[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-17 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
> this page was his first attempt at a tableless css-only layout, and > on that basis, i think it's great It is?!?! I thought Matt had been XHTML+CSS for ages now! I stand corrected and applaud Matt for getting his first CSS only version better than anything I churned out for my first 3 months!

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-17 Thread rudy
> Having looked at it hard now (in case I missed a serious revision > or I'm just wrong) I guess what I'm thinking is that the layout > looks a tad haphazrd - master of the universe, perhaps you did not realize, this page was his first attempt at a tableless css-only layout, and on that basis, i t

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-17 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
In response to Amanda and a pre-emptive apology to Matt: We've all got our own tastes and I'm not saying the absense of fancy graphics or intricate design makes the site in anyway a lesser piece of development, so sorry if I gave that impression. Having looked at it hard now (in case I missed a s

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-17 Thread Amanda Birmingham
Something's just wrong. Can't quite put my finger on it, but it's just...well...wrong. Looks bland, rushed and maybe even amateurish. I think you might need to rip it all out and start again. There's no arguing with taste, of course, but I have to say it didn't strike me that way ... I can see ho

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-17 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
I'm really not sure about this one Matt... Something's just wrong. Can't quite put my finger on it, but it's just...well...wrong. Looks bland, rushed and maybe even amateurish. I think you might need to rip it all out and start again. If your client it happy with it then I don't think you're pain

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-17 Thread Gerrie Warner
I think you need to dump it and start all over ... Subject: [wdvltalk] [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a persona

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-14 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 16:42, rudy wrote: > >> "About Us" wraps > > > > Ok, I haven't got a clue about how to solve this. any ideas? > > About Us > > > > This doesn't happen on my windows box running @ 800x600, > > so not sure how to get around this either... > > of course it happens at 800x60

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-14 Thread rudy
>> liquid design has nothing to do with resolutions, and everything >> to do with how wide the user lets the available browser window be > > OK, that's cool, I'll get in into my head now! :) see below >> "About Us" wraps > > Ok, I haven't got a clue about how to solve this. any ideas? About U

[wdvltalk] RE: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-14 Thread Stephen Caudill
--- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: --- : Nice idea, I'm just not sure how to do it! :) I empathize. The gazingus scripts are totally object oriented and can be real mind blowsers. I sat around for two days with two other developers just trying to wrap our heads aroun

[wdvltalk] RE: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-14 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Stephen, On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 16:06, Stephen Caudill wrote: > --- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: --- > > : All, > : > : you've been great so far, please can you take another look at > : http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/ > : > : The menu should now be visible in al

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-14 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 16:02, rudy wrote: > > you've been great so far, please can you take another look at > > http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/ > > > > The menu should now be visible in all browsers and it should (fingers > > crossed) scale ok to lower resolutions > > matt, you've got to stop t

[wdvltalk] RE: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-14 Thread Stephen Caudill
--- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: --- : All, : : you've been great so far, please can you take another look at : http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/ : : The menu should now be visible in all browsers and it should : (fingers crossed) scale ok to lower resolutions Sc

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-14 Thread rudy
> you've been great so far, please can you take another look at > http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/ > > The menu should now be visible in all browsers and it should (fingers > crossed) scale ok to lower resolutions matt, you've got to stop talking about resolutions, and start talking about brows

[wdvltalk] RE: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-14 Thread Stephen Caudill
--- Cheryl D. Wise wrote: --- : Do you have the auto image resize turned on? I couldn't get it : that small because of the large bubble image at the top? Not before there was scroll, before the floats fished out. -Stephen http://www.mechavox.com/ • The WDVL Discus

[wdvltalk] RE: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-14 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
Do you have the auto image resize turned on? I couldn't get it that small because of the large bubble image at the top? Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer MS-MVP-FrontPage www.wiserways.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713.353.0139 Office -Original Message- From: Stephen C

[wdvltalk] RE: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-14 Thread Stephen Caudill
--- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: --- : I was doing it because it seemed easier than Javascript, mine's a : bit rusty... :) : :: - try the lovely, degradable XHTML, CSS and extremely ::clever javascript menu from gazingus.org[1] : : Now in

