Re: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-08-02 Thread Matt 0000
Kepler, Looks like you got right down to the nuts and bolts. Honestly, you may have inadvertently isolated the nerve of my problem. I was lost in attempting the use of z-index with absolute positioning. After a few vain attempts at adjusting the top and left to bring the imageoverlay within

RE: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-08-02 Thread Kepler Gelotte
Could you show me how to correctly position the image overlay in the content-reserved portion in my example. Hi Matt, I'm not sure what you are asking me. One thing to remember is that absolute positioning is from the next higher block element. If you want to absolutely position within a

RE: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-08-02 Thread Kepler Gelotte
No. Positioned element, not block element. Ah, thanks for clarifying. Type attribute? this was just a stripped down example to show the concept. 50 what? It's what he was asking for help on. *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-08-02 Thread David Dorward
On 2 Aug 2007, at 16:10, Kepler Gelotte wrote: One thing to remember is that absolute positioning is from the next higher block element. No. Positioned element, not block element. Doctype? html head style Type attribute? img.stretch {

Re: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-08-01 Thread Stuart Foulstone
Hi, This is the Web Standards Group. Web Standards say only use tables for tabular data - not presentation. I'm not sure what your tabular data is here? -- Stuart Foulstone. http://www.bigeasyweb.co.uk BigEasy Web Design 69 Flockton Court Rockingham Street Sheffield S1 4EB Tel. 07751 413451

Re: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-08-01 Thread lisa herrod
Hi there On 01/08/07, Stuart Foulstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, This is the Web Standards Group. Web Standards say only use tables for tabular data - not presentation. Stuart, I think you're referring to WGAG 1. It does *sort of* say that, but not quite... While it's not best

Re: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-08-01 Thread lisa herrod
On 01/08/07, David Dorward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1 Aug 2007, at 09:34, lisa herrod wrote: On 01/08/07, Stuart Foulstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Web Standards say only use tables for tabular data - not presentation. Stuart, I think you're referring to WGAG 1. Lets look at HTML

Re: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-08-01 Thread David Dorward
On 1 Aug 2007, at 09:34, lisa herrod wrote: On 01/08/07, Stuart Foulstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Web Standards say only use tables for tabular data - not presentation. Stuart, I think you're referring to WGAG 1. Lets look at HTML 4.01 instead, which is somewhat clearer on the subject:

Re: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-08-01 Thread Hassan Schroeder
Matt wrote: I guess there were a couple of concerns raised. One of them was the justification of the table's use. I chose it only because it is currently the only way I know to put pretty borders (outer and inner) around and within an image. / I'm still waiting on someone to post a

Re: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-08-01 Thread Matt 0000
Hassan, The specific portion of the code I'm having a problem with was inlcuded on my first post. The code that was not included is just regular table based border wrapping. I bet most if not all the members here are of the been there, done that experience level, which is why I didn't bother

Re: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-08-01 Thread Hassan Schroeder
Matt wrote: The specific portion of the code I'm having a problem with was inlcuded on my first post. The code that was not included is just regular table based border wrapping. I bet most if not all the members here are of the been there, done that experience level, which is why I

RE: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-08-01 Thread Kepler Gelotte
My dilemna was and still is to autofit an image of any size (entire image should be viewable) within the table's background image property using the style attribute. This table is currently no more than roughly 100 pixels on either side. Hi Matt, Here is a sample mockup I created using

RE: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-07-31 Thread Mark L Hedley
Just use CSS and DIVS? Tables are not so good for this type of thing. Cheers. Regards, Mark Hedley Voxia Web Development Solutions Mobile: +44 07894 009 932 Office: +44 01670 840 752 Web: http://www.voxia.co.uk/ http://www.voxia.co.uk Proud Members of: GAWDS

Re: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-07-31 Thread Matt 0000
Mark, It was my impression that tables provide a very flexible way to define boundaries and sub sections within those, regardless of content type - video, image, text... I kept my question short for the sake of brevity. However, I'll eventually need a structure that has several images that

Re: [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image

2007-07-31 Thread Matt 0000
Daniel, Consider an online photo album. Once you're on the page, the thumbnails for any content (video/images) only consumes a certain portion of a page, say about 60-75%, much like the content area for an online email service. In order to make the thumbnails look presentable and informative,