[WSG] how would I do this?

2004-01-05 Thread Universal Head
Title: how would I do this? I'm working at getting my site all correct (though are we OK with transitional coding here - ie use of very simple tables - or is that a no-no?), but I have a question about the right way to approach a part of it. Have a look at http://universalhead.com/clients/tempim

Re: [WSG] styling hr tags

2004-01-05 Thread Chris Blown
makes a lot of sense. Definitely seems to be an effort to improve readability.. Good stuff. ChrisB * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *

Re: [WSG] styling hr tags

2004-01-05 Thread Justin French
On Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at 02:42 PM, Mark Stanton wrote: Last time I paid attention (which was months ago) They were talking about use & elements to mark up content blocks. I've been hoping for this for a *long* time. Excellent. Justin French ***

Re: [WSG] styling hr tags

2004-01-05 Thread Justin French
On Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at 02:09 PM, Cameron Adams wrote: I can never understand why tags made it into the XHTML spec, as they are pretty much presentation-only, not structure. It's a content separator -- and I think there's a need for it for sure -- especially when viewing long pages with

RE: [WSG] styling hr tags

2004-01-05 Thread Mark Stanton
I think strong & em will be merged but in particular does have semantic meaning (rather than presentational). These slugs are delicious. These slugs are delicious. Last time I paid attention (which was months ago) They were talking about use & elements to mark up content blocks. For example:

RE: [WSG] styling hr tags

2004-01-05 Thread Peter Firminger
In that case, and would also miss out. I believe that there is a need for a content separator in the structure of information and I can't think of a better one than . Otherwise you would need to create non-semantic equivalents to separate concepts in a document. P > -Original Message- >

RE: [WSG] styling hr tags

2004-01-05 Thread Mark Stanton
The idea of XHTML1 was to make an exact copy of HTML4 but make more specific syntax rules. I don't think this is 100% what happened but that's the logic for it being in there. Expect it to be dropped for XHTML2 for the exact reason you mentioned. Cheers Mark -- Mark Stanton Te

Re: [WSG] styling hr tags

2004-01-05 Thread Cameron Adams
I can never understand why tags made it into the XHTML spec, as they are pretty much presentation-only, not structure. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus ***

Re: [WSG] Small bug

2004-01-05 Thread Andrew Cheong
However, I believe it is {border: none;} as opposed to {border: 0;} Maybe it works both ways, or maybe things have changed. Correct me if I am wrong. - Original Message - From: "Lindsay Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 7:45 PM Subject: R

Re: [WSG] styling hr tags

2004-01-05 Thread Gary Menzel
> do i need to add any values in the css? Here is a link on styling HR that will help: http://www.sovavsiti.cz/css/hr.html Gary Menzel Web Development Manager IT Operations Brisbane -+- ABN AMRO Morgans Limited Level 29, 123 Eagle Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 PH: 07 333 44 828 FX: 07 3834 0828

[WSG] styling hr tags

2004-01-05 Thread Ben Webster
hey there crew, i'm having a cross-browser issue with styling some hr tags. they look fine - ie. the dotted image displays - in mozilla//firebird etc but in IE i just get a solid line. go here -> http://conversantstudios.com.au/tests/omnus/ css is here -> http://conversantstudios.com.au/tests

RE: [WSG] Small bug

2004-01-05 Thread Universal Head
Completely understand, please excuse my newbie ignorance. Still learning. I'll fix all the problems ASAP! Cheers Peter Hi Peter Firstly - this is a public list. Anyone can sign up & all messages posted to the list are archived online at http://www.mail-archive.com/wsg%40webstandardsgroup.org/. If

RE: [WSG] Small bug

2004-01-05 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi Peter Firstly - this is a public list. Anyone can sign up & all messages posted to the list are archived online at http://www.mail-archive.com/wsg%40webstandardsgroup.org/. If you want to keep something secret this list is not the place to do it. I don't mean to come across as being to harsh,

RE: [WSG] Small bug

2004-01-05 Thread Miles Tillinger
Title: Small bug The confidentiality issue would be a problem for many ppl who want help on this list.  But its a bit of an annoyance to strip all the identifying logo's and text from a design so I can safely post the URL to this list... -Original Message-From: Universal Head [

RE: [WSG] Small bug

2004-01-05 Thread Peter Firminger
Title: Small bug Hi Peter,  Much obliged y'all. Hey, and work in progress exhibited on this list is confidential, right? Members of the list would adhere to this I'm sure, but remember that the list is publicly archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/wsg%40webstandardsgroup.org

RE: [WSG] Small bug

2004-01-05 Thread Lindsay Evans
Universal Head wrote: > A small bug I can't seem to track down: > > > http://universalhead.com/clients/jands/ > > > There's padding around the nav links that only appears in Mozilla and > I can't seem to work out why ... Looks to me like you just need border="0" on the images (or .nav a img {bord

[WSG] Small bug

2004-01-05 Thread Universal Head
Title: Small bug A small bug I can't seem to track down: http://universalhead.com/clients/jands/ There's padding around the nav links that only appears in Mozilla and I can't seem to work out why ... Much obliged y'all. Hey, and work in progress exhibited on this list is confidential, right?

RE: [WSG] breadcrumbs

2004-01-05 Thread Universal Head
Many thanks Lindsay. It'll be interesting to see if I can sort it out (being a designer first and definitely a coder second) but it's good info to have. Cheers! Peter Universal Head wrote: Happy new year you crazy coders ... I believe there was some code or an article for creating 'breadcrum

[WSG] Help needed with IE problem!

2004-01-05 Thread Miles Tillinger
Hi all and Happy New Year :) I'm currently implementing a new design for an existing site. The existing site doesn't use any CSS for layout, but I have tried to use a 3-column layout generated by Layoutomatic. The CSS files are a bit messy at this stage, so apologies to anyone who ventures i

RE: [WSG] breadcrumbs

2004-01-05 Thread Lindsay Evans
Universal Head wrote: > Happy new year you crazy coders ... > > I believe there was some code or an article for creating 'breadcrumb' > trails on a website. Anyone remember an article on this subject? > > Thanks Probably the Evolt site: PHP: http://www.evolt.org/article/Breadcrumbs_for_PHP_Lovers

[WSG] Nokia ignores XHTML DOCTYPES?

2004-01-05 Thread Anton Andreasson
Just read this one and found it quite shocking: http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2004_01_05_index.html#107329348165573660 How come it IGNORES the CSS if it's not a Nokia-only DOCTYPE[1] or a XHTML Basic[2] one? Wouldn't even XHTML Transitional work, or did I miss something? Weird.. cheers, /

[WSG] breadcrumbs

2004-01-05 Thread Universal Head
Happy new year you crazy coders ... I believe there was some code or an article for creating 'breadcrumb' trails on a website. Anyone remember an article on this subject? Thanks -- peter gifford universal head design that works visit 7/43 bridge road stanmore nsw 2048 australi

[WSG] OT: Tim Berners-Lee to be Knighted

2004-01-05 Thread Adam Carmichael
My boss just sent this to me, I apologise for any double (or cross) posts. http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/development/webdev/story/0,10801,88727,00.html Nice :) -- /--\ |Adam Carmichael, A+, 2xMCP (Windows 2000),