[Web4lib] problems with display in Safari

[Cary Gordon]

I noticed that your library hours are text displayed in an image.  
That is a major usability issue. Less of an issue but still to be  
avoided are the menu images. The type face looks pretty normal, so do  
you really need images for these? Also, if you must use images for  
text, then alt tags are even more necessary than usual. Usually, they  
are only totally necessary.

IMHO, you don't need tables or divs for your content. Just style  
paragraph and heading tags to create that look. You will want to put  
that content in a div box for position.

Another thing that you can do with css is style unordered lists so  
that you don't have to put an image link on each line (http:// 
www.cape.k12.me.us/tml/mission.html). That way, it doesn't clutter  
your code and reduce your usability, and, should you decide to change  
the image, you only have to do it in one place.

Thanks,

Cary

Cary Gordon, MLS
The Cherry Hill Company
http://www.chillco.com


On Nov 6, 2007, at 10:35 AM, Rachel Davis wrote:

> I am redesigning our library's website, and not at all an expert.   
> I have
> been working in Dreamweaver, and using CSS plus tables for layout.   
> My CSS
> style definitions show up just fine in Explorer and Firefox, but my  
> line
> breaks and margins appear messed up in Safari, as do my some of my  
> fixed
> table widths.
>
> Here's the link to my working draft: [
> http://www.cape.k12.me.us/tml/index.html
> ]http://www.cape.k12.me.us/tml/index.html
>
>  Like I said, I'm not at all an expert.  Any insight you can offer  
> would
> be much appreciated!
>
> Rachel
>
> Rachel Q. Davis
> Children's Librarian
> Thomas Memorial Library
> 6 Scott Dyer Road
> Cape Elizabeth, ME  04107
> 207-799-1720
>