Re: [WSG] Please help! CSS/IE Link Color Problem

2007-08-04 Thread Tim
) to the s myself as well, since that allows me control over both the and the within. Tim Stuart Foulstone wrote: Hi, a:active is a pseudoclass, not a class, and the declaration should read: ul#navTopSimpleUL li a:active not a.active class name. Browsers are tolerant of mistakes and tr

[WSG] Open source Relevant CSS tab?

2004-03-14 Thread Tim
rong). I found this particularly useful when troubleshooting bugs. Thanks, Tim * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *

Re: [WSG] Open source Relevant CSS tab?

2004-03-15 Thread Tim
Thanks for the resources, guys! These are really useful. -Tim * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *

Re: [WSG] Open source Relevant CSS tab?

2004-03-16 Thread Tim
in one browser. I haven't had any problems with them in FF. I still haven't found anything that will give me the ancestors or computed styles when I put my cursor /in the markup/ (these bookmarklets work when you hover the cursor over elements on the page). Bu

Re: [WSG] Open source Relevant CSS tab?

2004-03-16 Thread Tim
Thanks for the resources, guys! These are really useful. -Tim * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ * * The discussion

Re: [WSG] Recommendations for Usability sub-contractor; SEC=UNCLASSIFIED

2007-02-28 Thread Tim
h are accessible, Tim Anderson http://www.hereticpress.com On 01/03/2007, at 11:53 AM, Nguyen, Anh MS wrote: Sarah, Why don't you contact 'Hitser' currently providing Usability training and also consultancy. Usability consulting includes: Accessibility evaluations Expert

Re: [WSG] Javascript to check for Handheld Devices

2007-03-01 Thread Tim
pages for small screen? Just W3C validate and accessibility test. Some user agents in server logs show a different user agent phone type like nokia et al. Tim On 01/03/2007, at 8:25 PM, Lee Powell wrote: Hi I'm currently developing a stylesheet for handheld devices. However while te

Re: [WSG] Recommendations for Usability sub-contractor; SEC=UNCLASSIFIED

2007-03-01 Thread Tim
://www.hereticpress.com Tim On 01/03/2007, at 1:00 PM, John Faulds wrote: Rather than just dissing someone else's contribution, why don't you come up with a viable alternative instead? On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:41:41 +1000, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Sarah, I would not recommend t

Re: [WSG] Javascript to check for Handheld Devices

2007-03-01 Thread Tim
all. They do remove meta tags Barney in at least some mobile search engines. Google mobile disables form, http://m.ask.com/ does not. Tim On 01/03/2007, at 9:42 PM, Barney Carroll wrote: Tim wrote: Will major search engines for phones take any notice of javascript? Google http://www.google.com

Re: [WSG] Javascript to check for Handheld Devices

2007-03-01 Thread Tim
They know better I recokon (Aust drawl accent LOL) All we have to do is validate and accesibilitise :-) No, sorry Barney for the pun, I hate the reality I want to make mobile phone stylesheets that will be observed. Javascript and anything else as the Guttenberg designer said to the Pope Tim

Re: [WSG] Recommendations for Usability sub-contractor; SEC=UNCLASSIFIED

2007-03-01 Thread Tim
Is the percentage of the list who might be interested an objective criteria, for an objective standard like W3C. AT LEAST 96.1% of the list (assuming that _every_ member in Canberra Coming to a town near you, a nip in the W3C bud time saves nine. Tim On 01/03/2007, at 11:12 PM, Joshua

Re: [WSG] unobtrusive js help

2007-03-02 Thread Tim
lines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Thanks Paul, Also consider in the head meta tags, a link to copyright statement: And in the page body put somewhere © myplace 2007. Add the copyright statement for non javascript users © my

Re: [WSG] legal website policies for the UK and USA

2007-03-02 Thread Tim
Target like case in Australia my bet is that standards will fall further. Most government websites I reviewed fail all accessibility tests, a few USA sites comply with S.508 of their Disability Act. Tim On 02/03/2007, at 11:16 PM, Lisa B McLaughlin wrote: Hello of band of web wizards! I am

