OK, thanks for your help, I just thought there may be some kind of HTML tag that adds seperate semantic value to the introductory paragraph, to differentiate it from the strong text in the body, like the <big> tag for example.
I will probably use the <strong> tag then. Cheers Paul On 25/05/07, Stuart Foulstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, If the choice of the colour orange is to add emphasis to this text, the answer to this part is really a "no brainer" - code it with emphasis (the actual colour/styling is down to the CSS). I would use <strong> markup for this. On Fri, May 25, 2007 7:56 pm, Nick Fitzsimons wrote: > On 25 May 2007, at 18:03:06, Paul Collins wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Just marking up a page, the layout seems to require various tags, as >> far as I can gather, I need seperate tags for: >> >> - The intro heading (a <H2>) >> - The orange intro text (not sure what tag to add here) >> - a smaller, bold heading, same size as body text (probably a <h3>) >> - a quote (probably a <blockquote> tag) >> >> My question is, what would be the best semantic tags to use here, that >> will be picked up by assistive technology and validate for XHTML 1.0 >> Transitional. In particular, I want to know about the Orange intro >> text and the quote. >> >> Any suggestions would be great, I have posted a JPEG here: >> http://www.method.com.au/storage/sampleText.gif > > Assuming the page on which this will appear already has an <h1>: > > <h2>...</h2> > <p class="introduction">...</p> > <h3>...<h3> > <p>...</p> > <blockquote><p>...</p></blockquote> > <p>...</p> > > and then apply things like the different font sizes & weights, > colours and spacing with CSS. > > If there will only ever be one introductory paragraph per page, then > you could use <p id="introduction"> instead. > > HTH, > > Nick, > -- > Nick Fitzsimons > http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/ > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > -- Stuart Foulstone. http://www.bigeasyweb.co.uk BigEasy Web Design 69 Flockton Court Rockingham Street Sheffield S1 4EB Tel. 07751 413451 ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
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