On 20/07/2010, at 11:32 AM, Claude Needham wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Chris Blake > <ch...@3pointdesign.com> wrote: >> Really for this because it is only appearing once for now I should >> use >> ID - but there's a good chance I may use it again later on this >> page - >> so class for now is OK? > > I like to treat class and id semantically -- or at least according to > my understanding of what that means. > > ID is properly used on elements (div, etc) that are unique. > Class is used with elements that are categorical or a "class" in the > mathematical and programming sense. > > For me an ID is something like header, footer, masthead, basically > anything that makes sense as unique. > > If I happen to have a page for which I currently only have one > newsitem. I will still use class. Simply because to me a page could > naturally have more than one newsitem. I don't base the notion of ID > simply on the fact of there being only one element of that type > currently. I base it on "there should rightfully be only one." > > This is how I go about it. As they say "your mileage may vary." > > Regards, > Claude Needham >
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME! Cheers, CB ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] 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/