Re: [WSG] legal website policies for the UK and USA

2007-03-02 Thread Tim
I forgot in Australia there is also: The Privacy Act Trade Practices Act Fitness for purpose (Assume it may mean legal compliance) The terrorism Act anything inciting violence In Victoria Australia The Racial and Religious Tolerance Act Ridicule of a religion or people six months jail Tim

Re: [WSG] PopUp windows

2007-03-07 Thread Tim
Canons! The religion of W3C! All praise to the W3C Only the transitional doctype is available for new window targets, not the "strict "compliance with W3C Papal enclyclicals. Tim On 07/03/2007, at 9:05 PM, Bob Schwartz wrote: Problem: client wants (insists on having) pop

Re: [WSG] web accessibility-some thoughts

2007-03-08 Thread Tim
On 08/03/2007, at 11:48 PM, Bob Schwartz wrote: Some meandering responses First a disclaimer: This post does not reflect my personal views on web accessibility or handicapped persons, it is merely a collection of "academic" thoughts triggered by various posts of the past few days. How and w

[WSG] Background image changes with no html page content

2007-03-08 Thread Tim
l, it seems all dressed up with no "alt" place to go? Tim The Editor Heretic Press http://www.hereticpress.com Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Un

Re: [WSG] standards selling points

2007-03-08 Thread Tim
There are some Irish guidelines and what about the status of EU standards compliance? http://accessit.nda.ie/technologyindex_1.html Tim On 09/03/2007, at 1:18 AM, kevin mcmonagle wrote: Hello, This has been discussed before but i was wondering about new input. I've tendered on a bi

Re: [WSG] web accessibility-some thoughts

2007-03-09 Thread Tim
eems there is some action for standards compliance mainly from the RNIB or maybe the Target case in the USA. So in theory laws only apply to new kids on the block in the UK and maybe large corporations in the USA In practice US and Australian laws are platitudes. Tim On 10/03/2007, a

Re: [WSG] Simple to use page layout 'tool' ?

2007-03-12 Thread Tim
I second the Axure recommendation. While it is nearly twice the cost of Visio, it is much easier to use, far more flexible, and actually designed for prototyping websites. Tim McLaughlin, Gail G wrote: Try Axure ( http://www.axure.com

Re: [WSG] style sheets - best practices

2007-03-15 Thread Tim
It is a bit dated being written in 1997. "Neither Netscape or Internet Explorer support multiple ed style sheets as proposed by the CSS standard." That is not true anymore, they all support multiple linked stylesheets. Tim On 16/03/2007, at 1:39 AM, David Cameron wrote: Ther

Re: rel post, was: RE: [WSG] style sheets - best practices

2007-03-15 Thread Tim
is automatically selected. A menu option like "Use Style". http://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/Access/index.html#colourCSSstyle Tim On 16/03/2007, at 2:33 AM, Ted Drake wrote: Barney, Do you have any idea where that article was or who wrote it? I'd like to read this. Thanks Ted A

Re: rel post, was: RE: [WSG] style sheets - best practices

2007-03-16 Thread Tim
://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/Access/index.html#auralCSSstyle Screenreaders accepting aural CSS declarations, almost nothing. The Linux freeware screen reader seems to be one of the best. I am not a devotee of any operating system or software. Tim On 16/03/2007, at 9:22 PM, Barney Carroll wrote

Re: [WSG] WANAU - anyone heard of them?

2007-04-10 Thread Tim
shing/AustWeb.html ANU fails RMIT fails Sydney Fail Swinburne fails I have done dozens reviews of Australian government websites and advocated a legal position to HREOC. what has WANAU done apart from make a few webpages? Yours Faithfully Tim Anderson The Editor Heretic Press http://www.hereticpres

Re: [WSG] WANAU - anyone heard of them?

2007-04-10 Thread Tim
Pioneers, Not in making their own sites accessible. Don't make me laugh. Tim On 11/04/2007, at 10:02 AM, Michael Wood wrote: WANAU has been an invaluable leader in promoting accessibility issues in policies within Universities for some years now. Their site used to be self-explan

Re: [WSG] WANAU - anyone heard of them?

2007-04-10 Thread Tim
%2Fwww.griffith.edu.au%2F Tim On 11/04/2007, at 11:54 AM, Ben Buchanan wrote: Hi Susie, Web Accessibility Network for Australian Universities ... http://www.wanau.org/site.html They are proposing running their annual forum on Accessibility in online teaching at UQ where I work, and we've been ask

Re: [WSG] WANAU - anyone heard of them?

