Jens Nedal wrote:
[...] If you ask me, i would say that a double is a already.
Look at word processing programs. When you wish for a double
you will simply type "Enter". If you want a line-break you will
mostly do a Shift+Enter.
Word processing isn't web design, and one has to look beyon
dwain wrote:
> i agree, put the poem in a , place the poem inside a , use /> ( for html4) at the end of each line and a double
> between stanzas (unless you are writing a very long poem, then i'd
> go for at every stanza).
>
> cheers,
> dwain
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>
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On 6/23/08, James Jeffery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Designer
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> From all the replies I have read through and from all the articles I have
> read up on, this is probably the best solution I came across.
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> I would wrap the whole poem w
Also forgot to mention, it isn't just poems that could use this method but
also lyric websites. I totally forgot to check how they mark up songs.
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> Matijs wrote:
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>> I have to agree with Elizabeth here. Semantically I'd say that this is one
>> of the few occasions where a would be appropriate. The verses would be
>> paragraphs of course
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>I did this a while back
Matijs wrote:
I have to agree with Elizabeth here. Semantically I'd say that this is
one of the few occasions where a would be appropriate. The verses
would be paragraphs of course.
I did this a while back on a site for an author. I decided it was the
best compromise between practicallity,
ly and more temperate
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I've been reading the marking up poems thread with interest but
I've been reading the marking up poems thread with interest but it seems
no one has made what seems to be the most obvious suggestion. When I was
still in class we had an exercise with a poem and used an unordered
list. Would this be a viable option? You could even have a different
list for each v
Must you Australian's *always* have the last say? ;)
not always, but often. esp if it ends in beer and a party
Is that why what you say most often makes no sense?
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not always, but often. esp if it ends in beer and a party
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Must you Australian's *always* have the last say? ;)
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>> Not if it's your own poem you're putting on your own page.
> Rubbish - I quote myself all the time! :)
Don't you mean:
Rubbish - I quote myself all the time! :)
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> Not if it's your own poem you're putting on your own page.
Rubbish - I quote myself all the time! :)
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Andrew Harris wrote:
A poem is, essentially, a block quotation, is it not?
Not if it's your own poem you're putting on your own page.
P
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I look after a poetry ezine site ( http://www.foame.org/) and that¹s what I
do.
For a lot of poets, the look of their poem on the page is very important.
Sometimes they want to make visual patterns with their stanzas ... always a
bit hit and miss, depending on browsers/platforms etc.
And then y
A poem is, essentially, a block quotation, is it not?
I'd probably be throwing in a cite attribute too :-)
http://reference.sitepoint.com/html/blockquote/cite
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I'd stress what Jon Tan wrote: "My recommendation would be for
stanzas and line breaks for most verse." Stanzas are usually
taught as the paragraph of poetry and verses are referred to as line
breaks.
Side note you're free to ignore: I'd argue most of the historical bits
below are inco
Very good!
But I have to say they all sound the same. Did anyone spot any differences?
I think there may have been a difference in the second one but can't be
sure.
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Jon Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 19 Jun 2008, at 11:06, Jon Tan wrote:
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> On 19 Jun 20
On 19 Jun 2008, at 11:06, Jon Tan wrote:
On 19 Jun 2008, at 10:08, James Jeffery wrote:
A question was raised at work today 'How do you mark up a poem'.
I looked into it but found nothing worthy. My original thought was
to use P's and class names, but one article I read said XML is
perfe
> A question was raised at work today 'How do you mark up a poem'.
It depends on the form, really. For most poetry, I think paragraphs with
line breaks are appropriate. If the poem requires very specific positioning,
pre would be the first option as that doesn't rely on CSS. Finally if all
else fai
On 19 Jun 2008, at 10:08, James Jeffery wrote:
A question was raised at work today 'How do you mark up a poem'.
I looked into it but found nothing worthy. My original thought was
to use P's and class names, but one article I read said XML is
perfect for this case.
Whats your views on thi
Just another resource for those interested:
http://signified.com.au/a-poem-element-for-html5/
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:53 AM, James Jeffery <
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> True.
>
> I still think there should be a stanard set of elements to mark up poems
> though. Not checked if WG are doing anyt
True.
I still think there should be a stanard set of elements to mark up poems
though. Not checked if WG are doing anything in HTML 5 - i think they are.
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Michael Cordover <
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> I would suggest that this is . Poetry is generally so
> displ
I would suggest that this is . Poetry is generally so
display-specific that you couldn't hope to mark it up, I'd say.
Michael
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 19:08, James Jeffery
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> A question was raised at work today 'How do you mark up a poem'.
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> I looked into it but found n
'd mark up each stanza as a paragraph and slap line breaks in
for each line.
P
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James Jeffery provided the following information on 19/06/2008 7:08 PM:
A question was raised at work today 'How do you mark up a poem'.
Make sure all your code rhymes. :)
Sorry. Couldn't resist at this hour.
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Poetry is art and its really ugly to even try to mark it correctly.
There must be something that would work though and i have actually
tried with a really bad result.. http://kevinmcgeary.com/essay.html
With inherit and ems mixed with p there must be a way also where
beginning letter would be re
A question was raised at work today 'How do you mark up a poem'.
I looked into it but found nothing worthy. My original thought was to use
P's and class names, but one article I read said XML is perfect for this
case.
Whats your views on this, anyone actually did it before?
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