-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello,
This does indeed answer my questions, and I'll be keeping the extra div as a result. Thanks for helping me out. On 10/31/2010 06:41 PM, kaiser wrote: >> I don't understand why every response so far has done such a terrible >> job of answering your question. > > I guess I'm getting this a little in the wrong throat right now... > >> 1. Designers usually have to apply specific background styles to the >> BODY, and then more background styles to the containers which are >> centered within the BODY. > > What i wanted to point out with the container and showgrid classes > above is that you got a background (showgrid) for your container and > your span-X elements, that shows you the grid-columns, their margins > and the standard line-height of 18px. The showgrid class is there to > help you while visually moving elements around during your development > phase. It won't make any sense on the body (reasons: see Christians > list above). > >> I just don't understand >> why every single example I see insists on creating a div element beneath >> the body when the entire page is being styled. It seems especially >> unnecessary as it adds an extra level of nesting and indentation, and as >> someone who doesn't know a whole lot of CSS, I wondered if there was >> something wrong with just placing it on the body > > I'm sure that we're still with a big missunderstanding. I just want to > get sure if this question is solved. > > Are you asking: > a) Why the class .container has to be applied to div and not directly > onto the body? > b) Why span-X elements have to sit inside a div-.container? > c) ...? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkzSEJoACgkQIaMjFWMehWL5PgCeKEeMuZTbWc+WD0uPaHTKEoxK abMAniMOciRI3aBj2HE+QQ/D7sPlGI/E =WRaV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Blueprint CSS" group. To post to this group, send email to blueprint...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to blueprintcss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blueprintcss?hl=en.
