout in CSS - left column background not extending ...

2004-09-07 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi I use a background image in a container div instead to ensure that columns continue to the end of a set height. Not sure if this helps. On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 08:36:19 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a form laid out in css, the left columns contain the headers for the

Re: [WSG] Problem with Footer placemenent and 1PX margin in IE.

2004-10-11 Thread Natalie Buxton
in: #footer { position: relative; float: left; width: 752px; } #footer p { text-align: center; color: #FFF; text-size: 85%; padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; background: url(../_images/bg_h5.png);

Re: [WSG] Text Escaping from Floats

2004-10-14 Thread Natalie Buxton
I forget to mention: example is at http://www.pixelkitty.net/devel/wsg/broken_float.php On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:40:09 +1000, Todd Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to quote from Pulp Fiction.. example...? On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:35:14 +1000, Natalie Buxton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All

Re: [WSG] Text Escaping from Floats

2004-10-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
scrap that - it now works as expected. Thanks for pointing out the height! It doesn't work in my real-world code (not uploaded) though - must be some other element in the actual page causing the issue. Thanks again. On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:07:36 +1000, Natalie Buxton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [WSG] be-nice-to-IE/MAC @media rule

2004-10-04 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Terrence This does indeed look like it could be useful, could you show an example in context? Eg with rules above and below for people like me who need it a little clearer? Thanks so much. Natalie -- Freelance Website Designer/Developer www.pixelkitty.net

Re: [WSG] Site review

2004-10-06 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Moorey The site looks lovely, aesthetically it's a great job. There are some problems though: 1. Load time is excessive, due to the overall bulk of the page - 350Kb+ is about 290Kb too much for one page. 2. No access keys. 3. Images As Text - you have used images to represent text,

Re: [WSG] Appreciate browser check, please

2004-10-17 Thread Natalie Buxton
Seems to be working fine on Mac - Mozilla/Safari and on Windows XP Mozilla/IE. My sis lives in Mandurah, Im from Perth, and family is from Midland. What a small world this interweb is. :) On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:24:45 +0100, Jorge Laranjo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry for the attachment.

Re: [WSG] A little IE problem with drop shadows

2004-10-18 Thread Natalie Buxton
.shadowbox .content { } Should fix it. I didn't test it, so I could be wrong. But that's the syntax from the original example. Cheers. On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:27:03 -0600, Richard Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All: I was just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on why the drop

Re: [WSG] how so I stop all the postings coming to my email box?

2004-10-19 Thread Natalie Buxton
add a visibility:hidden and Im in. Seriously though, this list is very high volume, but I vaguely recall being warned of that when I signed up which is why I used a specific account for it. Good mail filtering solves any issues one may have with the volume. On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:09:11 +1000,

Re: [WSG] Foreign Translations

2004-10-19 Thread Natalie Buxton
I know that SBS (TV) offer a translation service for Websites. I am assuming (dangerous thing to do) that they could also advise on character encoding issues. Might be worth giving them a call. On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:17:56 +1000, Lachlan Hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Foss wrote: The

[WSG] Broken Menus and Bullets

2004-10-20 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi All Im having big issues with a design Im working on. Example live: http://pixelkitty.net/devel/wsg/whirl.php The left Menu is broken in both Mozilla and IE on Windows. As you go further down, the menu items are transparent. The menu is the basic one from ALA's horizontal drop down example.

Re: [WSG] Broken Menus and Bullets

2004-10-20 Thread Natalie Buxton
the menus aren't transparent but simply behind the text? Steve. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Natalie Buxton Sent: Thursday, 21 October 2004 1:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Broken Menus and Bullets Hi All

Re: [WSG] Broken Menus and Bullets

2004-10-21 Thread Natalie Buxton
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Natalie Buxton Sent: Thursday, 21 October 2004 2:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] Broken Menus and Bullets Hi I havent set the z-index of any other containers - I was testing to see if adding one z-index would make a difference

Re: [WSG] Stadards Site Section

2004-10-25 Thread Natalie Buxton
ALA has a fantastic article on creating accessible Popups - and I use their method of calling content to the same window name for things like portfolio pieces and larger images of product items. It degrades very nicely if JS is disabled, and scales well. Loading everything into the single window

