[WSG] Flash and 100% height - retry and apologies

2005-08-10 Thread Brendan Smith
Firstly, not to excuse the format of my previous email, but I'm stuck with the Outlook Web Access mail client. Try as I might to get it to send text emails, this is as close as it gets. I apologise for any inconvenience it may have caused. I have to say it was disheartening to see my request tr

[WSG] Flash 100% wide layout issues - resorting to javascript - eek!

2005-08-09 Thread Brendan Smith
Hi all,   I've come crawling back with some issues. I never seem to be much help to anyone else - I hope someone can help me here.   I have a page that has a banner, a menu, a side (tree) menu, a flash image viewing app as the main content, a control pannel and a footer.   My (unobtainable?) go

[WSG] Adobe Buys Macromedia

2005-04-18 Thread Brendan Smith
Oh - my - . http://www.markme.com/mesh/archives/007504.cfm http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html Where do things go from here for standard

[WSG] Web app guidance/site comment

2005-02-04 Thread Brendan Smith
Greetings all, I'm currently working on a web app that I have created in as much of a web standards karma giving way as I can muster. If I could get some feed back on this little number from the crowd out there I would be most greatful. General tips and pointers are what I'm after. If you l

[WSG] Firefox 1.0

2004-11-09 Thread Brendan Smith
Hi all, Well it's finally here. Firefox 1.0. Yeah, you probably already know, but for those that don't... With an amazing history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox) of development, this little-browser-that-could has finally reached a milestone to be proud of. If you're as much of a F

RE: [WSG] IES and Firefox issues - Link included

2004-07-07 Thread Brendan Smith
>My theory: the auto height on #tree_menu_container expands the container to fit the content. Therefore the browser sees no need to add scrollbars. OK - I'll play with that and see how I go >Probably a combination of the 100% width + 1px border on the table (which presumably will have tabular da

[WSG] IES and Firefox issues - Link included

2004-07-07 Thread Brendan Smith
Yes, it's that secure I forgot the link: https://monitor.hpa.com.au/ies/ I apologize in advance for the HTML email - using a web based client without the option to change to plain - expect a new client soon! Precursory info: * Yup, it validates (HTML and CSS) *

[WSG] IES and Firefox issues

2004-07-07 Thread Brendan Smith
I apologize in advance for the HTML email - using a web based client without the option to change to plain - expect a new client soon! Precursory info: * Yup, it validates (HTML and CSS) * http://www.websiteoptimization.com/ gave me a pat on the head! *

RE: [WSG] turning back to the dark side...

2004-03-08 Thread Brendan Smith
"And by the way ... I'm your father. " Am I to take it then that CSS is essentially a bunch of Jedi mind tricks? Brendan From: Universal Head [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 09/03/04 4:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] turning back to the dark

RE: [WSG] IE7 fixes CSS glitches for IE

2004-03-08 Thread Brendan Smith
Um, Actually Neerav - what this is (is) a bunch of HTC (http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/components/htc/reference/htcref.asp) behaviours that convince IE 5.5 and above behave a lot better. They re-interpret the way CSS is implemented in IE. This "kit" of code is applied on a per site basis via

RE: [WSG] setting up a PX with old browsers

2004-01-21 Thread Brendan Smith
Well... http://www.insert-title.com/web_design/?page=articles/dev/multi_IE This links shows you how to install multiple versions of IE on one box. http://www.skyzyx.com/downloads/?PHPSESSID=8958b96e1df94b78ae42027617ed85f9

RE: [WSG] OT: damn I feel old

2004-01-19 Thread Brendan Smith
Awww heck - I don't mind. Well for as long as Pete F stays on the list anyhow ;) 31 - 32 in June. So, stop your whinin' Brendan From: Miles Tillinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 19/01/04 4:12 PM To: Web Standards Group (E-mail) Subject: [WSG] OT: d

[WSG] Recommended CSS navigation code?

2004-01-14 Thread Brendan Smith
Hi all, After two days of stalling, I'm now in the proverbial. I need to find a CSS based drop down menu somewhat like the suckerfish menus for an intranet project "that grew too big". I've checked out a few, none really grab me. I had built a menu out of Aaron Broodman's ypSlideOutMenus, but i

RE: [WSG] good coding app

2004-01-13 Thread Brendan Smith
Free? Doh?! Well, someone forgot to register then, didn't they! It's shareware mate, with a 30 day trial period. US$30 to write your name in the about box. Brendan From: Colm Walsh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 09/01/04 11:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [WSG] Web Editor?

2004-01-11 Thread Brendan Smith
Title: Web Editor? Happy new year all! Have kind thoughts for a poor fella who starts work again today after a short holiday break.   Good question Taco.   I’m currently building an online template based CMS that I have sold to a hosting company. I originally had grand plans of beautif

[WSG] Bookmark plugin: Was: do people still use bookmarks?

2003-12-12 Thread Brendan Smith
With all the OT posts lately - I don't feel as guilty posting this : ) I have always wanted to be able to make my bookmarks available. From anywhere. Everywhere. Home, work, cafe's, mate's houses - even the in-laws. Maybe even my dingy PDA. I always envisioned it being a plugin that worked in

[WSG] RE: OT: XSL editing

2003-12-04 Thread Brendan Smith
What a doofus me is. The link to Aaron (that's two a's not three) Boodman's XSLT/ASP plumbing tool is: www.youngpup.net Drill through to Snippets > XSLT / ASP Plumbing Apologies : ) Brendan ________ From: Brendan Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

[WSG] RE: OT: XSL editing

2003-12-04 Thread Brendan Smith
Spot on Lindsay. That or XMLSpy are pretty much the only deal at the moment. They are good tools that allow you to hook up with whatever is your preferred XSLT engine, which can help with some of those teeny tiny differences you can get. The other option is to get Aaaron Boodman's XSLT/ASP p

RE: [WSG] [OT] XSL [Virus checkedAU]

2003-11-26 Thread Brendan Smith
Glad you got it fixed.. Now run and hide! 'Cause XSL never leaves you alone... it hangs around for years like a bad smell. I'll never use XSL again for the generation of a dynamic site. I might use it in passing here and there, but it makes for such a legacy item. I'm really keen to hear fr

RE: [WSG] [OT] XSL

2003-11-26 Thread Brendan Smith
Sure can James.. Try this RowBackgroundColourAlternate It's a rough starter - but you might be able to see where I'm going with it... Brendan From: James Silva [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 27/11/03 3:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] [OT

[WSG] Safari cam

2003-11-24 Thread Brendan Smith
Well, this won't last long, but it sure is nice of the guy... http://www.danvine.com/capture/ This site allows you to preview your site in a Safari browser screenshot for free (as in beer) - much like browsercam, only cheaper! (This guy will need some bandwidth

[WSG] OT: multiple IE versions

2003-11-10 Thread Brendan Smith
Just a bit of an update: It's now possible to run both Internet Explorer 3 and Internet Explorer 4.01 in addition to 5.01sp2 and 5.5sp2 (and 6.0!) all on the one machine. Get the gump here: http://www.skyzyx.com/archives/94.php The files required are zipped and ready for exploitation.

RE: [WSG] Sydney Workshop: Practical CSS Page Layout - it's on!

2003-11-10 Thread Brendan Smith
Well - I'm half convinced. I even have the go ahead to get some corporate dosh to pay for it! But two questions: I'm kinda ofay with CSS, aware of the box model, I even know it needs tweaking - but I never can get it quite "over the line" so to speak. Is this the guy to help? This course