Re: [PHP] PHP Manual problems

On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 13:25 -0500, Robert Cummings wrote:

> 
> Michael A. Peters wrote:
> > Bob McConnell wrote:
> > 
> >> Our SOP is to generate standards compliant pages, validate them with
> >> Firefox and the HTML Validator add-on, then deal with the deviant
> >> browsers. It's a lot less work than trying to do it the other way
> >> around. There are a few minor issues, such as W3C still refusing to
> >> allow the autocomplete attribute for forms, while PCI requires it. But
> >> those are few and far between.
> > 
> > Go HTML 5.
> > It doesn't work with the validator plugin but it validates at W3C.
> > 
> > And while going HTML 5, start migrating to HTML 5 layout.
> > 
> > IE
> > 
> > <div id="aside">
> > <aside>
> > // stuff
> > </aside>
> > </div>
> > 
> > Most browsers do not recognize the HTML 5 layout tags yet, so you have 
> > to wrap them in a div and attach the style to the div, but as browsers 
> > start adopting HTML 5 your content will work with context features even 
> > while still wrapped in the div tags.
> > 
> > It is particularly useful for article and section, where the depth of a 
> > section within an article can be helpful for non visual browsers.
> 
> Just a word of thought... if you're doing styling... use classes and not 
> IDs. Use of IDs for styling is very often indicative of inexperience, 
> inability, or lack of understanding with respect to CSS.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rob.
> -- 
> http://www.interjinn.com
> Application and Templating Framework for PHP
> 


It would depend I think. I use ID's when I know that the element I'm
giving it to will be the only one on the page. Such as the header, main
navbar, footer, etc.

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk