From: Chewy509 on

Evenbit wrote:
> Chewy509(a)austarnet.com.au wrote:
> > \\o//annabee wrote:
> > > Chewy509 wrote:
> > >
> > > >> Here is a link to what I work on : < http://szmyggenpv.com/ >
> > > >
> > > > Hmm... not valid HTML. And oh my eyes, please stop the bleeding!
> > > > (Doesn't pass the w3c HTML validator on any HTML level)...
> > >
> > > :))) Good! The validator seems to do its work, indeed. I am much positivly
> > > surpriced with it. Good tool indeed.
> >
> > So I take it, you'll be updating your website shortly to be nothing but
> > valid HTML?
> >
> > PS. As a token of good will, I'm more than happy to update your website
> > for you, so that's HTML v4.01 Strict w/CSS and also give it a more
> > modern look at the same time... Once at that point, it shouldn't be too
> > hard for you to maintain yourself.
> >
> > PPS. That is a serious offer! (I can't stand websites that look like
> > they're done by a 2 year old using frontpage).
> >
>
> Darran, I appeal to you to please offer to help Randall first...
> "Result: Failed validation, 182 errors"
> http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.artofasm.com%2F
>
> If you look around, nearly all ASM-related sites look like they were
> written circa '95 (a nicer way of saying "done by a 2 year old using
> frontpage"). The only defense I can think of is to say that it is part
> of the ASM culture to "purposely" employ a "circa '95 theme" in proud
> defiance of modern eye-candy. :)

Hi Nathan (and everyone else),

Well, I've updated my own site ( http://chewy509.atspace.com/index.html
), so that you are able to select to visual style whilst viewing the
page, including changing the font and font size! With the right
combination, you can make my site look like a site 'written circa '95',
or you can have a more modern feel... (Controls are in the top right
corner and requires javascript support to be turned on). All this while
still maintaining HTML 4.01 compliance which means that the *widest*
possible audience should be able to view my website as intended...

PS. Comments or suggestions are always welcome. (I'm happy to
upload/email the javascript + css to any interested in doing similar
with their own site so they can have a similar effect).

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From: Evenbit on

Chewy509(a)austarnet.com.au wrote:
> Hi Nathan (and everyone else),
>
> Well, I've updated my own site ( http://chewy509.atspace.com/index.html
> ), so that you are able to select to visual style whilst viewing the
> page, including changing the font and font size! With the right
> combination, you can make my site look like a site 'written circa '95',
> or you can have a more modern feel... (Controls are in the top right
> corner and requires javascript support to be turned on). All this while
> still maintaining HTML 4.01 compliance which means that the *widest*
> possible audience should be able to view my website as intended...

I like it! That's a neat idea to let the viewer chose the font size...
those with poor eyesight can view in comfort.

Nathan.

From: santosh on
Chewy509(a)austarnet.com.au wrote:
> Hi Nathan (and everyone else),
>
> Well, I've updated my own site ( http://chewy509.atspace.com/index.html
> ), so that you are able to select to visual style whilst viewing the
> page, including changing the font and font size! With the right
> combination, you can make my site look like a site 'written circa '95',
> or you can have a more modern feel... (Controls are in the top right
> corner and requires javascript support to be turned on). All this while
> still maintaining HTML 4.01 compliance which means that the *widest*
> possible audience should be able to view my website as intended...
>
> PS. Comments or suggestions are always welcome. (I'm happy to
> upload/email the javascript + css to any interested in doing similar
> with their own site so they can have a similar effect).

DNS requests to obtain the IP address of your site consistently fails.
If it's behind a permanent IP, maybe you can specify that instead?

From: Jim Carlock on
<Chewy509(a)austarnet.com.au> wrote:
> Well, I've updated my own site ( http://chewy509.atspace.com

Neat.

The third click on the "colors" style button results in what? The
loss of colors? Anyways, those buttons could be placed with
absolute positioning inside some <div> tags to prevent movement
when the margins of the page change.

<style type="text/css">
..buttonset {position:absolute;left:450px;top:20px;}
</style>
....
<div class="buttonset">...</div>

Or you can fix the classic.css page to text-align: justify; to keep
the presentation uniform.

To get the size of the CSS pages a little smaller, you could change
the following items:

padding-left: 20pt;
padding-right: 20pt;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-left: 10px;
margin-right: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;

to:

/* no need to provide right, it's inherited from the left */
padding-left: 20pt;
/* no need to specify the other directions, they're all made 10px here */
margin: 10px;

Don't know if that helps you at all, but you seem to be on a free server
which limits the amount of information going out from it, and everyone
benefits from smaller pages (they load faster!).

Jim Carlock
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From: Chewy509 on
santosh wrote:
> Chewy509(a)austarnet.com.au wrote:
> > Hi Nathan (and everyone else),
> >
> > Well, I've updated my own site ( http://chewy509.atspace.com/index.html
> > ), so that you are able to select to visual style whilst viewing the
> > page, including changing the font and font size! With the right
> > combination, you can make my site look like a site 'written circa '95',
> > or you can have a more modern feel... (Controls are in the top right
> > corner and requires javascript support to be turned on). All this while
> > still maintaining HTML 4.01 compliance which means that the *widest*
> > possible audience should be able to view my website as intended...
> >
> > PS. Comments or suggestions are always welcome. (I'm happy to
> > upload/email the javascript + css to any interested in doing similar
> > with their own site so they can have a similar effect).
>
> DNS requests to obtain the IP address of your site consistently fails.
> If it's behind a permanent IP, maybe you can specify that instead?

You're not the first to have this error? I'm using a free host, that
some ISPs have choosen to block. Nothing I can do to fix it. However
I'm in the middle of finding another host due to this... (any
suggestions are welcome).

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