Re: [WSG] Large Background Images

2008-05-13 Thread David Hucklesby
On Tue, 13 May 2008 22:11:29 -0400, Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: > Hi Chris, > >> bandwidth. However standards are still a concern, what perils of wisdom for >> using a >> "full-page" BG can the list cultivate? >> > > Hard on those with a slow connection, but I cannot foresee another issue > u

Re: [WSG] XHTML 1.1 & CSS3 - Is it worth using right now?

2008-05-13 Thread XStandard
Nikita wrote: > I encourage you to try that with the W3C validator. You will > not get the result you expect. Comes back as valid HTML, as I expected. The validator did flag "/>" as warnings which it did not a few years back when the example was originally created. But W3C's validator warning mes

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for testimonials

2008-05-13 Thread Jason Ray
The W3C has an example of the use of the cite and quote elements here: http://www.w3.org/People/mimasa/test/xhtml2/spec-examples/mod-text/cite-ex01.xhtml Or you can read all about quotations here: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.2.2 You could avoid the blockquote and use a parag

Re: [WSG] help with menu positioning

2008-05-13 Thread tee
On May 13, 2008, at 7:39 AM, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: tee wrote: My brain isn't working. I thought I have the answer but it's not working :-( http://lotusseedsdesign.com/menu.html Missing base-position... #menu li a {background-position: left top;} Georg Georg, thanks for the res

Re: [WSG] XHTML 1.1 & CSS3 - Is it worth using right now?

2008-05-13 Thread Nikita The Spider The Spider
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:02 PM, XStandard Vlad Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nikita wrote: > > the META tag would have to end in a /> and then it > > wouldn't be valid HTML anymore. > Sure it would. It may not be in the spec but it's a de facto standard. > Even the W3C validator wil

Re: [WSG] Large Background Images

2008-05-13 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Hi Chris, bandwidth. However standards are still a concern, what perils of wisdom for using a "full-page" BG can the list cultivate? Hard on those with a slow connection, but I cannot foresee another issue unless the background is a big animated GIF ;-) You can offer a removal tool for tho

Re: [WSG] XHTML 1.1 & CSS3 - Is it worth using right now?

2008-05-13 Thread XStandard
Nikita wrote: > the example you provided isn't valid XHTML. I think you may have misunderstood. The example in this screen shot: http://xstandard.com/94E7EECB-E7CF-4122-A6AF-8F817AA53C78/html-layout-xhtml-content.gif .. shows how to embed XHTML 1.1 content into an HTML 4.01 Transitional page layo

Re: [WSG] XHTML 1.1 & CSS3 - Is it worth using right now?

2008-05-13 Thread James Pickering
>From time to time over the past several years I have served web pages as XHTML >1.0 with content (MIME) type text/html to IE Browsers and with content (MIME) >type application/xhtml+xml to Browsers that recognize that content type -- via >Content Negotiation. My current Home Page -- http://jp

[WSG] Large Background Images

2008-05-13 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, The use of large backgrounds has become more common given expanding bandwidth. However standards are still a concern, what perils of wisdom for using a "full-page" BG can the list cultivate? Chris *** List Guidelines: htt

Re: [WSG] XHTML 1.1 & CSS3 - Is it worth using right now?

2008-05-13 Thread dwain
thanks for the info. cheers, dwain On 5/13/08, Dean Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 13, 2008, at 3:44 PM, dwain wrote: > > > > where is it and is it incorporated into firefox yet? > > dwain > > > > On 5/12/08, Dean Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On May 12, 2008, at 11:1

Re: [WSG] XHTML 1.1 & CSS3 - Is it worth using right now?

2008-05-13 Thread Dean Matthews
On May 13, 2008, at 3:44 PM, dwain wrote: where is it and is it incorporated into firefox yet? dwain On 5/12/08, Dean Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On May 12, 2008, at 11:13 PM, dwain wrote: and if you are wanting valid css then css3 will throw up errors in the w3c css validator.

Re: [WSG] XHTML 1.1 & CSS3 - Is it worth using right now?

2008-05-13 Thread Nikita The Spider The Spider
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:17 PM, XStandard Vlad Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Nikita, > > > > Are you talking about putting an HTML doctype on > > XHTML 1.1-formatted code > Yes, but normally you would put XHTML 1.1 markup into an template written > for a different DOCTYPE as shown

Re: [WSG] Embed a flash file 100%

2008-05-13 Thread Sam Sherlock
pardon me if I have missed something but have you tried posting this question to the swfObject list over at google code? also the comments made by Rick about flash scale mode are worth pursuing, perhaps stage.align may help. also may be helpful http://www.actionscript.com/Article/tabid/54/Article

Re: [WSG] XHTML 1.1 & CSS3 - Is it worth using right now?

2008-05-13 Thread dwain
where is it and is it incorporated into firefox yet? dwain On 5/12/08, Dean Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 12, 2008, at 11:13 PM, dwain wrote: > > > > and if you are wanting valid css then css3 will throw up errors in the > > w3c css validator. > > > > Not if you use the CSS level 3

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for testimonials

2008-05-13 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 13 May 2008, at 19:48, Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: Don't forget the cite element too. If a source isn't online you wouldn't use the cite attribute, but the element will still help with proper attribution. Mike, you're bang on the money: I had indeed completely forgotten about the ci

Re: [WSG] XHTML 1.1 & CSS3 - Is it worth using right now?

2008-05-13 Thread XStandard
Hi Nikita, > Are you talking about putting an HTML doctype on > XHTML 1.1-formatted code Yes, but normally you would put XHTML 1.1 markup into an template written for a different DOCTYPE as shown in this screen shot: http://xstandard.com/94E7EECB-E7CF-4122-A6AF-8F817AA53C78/html-layout-xhtml-con

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for testimonials

2008-05-13 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Hi Rick, Don't forget the cite element too. If a source isn't online you wouldn't use the cite attribute, but the element will still help with proper attribution. You can also link the element to allow the appropriate access to all. Testimonials With full linkage. http://source.com";> This

Re: [WSG] Embed a flash file 100%

2008-05-13 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 13 May 2008, at 11:39, jay wrote: If you make the height:100% then it is 100% of the parent - since your flash file does not stretch to the that height the background shows which you have declared as white: var so = new SWFObject("main.swf", "main", "100%", "100%", "8", "#ff"); <

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for testimonials

2008-05-13 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 13 May 2008, at 17:56, Joseph Ortenzi wrote: how about using the blockquote "cite" attribute? http://brainstormsandraves.com/articles/semantics/structure/ They mention using cite for a url (or email link) and title for the details. seems to be compliant to me... Hi Joseph; Thanks f

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for testimonials

2008-05-13 Thread Joseph Ortenzi
how about using the blockquote "cite" attribute? http://brainstormsandraves.com/articles/semantics/structure/ They mention using cite for a url (or email link) and title for the details. seems to be compliant to me... On May 13, 2008, at 16:31, Rick Lecoat wrote: On 5 May 2008, at 19

Re: [WSG] Embed a flash file 100%

2008-05-13 Thread Laert Jansen
the problem isn´t the color of that areais that that area shouldn´t exist..I left it white on purpose just to show the area apart from the rest... On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Andrew Maben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 12, 2008, at 9:58 PM, Laert Jansen wrote: > > I can

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for testimonials

2008-05-13 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 5 May 2008, at 19:04, Thierry Koblentz wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Lecoat Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:26 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Definition lists for testimonials Hi, I need to mark up a lis

Re: [WSG] help with menu positioning

2008-05-13 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
tee wrote: My brain isn't working. I thought I have the answer but it's not working :-( http://lotusseedsdesign.com/menu.html Missing base-position... #menu li a {background-position: left top;} Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no **

Re: [WSG] a list apart expired

2008-05-13 Thread Andrew Boyd
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Joseph Ortenzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not from here it hasn't > > > whois results: > > Domain Name: ALISTAPART.COM > Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. > Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com > Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com > Name Server: N

Re: [WSG] XHTML 1.1 & CSS3 - Is it worth using right now?

2008-05-13 Thread Nikita The Spider The Spider
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:57 PM, XStandard Vlad Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HTH wrote: > >...server has to do content negotiation in order to send > > >text/html with one doctype (HTML or XHTML 1.0) to IE users and > >application/xhtml+xml/XHTML 1.1 to everyone else. That means > >yo

Re: [WSG] a list apart expired

2008-05-13 Thread Joseph Ortenzi
Not from here it hasn't whois results: Domain Name: ALISTAPART.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com Name Server: NS1.PENDINGRENEWALDELETION.COM Name Server: NS2.PENDINGRENEWALDELETION.COM Status: clientTran

Re: [WSG] a list apart expired

2008-05-13 Thread Mark Harris
Matthew Pennell wrote: On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Francisco Antunes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can someone who know Zeldman let him know that the domain is expired: http://www.alistapart.com/ He's asleep at the moment. :) Do Happy Cog 'run' Magnolia as well? That lapsed too, I seem t

[WSG] help with menu positioning

2008-05-13 Thread tee
My brain isn't working. I thought I have the answer but it's not working :-( http://lotusseedsdesign.com/menu.html start from the second menu, the hover goes off , but actually the position for the hover state is correct. I do not understand why the link's position-x got it wrong starts

Re: [WSG] a list apart expired

2008-05-13 Thread Matthew Pennell
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Francisco Antunes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone who know Zeldman let him know that the domain is expired: > http://www.alistapart.com/ > He's asleep at the moment. :) Do Happy Cog 'run' Magnolia as well? That lapsed too, I seem to remember. -- - Ma

[WSG] a list apart expired

2008-05-13 Thread Francisco Antunes
Can someone who know Zeldman let him know that the domain is expired: http://www.alistapart.com/ Cheers, Francisco. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/joi

Re: [WSG] Embed a flash file 100%

2008-05-13 Thread jay
>From: "Laert Jansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 22:58:03 -0300 >Subject: Re: [WSG] Embed a flash file 100% > >I´ve already set the height to 100%. The flash file is 778 x 560 px >I can´t find out why that white area is showing on the top. If you make the height:100% then it is 1

Re: [WSG] Embed a flash file 100%

2008-05-13 Thread Joseph Ortenzi
nonsense! You needn't use JS for this as it can be done without JS. http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/ Joe On May 13, 2008, at 08:55, Essential eBiz Solutions Ltd wrote: Hi Laert, Try this You need to upgrade your Flash Player This is

Re: [WSG] background-position-x (and y)?

2008-05-13 Thread tee
Sorry, please ignore me. My brain isn't working after a long and tiring day:-( The answer is right in front of me and I couldn't see it until I wrote it out asking for help. #menu a:hover {background-position: left bottom;} tee On May 13, 2008, at 1:02 AM, tee wrote: I have a menu that has

[WSG] background-position-x (and y)?

2008-05-13 Thread tee
I have a menu that has 9 buttons with 9 different widths, first I tried to use one image only with sliding door method, and declare width and background position in each unique ID like so #menu {width: 900px} #menu li a {background: url(image.png) no-repeat;height 26px} #menu li a:hover {bac

RE: [WSG] Embed a flash file 100%

2008-05-13 Thread Essential eBiz Solutions Ltd
Hi Laert, Try this You need to upgrade your Flash Player This is replaced by the Flash content. Place your alternate content here and users without the Flash plugin or with Javascript turned off will see this. Content