On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 1:33 AM, David Thorp <mailingli...@allaboutabundance.com> wrote: > I've had a couple of private replies saying that this question is off-topic > because it's nothing to do with css. If that's really the case, then I > apologise for the noise, but before we come to that conclusion may i just > clarify something...
For the record, my two-cents-worth... You asked about creating reusable HTML/CSS code. That's absolutely, directly on-topic for this mailing list. You explained that your frame of reference came from your past experience with OO programming languages, but your question wasn't about those languages. -- Vince Aggrippino Ghodmode Development http://www.ghodmode.com ... > > If, despite the above clarification, this question is still off-topic, then > again, I apologise. Please feel free to tell me, and I'll pipe down :) > > Thanks! > David. > > > *in a similar way to how I've learnt recently, for example, (thanks to people > on this list) that it's best not to use tables for layout. > > > > > On 09/03/2012, at 9:17 PM, David Thorp wrote: > >> Greetings all... again... ;) >> >> I'm familiar with some concepts from object oriented programming. In >> particular something which i think is called encapsulation. >> >> In languages like C++ you build classes which are portable mini programs >> that do stuff. You can pick them up and plug them into any C++ program, you >> don't have to know how it works, you just know what it does and its input >> and output and you can just use it without any fuss. >> >> I'm looking at how HTML and CSS work, and wondering if there's some way to >> do similar things like this in web development. I understand javascript and >> php are both object oriented languages, but I'm just talking about html and >> css. >> >> For example... with the help of Vince (ghodmode) and a couple of others on >> this list I have built a really nice simple list layout. (see: >> http://www.davidthorp.name/testingstuff/ghodmode-a.html). >> >> Say I know want now to pick that list up and put it somewhere in the middle >> of another larger page (something with a lot more stuff in it, say >> http://www.davidthorp.name/testingstuff/browser-0c.html). >> >> Or more accurately, I want to pick that list up and put different versions >> of it (ie. same layout but perhaps different numbers of columns, different >> alignments in each column, etc) into various locations in a more complex >> layout. >> >> Ideally I want to keep that list in it's own file and just refer to it from >> the main file. I don't want to have to copy and paste the code from the >> list file into the main file. >> >> If this was C++, that would be relatively simple. The class would have >> methods that you can call with different parameters for different situations >> (eg. number of columns, alignment in each column, whatever). You then add a >> #include statement at the beginning of your main file, that effectively >> makes the class part of your program, and you call it from the main file >> with method calls and parameters, in each different situation. >> >> >> So... my question is... Is this possible in web development at all? >> >> Is it possible just with plain HTML and CSS files? >> >> If not, is this where I need PHP? Can I achieve the above with PHP? >> >> And if the answer to that is no, then is there any way to achieve this >> concept at all? Or am I just barking up the wrong tree here? >> >> Thanks! >> David. >> >> >> PS. for what it's worth the data in the records/rows in the list are >> ultimately going to be generated dynamically by PHP or other calls to a >> database, so the above question is only really about the table, the divs, >> and the css styling, not the data in the list. Hope that makes sense. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
