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.





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