2007-04-10 Thread Tim
star/Publishing/Results.html Study design http://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/Publishing/WebSurvey.html Bring academic studies into the real internet world, make them available over the web, with suggestions and W3C validation links, help the Universities with constructive criticism. No more sa

Re: [WSG] WANAU - anyone heard of them?

2007-04-11 Thread Tim
links in your html. Your Melb Uni page validates nicely. Tim On 11/04/2007, at 3:05 PM, Andrew Harris wrote: Tim, if there's no sandwiches, I'm not going. ... ;-) seriously though, I think you have a point, but I don't think your approach will achieve anything. It's like

Re: [WSG] JavaScript Programming Problem

2007-04-15 Thread Tim
I think the javascript should be declared as Why not link to the javascript rather then embed it in the page. Bots don't like javascript. Also to be sure for jaws add the noscript element and put the links in there. Tim On 16/04/2007, at 10:44 AM, marvin hunkin wrote: Hi. hav

Re: [WSG] Valid and well-formed

2007-04-27 Thread Tim
, when the W3C sets authoritative documentation. What do W3C say about well-formed, nothing I expect? Tim On 27/04/2007, at 5:41 PM, Katrina wrote: Gday all, I've been pondering this for a few days and I was wondering what other people's take on this is: David Hammond suggests t

[WSG] Australian University W3C validity and WCAG accessibility tests

2007-04-29 Thread Tim
, especially with alt tags for images. There are still many problems though. Any comments or criticisms would be welcomed. http://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/Publishing/AustUni.html#skipnav Yours Faithfully Tim Anderson The Editor Heretic Press http://www.hereticpress.com Email [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] markup for headline and tagline

2007-05-06 Thread Tim
ed in html documents" I generally use html but it is also an acronym. Can you use < abbr title=" " >html< /abbr > Tim The Editor Heretic Press http://www.hereticpress.com Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WSG] wa state guidlines question

2007-05-08 Thread Tim
compliance with at minimum WCAG 1.0 Checklists. Tim On 09/05/2007, at 1:08 PM, Michael MD wrote: I have a page that has links to a pdf and the client wanted to know whether it can be linked to a new window or not. They dont really care about best practises etc but rather what the state Internet

Re: [WSG] wa state guidlines question

2007-05-08 Thread Tim
ticpress.com/Dogstar/Publishing/Results.html On average UK sites had fewer validation errors and more accessibility features. AGIMO do not lead by example, see a review of the AGIMO 2006 awards for excellence. http://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/Publishing/AustWeb.html#roadready Tim On 09/05/2007

Re: [WSG] Semantics and

2007-05-16 Thread Tim
What about Subscript lower than the text Superscript higher than the text, maybe just a number linked to a date in the page footer Or in a stylesheet make a class of smaller text. Tim On 16/05/2007, at 9:04 PM, Blake Haswell wrote: Hey list, We have two elements, EM and STRONG, to

Re: [WSG] Re: contrast analyser 2.0 released

2007-05-18 Thread Tim
, "she'll be right mate" is the lazy complacent Australian attitude and if you make another complaint about this email, I will resign from this group. http://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/Publishing/AustUni.html#student2 Tim Anderson and web reviews I have done on On 19/05/2

Re: [WSG] dl v table for form layout

2007-05-22 Thread Tim
Only have safe sex with wombats they are promiscious and many have a sexual transmitted disease clymidia. You guys are sick today eating roots and leaves, off topic. Tim On 23/05/2007, at 8:37 AM, John Faulds wrote: gay wombat sex is rightly prohibited in Australia Mabye Australia doesn&#

Re: [WSG] Photo gallery markup & semantics

2007-05-22 Thread Tim
will continue to implement technology that increases the usability of our Web site for all our guests, including those with disabilities" Tim On 23/05/2007, at 2:16 PM, Steve Green wrote: "when the oh-so-clever designer has abused CSS to make the seventh item appear in third p

