Re: [WSG] when to place as a background in CSS
> but other images which are basically decoration, I have placed > within the CSS tags as background images. Is this o.k > to do as long as the images don't have any specific meaning to > the content? I say yes! I do the same thing to prevent older browsers from showing images that are purely presentational. I think it's better to have a little meaningless semantic noise in your code than to expose useless visual noise to browsers that support images but don't support CSS. Cheers, Andrew Taumoefolau * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *
Re: [WSG] when to place as a background in CSS
Agree. A good guide is to look at the page with CSS switched off. Does it still have meaning with some images missing? If images are decorative and in the CSS, no meaning should be lost. The reverse is also true. Is the page littered with unnecessary images that add no meaning? A page with CSS switched off should look clean, well marked up with the correct html elements and only critical images such as logos or content based images on the page. Russ > Bruce, that's perfectly acceptable, provided the image adds nothing but > aesthetic content to the site. > > Mike Pepper > > I am creating a web site, that I want to make as accessible as possible. > Some important images such as logos and the mast header I have placed in > tags within the (x) html so I can give them alt tags, but other > images which are basically decoration, I have placed within the CSS > tags as background images. Is this o.k to do as long as the images don't > have any specific meaning to the content? > > Bruce Gilbert * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *
RE: [WSG] when to place as a background in CSS
Bruce, that's perfectly acceptable, provided the image adds nothing but aesthetic content to the site. Mike Pepper Accessible Web Developer http://www.seowebsitepromotion.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 May 2004 21:33 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] when to place as a background in CSS Hello Group, I am creating a web site, that I want to make as accessible as possible. Some important images such as logos and the mast header I have placed in tags within the (x) html so I can give them alt tags, but other images which are basically decoration, I have placed within the CSS tags as background images. Is this o.k to do as long as the images don't have any specific meaning to the content? Bruce Gilbert Webmaster Durham Public Schools Durham, North Carolina (919) 560-9118 -Office Phone http://www.dpsnc.net * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help * * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *
