RE: [WSG] Advice on design

2008-07-31 Thread Web Dandy Design
Dandy Design Subject: Re: [WSG] Advice on design Elaine, on Friday, July 25, 2008 at 11:42 wsg@webstandardsgroup.org wrote: > I'm looking for some advice on the best way to put together the navigation > for the following design: > http://www.webdandy.co.uk/navigation-slice.jpg,

[WSG] Advice on design

2008-07-25 Thread Web Dandy Design
Hi, I'm looking for some advice on the best way to put together the navigation for the following design: http://www.webdandy.co.uk/navigation-slice.jpg, so that it's standards compliant and accessible (and if at all possible avoids using images for the text under the nav buttons). Thanks, Elain

RE: [WSG] Opera 9.26 Problem

2008-03-13 Thread Web Dandy Design
Of Gunlaug Sørtun Sent: 13 March 2008 16:26 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Opera 9.26 Problem Web Dandy Design wrote: > [...] However the client's French distributor says that the site > doesn't look right when they are using Opera v9.26, revision 8835, > Win

[WSG] Opera 9.26 Problem

2008-03-13 Thread Web Dandy Design
Hi, We recently built a site for a client and tested across various browsers including Opera 9.26. The site layout looks fine on our machines and we have looked at the site on PC and MAC. However the client's French distributor says that the site doesn't look right when they are using Opera v9.

[WSG] Social Networking Site Software / Script

2007-11-09 Thread Web Dandy Design
Hi, Can anyone recommend a Social Networking Site Software / Script which is standards compliant? I've been hunting around and most scripts are table based and don't seem to be compliant/accessible. The script would need to have some or all of: Ability to list events. Discussion Forum

RE: [WSG] prettier forms

2007-09-14 Thread Web Dandy Design
Hi, Try some of the following links for help with styling forms with CSS and graphics. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2006/11/11/css-based-forms-modern-solutions/ http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/05/15/formal-weirdness/ http://www.sitepoint.com/article/fancy-form-design-css http://www.

[WSG] Accessible Open Source CMS

2007-09-12 Thread Web Dandy Design
Hi, Can anyone advise on the most accessible, open-source CMS between Joomla, Drupal or Plone? Thanks, Elaine Web Designer http://www.webdandy.co.uk *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscri

RE: [WSG] Use of PDFs - Accessibility issues

2007-06-08 Thread Web Dandy Design
Hi, Have you tried RiverDocs: http://www.riverdocs.com/index.htm. You can sign up for a free evaluation licence for 14 days (no restrictions): http://www.riverdocs.com/product/download/index.html. The price is £399. If you are a member of GAWDS the cost is £299 until 22 June. Regards, Elaine W

RE: [WSG] OT on list

2007-05-29 Thread Web Dandy Design
Hi Mark, You can sign up for the CMS list by logging into WSG at http://webstandardsgroup.org/manage/login_edit.cfm then set your preferences to "Full CMS list" or "CMS list in digest mode". Regards, Elaine http://www.webdandy.co.uk **

RE: [WSG] Mocking up web interfaces

2007-05-24 Thread Web Dandy Design
Hi all, I have been going through the emails on this topic and I can identify with most of them. Thanks Nick for your thoughts on mocking up web interfaces - it really brightened my day and James for the info on Fireworks, which I hadn't even heard of! Elaine -- Elaine Wildash http://www.webd

RE: [WSG] wa state guidlines question

2007-05-14 Thread Web Dandy Design
s.com -Original Message- From: Web Dandy Design [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 May 2007 11:27 To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' Subject: RE: [WSG] wa state guidlines question Hi, A couple of links that maybe useful: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pdf_acc

RE: [WSG] 100% height

2007-05-12 Thread Web Dandy Design
Hi, Looks good in ie6 and ie7 win xp pro. -- Elaine Wildash http://www.webdandy.co.uk http://www.webdandy-access.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Schwartz Sent: 12 May 2007 06:33 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] 10

RE: [WSG] wa state guidlines question

2007-05-09 Thread Web Dandy Design
Hi, A couple of links that maybe useful: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pdf_accessibility http://www.planetpdf.com/search_results.asp?words=accessibility&SearchString =storepdftoolsforumgeneral Another option maybe to convert the PDF content to HTML: http://tinyurl.com/2fema Kind regards, E

RE: [WSG] scrolling text and images

2007-05-03 Thread Web Dandy Design
Hi Robin, We have used scrolling text on a school website as a 'ticker tape' of latest news. We removed the Stop/Start function and made the text static if the user doesn't have Javascript. Details can be found at: http://www.websemantics.co.uk/tutorials/accessible_scroller/. We also used a Java