"Stay away from Strong. Strong is presentational, same as B, and I. Presentation should be in HTML and content in HTML.
use <span class="important"> for text that needs to be emphasised." I would argue to the contrary. Strong has much more meaning than a span class. The word /tag itself implies strength of content rather than a default appearance in a bowser, cf with the <address> tag which indicates an address, even though browser default appearance is italicised. <strong> and <span class="important"> could both be made to look the same by means of the CSS presentational layer; however only one for them could ever infer meaning to a bot, if it had been programmed to look for specific tags and attempt to infer meaning. That is the <strong> tag. The class "important" means nothing other than a nine letter identifier of a class. Web semantics are a case of providing an aid to text retrieval tools to establish original authors meaning rather than provide meaning to a web developer who may need to maintain a class library. -- Regards - Rob Raising web standards : http://ele.vation.co.uk Linking in with others : http://linkedin.com/in/robkirton On 26/05/07, Jamie Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
TYPO ALERT! Presentation should be in CSS and Content in HTML. God knows what made me type HTML twice. On 5/26/07, Jamie Collins < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Stay away from Strong. Strong is presentational, same as B, and I. > Presentation > should be in HTML and content in HTML. > > use <span class="important"> for text that needs to be emphasised. > > On 5/26/07, Paul Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > 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] > > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
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