On 30.06.15 03:18, Garrett Smith wrote:
On 6/29/15, Barry Smith <bearzt...@live.com> wrote:
From: "Garrett Smith" <dhtmlkitc...@gmail.com>
Hey Garrett,
My apologizes for not replying until now. When I posted my reply to the
"Site-Wide Heading Element" thread, you were right and I should have posted
a more complete example. Here is what I should have given as an example:
<header id="banner">
<script src="scripts/header.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<noscript>
<div class="styledText">
<div class="letterM">M</div>
<div class="word">y</div>
</div>
<div class="styledText">
<div class="letterW">W</div>
<div class="word">eb</div>
</div>
<div class="styledText">
<div class="letterS">S</div>
<div class="word">ite</div>
</div>
</noscript>
</header>
Using the <div> element for purely stylistic purposes. Placing them within
the <noscript> element displays the exact same header as is in the embedded
<script> element, but without the additional animation used in the
javascript file.
I would use an H1 with text-transform: capitalize and avoid using divs
and javascript.
I agree with avoiding JavaScript. I am not sure about text-transform,
because I don't know which styling the author had in mind. He may want
to color every word’s first letter differently.
<div> is actually a neutral “block” element. The neutral “inline”
element <span> would seem like the better choice to wrap letters or
single words in the example. But you could wrap the whole line into one
<div>.
I would not use <h1> because “My Website” is neither a heading for the
content of the page (unless maybe on the front page or a sitemap) nor
for a section of the page. It could be intended as a title for the whole
website, i.e. all its pages together, or as some kind of logo or
branding. I don’t think we have a dedicated element for either of these
interpretations.
Let’s assume we would introduce a new element with the meaning “title
for the entirety of pages of a website”. How would this be interpreted,
if such an element is used with different content on different pages of
the same website? I think such an element would cause inconsistencies
all the time. It isn’t a good idea.
Let’s assume we would introduce a new element with the meaning “logo,
branding”. What would its benefits be compared to <div>? And would
authors still want to use it if add-blockers get a little more
aggressive and offer the option to block logos?
Martin