Re: [WSG] Broken In Safari/IE Mac

2004-10-25 Thread Natalie Buxton
Nick, good point :) On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:06:58 +1000, Nick Gleitzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26 Oct 2004, at 9:37 AM, Natalie Buxton wrote: Despite what I say on my site, I do not hate mac users, I am merely envious of them. Who doesn't want such a pretty and fast machine

Re: [WSG] two column IE issues

2004-10-26 Thread Natalie Buxton
Same here, tested on Firefox and IE all looks the same (and very nice to boot). On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:35:28 +1000, Jason Foss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you fixed it already? IE6 on WinXP looks the same as Firefox 0.9... On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:13:13 +1300, Darren Wood [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Access key in IE6

2004-11-03 Thread Natalie Buxton
It works in Firefox on Win just fine. But this broken code will be causing you problems: Ph3 id=MissPA accesskey=0 HREF=#About alt=Click here to return to top of the page (Accesskey ALT + 0)H3 try validating and fixing basic errors first. On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 22:06:14 -0800, Rick Faaberg

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

Re: [WSG] Site check - http://www.conversantstudios.com.au/writing/

2004-11-07 Thread Natalie Buxton
Its an ant. On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 20:57:07 -0500, David Laakso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Conversant Studios wrote: Hey there crew, I hope you all had a good weekend! I've finally entered the wild world of blogging and I'd love to get the feedback from the WSG crew on any layout bugs

Re: [WSG] Site Check please

2004-11-09 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Simon My main concern is your menu: li id=homea href=index.php/a/li There is no title on the href, and as the images are done as backgrounds, there is no indication of what is here when I have images off. I really like the design and balance. Natalie On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:40:16 +1000,

Re: [WSG] Site Check please

2004-11-09 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Simon My main concern is your menu: li id=homea href=index.php/a/li There is no title on the href, and as the images are done as backgrounds, there is no indication of what is here when I have images off. I really like the design and balance. Natalie On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:40:16 +1000,

Re: [WSG] Site Check please

2004-11-09 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Simon My main concern is your menu: li id=homea href=index.php/a/li There is no title on the href, and as the images are done as backgrounds, there is no indication of what is here when I have images off. I really like the design and balance. Natalie On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:40:16 +1000,

Re: [WSG] problem with Form -NOT FIXED

2004-11-09 Thread Natalie Buxton
appreciated! Natalie On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:43:15 +1100, Natalie Buxton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I fixed this. I forget to place a margin-left on my main div to allow for the float if it wasn't longer. My bad. On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:25:27 +1100, Natalie Buxton [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] Site Check please

2004-11-09 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Simon My main concern is your menu: li id=homea href=index.php/a/li There is no title on the href, and as the images are done as backgrounds, there is no indication of what is here when I have images off. I really like the design and balance. Natalie On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:40:16 +1000,

Re: [WSG] problem with Form

2004-11-09 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Rob, turned out to be the excellent inability of IE to count. I altered the margins, removed the extra containers and all is now fine :) On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:48:56 +0100, Rob Mientjes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you tried to right float the .formContainer? It looks like the menu left

Re: [WSG] Current Page Link in own Class

2004-11-09 Thread Natalie Buxton
Richard That rocks. I just implemented it and it does exactly what I was doing with convulted CSS that had to be udated each time a new link was added to my nav. Thanks so much for sharing. On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:19:50 +1100, Richard Czeiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all :o) Just

Re: [WSG] Float Problem on IE Mac

2004-11-11 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Iain, Normally, I wouldn't care about it, because it works fine in Safari, but the client whom I am developing this for uses IE5 on the mac at work. Also, their target market may include a lot of non-tech savvy people who have old macs/browsers. Natalie On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:56:42 +,

Re: [WSG] FireFox Problem With UL/LI

2004-11-11 Thread Natalie Buxton
Im using Firefox and I cant see this issue Chris, can you show us a screenshot? Natalie On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:23:57 +1100, Chris Stratford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey List, I am sure this is documented somewhere, but I dont know what I would call the problem. www.neester.com/beta/

Re: Re[2]: [WSG] Float Problem on IE Mac

2004-11-12 Thread Natalie Buxton
Actually no, in Australia actually. It's not a matter of popularity, but rather industry-specific quirkiness. Most designers/advertising/media/publishing types use it here. And I'd kill for a nice little powerbox and a g5 for home :) On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:57:54 +, Iain Harrison [EMAIL

