Re: [WSG] blockquote in xhtml strict

2007-02-11 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Hello Tee, This might be the way to go. It's what I do and I think it's a pretty good practice: blockquote cite=url-of-source-if-applicable p This is the body of text quoted. This is the body of text quoted. cite-- Who said it/cite /p /blockquote The cite

Re: [WSG] Setting input heights in Safari

2007-02-08 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Try padding, John? Maybe that'll pump up the height. Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com - Original Message - From: John Faulds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:20 PM Subject: [WSG] Setting input heights in Safari Does anyone know

[WSG] RSS Feed Update

2007-02-05 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Hello all, Just wanted to let you know we did an Accessites reboot and our feed has changed to http://accessites.org/site/feed/ (or http://feeds.feedburner.com/accessites). All inbounds are 301 redirected so nothing's lost or needs to be changed/updated, but the feeds are worth mentioning.

Re: [WSG] Comments Creeping Left

2007-01-22 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Try setting zoom: 1; on them to avoid mucking anything else up Thanks Nick, I appreciate your help. That did the trick :-) Mike - Original Message - Subject: Re: [WSG] Comments Creeping Left On 22 Jan 2007, at 18:40:06, Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: http://www.cryptomundo.com

Re: [WSG] Logo and H1's

2007-01-16 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Tom Livingston wrote: h1 span {margin-left:-px;} Or... h1 span { position : absolute; top : -9000px; left : -9000px; } ...would do it. Respectfully, Mike Cherim *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] Legitimate uses of b and i

2007-01-16 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
such as Latin as this is a long standing convention in print and must be retained (thus not styled via CSS). Example: i lang=laLorem ispum/i That's my thinking on the matter. Hope it helps. Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com

Re: [WSG] Legitimate uses of b and i

2007-01-16 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
be added by CSS. If you need italicized text, you´ll be probally trying to add some emphasis or differentiation in the page. Why should we hide this from our NON-VISUAL friends? Legitimate i , it´s the same of legitimate font. It´s the presentation over meaning. :D Mike at Green-Beast.com

Re: [WSG] Legitimate uses of b and i

2007-01-16 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
* it is different with scientific names but I'm not sure. Mike - Original Message - From: Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Legitimate uses of b and i Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: Hello Andrew

Re: [WSG] Legitimate uses of b and i

2007-01-16 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Raphael Martins wrote: For language purposes, there is always the lang attribute. It can be added to a meaningless element, like span. Absoluetly. I agree. This is also a WCAG requirement. http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-identify-changes But it´s always better to use EM over

Re: [WSG] Semantics of P element (?)

2006-12-19 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
change of speaker. -- The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition, Page 16, 4th Paragraph Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] Semantics of P element (?)

2006-12-18 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
change of speaker. -- The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition, Page 16, 4th Paragraph Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] Semantics of news

2006-12-09 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
be with any other kind of list (I didn't check). Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ - Original Message - From: Joseph R. B. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [WSG] Semantics of news I myself have

Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-30 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
I had written: fieldset { border : 0; } legend { position : absolute ; top : -9000px; left : -9000px; } James wrote: [...] doesn't seem to allow legends to be positioned off screen [...] Whoops, I did not know this. Sorry. I've found legends very difficult to be styled cross

Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-29 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
may need or benefit from it while still getting it out of the way like the fieldset borders. Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] Accessibility of forms, do you always need a label with drop downs?

2006-11-22 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Hello Rob, You can always use the alt attribute instead of the label. input type=text name=name id=name alt=name value=Enter your name / Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ - Original Message - From: Rob O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent

Re: [WSG] A little Friday fun

2006-11-17 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
The week is drawing to an end...many of you have had a week of nightmare code and semantic nightmares...but never fear - have a listen to this song and know that you are not alone... http://www.esanity.co.uk/podcasts/HandsToBoag.mp3 Tonight I need your C-S-S, coding in the dark-ness... Very

Re: [WSG] BG images in links

2006-11-15 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Paul wrote: I'd like to suggest that you consider rejigging your menu for faster response time. You could have one image for each menu item, each containing the normal and hover-state image Preload the hover-state images by marking them up on the page in a way that doesn't show Those are

Re: [WSG] semantics for a binary tree?