[WSG] Australian University webpage reviews and WANAU membership

2007-05-23 Thread Tim
ng courses based on old and inaccurate claims that 98% of Australian University sites are inaccessible without considering new research in not academic excellence, it may even breach the Trade Practices Act for misleading claims. http://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/Publishing/AustUni.html#sk

Re: [WSG] Australian University webpage reviews and WANAU membership

2007-05-24 Thread Tim
fithuni I will continue promoting and aiming for higher academic standards than I see from many Australian institutions. The rest of the world is watching Australia, pull your socks up. I have had enough of this unscientific defence of ignorance. Tim On 24/05/2007, at 5:26 PM, Katrina wrote:

Re: [WSG] Australian University webpage reviews and WANAU membership

2007-05-24 Thread Tim
So what do you know about change management Nick? Comment on the research Nick, stick to the issue instead of trying so pathetically to belt me up. The page is not intended for you Nick. Take a bex and have a good lie down. Tim On 25/05/2007, at 12:09 PM, Nick Gleitzman wrote: On 24 May

[WSG] Recommended screen size

2007-05-31 Thread Tim Offenstein
Anyone have a recommendation on what size screen to use as a baseline when designing for a new site? 800x600 or 1024x768 or something else? Thanks in advance. -Tim -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><&

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Tim Palac
and Javascript support for this browser tops that of most others. Nice! Tim www.timpalac.com/blog/ AIM: TymArtist On 6/11/07, Geoff Pack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This will be interesting... Safari 3 Public Beta: http://www.apple.com/

[WSG] Web Publishing Guide [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2007-06-17 Thread Dale, Tim
Today, AGIMO released the Web Publishing Guide - http://webpublishing.agimo.gov.au/. The Web Publishing Guide brings together Australian (Commonwealth) Government resources for website management. It helps agencies to discern their legal and policy obligations, and to access guidance and better pr

Re: [WSG] Best practice embedding a Quicktime/Flash video

2007-06-27 Thread Tim Palac
I use conditional code on my site - seems the best way to go if you want to follow standards. Personally I just never had the patience to dive into those A List Apart Flash Satay and other methods. The general issue is that IE and all other browsers render Flash differently. I've tested this in

Re: [WSG] Using target="_blank"

2007-07-24 Thread Tim Offenstein
s the back button." Jakob Nielson argues against doing this over and over again. Opening a new window, particularly if the look and feel are similar, can be very confusing to your site visitors. -Tim -- <><><><><><><><><><><&g

Re: [WSG] Usability & Accessibility Over Design?

2007-08-14 Thread Tim Palac
plays automatically - when you reload the site, it reloads the audio, and that's just annoying :) Have you gotten feedback that this is positive, or is it just what the client wants? -Tim www.timpalac.com On 8/14/07, Steve Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to agr

[WSG] Problems validating with TIDY

2007-09-28 Thread Tim Offenstein
might be the issue but would like a more technical explanation, particularly since W3C says it's valid. Thanks in advance. -Tim -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><

Re: [WSG] Catch 22 list problem

2007-10-14 Thread Tim White
course, you may have production issues that prevent the Transitional doctype, in which case I'd go with the invalid. ~ Tim tjameswhite.com'>http://www.tjameswhite.com";>tjameswhite.com _

Re: [WSG] Web Standards In Colleges and Universities

2007-10-23 Thread Tim Palac
those of us who wanted to expand there, it gave a great foundation just like all the other courses in that major. /End rant. Tim Palac http://www.timpalac.com AIM: TymArtist On 10/22/07, Christian Snodgrass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am actually having a similar problem.

Re: [WSG] CSS Help

2007-10-23 Thread Tim MacKay
Hi There, You just need to put a rule in your style sheet to exempt images from the hover style. This should work as a global rule: #sidebar a img {border: none} Hope this helps. Tim Olajide Olaolorun wrote: Can someone please help me with this small problem i'm having I seem to

Re: [WSG] CSS Help

2007-10-23 Thread Tim MacKay
I think Chris is right. Set the a:hover to {border: none;} Olajide Olaolorun wrote: It doesnt work :( I just tried it now... placed it in the default.css On 10/23/07, Tim MacKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi There, You just need to put a rule in your style sheet to exempt images fr