Re: Underscores and multiple class names (WAS: Re: [WSG] colgroup alignment issue)

2004-11-14 Thread Natalie Buxton
I understand the sillyness of class names like 'red' 'blue' 'bold' 'fontname' etc, but what is wrong with assigning multiple class names to an object? For example, I have many images on a page, some need a border, others don't. Some with borders need to also be floated, while others don't. I

Re: [WSG] Height in IE6 for Windows

2004-11-14 Thread Natalie Buxton
I'll often use padding to cater to browsers that ignore the min-height or height attribute. On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:05:22 +1100, Damian Sweeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damian I took out the min-height: out. Does that make any change? HTML: http://www.choroideremia.org/New/CRFHeader.htm

Re: [WSG] Design template for CMS, any thougts?

2004-11-14 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Ben The concept is a good one, glad to see you are running with it. I'd change some of your class/id names - example: column 1, column 2 - they may not be columns at all in the long run. Something like primary or secondary might suit? I wish I wrote clean enough markup so I didn't have to

Re: [WSG] DreamWeaver Template Left (or Right) Halo Nav in DW MX2004

2004-11-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Will I have DW MX and setup the template here and could not duplicate the issue on IE6/WINXP. Which IE/WIN combo are you running? Natalie On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:40:19 +0300, Will Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to use the DW, Page Design CSS - Left Halo Nav template. It works

Re: [WSG] New site launched.

2004-11-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
Link please? On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:50:21 +1300, Darren Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello team! I've just built a new site[1] and wouldn't mind if you could take a few minutes to look it over in as many platforms/user agents as you can. I develop on a Linux box running KDE, so I've

Re: [WSG] What do you think about slicing images?

2004-11-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
I use image slicing on some images to stop some amatures from nicking an image. Sure, it doesn't stop everyone, but it does slow them down. You can still have meaningful alt text as needed. On 16 Nov 2004 09:49:21 +1100, Andrew Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still use slicing to split a

Re: [WSG] Avoiding image cut-off through CSS?

2004-11-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
Armit You can force a page break before an image using css. page-break-before: always; Natalie On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:56:11 +1100, Amit Karmakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People, I am working on a Intranet site that has a lot of screengrabs and while the print CSS works

Re: [WSG] Avoiding image cut-off through CSS?

2004-11-16 Thread Natalie Buxton
It wont do that unless he puts the CSS in the img {}. You can do it inline for a specific image, paragraph, whatever, or in a span specifically for that purpose. You dont have to specify it globally for all images. On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:29:35 -, Tony Crockford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [WSG] Font size

2004-11-17 Thread Natalie Buxton
Arggh Comic Sans - my eyes! my eyes! Ahem. Being a designer, I don't have a problem with letting the site visitor resize their text to whatever they like. What I do have a problem with is people telling me, that as a designer, I'm arrogant for wanting my fonts to appear slightly smaller than

Re: [WSG] help with z-index?

2004-11-18 Thread Natalie Buxton
You also need to make sure you apply a postion: to the parent. eg: position:relative; z-index:0; On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:25:17 +, john [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! Firstly, I want to thank everybody who has helped me so far, including all the wonderful feedback I had once I asked for a

Re: [WSG] help with z-index?

2004-11-18 Thread Natalie Buxton
sorry, I didnt visit your page before writing. To hide the text, you will need to give the container that holds your tabs a background colour - right now if is transparent. On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 22:04:14 +1100, Natalie Buxton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You also need to make sure you apply

Re: [WSG] Font size

2004-11-18 Thread Natalie Buxton
as plain html with some images aligned left or right here and there? On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:31:00 -0500, Felix Miata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Natalie Buxton wrote: There is nothing arrogant about wanting my design translated as close as possible across all platforms, for all visitors

Re: [WSG] Careers in web standards

2004-11-24 Thread Natalie Buxton
While Web Standards and Accessibility are often practiced together, they are not entirely the same speciallty. Having a good understanding of both is excellent, but I think Accessibillity will get picked up faster, due to the fines you mention. Of course, working within Web Standards greatly

Re: [WSG] Site Check Please

2004-11-30 Thread Natalie Buxton
For me, the top nav is not only ten px to the left, it is also ten px up. Leaves a brown gap between your sliced images of the wedding couple. Not sure if that is fixed in your latest changes. Cheers Natalie On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 13:25:02 +1100, Richard Czeiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks

[WSG] inline list issues on MAC IE

2004-11-30 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Guys Having issues with a site just launched where the menu dissapears on the Mac in IE. Could anyone suggest what I've done wrong here? Works great in Safari. http://www.manufacturingbestpractice.com.au The pertaining stylesheet is

Re: [WSG] inline list issues on MAC IE

2004-12-01 Thread Natalie Buxton
is increased in both Safari MacIE, the columns do not grow with the text and some of the text at the bottom, therefore, is unviewable. On 1/12/04 4:11 PM, Natalie Buxton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having issues with a site just launched where the menu dissapears on the Mac in IE

Re: [WSG] inline list issues on MAC IE

2004-12-01 Thread Natalie Buxton
Thanks for the suggestions Bert, good ideas. I'll add a background to the link menu. Any ideas why the menu breaks on mac IE though? :) On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:44:47 +0800, Bert Doorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day The design is fixed height by client request. They were given the options

Re: [WSG] Siter Review Please

2004-12-01 Thread Natalie Buxton
I'm far from the best designer around, but I'll try and give you some constructive feedback. 1. From a design angle, the page is lovely to look at (see, we can be nice here!). 2. Using tables for layout is totalyl unnecessary and totally against what this list is about. 3. Use of spans when you

Re: [WSG] Using small in a p

2004-12-02 Thread Natalie Buxton
I believe small is valid in HTML 4 but cannot find reference in XHTML at all. Which are you using? On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:37:22 -0800, The Man With His Guide Dog At The Tent Store [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a line of text placed in a p//p that I would like to shrink. Can I use

Re: [WSG] Semantic Breadcrumbs

2004-12-05 Thread Natalie Buxton
Excellent discussion over at Simple Bits Simple Quiz: breadcrumbs - http://www.simplebits.com/bits/simplequiz/#entry634 Pretty much covers all the arguments. Natalie On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:56:50 +1100, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message-

Re: [WSG] Semantic Breadcrumbs

2004-12-05 Thread Natalie Buxton
This discussion has finally convinced me that breadcrumb trails should not be marked up as lists. Without the entire path, it doesn't matter where the actual href goes. For instance: I tell a user that the file they want is in the folder widgets. They go looking for their file in c:/widgets.

Re: [WSG] is there a cure for this IE problem?

2004-12-06 Thread Natalie Buxton
Seems you have added content since posting this? Can you post a link to the CSS also? Ta. On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 23:00:16 +, Steven Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At a site I'm working on (still) http://www.blog.lindenlangdon.com when I open pages in Opera or Firefox there is no

Re: [WSG] is there a cure for this IE problem?

2004-12-06 Thread Natalie Buxton
Can you remove the content that is there so we can see the problem? All your pages have content, so I cannot see the problem you are describing. On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:11:31 +1100, Natalie Buxton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems you have added content since posting this? Can you post

Re: [WSG] Site Check: AITP; Illowa Chapter

2004-12-06 Thread Natalie Buxton
Faux Columns: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/ On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 17:52:16 -0600, Aaron Holbrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm wondering if anyone has had a chance to look over my problem: http://143.226.165.202/other/aitp Really looking forward to some help. Aaron Holbrook

Re: [WSG] Netscape 4 - let it die

2004-12-10 Thread Natalie Buxton
90% of Netscape 4 users are usually Government employees forced to use an outdated browser due to the fear that beaurocrats (I cant spell) have about upgrading. Don't blame the end user for the lousy browser their employer sticks them with. Educate the employers instead. On Fri, 10 Dec 2004

Re: [WSG] Length of ALT attribute

2004-12-14 Thread Natalie Buxton
Not sure about recommended length, but there is the LONG DESC tag for longer descriptions of images. Personally, I feel alt text should be short and only contain bare essentials. On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:51:08 +1100, Anura Samara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a recommend length for ALT

Re: [WSG] Standards Macromedia Contribute

2004-12-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
yes but your second link is re-adobe on apple and the first is only for Macromedia products on the Mac also: Opera and Macromedia will work together to develop and maintain an application programming interface (API) for an embedded browser on the Mac platform, enabling further technical

