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On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Paul J. Lucas wrote:
>
> And I still think that:
>
> <DIV CLASS="employee_info">
> Name: <SPAN CLASS="text::name">John Q. Public</SPAN><BR>
> Job: <SPAN CLASS="text::job">mod_perl guru</SPAN>
> </DIV>
>
> is cleaner still: *pure* HTML (no fake elements) that any web
> tool will understand and dummy-content so the page designer can
> see the end-product before any code is written.
>
> Another benefit in not mixing any code in the template is that
> the web page designer can wake up tomorrow and change the
> template to:
>
> <TABLE>
> <TR>
> <TH>Name</TH>
> <TH>Job</TH>
> </TR>
> <TR CLASS="employee_info">
> <TD CLASS="text::name">John Q. Public</TD>
> <TD CLASS="text::job">mod_perl guru</TD>
> </TR>
> </TABLE>
Great, as long as there's no loops or anything but straight up text
replacement... I don't like this approach at all!
Where in your example do you leave room to display an array of employees?
What if you need to actually USE the `class' attribute of your HTML element?
It's been hijacked!
- --
"The Funk, the whole Funk, and nothing but the Funk."
Billy Donahue <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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