2006-11-12 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
How about something like this [site]map system? http://www.scottjehl.com/v7/index.php/process/stylemap_visual_sitemap Respectfully, Mike Cherim - Original Message - From: Christian Montoya [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 4:37 PM Subject:

Re: [WSG] Cynthia Reports Warnings 9.4 and 9.5 as relates to form

2006-11-10 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Hello Sharon, I echo what Mel said, though I'd like to add that the label should probably be the same as the name (and the ID, if needed, may as well match too). label for=answerinput type=radio value=0 name=answer alt=make your mark id=answer /Text/labelbr / Respectfully, Mike Cherim

Re: [WSG] Cynthia Reports Warnings 9.4 and 9.5 as relates to form

2006-11-10 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Patrick wrote: [...] the ID can't match the name, as the former needs to be unique [...] Good point Patrick. Being it's a radio button you're right on. --- David wrote: You mean the text used to label the control with should be the same as the value of the name and id attributes? Actually I

Re: [WSG] Cynthia Reports Warnings 9.4 and 9.5 as relates to form

2006-11-10 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Nick wrote: For other input fields, the name is needed if the form is going to be submitted to the server, as otherwise there's no way to form a name:value pair, and so the field can't be submitted. Good to know. I've always used the name attribute on form inputs. Now I know why ;-) Mike

Re: [WSG] zefrank on web developers

2006-11-10 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Thanks for sharing that. I've seen his videos before and count myself as a fan. He does some great stuff. Okay, I'm off to the smoking terrace now. ;-) Mike - Original Message - From: Christian Montoya [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006

Re: [WSG] list-style: decimal

2006-10-31 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
. HTH Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ - Original Message - From: Tee G. Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:33 PM Subject: [WSG] list-style: decimal Hi, I try to use 'list-style: decimal' for the first time

Re: [WSG] list-style: decimal

2006-10-31 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
You're welcome Tee. Glad I could help. Mike - Original Message - From: Tee G. Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] list-style: decimal On Oct 31, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: Hello Tee

[WSG] ADA's Applicability Online

2006-10-30 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
: http://green-beast.com/blog/?p=132 Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Flash is more accessible than CSS?

2006-10-28 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
I just sent this to the GAWDS list before even realizing this was the topic de jour here as well. (Forgive the cross post if that's what it is to you.) Here's my take on Flash: --- I love Flash. I think it's wildly entertaining and can offer limitless creative elements and some wow-moments

Re: [WSG] Site check for Opera PC, IE 7, svp

2006-10-28 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Hello Marilyn, In IE7 there are a few issues: 1) The whole top header and section under it need to move to the left about 20px. 2) There is a ~150px horizontal scrollbar (I'm using 1024x768) 3) The icons down on the sidebar are overlapping some of the associated text down there. 4) Footer

[WSG] PHP Browser Sniffer Test for Mac FF 2.0

2006-10-27 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
If it's not, please reply with the referrer info so I can properly add it. IE7 is done, but it's been updated since the betas. :-) Thank you very much. Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] PHP Browser Sniffer Test for Mac FF 2.0

2006-10-27 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
, at 1:53 AM, Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: Hello all, I updated my PHP Browser Sniffer script for Firefox 2.0 on Windows and Mac. Windows I have confirmed myself. Mac, though, I cannot and was hoping one of the Mac users on this list will confirm that your browser is shown. http

Re: [WSG] PHP Browser Sniffer Test for Mac FF 2.0

2006-10-27 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
really have to turn into some argument does it? Respectfully, Mike Cherim - Original Message - From: Lachlan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [WSG] PHP Browser Sniffer Test for Mac FF 2.0 Mike at Green-Beast.com

