Re: [WSG] What Causes "Selection" Problems In IE.

2004-01-30 Thread Robert Moser
Chris Stratford blurted out: > A really! > That’s what it was, ok thanks! > > That fixed the head problem, now I know why... > > Can I get around that? > Anyway possible? > It needs to be absolute - because of the table look it has now... > > Thanks! > Couldn't you do that portion like a three

Re: [WSG] Background PNGs in IE/Win?

2004-01-30 Thread Vaska . WSG
What about YoungPup's solution to transparentizing pngs? It seems it's been updated, but worthy reading on the subject... http://www.youngpup.net/?request=/snippets/sleight.xml Jv On 30 Jan 2004, at 04:16, Chris Blown wrote: Just for the record... I wouldn't recommend using this, but it does

[WSG] Last error on Validator

2004-01-30 Thread Taco Fleur
Title: Message http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopment.tacofleur.com%2Findex%2Fmethodology%2F Is this something I should really go and change? Its just feels weird to go and change the & to & in the url values.     Taco Fleur Blog http://www.tacofleur.com/index/blog/Method

Re: [WSG] Last error on Validator

2004-01-30 Thread Mark Harwood
Title: Message Yes you should,   If its in your HTML it should me & not &   Thats why we validate :) - Original Message - From: Taco Fleur To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 10:11 AM Subject: [WSG] Last error on Validator http://validato

RE: [WSG] What Causes "Selection" Problems In IE.

2004-01-30 Thread Chris Stratford
Hey Robert, You are a genius! Thank you so much for helping me out on that! It worked perfectly! I could never get a 3 column layout working properly without using 1 absolute positioned item. Thanks so much! :) Im sure im not the only person that you helped with that! Thanks! ---

RE: [WSG] Last error on Validator

2004-01-30 Thread Peter Firminger
Title: Message Absolutely, one of the big ones in designing a CMS (or blog) or making sure a static site is standards compliant (see http://www.webboy.net/presentation/validation.cfm)   Also all " in the text should really be " (and no I really don't see the need for the curly varieties, text

Re: [WSG] Entification (was: Last error on Validator)

2004-01-30 Thread Ben Bishop
Not to disagree with anyone here, and perhaps one of our well-versed members will correct me, but isn't entification marked as "recommended" in HTML 4.01? http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/charset.html#h-5.3.2 HTML 4.01 does not output valid XML, and while entification is considered ideal, Taco isn'

[WSG] Is there *any* solution for this form?

2004-01-30 Thread Veine K Vikberg
Hello; The week has been long and long hours in codeland There has to be a solution for this one, however I can't think of it at all at the moment; http://www.mainemaritime.edu/redesign/ at the bottom the form to search the site... Any suggestions/fixes are welcome TIA ~Veine Veine K

Re: [WSG] Is there *any* solution for this form?

2004-01-30 Thread Anders Ebdrup
Hi Veine!   Nice site you got! It seems like you have got a little css-problem...   try adding following formating to your table in the bottom:

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Re: [WSG] Last error on Validator

2004-01-30 Thread Justin French
On Friday, January 30, 2004, at 09:11 PM, Taco Fleur wrote: http://validator.w3.org/ check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopment.tacofleur.com%2Findex%2Fmethodology% 2F Is this something I should really go and change? Its just feels weird to go and change the & to & in the url values. Well, that's what'

Re: [WSG] Entification

2004-01-30 Thread James Ellis
Hi It's important to make use of entities - they do have a special meaning in XML - e.g "It will be determined under Commonwealth environmental laws, the Commonwealth government will make the decision & it voids state environmental laws," Mr Carr told reporters. is valid "It will be det

[WSG] newbie discovers absolute positioning

2004-01-30 Thread Universal Head
Title: newbie discovers absolute positioning Opinions welcome: I'm working on a new job and looking at code on various sites I recently discovered the joys of creating a container that is centred position:relative with margin: 0 auto; in the browser window, and then setting divs within it that a

Re: [WSG] newbie discovers absolute positioning

2004-01-30 Thread russ weakley
Peter, "position: absolute" is a two edged sword. It allows you to position an element exactly where you want (within a relatively positioned item in your case), but it has downsides in certain circumstances. The biggest downside is that absolutely positioned items are completely removed from the

RE: [WSG] newbie discovers absolute positioning

2004-01-30 Thread David McDonald
Title: Message   Peter,   It a technique that I use quite often, and is very useful for certain situations.   Douglas Bowman explained it in depth in one of his articles:   http://www.stopdesign.com/also/articles/absolute/   Regards,David McDonaldWeb Designerhttp://www.davidmcdonald.orgSouth

Re: [WSG] newbie discovers absolute positioning

2004-01-30 Thread Cameron Adams
Absolute positioning only works when you know the *exact* height of the element you're positioning. Good for positioning images, such as logos, but when they contain text it's probably not a good way to go. (especially in Mozilla, which does not re-calculate absolutely positioned items when you ch