This is what we used on yahoo tech. it's not the most semantic, but it gave us the flexibility we needed and is easy to use
<ul class="yttagcloud"> <li><a href="/rc/camcorders/113 " class="tcknight">Camcorders</a></li> <li><a href="/rc/car-tech/114 " class="tcserf">Car Tech</a></li> <li><a href="/rc/cell-phones/101 " class="tcknight">Cell Phones</a></li> <li><a href="/rc/desktops/102" class="tcknight">Desktops</a></li> <li><a href="/rc/digital-cameras/103 " class="tclord">Digital Cameras</a></li> ... </ul> -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frances Berriman Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 2:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WSG] best way to style the Tags? On 11/6/06, Tee G. Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, What would be the best and creative way to style the tags? I don't know about best or most creative. Depends on your design I suppose. > You know, like those big small, very big, very small words under the > 'tags' title. You mean more specifically "tag clouds"? > I vaguely remember reading something that tags are invented by > technorati, so I went to pay a visit, and totally clueless when I see > these in the markup: > > <li><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><a > href="/tag/Bush">Bush</a></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></ > em></em></em></em></em></em></em></li> > <li><em><em><em><em><a href="/tag/Comedy">Comedy</a></em></em></em></ > em></li> > <li><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><a href="/tag/ > Democrats">Democrats</a></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></ > em></li> > <li><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><a href="/tag/ > Election">Election</a></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></ > em></em></li> > <li><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><a href="/tag/ > Elections">Elections</a></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></ > em></em></em></em></li> > > What the hell with all those <em>???? In this situation, the nested <em>'s are being used to give greater emphasis to those tags most used and the CSS styling probably reflects this with font-sizing and colouring. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