Re: [WSG] Ozewai2005 fork

2006-10-27 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Hello Pierre, I'm certainly a fan of that technique. I've used it on a few sites. More often than not, though, I simply provide a marker as a visual indicator when styles aren't supported. Such can be seen on the last site I did [1] where I mark the non-anchor with larr; [1]

Re: [WSG] PHP Browser Sniffer Test for Mac FF 2.0

2006-10-27 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] PHP Browser Sniffer Test for Mac FF 2.0 Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: For crying out loud, it's my experiments site where I fool around with stuff. I'm not telling anyone to use this stuff... Woah! Calm down, I wasn't attacking you or your

Re: [WSG]

2006-10-26 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
that was all nonsense, I could use a list, give each LI the appropriate class for microformat use, and have a nice day. I'm relieved that's the case. Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ - Original Message - From: Frances Berriman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Accessible Multi-Column List

2006-10-26 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
: [WSG] Accessible Multi-Column List At 10/26/2006 05:58 AM, Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: Not sure if this one's messed up on various platforms/browsers but I think it's stable. It might yet another option for you. It's good and resizes well in everything *I've* tested it in (including IE7

Re: [WSG] Accessible Multi-Column List

2006-10-26 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
, October 26, 2006 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessible Multi-Column List At 10/26/2006 11:54 AM, Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: Thanks for the feedback. I did note it was left - right - down so it was more or less just an option for if wanting a presentational list in that format (not sure if it's

Re: [WSG] Accessible Multi-Column List

2006-10-26 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Lol, MIR is taken... I did not know. Mike - Original Message - From: Christian Montoya [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessible Multi-Column List On 10/26/06, Mike at Green-Beast.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [WSG] Relative positioning and Netscape 6

2006-10-15 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
it out. Write up: http://mikecherim.com/gbcms_xml/news_page.php?id=10#n10 Experiment: http://mikecherim.com/experiments/css_smart_corners.php Hope this helps. Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] Numbered paragraphs

2006-10-12 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
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Re: [WSG] Image replacement menu that works with images off

2006-09-26 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
. Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] Image replacement menu that works with images off

2006-09-26 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
John Faulds wrote: It should be pointed out that this method has problems when you resize the text (unless you've since found a way to fix that Mike). I did, John, as seen on the site I just used it on: http://myrnamunroe.org/. Basically what I did is 1) allowed lots of room for growth and 2)

Re: [WSG] Absolute URLs, RSS Feeds Mod_Rewrite

2006-09-25 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
with images so the get the whole thing. Regarding employing the Apache mod_rewrite rule for SE, I honestly don't *think* it makes much of a difference, but I suppose it can be convenient for users to note the differences between posts just by looking at the URL. Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green

Re: [WSG] document.write and JS dependent features (was: XHTML Marquee)

2006-09-08 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
. Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] document.write and JS dependent features (was: XHTML Marquee)

2006-09-08 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Rimantas Liubertas wrote: However, the way you serve page determines will document.write work or not. It does not depend on XHTML version: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2004/xhtml-faq#docwrite http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1091626816count=1 Thank you for the references. Mike

Re: [WSG] document.write and JS dependent features (was: XHTML Marquee)

2006-09-08 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
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Re: [WSG] The DOM

2006-09-07 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
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Re: class names and IDs (was Re: [WSG] p:first-line)

2006-09-06 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
in an open-ended fashion using A, B, C. That said, for my clients, using .left, .right, .center will be more intuitive. Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: class names and IDs (was Re: [WSG] p:first-line)

2006-09-06 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
impossible too), but I attempted to cover the topic in a decent way without going too far in either direction. I try to find middle ground in everything, and to this subject, hopefully that's where I landed. http://green-beast.com/blog/?p=117 Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com

Re: class names and IDs (was Re: [WSG] p:first-line)

2006-09-06 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
be akin to shooting myself in the foot. ;o Working with PHP made me start thinking more and applying the same logic to CSS classes and IDs. Just to make things as clear as possible. Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com

