[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry if this is a little bit out of left field, but I was looking over > a colleague's work today, and I noted that he should be using IDs > instead of classes for elements which appear once on a page. > > He told me that he had modeled what his page on the www.w3c.org splash > page, and there were indeed elements which appear to be singletons > (banner, navBlock) but used classes instead of ID. Is there some > technical reason for these layout divs to be marked up with classes?
I often battle with myself on this issue. I tend to use a single index file and pipe everything through it using PHP, so for me, the real question isn't whether or not something appears only once on a page, but whether or not it is permitted to be replicated. For example, I'm unlikely to replicate a footer, so this gets an id. Likewise, the masthead only appears once, so it too gets an id. I could very well replicate menus; admin menu, user menu, blog roll and so on, so they get classes. I don't use ads, so I can't comment on banners. Perhaps this is a different question for me, since I use my own templating system, but if something _might_ be replicated, or _could be_ replicated, I class it, otherwise, I identify it. Hope that makes /some/ sense. --Bill -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Brown, MacNimble.com :: "From dot concept to dot com since 1999" WebDevelopedia.com, TheHolierGrail.com, Cyber-Sandbox.com, Anytowne.com "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. -- Albert Einstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
