On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:54:21 +0100, Giles Clark wrote: > Just a quick question; Why should you avoid presentational class names?
Well, a pretty simple example is: <body> <div id="leftCol"> .. some content ... </div> <div id="rightCol"> ... some other content ... </div> </body> One major point of CSS is that we can change the layout with changing the markup. When we first designed this page we had leftCol on the left and (duh) rightCol on the right. Then the client got to thinking and wanted to switch them around. Not only is this a *sigh* but its also an *oops* because once we are done, our markup will not only not be semantic (for some values of the word) but it will be misleading for the next poor sod that maintains this page. Names which indicate what a block is doing or what it contains are far better and useful than names that store potentially transient details about the block HIH! Lea ~ looking for a permanent position in Brisbane. Contact me for CV. -- Lea de Groot Elysian Systems - I Understand the Internet <http://elysiansystems.com/> Search Engine Optimisation, Usability, Information Architecture, Web Design Brisbane, Australia ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