Re: [WSG] using IE7 script

2004-12-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
I Know - I think everyone missed my second post that states as much :) From: Natalie Buxton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:54:13 +1100 Subject: Re: [WSG] using IE7 script Oh Hang on, I just read the MS forum on the issue. IE7 isn't

Re: [WSG] using IE7 script

2004-12-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
I wouldn't even be relying on my users having IE7, let alone JS being on or off. On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:41:50 -0800, Andreas Boehmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, I was just wondering whether any of you have used the Dean Edwards Javascript for IE7 (http://dean.edwards.name/ie7) and

Re: [WSG] formatting the a tag

2004-12-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
a:link is for a href a is for a mailto or a id or similar. a:link only applies if there is an href within the a. On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:02:10 +0930, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Can anyone tell me why when using classes sometimes I can style the a by itself (e.g. .myclass

Re: [WSG] Western Australian Government Website

2004-12-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Nick Your site (docep) is fine, it's the main site that is a killer. It is completely un-accessible to say the least. I understand it hasn't been touched since 2001 - and that would certainly explain it. Regarding that link - that was another of my peeves. The average person isn't going to

Re: [WSG] Western Australian Government Website

2004-12-16 Thread Natalie Buxton
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:32:15 +0800, Vicki Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP however even that will be limited by the CMS they are going to use. /SNIP Why do organisations (be they private or public) continue to blame a CMS for things like poor validity and accessibility? Choosing a CMS that

Re: [WSG] The Holy Grail ... CSS Liquid Three-Column Layout

2004-12-16 Thread Natalie Buxton
I love the implementation of the HTML and CSS. But um, could you please turn off HTML in your email? THE AMAZINGLY LARGE TYPE IS SENDING ME BLIND. Thanks :) On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:33:58 -0600, Mani Sheriar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Checked (OK) Safari 1.2.4 OS X (Mac) Opera

Re: [WSG] Another amazing css zen garden entry

2004-12-16 Thread Natalie Buxton
Worked a treat in Friefox Win. Really lovely. On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:28:30 +1100, Hugh Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Russ, I see it beautifully in Safari, but in Firefox only a blue background and tiny Times Roman text. What the...? -Hugh Todd

Re: [WSG] Semantic markup for publication titles

2004-12-16 Thread Natalie Buxton
Cite isn't really appropriate is it? CITE: Contains a citation or a reference to other sources So you are not referencing a source, just mentioning a publication. On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:31:22 +1300 (NZDT), Mike Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SEMANTIC MARKUP FOR PUBLICATION TITLES In

Re: [WSG] using IE7 script

2004-12-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
:) On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:50:59 +1100, Natalie Buxton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wouldn't even be relying on my users having IE7, let alone JS being on or off. On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:41:50 -0800, Andreas Boehmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, I was just wondering whether any

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver : was [ Standards Macromedia Contribute]

2004-12-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
This is probably getting OT... The DW editor isn't much like homesite at all anymore. Many more advanced features. It is worth downloading the free demo and having a look using CODE VIEW. Lots of built in things I like - the Oreilly's pocket guides, the inbuilt validation controls and the

[WSG] Western Australian Government Website

2004-12-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
http://www.wa.gov.au/ Has anyone here been to this site recently? I went to do a search on public holidays (which I am compiling from all Government Websites) and being a proud WA girl, thought our site would be the best. Alas, I was wrong and it's killing me how poor it is in relation to

Re: [WSG] Is sending abusive spam doing standards good or harm?

2005-01-04 Thread Natalie Buxton
Steven, I agree with you. The message about web standards is important, but pages like the one linked to only serves to aggravate and insult. Companies or individuals responsible for managing sites that are poorly constructed do not need to be treated in this manner. A more friendly, educational

Re: [WSG] Your email requires verification verify#a6vQxgsxnTQ2Ky73eCXlkHoHksHXd3PV

2005-12-12 Thread Natalie Buxton
Can People PLEASE stop replying to this rubbish email.The list does NOT require you to reply.Can an Admin please take care of it?On 12/13/05, Fenguly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 写道:Due to the volume of Spam around the internet, and in the interests of keeping the internet as