Re: [WSG] p:first-line

2006-09-05 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
for the first paragraph then you will need the p class=first-line #description p.first-line { text-indent : 3em; } Hope this helps. Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] p:first-line

2006-09-05 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
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Re: [WSG] p:first-line

2006-09-05 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: To be picky, the class name should then be first-paragraph to accurately describe what you're doingor simply first :) Yeah, I was just going along with what was posted in the original email; but changing the pseudo element to a class. I always try to

Re: [WSG] p:first-line

2006-09-05 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Paul Novitski Isn't that rather like classing a paragraph red or left or large? [...] You guys all agree so there must be something to this and I'll bear this mind. In the future may consider stopping the use of classes like red, but I must say this is completely over my head. If I

Re: class names and IDs (was Re: [WSG] p:first-line)

2006-09-05 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
David Dixon wrote: Patrick is correct however in the standards evangelist sense ;) p.indent describes the action of the class (what in x months time, i decided that i didnt want to indent it, but colour it blue instead). On the other hand, p.first describes the element itself

Re: [WSG] p:first-line

2006-09-05 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
To everyone who responded to my question and need for logic thank you! What you given me makes a lot of sense. Think from a maintenance perspective and a matter of universal function. Very logical. I like that. I've never used red (I've always opted for .error), but I have used .bold, .italic

Re: [WSG] p:first-line

2006-09-05 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Mathew Patterson wrote: I hope that long blurb helps, It does, thanks :-) Mike *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL

[WSG] Site Features Overload

2006-09-04 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
as well). [1] http://green-beast.com/blog/?p=116 Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] Site Features Overload

2006-09-04 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
closer to the ideal middle ground between solid usability and feature richness. [1] http://green-beast.com/blog/?p=116#comment-5410 Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] How do they do this?

2006-09-03 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
/purplescript.ashx (though it could be done using just CSS). Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] print style sheet - background problem

2006-09-01 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
circumvent the problem at hand while still providing something meaningful to the booked date for the person printing it out. Hope this helps. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] IE Stops page load

2006-08-28 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
to observe. For starters, I would try removing your JavaScripts one at a time as that might help you pinpoint the problem. I suspect one of the scripts are causing a problem, or at least I think that's part of it. Hope this helps. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com

Re: [WSG] font standards today - apology

2006-08-25 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
importance. But that's no reason for me to cast my maturity aside and make counter-productive and sarcastic remarks. Respectfully (to all), Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ --- You just hit the nail on the head, Collin. As soon as we offer a style sheet, unless it's blank, we're assuming some

Re: [WSG] font standards today

2006-08-24 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
the designer/develop says or does. Respectfully (to those who garner respect), Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] using DOM to solve text-size problems.

2006-07-29 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
*/ #maindiv { font-size : 0.95em; } That should solve the problem you've described if I read it correctly. Please let me know. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Image Replacement

2006-07-18 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
accessibility options. My writing all users was/is a dangerous and impossible claim. I was too quick with that statement and I apologize. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ ** The discussion list for http

[WSG] PHP Font Sizer update

2006-07-18 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
The experiment: http://mikecherim.com/experiments/php_font_sizer.php The scripting: http://mikecherim.com/experiments/support/P_php_font_sizer.txt Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Tool for making screen shots from MSIE 7.0 Beta exists

2006-07-14 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
http://green-beast.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

[WSG] PHP Font Sizer Live Test

2006-07-13 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
: http://mikecherim.com/gbcms_xml/news_page.php?id=8 Here is the actual experiment page: http://mikecherim.com/experiments/php_font_sizer.php Thank you very much. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] section 508 alike link for non US site.

