Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread Philip Taylor
Barney Carroll wrote: That's an interesting approach. Any particular reason(s) not to use HTML5 at all times? Yes, but this is not the place to discuss it/them ! Philip Taylor __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] htt

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread Barney Carroll
On Tuesday, 25 November 2014, Philip Taylor wrote: > …HTML 5, but ONLY if new elements such as , or are > required. > That's an interesting approach. Any particular reason not to use HTML5 at all times? -- Regards, Barney Carroll barney.carr...@gmail.com +44 7429 177278 barneycarroll.com

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread Philip Taylor
"Validating CSS : When ?" -- For me : a) Whenever something does not behave as anticipated; b) Before signing anything off as complete. If it fails at either stage, then ensure that any deviations from the specification are (a) intentional, (b) essential, and (c) have no undesirable or unant

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread Barney Carroll
> > I only run stylesheets through the validator when: 1) I can not find one > of my own "disable this declaration" markers, 2) I can not manage to debug > a problem in browsers locally, and/or 3) I have to share my CSS code with a > developer who is paranoid when it comes to validity -- something

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread Georg
Den 25.11.2014 10:50, skrev MiB: As I often feel inclined to use vendor-prefixes in order to meet business requirements, my CSS typically don’t validate fully. I always know why and using SASS have shielded me somewhat from seeing this issue, as I can postpone any prefixes to the final phase.

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread Barney Carroll
A task runner like Gulp would be useful for this kind of thing. This guy wrote an excellent introduction (and starter kit) [0] that covers automated SASS & Browserify code compilation and filesystem-browser synchronisation. I've used Gulp for my last 2 major project for all my development and buil

[css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread MiB
As I often feel inclined to use vendor-prefixes in order to meet business requirements, my CSS typically don’t validate fully. I always know why and using SASS have shielded me somewhat from seeing this issue, as I can postpone any prefixes to the final phase. Are you developers handling this d

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

2014-11-25 Thread MiB
nov 25 2014 07:38 Karl DeSaulniers : > In regards to what you asked here, If they are using these plugins and > actually fixing any errors they find, then yes I know (without pretension) > their code will be valid. It's the reason these plugins were created. lol So your inference here is that

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

2014-11-25 Thread David Laakso
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Crest Christopher wrote: > I have a question, ...trimmed] > Put the markup and css of the page in question on a public server and provide a link to it in your post to the list. Best, David Laakso -- Chelsea Creek Studio http://ccstudi.com desktop | laptop | tablet

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

2014-11-25 Thread Crest Christopher
I have a question, how do I eliminate the white space between the orange box and the red box, I've tried or so I believe I tried nearly everything and it won't disappear ? At first I thought it was padding or margins, so I set either and both red and orange box to {margin-top/bottom:padding:

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

2014-11-25 Thread Tom Livingston
On Tue Nov 25 2014 at 7:32:58 AM Philip Taylor wrote: > > > Tom Livingston wrote: > > > Discuss. On webdesign-l. Or off list. As Tim said, this isn't CSS. > > Nonsense. Media queries are a part of the CSS infrastructure, and they > were the subject of my message. And their use (or abuse) certai

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

2014-11-25 Thread Philip Taylor
Tom Livingston wrote: Discuss. On webdesign-l. Or off list. As Tim said, this isn't CSS. Nonsense. Media queries are a part of the CSS infrastructure, and they were the subject of my message. And their use (or abuse) certainly requires discussion here if Christopher is not to waste month

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

2014-11-25 Thread Tom Livingston
Discuss. On webdesign-l. Or off list. As Tim said, this isn't CSS. On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 7:20 AM Philip Taylor wrote: > > > Tim Arnold wrote: > > > Though this discussion is interesting (as it is every 6 months when it > > comes back again) it isn't really on the topic of CSS. Any other > > tho

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

2014-11-25 Thread Philip Taylor
Tim Arnold wrote: Though this discussion is interesting (as it is every 6 months when it comes back again) it isn't really on the topic of CSS. Any other thoughts for Christopher about media queries? Media queries are an attempt to pigeon-hole browser geometries into discrete sets. As the

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

2014-11-25 Thread Tim Arnold
Though this discussion is interesting (as it is every 6 months when it comes back again) it isn't really on the topic of CSS. Any other thoughts for Christopher about media queries? On Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 6:58 AM Philip Taylor wrote: > I don't seek to excuse such an error for one second, but ther

Re: [css-d] Don't miss a space

2014-11-25 Thread Philip Taylor
I don't seek to excuse such an error for one second, but there is an important difference between the two : the Wordpress site is written in XHTML 1.0 Transitional, a stable specification against which the Validator can check pages accurately; the W3C site, on the other hand, is written in HTML