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H · January 31st, 2007, 9:34 PM

Wow.. that is messed up. Tables + images + css = bad.

I don't mean to be critical, but this is a really good time to point out a few in some uses of standards.

A) The page is using a XHTML 1.0 Strict doctype. Most of the code involving this problem is HTML 4, possibly not even valid. Note the uppercase attributes with no quotes surrounding the values.
B) A table is being used in a place it shouldn't be... this is a classic list scenario.
C) Navigational images are being used with no titles or alternate next. If you must use an image as a link, be absolutely sure to include the alt attribute with appropriate text. In the case of this, which is the desire to use a certain font, I'd consider sIFR.

I apologize for this rant, but this is a really good example of simple mistakes compounding into a small cosmetic issue, but a cosmetic issue nonetheless.

January 31st, 2007, 9:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
H after g, before i Resident. Joined in Jul 2004 Lives in N,BC,CA 8,087 posts Gave thanks: 48 Thanked 131 times	Wow.. that is messed up. Tables + images + css = bad. I don't mean to be critical, but this is a really good time to point out a few in some uses of standards. A) The page is using a XHTML 1.0 Strict doctype. Most of the code involving this problem is HTML 4, possibly not even valid. Note the uppercase attributes with no quotes surrounding the values. B) A table is being used in a place it shouldn't be... this is a classic list scenario. C) Navigational images are being used with no titles or alternate next. If you must use an image as a link, be absolutely sure to include the alt attribute with appropriate text. In the case of this, which is the desire to use a certain font, I'd consider sIFR. I apologize for this rant, but this is a really good example of simple mistakes compounding into a small cosmetic issue, but a cosmetic issue nonetheless.