RE: [WSG] SiteAdvisor.com

2006-10-12 Thread Peter Firminger
Hi, Probably don't want this thread to keep going as it is kind of off-topic, but I'm certainly not removing links to anything based on a stupid newbie tool made by a company whose ethics are down there with the virus makers themselves. Just ignore it and it'll go away or they'll get sued for mi

Re: [WSG] SiteAdvisor.com

2006-10-12 Thread Christian Montoya
On 10/13/06, John S. Britsios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There are users who use that. We did not know this tool, until we got an email through our site contact form today(name, etc hidden respecting their privacy): -

Re: [WSG] SiteAdvisor.com

2006-10-12 Thread John S. Britsios
There are users who use that. We did not know this tool, until we got an email through our site contact form today(name, etc hidden respecting their privacy): You have been contacted by: Roy (xxx:xxx) from I

Re: [WSG] SiteAdvisor.com

2006-10-12 Thread John S. Britsios
Hi Dan, you forgot to mention that they have an extension for Firefox too, and the best of all is, that our site is flagged with red, because we have been linking to WebAIM www.webaim.org, and we had to delete all our links to them too. Best, John Dan Johnson wrote: Greetings Fellow Stan

Re: [WSG] SiteAdvisor.com

2006-10-12 Thread Christian Montoya
On 10/13/06, Dan Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings Fellow Standardistas, Tonight, My colleague and I had to remove all links to the WebStandardsGroup.com web site from our own site. Why, might you ask? Here are the nasty details. McAfee has created a tool called "SiteAdvisor" whi

Re: [WSG] Getting the layout to work and with all browsers

2006-10-12 Thread Navjot Pawera
"working towards blocking the automatic update" - does this also mean that such businesses won't be upgrading to "vista" On 10/12/06, Patrick Lauke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> I can't find the reference now, but I saw a report recently by someone> of the likes of Gartner, that

[WSG] SiteAdvisor.com

2006-10-12 Thread Dan Johnson
Greetings Fellow Standardistas, Tonight, My colleague and I had to remove all links to the WebStandardsGroup.com web site from our own site. Why, might you ask? Here are the nasty details. McAfee has created a tool called "SiteAdvisor" which rates whether or not pages are good, bad, or margin

Re: [WSG] programmmer said: difination list not a standard practise

2006-10-12 Thread Tee G. Peng
On Oct 11, 2006, at 1:13 PM, Patrick H. Lauke wrote: What I'm saying is: the definition list is fine, the additional proposed use of a DL and a UL is probably fine as well, and you could even treat it as a small table (as long as appropriate headings are given for both columns and rows)

RE: [WSG] Firefox print style sheet bug

2006-10-12 Thread Joshua Briley - Para-Diddle Design
Unsubscribe from all lists. Thank you. Joshua K. Briley President Para-Diddle Design, LLC 2196 Biron St. Mandeville, LA 70448 504-232-8250 www.para-diddledesign.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Burm

RE: [WSG] Firefox print style sheet bug

2006-10-12 Thread Adam Burmister \(DSL AK\)
I've found it doesn't affect the printed page, just the print preview. - A From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pierre-Henri Lavigne Sent: Friday, 13 October 2006 12:14 p.m. To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG]

Re: [WSG] Firefox print style sheet bug

2006-10-12 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Oct 13, 2006, at 8:14 AM, Pierre-Henri Lavigne wrote: I got the same problem in css as the following example page : http://www.getphuture.com/i/google.jpg The qualified persons on the mozilla IRC were busy at the moment I asked support. If someone has an idea about fixing it... I'll fo

[WSG] Firefox print style sheet bug

2006-10-12 Thread Pierre-Henri Lavigne
Howdy, I got the same problem in css as the following example page : http://www.getphuture.com/i/google.jpg The qualified persons on the mozilla IRC were busy at the moment I asked support. If someone has an idea about fixing it... I'll forward you answers if I find out more about it. Cheers

Re: [WSG] Using my Image replacement technique to create graphic menus

2006-10-12 Thread Thierry Koblentz
John Faulds wrote: >> Article: http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/TJK_tipMenu_demo.asp > That should actually be: > http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/using_real_images_in_menus.asp Thanks John, That's because I'm cut-and-paste-challenged. But sometimes it gets worst, I post things like: http://loc

Re: [WSG] Using my Image replacement technique to create graphic menus

2006-10-12 Thread John Faulds
Article: http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/TJK_tipMenu_demo.asp That should actually be: http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/using_real_images_in_menus.asp ;) -- Tyssen Design Web & print design services www.tyssendesign.com.au Ph: (07) 3300 3303 Mb: 0405 678 590 ***

Re: [WSG] Using my Image replacement technique to create graphic menus

2006-10-12 Thread Thierry Koblentz
David Dorward wrote: > At least with regular images a user can turn them off and get the alt > text (which can be styled in at least some browsers, Firefox being the > test case I just ran though). But these *are* regular images; and if you turn images off you should get *real* text. --- Regards,

Re: [WSG] Using my Image replacement technique to create graphic menus

2006-10-12 Thread David Dorward
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 04:39:32PM -0400, Kenny Graham wrote: > markup is equivalent to putting your font, text color, background, > etc, into markup. Both make those attributes impossible to change in > the CSS (which makes alternate/user stylesheets REALY fun). Are user style sheets normall

Re: [WSG] Using my Image replacement technique to create graphic menus

2006-10-12 Thread Kenny Graham
I know some say images are *as good as* text as long as they have the proper ALT attribute. I like text better because I think that putting an image of text into markup is equivalent to putting your font, text color, background, etc, into markup. Both make those attributes impossible to change

Re: [WSG] Extra space in IE

2006-10-12 Thread Tom Livingston
Title: Re: [WSG] Extra space in IE On 10/12/06 3:09 PM, "Tom Livingston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One other thing, In IE6 again. When I resize the window, the footer slides right – doubling the left margin. Refreshing brings back my correct left margin. Anyone? OK. Answered my own questio

[WSG] Using my Image replacement technique to create graphic menus

2006-10-12 Thread Thierry Koblentz
I'd appreciate any comment that would help me improve this article: Article: http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/TJK_tipMenu_demo.asp Demo: http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/TJK_tipMenu_demo.asp Also, I'd like to hear opinions about the real value of *text* vs. alt attributes. I know some say images

Re: [WSG] Extra space in IE

2006-10-12 Thread Tom Livingston
Title: Re: [WSG] Extra space in IE On 10/12/06 2:54 PM, "Tom Livingston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tom, After playing around with the CSS and XHTML, it appears that your footer is not clearing your content. I noticed you added on top of the page and I pasted that in between the main and

Re: [WSG] Extra space in IE

2006-10-12 Thread Tom Livingston
Title: Re: [WSG] Extra space in IE On 10/12/06 2:30 PM, "Tim Palac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tom, After playing around with the CSS and XHTML, it appears that your footer is not clearing your content. I noticed you added on top of the page and I pasted that in between the main and foote

Re: [WSG] Extra space in IE

2006-10-12 Thread ~davidLaakso
Tom Livingston wrote: http://66.155.251.18/mlinc.com/06/ In IE6 (haven’t checked 5.5 or 7) I am getting extra space below my footer. Anyone see why? This should close it : #main{margin:0 auto/* 2em auto*/; } Best, ~dL -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ **

RE: [WSG] Extra space in IE

2006-10-12 Thread Tim Palac
Title: Extra space in IE Tom,After playing around with the CSS and XHTML, it appears that your footer is not clearing your content.I noticed you added on top of the page and I pasted that in between the main and footer div - the space in the footer is gone now.In fact, just adding worked fine. 

[WSG] Extra space in IE

2006-10-12 Thread Tom Livingston
Title: Extra space in IE Hello list, http://66.155.251.18/mlinc.com/06/ In IE6 (haven’t checked 5.5 or 7) I am getting extra space below my footer. Anyone see why? TIA -- Tom Livingston | Senior Multimedia Artist | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com ***

Re: [WSG] programmmer said: difination list not a standard practise

2006-10-12 Thread Christian Montoya
On 10/12/06, Thierry Koblentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Revisit my post :) I said it was less common than a succession of DDs Out of Russ's 7 examples [1] there is not one with 2 DTs following each other ;) [1] http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/definition/ My problem with this "progra

Re: [WSG] programmmer said: difination list not a standard practise

2006-10-12 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Paul Novitski wrote: > At 10/11/2006 07:08 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: >> I'd agree it is "rare" to see more than one DT but not to see >> multiple DDs. > Come on, you guys, revisit the spec: Revisit my post :) I said it was less common than a succession of DDs Out of Russ's 7 examples [1] there

[WSG Announce] Ten questions for Peter-Paul Koch

2006-10-12 Thread russ - maxdesign
** This is a one-way list for WSG Announcements ** Peter-Paul Koch has lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, all his life. He is a freelance web developer - which means you

RE: [WSG] Getting the layout to work and with all browsers

2006-10-12 Thread Patrick Lauke
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I can't find the reference now, but I saw a report recently by someone > of the likes of Gartner, that reckoned it would take a year > or so before > IE7 overtook IE6. At least part of that will be that a lot of organisations (ours included) are working towards blocking th

RE: [WSG] Getting the layout to work and with all browsers

2006-10-12 Thread michael.brockington
I can't find the reference now, but I saw a report recently by someone of the likes of Gartner, that reckoned it would take a year or so before IE7 overtook IE6. All the same, no other browser release will have such an immediate impact. Mike > -Original Message- > Kevin Murphy wrote: > >

Re: [WSG] programmmer said: difination list not a standard practise

2006-10-12 Thread russ - maxdesign
> Come on, you guys, revisit the spec: Or for those who have spec-aversion: http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/definition/ :) Russ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://we

Re: [WSG] programmmer said: difination list not a standard practise

2006-10-12 Thread Paul Novitski
At 10/11/2006 07:08 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: I'd agree it is "rare" to see more than one DT but not to see multiple DDs. Come on, you guys, revisit the spec: ___ W3C HTML 4.01 Specification 10 Lists 10.3 Definition lists: the DL, DT, and DD elements http://www.w3.org/TR

Re: [WSG] Numbered paragraphs

2006-10-12 Thread Lachlan Hunt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I work for a government organisation in Singapore and one of the practices is numbering paragraphs on press releases. I'd use an ordered list, but where headers are inserted, I am forced to do an start="n">, which I understand is deprecated. Many people have argued tha

Re: [WSG] Numbered paragraphs

2006-10-12 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I work for a government organisation in > Singapore and one of the practices is > numbering paragraphs on press releases. > I'd use an ordered list, but where headers > are inserted, I am forced to do an start="n">, which I understand is deprecated. > What other more se