Re: [WSG] Standards and ADS

Jad Madi wrote: Hi Will ADS break web standards in any mean ? such as Google ads, and Amazon ads? I added a PayPal link to my website but the supplied code snippet isn't valid XHTML so I had to manually alter it. Alan ** The discussion

[WSG] Re: It's all in the MIME

Thanks to everyone for all the help, suggestions and links. I've amended the code from http://www.workingwith.me.uk/articles/scripting/mimetypes/ to send IE XHTML 1.0 and if anyone wants to borrow it then it can be found at:- http://www.college.gameplan.org.uk/wsg/mimetype.txt Alan

[WSG] Re: It's all in the MIME

> Why is the content-type not sent? What errors or warnings does PHP > display? What content-type _is_ sent? What problems does Firefox have? > > Some possible reasons for this script not to work: > - headers are already sent out by PHP; > - one ore more conditions are too narrow or wide (especiall

[WSG] Re: It's all in the MIME

> > So does anyone have a link to an article which can tell me how to > > properly serve up application/xhtml+xml using PHP? > Jeroen Visser shared > http://www.workingwith.me.uk/articles/scripting/mimetypes/ as a link > before... that tells you how. The datestamp on the message was Thu, 11 > Nov

[WSG] Re: It's all in the MIME

> > It may not be the way to do it but it's the way it's taught at the > > article you reference: > > Oldie but goldie on the subject: > > http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/19/dive-into-xml.html > Aeh...where exactly? It's in the section "Accommodating legacy browsers" and the PHP code is:- I'v

[WSG] Re: It's all in the MIME

> Taking a stab in the dark, I'd guess that all you did was change the > "content type" meta to it. Well...that's not the way to do it. It may not be the way to do it but it's the way it's taught at the article you reference: > Oldie but goldie on the subject: > http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/1

[WSG] Re: Site Check please

> PHP always uses server time AFAIK and there's no way to adjust for time > zones since PHP cannot determine what time zone a client is in, at least in > the research I did a couple of years ago. The "usual" way is to allow the client to choose what time zone they are in then script the neccessary

[WSG] Re: Is XHTML harmful?

> > Ian Hickson is _not_ saying XHTML is harmful, he is saying that > > serving up XHTML with the wrong MIME type is bad. I've read the article and what I don't understand is that if it is so bad why is it acceptable to the Validator? I write my pages in XHTML with a XHTML 1.1 doctype and send th

Re: [WSG] Site critique

> Also, when validated I got 105 errors. The bulk of them had to do with > MM. > > Any suggestions appreciated. My first suggestion would be to post a URL :-) Alan ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of

[WSG] Re: Why_does_this_floated_text_not_show_up_in_IE?

"Nick Gleitzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll have another look tomorrow, if someone hasn't already > come up with a simple and elegant solution - which they will... Love > this list. So do I :-) Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Adding height 1% to #information fixed it withou

Re: [WSG] meta http-equiv

> The correct content type or MIME type for an XHTML document is > "application/xhtml+xml". > Although I might add internet explorer doesn't understand it so you need > to determine if the users browser accepts it.You can do this in PHP by > writing: : SNIP: The suggested method doesn't

[WSG] Re: Hybrid layouts

I think part of this debate is because many developers have years of experience and know all the tricks of getting tables laid out how they want. For someone new, like me, I'm as well to dive straight in and learn CSS rather than worrying about "the old way". I'd be interested in your views of my

[WSG] Re: Proper usage of Blockquote and Cite

> Is this the semantically correct way to use these elements? I would end the blockquote AFTER the cite. Alan Testimonial or feedback here More feedback by same person NN, Occupation * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.o

[WSG] Re: javascript form submission

> I am also weak with javascript and no nothing about php. Can you point > me to some good URLS and/or books that could help me out? Try http://www.phpfreaks.com to get you started. Alan * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/

[WSG] Re: javascript form submission

> I'm going to add an input type="image" button which will do the job but, > where should I put now the form validation? I mean can I still use the > onsubmit event on the input type image and use the same javascript function > that there was before or is it everytime better to have the validation

[WSG] Re: Site Review and IE5 issue

http://www.gameplan.org.uk Well by taking out the percentage width parameters in the tables and cells it now works on Windows in Mozilla, IE5 and IE6. However that means it doesn't take all the space available to it. I can get it to use all the space (on my screen!) by putting a width in pixels

[WSG] Re: Site Review and IE5 issue

> IE 5 Mac or Windows? Windows. Sorry - should have stated that. Alan * 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] Re: Site Review and IE5 issue

> I'll agree on the W3C icons. A grey or blue would be a better fit for > the site. Also need to specify a style for the hover on those images, > ridding them of the back background. Thanks. I have now downloaded the old IE Browsers and IE5.* makes a right hash of it with the centre column over

Re: [WSG] Site Review and some guidance on inheritance please

Rev Bob wrote:- > I do have a real comment. I think the color of the W3C icons is > beating hell out of your blues. You either need to get rid of them > (as in ) or do something to give that > orange-yellow a context. Thanks - I'll look into that. > Don't answer h

[WSG] Re: IE5 v Mozilla

> table width="100%" Thanks - it was originally broken only in IE, hence the title, then I tried to fix it and broke it in both. Now working in both. Alan * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org

[WSG] IE5 v Mozilla

Can anyone tell me what causes the table under "Latest Results" not to take the whole 100% width of the div?? http://www.gameplan.org.uk/ http://www.gameplan.org.uk/styles/gplan.css Thanks Alan * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgro

[WSG] Re: Design Philosophy

> That article was written in 1999 as an intervention against the printed > page paradigm and to get desinegers to transition to CSS. Sorry if I picked a bad example - have been reading a lot the last few days! > Justin French Thanks for the feedback and encouragement Justin. Alan

Re: [WSG] Design Philosophy

> What articles are you referring to? Well there's quite a few but here's one where the basic idea is right but I find it just a tad idealistic:- http://www.westciv.com/style_master/house/good_oil/not_paper/ Alan * The discussion list for http

[WSG] Design Philosophy

I have seen some articles on the web that say we shouldn't care about how our web sites look as long as they use valid mark up language and separate content from presentation.   Personally I want to design web sites that:-   1) Look good in standards compliant browsers.   2) Degrade graceful

[WSG] Re: some guidance on inheritance please

Nick and Cameron, Cheers guys - now working OK. Alan * 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] Re: Nested DIV not displaying correctly

Many thanks for the tips . Alan * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ***