An id can only be used once on a page and is generally used to identify
structural elements ie:

div id="header"

whereas a class can be used multiple times ie:

p class="news"
ul class="itemlist"

...pretty basic stuff, best to get a good css book and study it well.

On 11/05/06, Anthony Papillion II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I'm fairly new to CSS and brand new to the list (just joined today). I was
> going through a CSS tutorial and came across an subject I'm not sure I
> fully
> understand. ID vs Class.
>
> As I interpret it, a class can only be used within the HTML element it is
> linked to (i.e.<p class="yadda">) while ID can be defined and used with
> *any* HTML element (i.e I could use <p id="header"> then also use <tr
> id="header">). Am I interpreting this correctly or am I missing something
> important?
>
> Thanks!
> Anthony
>
>
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