heh heh!  Ya... I was out of commission early yesterday, I had to go
pick up my daughter, so I didn't get this til just now.  Looks like
you're heading down the path of my suggestion without me :)

have fun,
Stephen


On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:24:27 -0600, Cheryl D Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah well, I figured as many people on this list who use PHP someone would
> have a good suggestion. It was so quiet I was beginning to think that there
> was a problem with my email since even other mail lists were really slow. I
> think I only received about 15% of my usual mail volume yesterday.
> 
> After playing around yesterday with a trial version or two I think I'll
> probably end up with ZenCart even if I am ending up rewriting a whole bunch
> of it to minimize the tables and replace some of the mark-up with better
> semantic mark-up.
> 
> Why in the world do so many CMS and/or shopping cart people love to write:
> 
> <table class=" 'php-variable-1' -table" width="100%" border="0"
> cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
> <tr class=" 'php-variable-1' -row">
> <td class=" 'php-variable-1'-table-header">variable</td>
> </tr>
> <tr class=" 'php-variable-1' -row">
> <td class=" 'php-variable-1'-table-body">variable</td>
> </tr>
> <tr class=" 'php-variable-1' -row">
> <td class=" 'php-variable-1'-table-footer">variable</td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> 
> When what they really mean is
> 
> <table class=" 'php-variable-1' -table" width="100%" border="0"
> cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
> <tr>
> <th>variable</th>
> </tr><tr>
> <td>variable</td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> 
> Because the stylesheet defines
> 
> php-variable-table = border, color, font
> php-variable-table-row = vertical-align
> php-variable-table-heading = border, background-color, color, font, bold,
> text-align: center
> php-variable-table-footer = background color, height
> 
> Then of course every you could use on the cart has its own style block for
> each and every one of these tag placemements, many of which are defined
> exactly the same.
> 
>  table.category, table.reviews, table.search, table.product, table.whatever
> {
>         border: 1px solid #666;
>         background: white;
>         color: black;
>         font-family: font list;
>         font-size: 10px;
>         }
> (always small fixed pixel sizes as well ever heard of accessibility?)
> 
> 
> Cheryl D. Wise
> Certified Professional Web Developer
> Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> http://wiserways.com
> Office: 713-353-0139
> 
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