RE: [WSG] newspaper format

2005-04-15 Thread Patrick Lauke
> Giles Clark > Just a quick question; Why should you avoid presentational > class names? It goes back to the idea of separating content and presentation. Your classnames should reflect what the element they're applied to *is* (its qualities, if you will) rather than *how* it's displayed. Imagi

RE: [WSG] newspaper format

2005-04-15 Thread Lea de Groot
On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:54:21 +0100, Giles Clark wrote: > Just a quick question; Why should you avoid presentational class names? Well, a pretty simple example is: .. some content ... ... some other content ... One major point of CSS is that we can change the layout with changing the m

RE: [WSG] newspaper format

2005-04-15 Thread Ricci Angela
g@webstandardsgroup.org Objet : RE: [WSG] newspaper format Patrick H. Lauke wrote: >You should avoid presentational class names. May be overkill, but >possibly opt for something like class="firstsection" Just a quick question;

RE: [WSG] newspaper format

2005-04-15 Thread Giles Clark
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: >You should avoid presentational class names. May be overkill, but >possibly opt for something like class="firstsection" Just a quick question; Why should you avoid presentational class names? Giles ** The discussi

Re: [WSG] newspaper format

2005-04-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bob, Looks good on Mac (OSX 10.3.8 15 inch G4 PowerBook Firefox / Safari) and PC (XP Firefox / IE). 3 col xhtml is tricky, I know! In case you are interested in an actual 3 column newspaper website in xhtml check out the San Francisco Examiner at http://www.sfexaminer.com/ . Good Luck, Brian

Re: [WSG] newspaper format

2005-04-14 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Paul Novitski wrote: You should avoid presentational class names. May be overkill, but possibly opt for something like class="firstsection" -- Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, r

Re: [WSG] newspaper format

2005-04-14 Thread designer
Thanks Paul, - Original Message - From: "Paul Novitski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "webstandards group" Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] newspaper format [snip] > Bob, > > Your two-column 'newspaper' format works for

Re: [WSG] newspaper format

2005-04-14 Thread Paul Novitski
At 04:44 AM 4/14/2005, designer wrote: I have been trying to present the information relating to a novel in a more interesting style than 'just text' or indeed three columns, and have experimented with a sort of newspaper style. The newspaper is a fictitious one which is mentioned often in the nove

[WSG] newspaper format

2005-04-14 Thread designer
Hi Guys and gals, I have been trying to present the information relating to a novel in a more interesting style than 'just text' or indeed three columns, and have experimented with a sort of newspaper style. The newspaper is a fictitious one which is mentioned often in the novel, and my effort can