Re: [WSG] skip to content: care of accessibility causing usability

2007-10-27 Thread Tim Offenstein
not pick up elements styled like that so unless that's your purpose, don't use those kinds of rules in your CSS for markup you intend for a screen reader. Nice page btw. -Tim -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

Re: [WSG] POSH article question

2007-11-02 Thread Tim White
The overall idea is to add meaning to the text in the HTML and let CSS worry about presentation. If there is not an existing element to do what you need, that's when classes can come to the rescue. ~ Tim tjameswhite.com'>http:/

Re: [WSG] POSH article question

2007-11-02 Thread Tim White
1 and 2 fail, I'll use a with a semantically rich class name. (Or at least I try to make it semantically meaningful : ) Hope that helps. ~ Tim tjameswhite.com'>http://www.tjameswhite.com";>tjameswhite.com __ Do You Yahoo!

Re: [WSG] POSH article question

2007-11-02 Thread Tim White
st -- less mark up.) They haven't been deprecated so they are 'legal' to use. I will leave it at that. : ) ~ Tim tjameswhite.com'>http://www.tjameswhite.com";>tjameswhite.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?

Re: [WSG] Testing emails for Outlook 2007

2007-11-07 Thread Tim Palac
Paul, You might also check out Campaign Monitor - they have a new service where, for 10 bucks, they'll show you where your email fails to pass spam filters and also gives you screenshots of what it looks like in all the various email programs including Outlook 2007. Enjoy! Tim

[WSG] html page footer problem

2007-11-11 Thread Tim MacKay
at the absolute bottom of the browser window at all times. Does anyone know of a way through JavaScript, pure XHTML/CSS or otherwise to make the footer stick to the bottom of the window at all times? Thank You, Tim

RE: [WSG] html page footer problem

2007-11-11 Thread Tim MacKay
you have so I am going to go back and read over your code. Will this work with floated elements in the page? Thanks again for your replies, Tim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dusan Smolnikar Sent: Monday, 12 November 2007 10:01 AM To: wsg

RE: [WSG] html page footer problem

2007-11-11 Thread Tim MacKay
ather than the content. On Nov12, 2007, at 1:12 AM, Tim MacKay wrote: Thanks Dusan, That is exactly what im looking for. I have put in your code and the footer is sticking to the bottom of the page, but when I scroll up it goes over the main 3 columns of content. I want it to stop a

RE: [WSG] Best way to clear a float

2007-11-12 Thread Tim MacKay
This is an interesting discussion, I have always used on the page and then put .cleardiv {height: 1em; clear:both;} in the style sheet. Not sure if this is the best way, its seemed to work well without testing it too rigorously. I've definitely got some new ideas now to try out though.

Re: [WSG] Site Check

2007-12-20 Thread Tim Offenstein
uot; (line 5) - Add a lang attribute to the HTML opener - xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en"> (line 2) -Tim -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><

[WSG] semantic list with explanations

2008-01-08 Thread Tim MacKay
it. A definition list doesn't seem very appropriate either because of the wordiness of the explanations; to me a true definition list would only be a few words. Any thoughts? Thanks, Tim *** List Guidelines: htt

Re: [WSG] Ideas for Corporate Presentation on Web Standards and Semantic Web

2008-01-17 Thread Tim Offenstein
creen reading software, etc. Good luck on your presentation. -Tim -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><

[WSG] Windows on a Mac

2008-01-30 Thread Tim MacKay
hanks in advance for any advice offered, I am going to dig up the previous threads on this topic from the last few weeks. Cheers, Tim *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://w

[WSG] Windows on a Mac

2008-01-31 Thread Tim MacKay
hanks in advance for any advice offered, I am going to dig up the previous threads on this topic from the last few weeks. Cheers, Tim *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://w

RE: [WSG] use of in

2008-02-10 Thread Tim MacKay
style your lists differently than your paragraphs. Hope this helps, Best Regards, Tim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Taco Fleur Sent: Monday, 11 February 2008 1:52 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] use of in This email was sent before

Re: [WSG] * { display: inline; }

2008-02-17 Thread Tim White
On Feb 17, 2008 6:00 PM, Katrina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So in the header of my document, I included > > > * { > display: inline; > } > OK, I just tried it and got the exact same effects. So, I tried combinations and body * works (and I see Patrick just posted the same thing). My

