RE: [WSG] Unstyling named anchors

2005-10-31 Thread Martin J. Lambert
> From: Thierry Koblentz > Martin J. Lambert wrote: > > Actually, when using XHTML Strict, "name" is not a valid attribute for > > anchors. You can use the "id" attribute to get the same jump-to-that- > > section-of-the-page behaviour, but this will w

RE: [WSG] Unstyling named anchors

2005-10-31 Thread Martin J. Lambert
> From: Paul Noone > > When using XHTML strict named anchors need to surround some link text, yes? > > I'd tinkered with a[name]:hover but I'm loathe to create a style for this. I > don't think hiding them is th eoption either. Actually, when using XHTML Strict, "name" is not a valid attribute

RE: [WSG] Style PRE with word wrap?

2005-05-31 Thread Martin J. Lambert
> From: Ben > > After some testing, I think it's best to stick to using for > blocks of code. won't preserve whitespace, so your code's > not going to have any indenting unless you use a lot of non-breaking > spaces which will inflate the size of your file and not to mention > a real be a pain i

RE: [WSG] you've been framed - Pt3

2005-03-28 Thread Martin J. Lambert
designer wrote: > I've taken your code and added a menu to the top of it, and it works > after a fashion. It doesn't work in IE5.5 and I don't know what to do > with it, esp as I don't fully understand what the IE expression is > doing. > > http://www.treyarnon.fsworld.co.uk/kernow/propertydetail

RE: [WSG] you've been framed! - Pt2 : overflow

2005-03-25 Thread Martin J. Lambert
designer wrote: > So I've done some fiddling with overflow : auto, and failed. > > OK, maybe I'm missing a trick here (do please tell me!) but if not, > it looks as though this solution isn't one, after all. I've never had a lot of success with that overflow idea either. The other way to go at i

RE: [WSG] XML Declaration

2005-03-25 Thread Martin J. Lambert
> Sigurd Magnusson wrote: > >> Is there any situation where IE6 renders in standard compliance mode >> with the preamble? >> Juergen Auer responded: > > If IE6 finds an Xml-Declaration, he switchs in BackCompat. > If my understanding is correct, then this should be phrased somewhat differen

RE: [WSG] you've been framed!

2005-03-24 Thread Martin J. Lambert
Bob McClelland wrote: >> As far as I'm concerned, when you have a great long scrolling list >> (for example) and you want (need) to keep the nav stuff stationary, >> frames represent the ONLY way to do it. Vaska.WSG responded: > > > It can also be done using Microsoft's proprietary expression

RE: [WSG] centering floats?

2005-03-11 Thread Martin J. Lambert
Alan Trick wrote: > Centering the containiner is meaningless though if it doesn't have a > fixed width (that's smaller than it's container), and if it does have > a fixed width, than it ruins the whole point of the thing, to allow > the boxes to flow depending on the size of the container. > > Dav

RE: [WSG] scribbles

2005-01-24 Thread Martin J. Lambert
designer wrote: > > http://www.betasite.fsnet.co.uk/comment/scribblings.html > On this page, you write: "Of course you can use javascript to open a new window (onClick), but that isn't the point, is it?" I think that's exactly the point, however. My understanding is that the W3C did not remove

RE: [WSG] doctypes, quirks/standards mode and positioning

2004-10-04 Thread Martin J. Lambert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for the clarification. However, I still don't understand WHY a > page requires a doctype declaration (in my case HTML 4.0 > transitional) just to make a font-size style cascade from body > through to td. I believe it's simply that quirks mode follows older brows

RE: [WSG] applying style to the 3rd column of a table?

2004-08-13 Thread Martin J. Lambert
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > > On a side note, if a table contains more than 3 columns, then the > syntax td+td+td will give a background colour to more than one column. > You'd need to add td+td+td+td to override the previous one. Or alternatively, change it to td:first-child+td+td -- Martin

RE: [WSG] Changing the DOCTYPE messes up the page

2004-08-04 Thread Martin J. Lambert
Justin French wrote: > > Well, you didn't tell us that the watermark was generated content from > a JS file, and I didn't look. Even though your source validates, you > must understand that the (X)HTML that the javascript program writes > internally doesn't appear in the source that W3C validates

RE: [WSG] Oh, the humanity!

2004-07-16 Thread Martin J. Lambert
Rev. Bob 'Bob' Crispen wrote: > > > This isn't a simple "brochure-ware" site of static pages. > > Why not? I agree with most of what you wrote, but just wanted to address this one point. I used to work for CDNOW before it went under, and can tell you why it isn't a simple site of static pages