Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-15 Thread Rev. Bob 'Bob' Crispen
The voices are telling me Sean Montgomery said on 7/15/2005 3:42 PM: OK first off I am not trying to start an argument just looking for a clear concise answer. Then what on earth possessed you to post here? ;-) I use divs and spans over h1, h2 h3 p etc. I use them for many reasons some of

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-15 Thread Arlen Walker
On Jul 15, 2005, at 8:23 PM, Sean Montgomery wrote: With a theme that I am working on, I am generating images out of my headings using php. I could put the h tag in there and then define the display as none. But will a search engine or non visual device catch this as a heading? Yes. Image r

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-15 Thread Nick Lewis
ck them. Here's a link: http://www.mikeindustries.com/sifr/ Onward, NIck Lewis http://nicklewis.smartcampaigns.com - Original Message - From: "Sean Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] using of DIVs OK OK O

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-15 Thread Bob Easton
Sean Montgomery wrote: I use divs and spans over h1, h2 h3 p etc. ... I don't see anywhere where it says that I should use a heading tag instead of a div for a heading. Granted I did not spend hours looking but I did take a look. Try looking here: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.h

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-15 Thread Sean Montgomery
OK OK OK. I get the point and somewhat see the light... I may see it fully in a few days/weeks. I mainly design themes for a CMS. So I should probably adapt and use h tags if not for me then for those who use my themes. I thank you all for the help and tips. One reason I love web design is eve

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-15 Thread Nick Lewis
Nick Lewis http://nicklewis.smartcampaigns.com - Original Message - From: "Sean Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] using of DIVs Hi, OK first off I am not trying to start an argument just looking for a clear concise answer. I use

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-15 Thread Arlen Walker
On Jul 15, 2005, at 3:42 PM, Sean Montgomery wrote: So what is wrong with using divs and spans? To me they are a far better container than the others for the reasons stated above. Just my 2 cents. a) There's nothing "wrong" with it per se. To me they're just a confusing; they supply no in

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-15 Thread Jonathan Prugh
semantic meaning... > > > > Is the same thing for and . The tag has no semantic > > meaning. It is purely visual. The tag however has a semantic > > meaning, it assigns an emphasis. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-15 Thread Sean Montgomery
wever has a semantic > meaning, it assigns an emphasis. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean > Montgomery > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 4:43 PM > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: Re: [css-d]

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-15 Thread Paolo Candelari
- Original Message - From: "Sean Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I use divs and spans over h1, h2 h3 p etc. I use them for many >reasons some of which are that they are neutral and generic, they have >no extra bagage, they are a clean slate for styling, I don't have to >worry about any

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-15 Thread Sean Montgomery
Hi, OK first off I am not trying to start an argument just looking for a clear concise answer. I use divs and spans over h1, h2 h3 p etc. I use them for many reasons some of which are that they are neutral and generic, they have no extra bagage, they are a clean slate for styling, I don't have t

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-14 Thread Arlen Walker
On Jul 14, 2005, at 6:01 AM, victor NOAGBODJI wrote: Hello, AFAIK, DIVs are to section a page (maybe I'm wrong, as i'm still a beginner). When learning CSS I use to write things like this: My Title One day, I has been told that this is bad, according to web standard accessibility (or some

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-14 Thread Nick Lewis
I" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:01 AM Subject: [css-d] using of DIVs Hello, AFAIK, DIVs are to section a page (maybe I'm wrong, as i'm still a beginner). When learning CSS I use to write things like this: My Title One day, I has been told that this is

[css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-14 Thread victor NOAGBODJI
Hello, AFAIK, DIVs are to section a page (maybe I'm wrong, as i'm still a beginner). When learning CSS I use to write things like this: My Title One day, I has been told that this is bad, according to web standard accessibility (or something like that) so I was told to do this: My Title Now I r