Re: [WSG] * { display: inline; }

2008-02-19 Thread Tim White
wing: Thank you Nick. I sorta kinda knew about the html.css file, just didn't think of it. Good to know what's in it. Tim *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] PNG in IE6

2008-02-21 Thread Tim Palac
I've used it before with much success. Tim AIM: TymArtist http://www.timpalac.com On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:07 AM, Amrinder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I looked for the working of .png image in internet explorer and found two > articles. > http://webfx

RE: [WSG] PNG in IE6

2008-02-21 Thread Tim MacKay
will encounter is that if a link is placed over something that uses this filter as a background image the link will be inactive. There is a solution here: http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/tmp/alphatransparency.html (start at 'Problem: Link's don't work'). Cheers, Tim -

Re: [WSG] Site review

2008-02-25 Thread Tim Offenstein
1891) This is a great toolbar for testing your page to see how accessible it is. Best regards, -Tim -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

RE: [WSG] multiple css style sheets

2008-02-27 Thread Tim MacKay
I think its also improper markup to have more than one stylesheet so @import might be a way to keep the code modular and still only have one style sheet link. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kane Tapping Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2008 4:59 PM To: wsg@webstandar

RE: [WSG] background images in HTML emails..

2008-03-20 Thread Tim MacKay
next time. Cheers, Tim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jermayn Parker Sent: Thursday, 20 March 2008 5:25 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] background images in HTML emails.. im no expert in html emails but of the ones i do get how many

[WSG] Validating Flash

2008-03-26 Thread Tim MacKay
elements so that my site validates and stops throwing errors? Thanks, Tim *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

RE: [WSG] Why is deprecated?

2008-03-26 Thread Tim MacKay
I agree with the reasoning but in practice I think its actually better to use and (maybe not so much ) - sometimes you just want something bold and its much less markup to wrap and instead of some text then .bold { font-weight: bold; etc; etc; } I hope they don't deprecate it completely, it is

Re: [WSG] nest heading properly

2008-03-28 Thread Tim Offenstein
y missed a section head or something. I agree this issue can become a real challenge in terms of source order. -Tim *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgrou

Re: [WSG] Character Encoding Mismatch

2008-04-04 Thread Tim Offenstein
hanging the line in your HTML to charset=iso-8859-1. However I always recommend instead using utf-8 because it's broader. ISO-8859-1 is actually a subset of utf-8. You'll have to talk to your server admin to change the HTTP header I believe. -Tim -- <><><><><

RE: [WSG] Dreamweaver8

2008-04-06 Thread Tim MacKay
x27;find...find...find...' list. So far it's the only program I've used that does that and I really notice not having it. HTH, Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy Gill Sent: Monday, 7 April 2008 6:20 AM To: wsg@webstanda

Re: [WSG] Shorthand rule for border?

2008-04-17 Thread Tim White
border-right: 2px solid #666; > > } ...you could do something like border: 1px solid; border-width: 1px 2px 2px 1px; border-color: #ccc #666 #666 #ccc; There are other options as well (like Chris's). Tim *** List Guid

RE: [WSG] :: Footer not resting at bottom of page ::

2008-04-21 Thread Tim MacKay
Hi Amrinder, I would recommend this solution; it was given to me from a member of this list a few months ago and worked great. http://dusan.fora.si/blog/how-to-move-that-footer-to-the-bottom Best Regards, Tim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [WSG] transitional vs. strict

2008-04-29 Thread Tim MacKay
esn't guarantee high ranking, but it is still a major part of any serious, ethical SEO)" Is that proven to be true? Genuinely curious. Cheers, Tim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Buchanan Sent: Wednesday, 30 April 2008 9:06 AM To: wsg@webstand

Re: [WSG] Multiple Firefox on Mac

2008-07-24 Thread Tim Snadden
ws you to choose a version of firefox as well as a profile so that you can keep them separate if you need different extensions or different versions of extensions. Tim *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guide

Re: [WSG] Question about accessibility

2008-08-27 Thread Tim Offenstein
e the many excellent suggestions regarding a more efficient way of coding the site are definitely the way to go. Besides, images maps are a royal pain to maintain. -Tim -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>&l

Re: [WSG] Uppercase Tag Names

2008-09-26 Thread Tim Offenstein
ent on the specifications of XHTML which is the newer, more modern DTD. Why train ourselves to use outdated methods? My .02. -Tim -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><

Re: [WSG] Accessible menu lists - using the pipe character as separator?

