Re: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-30 Thread Rowan Lewis
What would be wrong with doing something like this? h3Comment Title/h3 p Posted by foobar on foobar /p div p Comment text /p /div On 5/30/05, Andrew Krespanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh, well if the blockquote approach is considered overkill, you'll choke on what I actually use for my

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-30 Thread Ben Ward
What would be wrong with doing something like this? h3Comment Title/h3 p Posted by foobar on foobar /p div p Comment text /p /div Nothing 'wrong', as such. The div surrounding the 'comment text' paragraph is superfluous and could be dropped, but semantically it's pretty sound. The

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-30 Thread Rick Faaberg
On 5/30/05 4:49 AM Rowan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent this out: What would be wrong with doing something like this? h3Comment Title/h3 p Posted by foobar on foobar /p div p Comment text /p /div The only thing I can think of is: are you aware of the origin of fubar (which is the

RE: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-30 Thread Christie Mason
That may be because most people don't know it's an acronym. Foobar IS F.U.B.A.R. Christie Mason -Original Message- Rick Faaberg The only thing I can think of is: are you aware of the origin of fubar (which is the correct spelling of foobar)? It's totally weird how usage of fubar has

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-30 Thread Ben Bishop
The discussion of Definition lists for comments in blogs has been a great so far. Please don't stray off-topic. Ben WSG Core That may be because most people don't know it's an acronym. Foobar IS The only thing I can think of is: are you aware of the origin of fubar

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-30 Thread Jan Brasna
Foobar IS F.U.B.A.R. It isn't, it's only derived from it. See http://kb.iu.edu/data/aetq.html -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-29 Thread Ben Ward
Ahh, but the problem with using blockquote there is that you're trying to differentiate between content from the site owner and content from contributors. However, both those people are 'authors' on the blog, the blog article and blog comments are both first-hand content. blockquote marks up

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-29 Thread Andrew Krespanis
Heh, well if the blockquote approach is considered overkill, you'll choke on what I actually use for my comments... ol li dl dtAndrew said:/dt ddpThis is my comment. It is the definition of 'Andrew said' within this context./p/dd /dl dl class=date dtComment

[WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-26 Thread Lucian Teo
-- I've been redesigning my blog recently and I noticed what in my opinion was a misuse of definition lists when it came to the comments section. Doug Bowman and Dan Cedarholme use dtAt x:xxpm so-and-so said:/dt ddblah blah blah/dd The numbering of comments was done within Movabletype rather

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-26 Thread Rowan Lewis
Is the blockquote really needed? I mean, your not quoting from another source, your just displaying content from your website. Other than that, an ordered list is probably the best method. On 5/26/05, Lucian Teo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- I've been redesigning my blog recently and I noticed

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-26 Thread Prabhath Sirisena
If we are to follow the W3C example of using DLs to mark up dialogues, there's not much wrong with using a definition list for comments. Infact, it seems a very appropriate use of the element. However, your use of an unordered list with blockqoutes is very interesting too. I guess this is a

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-26 Thread Lea de Groot
On Thu, 26 May 2005 19:16:48 +0930, Rowan Lewis wrote: Is the blockquote really needed? I mean, your not quoting from another source, your just displaying content from your website. Needed, no, but it does seem quite an elegant approach :) Lea -- Lea de Groot Elysian Systems - I Understand

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-26 Thread Rowan Lewis
I think its one case of taking things a little too far... On 5/26/05, Lea de Groot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 26 May 2005 19:16:48 +0930, Rowan Lewis wrote: Is the blockquote really needed? I mean, your not quoting from another source, your just displaying content from your website.