[wdvltalk] RE: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-13 Thread Stephen Caudill
--- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: --- : All, : : Please take a look at http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/ and let : me know what you think. : : There seems to be a weird thing in IE on the work computer where : "Government Bids" doesn't show up properly. : : Can so

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-13 Thread Bj
- Original Message - From: "Matthew Macdonald-Wallace" > Please take a look at http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/ and let me > know what you think. I'm using IE6 SP1 on Win98 and I only see a menu with Home, About Us, Services and Clients. And although the source says there is a sub men

[wdvltalk] RE: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-13 Thread Erik Carlson
This shows up in IE, but not Mozilla: "Brilliant at keeping an audience alive" John Peel - Board Member South East England Development Agency "They take a problem and make the solution happen" Manny Gatt - Chief Executive Business Link Nottingham Erik -Original Message- From: Matthew

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-08 Thread andrew . trusz
Removing the prolog won't invalidate xhtml. Your page will likely be served as text/html and not application/xhtml+xml. So arguably it will actually improve the page. The overflow goes on the container not the img tag. Not in the office so I can't give you the url to look at but its hebig's url. S

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-08 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
No, it isn't necessary not even for xhtml strict as long as you have the character info in a meta tag as Drew says. It is only necessary if it is true xml. Here's a list of browsers that have problems with the xml prolog http://www.webstandards.org/learn/reference/prolog_problems.html Zeldman h

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-08 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Drew, Ta for having a look, On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 15:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Matt, I still see the xml prolog. You need to remove that since it throws > ie6 into quirks mode. Put the charset in a meta tag. Won't this invalidate the xhtml? > No scroll on ie6, win2k server until you get d

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-08 Thread andrew . trusz
Matt, I still see the xml prolog. You need to remove that since it throws ie6 into quirks mode. Put the charset in a meta tag. No scroll on ie6, win2k server until you get down to the logo image size. Incidently, if you add overflow:hidden to the image container it will hide the excess image when

[wdvltalk] RE: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/

2004-01-08 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
Works well in all the browsers I tested with IE 6, Opera 7.21, Mozilla, NN 4.x. Note that in NN 4.x resizing is slow but does eventually happen. If you have many NN 4.x visitor, especially those with earlier versions you might want to put in the Netscape resize fix. While I like simple, it might

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png

2004-01-07 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
KoaFar, On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 18:47, K.F. Wu wrote: > At 08:18 AM 1/7/2004, Matt wrote: > >I'm currently writing the CSS for the xhtml to display it properly, as a > >liquid layout. (/me doesn't do tables anymore!) > > Since the page is just an png image file, not an html, I have no way to > rev

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png

2004-01-07 Thread K.F. Wu
At 08:18 AM 1/7/2004, Matt wrote: I'm currently writing the CSS for the xhtml to display it properly, as a liquid layout. (/me doesn't do tables anymore!) Since the page is just an png image file, not an html, I have no way to review your code (Nice-view page though). But I noticed that you seemed

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png

2004-01-07 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 16:04, rudy wrote: > > This is the first attempt at the new site: > > > > http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png > > it is nice and simple (which is *very* important in my book) > > and rather easy to make liquid ;o) > > the previous version did have a bunch of ic

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png

2004-01-07 Thread rudy
> This is the first attempt at the new site: > > http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png it is nice and simple (which is *very* important in my book) and rather easy to make liquid ;o) the previous version did have a bunch of icons in the main body area, are you planning to do away with

[wdvltalk] RE: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png

2004-01-07 Thread Stephen Caudill
--- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: --- : All, : : This is the first attempt at the new site: : : http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png : : Please note that this is purely an image for mock-up purposes. : : To give you a comparison, the old site (not design

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png

2004-01-07 Thread john . f . hughes
Matt, At 1024 resolution it looks great, a lot cleaner than the previous version. One concern might be that you are losing a lot of space at the top of the screen with the corporate identity stuff. It takes up about a third on 800 by 600 and you also have a vertical scroll, but I assume that's ju