2008-09-27 Thread Tim Gieseking
Agree with the list of links, and use a CSS border for a separator. I have no evidence for you, but it sure seems to me that a pipe character would be the opposite of best practice. On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Svip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about a list of links? If you want a sepa

Re: [WSG] Accessible menu lists - using the pipe character as separator?

2008-09-27 Thread Tim Offenstein
David mentioned, screen reading software will announce the list but the only thing it says is, "unordered list, 5 items". If a header disturbs your layout, then it's recommended that you "hide" it visually by absolute positioning o

Re: [WSG] .NET sites which are XHTML 1.0 strict

2008-10-07 Thread Tim Gieseking
tandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ******* >> >&

Re: [WSG] Strange character encoding issue

2008-11-19 Thread Tim Offenstein
lue text, both of which produced nothing. Finally my cursor wandered over the black text and I realized it was the link. Perhaps underlining that link or making it dynamic like the button would prevent the confusion I encountered. On the other hand, perhaps I just ne

Re: [WSG] inline-block effect

2008-12-01 Thread Tim Offenstein
my end on IE6, IE7 and FF3. -Tim -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

RE: [WSG] macpro and softwares..

2009-03-05 Thread Tim MacKay
Hi, I'd just like to add one to the FTP list - FireFTP firefox plugin. I was using Cyberduck on my Powerbook and found it a bit clumsy, FireFTP works right in firefox and works just as well as FileZilla. Best, Tim MacKay -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mail

Fwd: [WSG] Image mapping standards question

2009-06-02 Thread Tim Savage
y except in IE. In the end the solution was to generate everything server side and tie it all together with javascript which also works and works in IE. The advantages of using image maps basically come down to being able to generate complex shapes, and them already being supported in browsers so why

Re: [WSG] free screen reader friendly web hosting

2009-06-17 Thread Tim Snadden
On 17/06/2009, at 11:46 PM, Ted Drake wrote: Are you looking for a host which has a screen-reader friendly admin interface? He is. Marvin is blind. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscr

Re: [WSG] website fonts

2009-06-21 Thread Tim Snadden
oesn't exist on the system. Normally the last one in the list is 'sans-serif' (or 'serif' etc.). This is essentially saying that if you don't have *any* of the listed fonts on the system then use whatever is the default 'sans-serif' font. I hope that

Re: [WSG] INTERNET EXPLORER FORMATTING PROBLEMS

2009-06-26 Thread Tim Snadden
with Jaws. If I were you I would check with the Jaws people or on a Jaws forum. Cheers, Tim *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] Fieldset and Legend

2009-07-02 Thread Tim Snadden
On 3/07/2009, at 8:48 AM, CK wrote: Hi, After reading the specification, it appears that the elements and are used to denote groups of related form fields. However, I can across the following code at surf the channel which appears to use it as a decorative element. Does the following u

Re: [WSG] position relative or margin?

2009-08-10 Thread Tim Snadden
On 10/08/2009, at 10:35 PM, Naveen Bhaskar wrote: Hi, Which is the right method to position a logo in the header. with position :relative;top:10px; left:10px; or margin:10px 0 0 10px; pls rell me the pros and cons With 'position: relative' the element takes up the space in the docume

[WSG] table inside a dd?

2009-08-16 Thread Tim MacKay
the product <.etc>Tabular data of the nutritional information Is nesting the table within the def list valid markup? Thanks J Tim *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.or

RE: [WSG] table inside a dd?

2009-08-17 Thread Tim MacKay
Thanks Ben and Christian for the replies, & Ben thanks particularly for the links. Based on the accessibility bonuses of the methods you suggested I might opt out of the def list route and use headings. Thanks again. Tim -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailt

Re: More than one H1? (was [WSG] Out of Office AutoReply: WSG Digest)

2009-10-16 Thread Tim White
nder more important headings in larger fonts than less important ones." http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.5.5 Nowhere does it say that H1s are for page titles or that there can be only 1 per page. In fact, the example shows two being used. ~ Tim

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