Ive put together a quick article regarding forms. Ive had to place it on
some random server at work for now.

http://www.viberate.co.uk/ws/styling-a-form/styling-a-form.html

Theres 3 pages in total, the last page goes through 3 methods of creating a
form with and without a DL. Its been created for use Without CSS, and
focuses on accessibility, but with CSS applied to the forms anything can be
achived. Ive tryed various form layouts using the DIV method and they work.

Enjoy :)



On 5/22/07, Thierry Koblentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Behalf Of Steve Green
>
> Definition lists are the new tables. People are just falling over
themselves trying to abuse them in all kinds of inappropriate ways. To
paraphrase the previous message,a definition list is for lists of
definitions

I don't agree with this definition. For example, the specs [0] say they
can
be used to mark up dialogs.
Also, Joe Clark said [1]: <quote>I think it's just fine and dandy to use
definition lists to mark up appositional pairs. Such usage is not
prohibited
by the spec, which implies such usage is permitted.</quote>
I believe "appositional pairs" makes a lot of sense [2].
I agree that DLs are "abused" and that there are better suited elements to

mark up forms, but I also think many people get the wrong idea when it
comes
to what Definition Lists are supposed to be used for.

[0] http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/lists.html#h-10.3
[1] http://blog.fawny.org/2004/05/16/ubu/
[2] http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=apposition&r=67

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Regards,
Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com






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