[WSG] WAI: successful Australian (or global) examples

2004-07-08 Thread Ben Webster
n involved in a successful example?   It doesn't have to be Australian even... I just need some examples (or lack of) so I can point out to them that the requirement is a little harsh.   A bientot, Benvolio Ben Webster --Conversant Stu

Re: [WSG] HTML email - mac testers please

2004-06-09 Thread Ben Webster
Hey there Mark, html in emails is a bit trcky and doesn't take too kindly to external css files or using css for positioning. To cover all bases, I usually code the emails in html 3.2 - using as much inline crappy html as possible. It ain't pretty but it works. Go here for some more info : http:

Re: [WSG] HTML email - mac testers please

2004-06-09 Thread Ben Webster
Hey there Mark, html in emails is a bit trcky and doesn't take too kindly to external css files or using css for positioning. To cover all bases, I usually code the emails in html 3.2 - using as much inline crappy html as possible. It ain't pretty but it works. Go here for some more info : http:

Re: [WSG] IE hiding text

2004-05-19 Thread Ben Webster
Hey there Gary,   there's just a small problem with the way your structring your background image for the left hand column. For help go here:Faux columns - by Dan Cederhomhttp://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/   btw - your images and colours look very familiar. A lot like a site I po

Re: [WSG] SMH launch

2004-04-28 Thread Ben Webster
Hey there Peter,   everyone here at my office has had the day in their calendar to check out the redesign. Now that the redesign has shipped and you can now get your life back... I'd love to hear (if you have time) about the process involved in the redesign.   There was a report from Forreste

Re: [WSG] Horizontal Rule throwing out design

2004-04-13 Thread Ben Webster
Hey there crew, I've had this same problem recently and someone on this list helped me out. I can't remember who though. I needed to have a repeating image for the hr and the kludge I ended up using to accomodate IE was: In my stylesheet: div.hr { margin: 20px 10px 0px 0; padding: 0 15px 0 0;

Re: Opening pages in new windows... was Re: [WSG] XHTML (OT??)

2004-02-08 Thread Ben Webster
Hey there team, surely there must be a more specific objective than for the users to simply stay on the site for as long as possible. I can assure you that is not the objective of content heavy sites like smh.com.au I can think of many good reasons to go to a new window. Here's a good one - con

[WSG] html + css guru contracter

2004-01-22 Thread Ben Webster
m.au/apa/index_01.html   If you know anyone who might fit the bill can you forward their details to me - or vice versa... my Hothouse details are below.   Thanks, Benvolio   Ben Webster+61 2 9432 3671[EMAIL PROTECTED]Hothouse Interactive Pty LtdLevel 3, 154 Pacific HighwaySt Leonards NSW 2067

[WSG] bug check - does it break?

2004-01-18 Thread Ben Webster
Hey there crew,   just finished marking up the templates for a new site we're building here at werk. At the moment it validates a-ok - but I was wondering if you guys could run your keen eyes over it to see if there are any bugs.   I've tested the markup in a few browsers - but haven't been

[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

[WSG] Rollover bug in Firebird 0.7

2003-12-15 Thread Ben Webster
Hey there WSG crew,   I'm (fairly) new to the list - and it's great to hear the daily in's and out's of other developers strtuggling with similar issues.   I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on a stange bug I'm getting in Firebird 0.7 on a PC.   On one of my sites www.thesydneyp