2006-07-12 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
tee g.peng wrote: [...] I think the WAI AA logo is the way to go. [...] Hello tee, Please know that passing automated validation using any of the online tools does not mean that the site actually meets the level claimed. The reason is that the validators have limitations and they do tell you

Re: [WSG] WCAG 1.0 AAA Rating

2006-06-30 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Firefox and SeaMonkey here seem to be loading no stylesheet by default Strange one... anyone else got this problem? I've only seen it dressed Blair... looks good to me. Firefox 1.0.7 Mike ** The discussion list for

[WSG] To Span or to Div, that is the question

2006-06-22 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
striving for that) so I can't imagine there'd be anything bad about. What are your thoughts? Anything I'm missing in my rationale? Thanks in advance for your opinions. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ http://accessites.org/ http://graybit.com

Re: [WSG] To Span or to Div, that is the question

2006-06-22 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
to avoid Divitis), and give up my crazy little experiment. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ http://accessites.org/ http://graybit.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] Testing CSS: Map Pop

2006-06-21 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Geoff Pack wrote: What I don't really understand is the aversion to javascript (and the desire to make everything a list. :) Hello Geoff, I don't have any problem with JavaScript. Though I like PHP better, JavaScript is something I use on just about every site I make. It's convenient and

[WSG] Testing CSS: Map Pop

2006-06-20 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
is the experiment: http://mikecherim.com/experiments/css_map_pop.php If you like this and want to use it, go for it. The mark-up and CSS are linked from the experiment page as text files. Thanks. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ http://accessites.org/ http://graybit.com

Re: [WSG] Testing CSS: Map Pop

2006-06-20 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Thanks Susan, Good eye! You did indeed find its number one failing: The unseen mystery links with CSS on while images are off. I don't really know how to address this and am open to suggestions. Goodness knows I've tried to come up with a solution (aside from offering an accessible alternative

Re: [WSG] Testing CSS: Map Pop

2006-06-20 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
kvnmcwebn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi mike, I dont have a useful suggestion for you just a comment/question. I think the map is very handy and looks good to. It would be difficult to create a lot more hotspots that were close together(nearly on top of each other,) right? anyway nice work. kevin

Re: [WSG] Testing CSS: Map Pop

2006-06-20 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Gunlaug Sørtun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I think David means these options... http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/accessibility/ignorecolorsfonts.mspx ...and especially that the image-map is not visible if 'ignore colors' is checked - which makes the map hard to understand and quite

Re: [WSG] Testing CSS: Map Pop

2006-06-20 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Paul Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] First of all, I like it - the only problem that I found was that I couldn't mouse off the map and onto the 'popup' without the popup disappearing (FF 1.5.0.4 on win XP) - which renders the 'click for more -' redundant. Or am I missing

[WSG] Testing CSS: Map Pop

2006-06-20 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Lachlan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting. Did you consider developing a system that makes use of the map element? --- Honestly I didn't even consider it. Not even that familiar with it. In fact upon seeing your reply the first thing I did was read up on it briefly.

Re: [WSG] Testing CSS: Map Pop

2006-06-20 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Geoff Pack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the problem with using an image map and javascript for this sort of thing? By using lists and hover states you've limited yourself to rectangular hotspots, and haven't really gained anything as far as I can see. You've also lost any ability to have

Re: [WSG] Testing CSS: Map Pop

2006-06-20 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Sharron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Pardon me while I choke! That is beautiful. I about fell out of my chairthen discovered the actual map page! Sigh, to be so talented is really a blessing you know. I admire it greatly. You too of course. Sharron [...] --- It's my

Re: [WSG] Testing CSS: Map Pop

2006-06-20 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Lachlan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do wonder about things such as adequate link separation [...] What do you mean? [...] I noted character separation in the examples and wasn't sure how that'd pan out in relation to a single image. Wondering if I'd have to hide those and such. and

Re: [WSG] Testing CSS: Map Pop

2006-06-20 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Rachel May [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] You may be interested... this is a very similar to a thing I did probably a year ago now. It is a map to a tree park: http://www.eastwoodhill.org.nz/walks/map.aspx [...] --- That's pretty nice, Rachel. Good to know about the stats on

Re: [WSG] Testing CSS: Map Pop

2006-06-20 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think its totally awesome. Some perhaps will try to go to the text on popup as it says click for more with an arrow... which many (including myself at first) think that you have to click there. [...] --- Thanks Bruce! You're right about that need for

Re: [WSG] Web site images question

2006-06-10 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
I would like to contribute this article to this discussion. Not everyone will agree with my thinking, but it may offer some value. http://green-beast.com/blog/?p=81 Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ http://accessites.org/ http://graybit.com

Re: [WSG] UPDATE TO: Using PHP to hide email, script made, testing needed

2006-06-10 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Jan Brasna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I'm turning e-mail addresses to things like this: a href=mai#108;#116;#111;#58;#102;#111;#111;#64;#101;#120;#97;#109;#112;#108;#101;#46;#99;#111;#109;foo#160;(at)#160;exam#173;ple.com/a and sometimes even mixing up with not only #xxx entities but

Re: [WSG] Old School Custom Font Face

2006-06-09 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
is considered harmful (just had to use that) then that really has to apply to any styles, not just a select handful of styles. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ http://accessites.org/ http://graybit.com/ ** The discussion list

Re: [WSG] Accessible Forms - Columnar and Grid Does anyone have an example of some accessible forms

2006-06-08 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
/?page_id=71 I do plan on releasing another version very soon with a even more security features. It's done, I just haven't gotten around to updating the post. :-/ HTH Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ http://accessites.org/ http://graybit.com

Re: [WSG] selling web standards

2006-06-08 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
. http://accessites.org/gbcms_xml/news_page.php?id=15 HTH Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ http://accessites.org/ http://graybit.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Old School Custom Font Face

2006-06-08 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
that was just a peachy idea. But it's not? Thanks. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ http://accessites.org/ http://graybit.com/ - Original Message - From: Nathan Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Old

Re: [WSG] Using PHP to hide email, script made, testing needed

2006-06-08 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
to the grindstone, but if not, hmm, that could lead to an even simpler solution. Your thoughts? Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ http://accessites.org/ http://graybit.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Using PHP to hide email, script made, testing needed

2006-06-08 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
for your feedback. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ http://accessites.org/ http://graybit.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

[WSG] UPDATE TO: Using PHP to hide email, script made, testing needed

2006-06-08 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Hello group, It appears my experimental solution may be partially viable, but not fully reliable due to user agent spoofing. In other words, until more testing and tweaking can be done, the script should NOT be used unless you fully undertstand that your email may be exposed. I just wanted to

Re: [WSG] Descending Ordered List

2006-05-30 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Hi Mike, I don't think you can do that automatically. You'd have to use: ol li value=10item 10/li li value=9item 9/li li value=8item 8/li li value=7item 7/li ... /ol --- Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com ... Makes sense. Thank you Thierry. Mike

Re: [WSG] Descending Ordered List

2006-05-30 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
#counters --- Hello Rik, Thank you. It seems, unfortunately, I'm back to square one. Assigning values as Thierry suggested did work, but the validator didn't like value being applied to the list item element. :-( Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com

Re: [WSG] Descending Ordered List

2006-05-30 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
From: Thierry Koblentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry Mike, I knew the start attribute was deprecated, but didn't know value was out too. What about using the DOM to loop through the list items and plug a number in each one? http://www.tjkdesign.com/lab/ul.asp; --- No problem. Now we both know.

Re: [WSG] new site critique - extemely

2006-05-25 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
a pretty dangerous [making assumptions] and I seriously doubt it is true. Instead of assumptions, it's better to make allowances in my opinion. Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] new site critique - extemely

2006-05-25 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
play that big of a role in the formation of that question's answer.. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] new site critique - extemely

2006-05-25 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
, they need to bend to be able to ride our the storm. [...] --- Well put, Joe. Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] injecting a bit of humor into your css

2006-03-31 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
=StupidDivforIEsHasLayoutandFocus I recall being annoyed at the time. :) Sincerely, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ http://accessites.org/ http://graybit.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail