[WSG] Peek-a-Boo Bug in FireFox???

2004-09-17 Thread Chris Stratford
Hey WSG, Need some help here... http://fs.neester.com/ When you rollover the menu on the left. In MY firefox I see a PeekABoo sort of effect... Kind of the opposite though. the googlead ghosts over the menu for a second...?? Any ideas why? Thanks - Chris

RE: [WSG] Re: Free Editors

2004-09-17 Thread Michael Kear
Amar, you have to keep accessibility in perspective. While we think a lot about accessibility, to the majority of site owners, the word 'accessibility' means 'catering to blind and disabled users'. This is obviously a gross simplification but that's how a lot of site owners think of it. Now

Re: [WSG] Re: Free Editors

2004-09-17 Thread Amit Karmakar
I was at a Seminar conducted late last year when Bob Regan was down. http://www.markme.com/accessibility/ That page is the same today as it was then. I did hear the same rant too but sorry to say (while I have nothing against Macromdeia) there focus is not so much accessibility or comparitively le

RE: [WSG] Re: Free Editors

2004-09-17 Thread Michael Kear
It's not entirely Off topic. At the MXDU conference last year, Sean Cornfield who is the Macromedia webmaster, said that they're gradually working towards standards compliance and accessibility. He said they are taking it seriously and whenever they work on a part of the site, they bring it up to

Re: [WSG] Re: Free Editors

2004-09-17 Thread Amit Karmakar
And speaking of Macromedia itself how accessible is http://macromedia.com/bin/accessibility.cgi Again no no Sorry this is slightly OT On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 03:31:17 +, Steven Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Regarding free editors I thought I'd mention HTML Kit from Chami as its a > good

[WSG] Re: Free Editors

2004-09-17 Thread Steven Clark
Regarding free editors I thought I'd mention HTML Kit from Chami as its a good quality editor that is free and you can download modules for php mysql etc that are really handy. I chucked DreamWeaver and other WYSIWYGs because they liked to put in their own code and I got sick of fighting them.

Re: [WSG] the new Kansas City Chiefs web site

2004-09-17 Thread Tim Shortt
Ted Drake wrote: It looks like Zeldman went through a victoria's secret catalog, grabbed the bra ads, Now, that is NFL branding! Actually, it *is* NFL branding. Since they are Kansas City Cheerleaders from the cheerleaders page. http://www.kcchiefs.com/cheerleaders/ *

Re: [WSG] Wrap I say Wrap! Down Boy! good IE dog, here's a biscuit

2004-09-17 Thread Paul Novitski
At 09:56 AM 9/17/2004, Ted Drake wrote: p {margin: 1em 0 1em;padding: 0; text-align: left; width:90%;} img {border:0;} #maincontent img {float:right; margin:3px;} When I view this in mozilla the paragraph wraps nicely but the IE paragraph acts as if it has cleared and starts after the image. ... I

Re: [WSG] Looking for a good standards compliant wiki

2004-09-17 Thread Jeffery Fernandez
Joe Leech wrote: Anybody know of one? Preferably where the user has to login to change the page. joe ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility,

[WSG] standards compliant Knowledgebase system?

2004-09-17 Thread Jad Madi
Hi, I'm looking for a standards compliant php KB system Thanks http://www.w3planet.info/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspira

RE: [WSG] Looking for a good standards compliant wiki

2004-09-17 Thread Geoff Deering
> -Original Message- > From: Joe Leech > Anybody know of one? Preferably where the user has to login to change > the page. > > joe > Really depends on what you are looking for, seems to be a few out there. http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/ but there are some errors in the css, but ea

Re: [WSG] Looking for a good standards compliant wiki

2004-09-17 Thread Anders Nawroth
Joe Leech wrote: Anybody know of one? Preferably where the user has to login to change the page. Tavi is a extreme-lightweight-wiki. There is no login to change pages as for now. Tavi is written in Php -- it's not very difficult to add password protection or login

Re: [WSG] Moz vs. FF

2004-09-17 Thread Leslie Riggs
Am I glad to hear that. I test-drove XStandard, but my browser of choice is FF 0.9. I didn't like being forced to use IE, so that lasted about 10 minutes and I uninstalled XStandard. Otherwise it's a great tool. It's nice to know there will be an Active X-free version out soon. Leslie Riggs

[WSG] Wrap I say Wrap! Down Boy! good IE dog, here's a biscuit

2004-09-17 Thread Ted Drake
Hi Everyone. This started out as a letter asking for help and I ended up solving it in the process of writing it. This has happened several times this week and rather than adding it to the dust bin, I thought I'd share the process. Sometimes just writing out your problem helps you define th

