Re: [WSG] Nikon's new standards website

2005-12-15 Thread Ric Jude Raftis
Certainly a big step in the right directions, but still two simple warnings that could be fixed and it is only Transitional. Regards, Ric designer wrote: http://www.nikonnet.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/

Re: [WSG] Browser Resolutions

2005-12-15 Thread Ric Jude Raftis
Whilst stats can tell some stories, your question is almost one of those how long is a piece of string? types. Screen resolutions vary with target audiences. I have clients with agricultural based sites where I am still getting reports of screens at 640 x 480! Don't forget either that the

Re: [WSG] CSS in IE Help needed.

2005-12-14 Thread Ric Jude Raftis
Try this Al #content { padding: 10px; margin:5px auto; background-color: #fff; border: 1px solid #000; width: 70%; /* remove this because you are setting your margin to auto*/ } Regards, Ric Al Kendall wrote: Can anyone please tell me how to fix the following script to get the div the

Re: [WSG] CSS in IE Help needed.

2005-12-14 Thread Ric Jude Raftis
. Thanks for the correction. Regards, Ric Ben Wong wrote: On 12/14/05, Ric Jude Raftis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try this Al #content { padding: 10px; margin:5px auto; background-color: #fff; border: 1px solid #000; width: 70%; /* remove this because you are setting your margin to auto

Re: [WSG] CSS in IE Help needed.

2005-12-14 Thread Ric Jude Raftis
Yes, I have and in my humble opinion, poor design. Px heights for fonts are not recommended and will cause problems with higher resolution monitors at 96px and in future above. Recommendations are to set font sizes at percentages or ems. I set my font size to 100% in my body of the css and

Re: [WSG] Need help with form

2005-12-08 Thread Ric Jude Raftis
Well it seems you must have fixed it because Cynthia Says is passing you at Triple A. Regards, Ric Kim Kruse wrote: Hi, I thought I've done everything correct with my forms... but no. So now I'm trying to figure out why Cynthia/WEBXACT fails my form pages. I just don't understand what

Re: [WSG] *Why* doesn't Google validate? was New logo scheme was talking points for standards

2005-12-08 Thread Ric Jude Raftis
Makes it interesting when you are trying to sell clients "validated" code and web sites if they ask "does Google have validated code?". Regards, Ric James Ellis wrote: Hi Having a valid frontend has nothing to do with whether an organisation attempts to be socially responsible. I'm

Re: [WSG] IE adding image margin

2005-12-07 Thread Ric Jude Raftis
G'day Julia, Firefox is actually not displaying properly either. Your text is quite small on the page, so if you hit Control and the plus key a few times to enlarge it you'll see what happens to your footer area. I also note you have two doctypes in your code. One for xhtml and one for

Re: [WSG] talking points for standards

2005-12-06 Thread Ric Jude Raftis
Now that is a pearl Mark! Is it copyrightLOL. Regards, Ric Mark Harris wrote: You can lead a client to knowledge, but you can't make them think! ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] talking points for standards

2005-12-06 Thread Ric Jude Raftis
You are absolutely correct Andreas. Bit the same as an Australian Safety Standard, or Certificate of Electrical Compliance and the myriad of other bits of pieces of terminology and standards that we live with every day. But if we don't educate the public, how will they ever learn. The tag

Re: [WSG] talking points for standards

2005-12-05 Thread Ric Jude Raftis
G'day Donna, The continuing fight against the incompetent and uncaring! Would they allow their children to play with toys that didn't meet Australian Safety Standards (or whatever country you're in)? Then why have a site that doesn't meet world standards for web design? Regards, Ric

Re: [WSG] talking points for standards

2005-12-05 Thread Ric Jude Raftis
I've only recently joined this group and I find this an interesting discussion because it is a daily challenge for designers who are desperately trying to do the right thing. I'm sure we would all love to see the back of the cowboys in the industry who throw a Frontpage site together with no