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

2004-03-09 Thread Robert Moser
Paul Ross wrote: If anyone wants to see the finished version check out: http://www.books24x7.net.au - just don't view source on the New Releases page Why is there a

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

2004-03-09 Thread Leo J. O'Campo
al Head [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 09/03/04 4:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] turning back to the dark side... Good one Ross! Nice site ... though maybe a bit more leading in the body copy would make it easy to read (sorry for being picky). And by the way ... I'm

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

2004-03-08 Thread Hill, Tim
PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2004 4:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] turning back to the dark side... As a footnote to this thread I want to add that I did in fact stick to the light and the way and the website was launched as XHTML/CSS. In my darkest hour of frustration I did try

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

2004-03-08 Thread Amit Karmakar
Oops! That should have been Ross, not Paul Sorry about that. Regards, Amit Karmakar www.karmakars.com -Original Message- From: Amit Karmakar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2004 4:09 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [WSG] turning back to the

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2004-03-08 Thread COLIN ROWE
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

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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] turn

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

2004-03-08 Thread Universal Head
Good one Ross! Nice site ... though maybe a bit more leading in the body copy would make it easy to read (sorry for being picky). And by the way ... I'm your father. Peter ;) On 09/03/2004, at 4:00 PM, Paul Ross wrote: As a footnote to this thread I want to add that I did in fact stick to the

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

2004-03-08 Thread Amit Karmakar
, Amit Karmakar www.karmakars.com -Original Message- From: Paul Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2004 4:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] turning back to the dark side... As a footnote to this thread I want to add that I did in fact stick to the light and

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

2004-03-08 Thread Paul Ross
As a footnote to this thread I want to add that I did in fact stick to the light and the way and the website was launched as XHTML/CSS. In my darkest hour of frustration I did try and re-do the pages with HTML tables and found that it was causing more troubles than it was worth. So, I persisted an

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2004-03-07 Thread LC 55
Sorry for barging in here Michael. This is a bit OT, but I need to send you (Michael Donnermeyer) a PM to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. So if you see, From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please open it, as it will be in plain text format with no attachments added. I have already tried to email you, but received no r

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

2004-03-06 Thread Michael Donnermeyer
You actually expect Microsoft to create a product that works?!? How about one that follows standards? (RIGHT!) All kidding aside, it's a royal pain in the U know what and it'll probably result in 'pattern baldness' from ripping your own hair out, but in the long run it'll be worth it. It's

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

2004-03-05 Thread Michael Kear
fine on one site and not on another. Does that make sense or am I being a woolly-thinker as usual? Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com -Original Message- From: Peter Firminger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 5 March 2004 6:26 PM To

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

2004-03-04 Thread Peter Firminger
Hi Mike, Just a few things that need clearing up... > Why not just relax a little and do a table for the part > that's giving you > all the heartburn, and move on the rest of the site as > compliant. The html > wont validate, but will that really matter that much? > That way you're still gettin

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

2004-03-04 Thread Chris Blown
That's good advice. BTW. Using tables doesn't automatically make your markup invalid. You can happily use tables and still get 100% compliant markup. Chris Blown http://hinterlands.com.au > Why not just relax a little and do a table for the part that's giving you > all the heartburn, and move o

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2004-03-04 Thread Universal Head
I totally agree, I did this with a site recently. The site is still great, still fast, and one simple two column table fixed all my woes. As I progress I become better and can design without the tables, like my last site (launching soon, I'll let you all know when it's up). But yes, IE is crap. P

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2004-03-04 Thread Michael Kear
l of us - users, site owners, developers, designers, but its not worth getting ulcers over or missing deadlines for. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com -Original Message- From: Paul Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 5 March 2004 4:3

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

2004-03-04 Thread Paul Ross
Hello Peter, Yes, I remember your post a while back and was going through a similar pain at the same time. Now it's getting serious as I have a tight deadline and IE is stubbornly throwing down as many roadblocks as it can manage and testing my sanity. If it wasn't for this list and other helpful

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

2004-03-04 Thread Paul Ross
Hello David, Thank you for taking the time to have a look and suggest a solution. So, it is as simple as using display: inline and tweaking pixel dimensions?! I will give it a go. I have noticed this before about IE and I will try to refrain from swearing here. If you have say 3 images of 100px

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

2004-03-04 Thread Universal Head
Hey, so this is what I sounded like when I went off my rocker a month or so back! ;) Haven't got time to get into specifics right now Paul, sorry, but hang in there. I know EXACTLY how you feel. However I just made my first site where everything fell perfectly into place, I could re-use code from

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

2004-03-04 Thread David McDonald
#x27;m not sure why they are in there, and they don't need to be if you rework the floats a little. Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WSG] turning back to the dark side... Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 11:20:06 +1000 > >Hello folks, > &g