[WSG] Looking for a good standards compliant wiki

2004-09-17 Thread Joe Leech
Anybody know of one? Preferably where the user has to login to change the page. joe ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, know

Re: [WSG] Moz vs. FF

2004-09-17 Thread Amit Karmakar
I agree Patrick, considering there is no proper Active X support on FF1.0PR which means XStandards wouldn't run unless it on the older version. Although they(XStandards) are working on a new verion due in a couple of weeks time which wouldn't need any active X at all. On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:10:17

[WSG] the new Kansas City Chiefs web site

2004-09-17 Thread Ted Drake
If you haven't gotten your daily dose of Zeldman, he's announcing the re-design of the Kansas City Chiefs web site. It includes all of the great css/standards based design we expect from Happy Cogs. However, I have to point out the option of choosing styles. In the right nav, there are three bu

Re: [WSG] PNG with alpha trans in IE

2004-09-17 Thread Tom Livingston
Thanks for the responses, Mark, I asked a list full of professionals in hopes of finding the best possible solution and, as I discuss below, help in using it. The method which I could (and did) find on Google might not be the one most here would use... Anyway... I checked all these example out

Re: [WSG] PNG with alpha trans in IE

2004-09-17 Thread Daisy
Mark Harwood wrote: 2 seconds in google and you could found it yourself... Yes but it was a useful post to point to the less knowledgeable amongst us that there is indeed such a thing as "getting PNGs with alpha transparency to work in IE".

Re: [WSG] PNG with alpha trans in IE

2004-09-17 Thread Mark Harwood
2 seconds in google and you could found it yourself... But here you go http://www.koivi.com/ie-png-transparency/ Mark Harwood -- Phunky.co.uk / Zinkmedia.co.uk / Xhtmlandcss.co.uk ** The

Re: [WSG] PNG with alpha trans in IE

2004-09-17 Thread Kim Kruse
Hi Tom, This might be of help... http://ranjan.ws/default.asp?id=41 Kim Tom Livingston wrote: Hi all, Can someone point me to the fix/hack/patch/code to get PNGs with alpha transparency to work in IE? TIA ** The discussion list for http://webst

Re: [WSG] PNG with alpha trans in IE

2004-09-17 Thread Genau Junior
Try use this on your tag In this case, i used on my head content, but you can apply this code anywhere. h1{ filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader (src='your.png',sizingMethod='scale'); } html>body h1{ /*Child Selector Hack, esconde do ie*/ background: url(your.png); }

[WSG] PNG with alpha trans in IE

2004-09-17 Thread Tom Livingston
Hi all, Can someone point me to the fix/hack/patch/code to get PNGs with alpha transparency to work in IE? TIA -- Tom Livingston Senior Multimedia Artist mlinc.com Get FireFox > http://spreadfirefox.com/community/?q=affiliates&id=0&t=1 ** The d

RE: [WSG] Moz vs. FF

2004-09-17 Thread Patrick Lauke
A bit off topic perhaps, but: I'd suggest always starting with a fresh profile when installing a new version of FF. Export your bookmarks, make a note of any passwords etc you may have, write down which extensions you absolutely need...then download the new version, start it from the command line

Re: [WSG] Moz vs. FF

2004-09-17 Thread Susanne Jäger
Matt Andrews schrieb: ... and, if you're using the Web Developer extension, Firefox has a huge advantage over Mozilla: the "Edit CSS" feature - a must for any CSS developer! load a page, choose "Edit CSS", and a sidebar opens with the CSS And if you are using Mozilla Seamonkey or Firefox just use t

Re: [WSG] Moz vs. FF

2004-09-17 Thread Tom Livingston
[happy dance] Tom Livingston Senior Multimedia Artist mlinc.com Get FireFox > http://spreadfirefox.com/community/?q=affiliates&id=0&t=1 Dan Webb wrote: It tells you that but it lies. Ive got it working on 1.0PR by just reinstalling it after installing 1.0PR. Quoting Tom Livingston <[EMAIL PROTEC

RE: [WSG] Moz vs. FF

2004-09-17 Thread Chris Rizzo
Reinstalling Web Dev after installing 1.0 PR worked for me too. I found this true of a handful of extensions. Most of the more popular extensions seemed to still work. Try running the extension updates again after the install. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMA

Re: [WSG] Moz vs. FF

2004-09-17 Thread Dan Webb
It tells you that but it lies. Ive got it working on 1.0PR by just reinstalling it after installing 1.0PR. Quoting Tom Livingston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Current version of Web Dev extention is incompatible with FF 1.0PR... > > > Tom Livingston > Senior Multimedia Artist > mlinc.com > > Get Fi

Re: [WSG] Moz vs. FF

2004-09-17 Thread Felix Miata
Tom Livingston wrote: > Current version of Web Dev extention is incompatible with FF 1.0PR... Rest assured that that is a temporary condition consequent to the youth of that release. -- "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord."Psalm 33:12 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409

Re: [WSG] Moz vs. FF

2004-09-17 Thread Tom Livingston
Current version of Web Dev extention is incompatible with FF 1.0PR... Tom Livingston Senior Multimedia Artist mlinc.com Get FireFox > http://spreadfirefox.com/community/?q=affiliates&id=0&t=1 Matt Andrews wrote: ... and, if you're using the Web Developer extension, Firefox has a huge advantage ov

Re: [WSG] WYSIWYG Editors

2004-09-17 Thread Tom Livingston
I may be missing the whole point of the original need for the WYSIWYG, but what about MM's Contribute 3? It's fairly inexpensive, although stand-alone, but admin's can control what others can do. Might this be of use? Tom Livingston Senior Multimedia Artist mlinc.com Get FireFox > http://spread

RE: [WSG] Sydney WSG meeting recap

2004-09-17 Thread Michael Dale
I did a quick write up about it on my blog. http://blog.dalegroup.net/archive/blog/newsid/126 ;) Michael Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/

[WSG] Builder.AU: Who Needs Standards?

2004-09-17 Thread Geoff Deering
http://cgi.builderau.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=174 Also Integrating CSS with Content Management Systems http://digital-web.com/articles/integrating_css_with_cms/ Getting CSS into CMS http://www.cmswatch.com/News/Article/?343 ... Geoff D ** Th

Re: [WSG] start attribute deprecated in XHTML 1.0 Strict and up.

2004-09-17 Thread Nick Lo
Hi Cameron, I just tried that link I posted and it goes to all the threads so you would've had a hard job getting to it. The "answer" is further in that post: - 3. The CSS way to accomplish the same things

Re: [WSG] start attribute deprecated in XHTML 1.0 Strict and up.

2004-09-17 Thread Paul Novitski
At 12:33 AM 9/17/2004, Nick Lo wrote: 1. The Transitional doctypes for HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 support the `start` attribute for ``, and a `value` attribute for ``. ... 2. The W3C deprecated both of these attributes; thus they're invalid in the Strict doctypes for HTML 4.01 or XHTML 1

RE: [WSG] WYSIWYG Editors

2004-09-17 Thread Michael Kear
You're right about that Justin. Remove some of the features! In fact I spent probably three quarters of my development time on the one I use now (and have to insist users only use IE - I hate that!) on disabling stuff. I want to have my users able to produce nice looking content, but within th

Re: [WSG] start attribute deprecated in XHTML 1.0 Strict and up.

2004-09-17 Thread Cameron Adams
I ran into this same problem the other, but forgot to research it. How, then, are we meant to start an ordered list at a number other than 1? -- Cameron Adams W: www.themaninblue.com --- Nick Lo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was looking at some data of the form: > > AQUACULTURE >

[WSG] start attribute deprecated in XHTML 1.0 Strict and up.

2004-09-17 Thread Nick Lo
I was looking at some data of the form: AQUACULTURE     1. Scientists: Salmon Hatchery Policy Flawed (USA)     2. Fish Farms Seen Harming Dive Tourism (Malta)     3. Escaped Farmed Salmon Find Home (Alaska) COASTAL DEVELOPMENT     4. Mayor Casts Doubt

Re: [WSG] Fix a mac bug, get the peekaboo bug on the PC

2004-09-17 Thread Cameron Adams
You can use the same syntax that you'd normally use for including a Mac-only stylesheet ( http://www.stopdesign.com/log/2004/07/06/filtering-css.html) to make that position: relative visible only to Macs, without having to use an extra stylesheet. Just swap the rule in place of the @import. -- Cam

[WSG] Fix a mac bug, get the peekaboo bug on the PC

2004-09-17 Thread Jason Bayly
Leslie/All do u know of a way to stop this from occuring? On the mac IE5.2/1 im getting the text wrap bug with my tags.. The documented fix is to add position:relative; to the element to prevent the wrap bug.. But in doing so it causes the peekaboo bug to present in IE6 on the pc.. Is there a syn