Well, I've been away from email for a few days, and I've carefully combed through the ton of posts I came back to, but it looks like the response to my queries has been truly underwhelming. I do offer my sincere thanks to the two people who responded to my JavaScript problem, but I must confess to being disappointed that no one has offered any critiques of the site itself or solutions (or even suggestions) on how to deal with the other two problems. When I put the question about the JavaScript validation there, it was something of an afterthought which I'm now almost wishing I hadn't included (although that might have meant that the whole post would simply vanish into obscurity like when I first posted these questions a few weeks ago).
So I'm left with a few possible conclusions: a) The questions weren't on-topic enough to be worth answering - don't think this one is the case. b) The questions weren't interesting enough to be worth answering. c) I'm just chatting to myself here - really hope this one isn't the case. I know I don't tend to contribute much to the discussions on here, but that's mainly because I'm so new to all this that I don't really have much to say. But I would really really value some help from all of the people out there who know more about web standards than I do, because I really am trying to learn. I've learned a lot from this list already, just by reading the answers to other people's questions, and because the level of response has generally been good it's left me feeling kinda let down now that I've come forward twice with my own query and not gotten much response. I'm sorry if this is coming across badly. I just needed to see if there was a good reason behind me not receiving much in the way of help. Since I'm deeming it unlikely that anyone will still have a copy of my original email, I've included it below this one just in case. Cheers, Seona. -------------------------------------------- Hi guys, I have a new site that I'm working on for a client and am doing my best to make it as standards-driven as possible. So aside from having a look and telling me how I've done so far, I'd also like some help in fixing a couple of little glitches that are annoying the heck out of me. The first issue is that in the plain HTML prototype that I created, the left and centre columns sat up against the top of the window like they are supposed to. I then added a bunch of Cold Fusion code to start making the site dynamic as it needs to be, and now these two columns have bumped down a fair amount. The funny thing it, it's not everything that has bumped down in the left-hand column - the logo space at the top used to have a gap between it and the next box in the column, and now it's as if this gap has simply moved to the top (i.e., the logo has moved down, but the box below it hasn't). Can anyone suggest why this is happening? The second problem is with the last box in the left-hand column. I want to give it rounded corners like the ones above it, but unlike the ones above it which are of a fixed size, this last box will contain a variable amount of text. So I tried using the Custom Corners II article on A List Apart, since it deals with putting rounded corners on boxes that sit on gradient backgrounds, but I can't seem to make it work without breaking the rest of the design. Can someone suggest a way that it can be done? Or will I just have to abandon that design idea? <snipped because this bit actually got responded to /> Anyway, the page can be seen at: http://216.119.123.23 It's still very much under construction, so most of the links don't work yet - just a warning. :) The css is at: http://216.119.123.23/_styles/sample.css And for anyone who wants to compare it with the original prototype to figure out a way around my first problem, this is available at: http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~mikebell/swanstr2 So, help, advice and critiques are greatly welcomed. Cheers, Seona. __________________________________________________________________ << ella for Spam Control >> has removed Spam messages and set aside Later for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! http://www.ellaforspam.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.710 / Virus Database: 466 - Release Date: 23/06/2004
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