RE: [WSG] I wrecked my CSS ... : (

2004-06-02 Thread James Silva
of what your page is doing. Cheers, ____ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: 02 9299 9462 Fax: 02 9299 9463 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.gruden.com > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

RE: [WSG] IE mystery whitespace

2004-04-30 Thread James Silva
Miles, Replace your existing #content selector with the following: #content { margin-left: 0; float : left; padding: 0; border: 1px dashed #090; } Slightly different way of achieving the result you're after. Cheers, James Silv

RE: [WSG] IE mystery whitespace

2004-04-29 Thread James Silva
One other thing... You may want to try a doctype that doesn't trigger "quirks" mode. For HTML 4.01 Transitional... http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";> Cheers, ________ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: 02 9299 9462 Fax: 02 9299 9463

RE: [WSG] IE mystery whitespace

2004-04-29 Thread James Silva
I'd say its something to do with this bug... http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/threepxtest.html Cheers, James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: 02 9299 9462 Fax: 02 9299 9463 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.grude

RE: [WSG] Relative Fonts

2004-04-06 Thread James Silva
it breaks then so be it. At least the user will still be able to read your content. > Relative font sizes ruin good design. A bold statement. How about: "Fixed font sizes reduce your potential audience" Just as valid (if not more so), no? Cheers, James Silva Web Production

RE: [WSG] New site - looking for feedback

2004-03-29 Thread James Silva
? As Russ mentioned, there is a " Built by members" section at: http://webstandardsgroup.org/go/resourcecat12.cfm Thanks for the feedback. James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [WSG] New site - looking for feedback

2004-03-29 Thread James Silva
s. Every browser seems to treat them differently. > That's that only thing I could find in what is an > aesthetically pleasing design that is a credit to the WSG. > Maybe it's time for a WSG Member's portfolio? As Russ mentioned, there is a " Built by members" section

RE: [WSG] New site - looking for feedback

2004-03-29 Thread James Silva
ado). Heres a couple of our other (largely) CSS based ShadoMX sites: http://www.ccfa.org.au/ http://www.thegeorgeinstitute.org/ > I know you're looking for html/css comments, but to tell the > truth, the site just looks brilliant in my browsers. If it > was my work I'd be telli

RE: [WSG] New site - looking for feedback

2004-03-29 Thread James Silva
always an after thought for me. We actually have a generic template (html and css) that our designers use to define their content styles. Which is excellent (when they actually use it - unlike this instance) as it means the designers get a bit of insight into what can/cannot be done with html/css.

RE: [WSG] [OT] Outlook error: Can't open this item. Your Digital ID name ... etc

2004-03-29 Thread James Silva
me (and provide feedback)? Our little iMac is playing up. I'd be more than happy to discuss any html/css decisions I made. *Obviously this is just a quick knockup of the initial design, as the client wants to see it in HTML form. Thanks in advance, James Silva Web P

[WSG] New site - looking for feedback

2004-03-29 Thread James Silva
is just a quick knockup of the initial design, as the client wants to see it in HTML form. Thanks in advance, ________ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.

RE: [WSG] Relative font sizes - resizing in IE

2004-03-17 Thread James Silva
heers Leo, very thorough. ____ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.gruden.com * The discussion list for http://we

[WSG] Relative font sizes - resizing in IE

2004-03-17 Thread James Silva
: detailed explanation", you'll find, well, a detailed explanation :P Sorry if this is common CSS knowledge (wasn't to me). Just thought I'd share. Cheers, James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 0

RE: [WSG] double quoting

2004-02-24 Thread James Silva
uote and end with a single quote. The other guff in the middle outlines what characters are valid as values. Basically anything bar < & and " OR an entity reference. So, as far as I can tell, single quotes on your attribute values are perfectly acceptable (for xhtml1). Havent done any re

RE: [WSG] Opera and centering

2004-02-15 Thread James Silva
> Opera seems to have problems centering divs (with margin: 0 > auto;) - is there a workaround to fix this? What version of Opera? Works fine for me (just did a quick test to confirm)... Running Ver 7.23 on winXP. Cheers, ____ James Silva Web Production Gruden P

RE: [WSG] Image MAP Not Working In FireFox...

2004-02-15 Thread James Silva
applet, form, frame, iframe, img, and map If you're not using XHTML 1.1, you should be ok. Ref: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/diffs.html#h-4.10 Cheers, ____ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PR

RE: [WSG] Image MAP Not Working In FireFox...

2004-02-15 Thread James Silva
you should be ok. Ref: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/diffs.html#h-4.10 Cheers, ____ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [WSG] Image MAP Not Working In FireFox...

2004-02-15 Thread James Silva
Hi Chris, Adding a name attribute to your map tag seems to fix the problem in FF. i.e: Cheers, James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.gruden.com

RE: [WSG] FireFox - OT.. Sorry - reply off list

2004-02-09 Thread James Silva
heers, James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.gruden.com smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

RE: [WSG] FireFox - OT.. Sorry - reply off list

2004-02-09 Thread James Silva
/www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ ____ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.gruden.com From: Chris S

RE: [WSG] Yep, going slowly insane

2004-02-06 Thread James Silva
ain it. > Thanks for taking a look James. I'm slogging away. Even when > I go back a few steps and remove all the floats the footer > doesn't clear properly > - it's ridiculous! > P No prob... Good luck with getting it sorted. Cheers,

RE: [WSG] Yep, going slowly insane

2004-02-05 Thread James Silva
r problem. But, it seems you have a bunch of other issues (header and nav positioning). I'll let someone else chip in for those. Cheers, ____ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [WSG] Opera bug?

2004-02-01 Thread James Silva
Are you using the generic "#top" (which I believe most browsers support) or are you pointing the link to an actual named anchor? ________ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W

RE: [WSG] CSS Filter (Alpha Opacity) on MZ/NS

2004-01-18 Thread James Silva
p?url=/workshop/author/filter/fi lters.asp As a general rule, you should avoid them where possible (my opinion). You can usually achieve the same effect by re-working your html/css layout. cheers, ________ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +

RE: [WSG] Search Engines

2003-12-03 Thread James Silva
en your site changes and index accordingly. Also, more people will link to you if you have good content (i.e. O'matic series is Google gold). cheers, ____ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

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

2003-11-26 Thread James Silva
hanks again everyone. ____ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.gruden.com * The disc

[WSG] [OT] XSL

2003-11-26 Thread James Silva
y first attempt at transforming XML... so be gentle :) cheers, ________ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http:/

RE: [WSG] hiding styles from mozilla

2003-11-06 Thread James Silva
Nice! Didn't even cross my mind... so simple :) Looks like my CSS-hack-free-run remains in tact for another day... thanks mate, James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web:

RE: [WSG] hiding styles from mozilla

2003-11-06 Thread James Silva
ntil they see the light of day. Believe me, if i could, i would... :( cheers, ____ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http

RE: [WSG] hiding styles from mozilla [Virus checkedAU]

2003-11-06 Thread James Silva
ss for the office... got it sorted though :) cheers mate, ________ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.gruden.com > Hi James, > > How a

RE: [WSG] hiding styles from mozilla

2003-11-06 Thread James Silva
> You could try mixing 'n matching hacks from here: > http://centricle.com/ref/css/filters/ Thanks Lindsay... * html #pageText { height : 280px; } Did the trick. Height property is only set by IE browsers. Weird.. but it works :) ____ Jame

[WSG] hiding styles from mozilla

2003-11-06 Thread James Silva
in place *if* i could somehow hide the HEIGHT property from Moz based browsers... any ideas? ________ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http:/