Hi Essential,
Hi, it is going to be a list of news events and
will hopefully when I figure it out print the info
to RSS that's why I was thinking of the DL so it's
just a list of some events rather that full news?
I'm sorry, I guess I don't realy understand what you're after. I mean I
understand you want a list, but you also asked for the best markup. You see,
naturally I guess I shy away from the list idea to begin with.
With the source order and how it's displayed, plus the addendum of a date,
naturally forms an order so to speak so I thought the best approach was to
make the marking up part as simple as possible. In other words I couldn't
think of a reason for a list.
That said, if for some reason it _must_ be listed, I guess this would be
about as clean as it can be (the span assumes you want the date to be styled
differently)...
<ul>
<li>
<h#>Heading/Title</h#>
<p><span>The Date</span> - The excerpt/content.</p>
</li>
<li>
<h#>Heading/Title</h#>
<p><span>The Date</span> - The excerpt/content.</p>
</li>
</ul>
...but again, I don't think this brings anything to the table that would be
considered beneficial or more accessible. Albeit these may not be
particularly detrimental solutions, I just didn't/don't understand why the
list is needed to begin with.
I don't really recommend an ordered list because, as said, the date and
physical order is enough in this case. And I don't really recommend a DL
either because I would assume you'd use the definition title element for the
title, but doing so would make those titles more difficult for screen reader
users as they wouldn't be able to use the DT as navigation aids as they can
and do with headings.
I must disclaim again, though, I don't really understand your final goal or
what exactly you're after so if a list is necessary...
Respectfully,
Mike Cherim
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