Re: [PHP] PHP Manual problems
[email protected] ("Michael A. Peters")
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Andrew Ballard wrote: > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Robert Cummings <[email protected]> wrote: >> Nathan Rixham wrote: >>> "The most common misconception of how this element should be used is for >>> the standard sidebar." - see: http://html5doctor.com/understanding-aside/ >> Unfortunatley I examined that side quite thoroughly and got smacked with a >> link to the W3C Editor's Draft. I stand corrected by ignorance: >> >> "The element can be used for typographical effects like pull >> quotes or sidebars, for advertising, for groups of nav elements, >> and for other content that is considered separate from the main >> content of the page." >> >> http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-aside-element >> >> Looks like the W3C watered it down to appease the worlds morons. I mean >> seriously... for advertising?? I have a better tag for that: >> >> <crap> >> Buy my shit now... 50% off!!! >> </crap> >> >> Seriously, then screen readers would know exactly what not to read to their >> listeners. Of course, it wouldn't get used... someone would use <aside> >> instead :B >> >> Oh, well... so much for the much anticipated semantic web. I shall strive to >> use it correctly, as I'm sure the original author intended. >> >> <aside> >> I think I need a snack... all this abuse of English is making >> me hungry :B >> </aside> >> >> Cheers, >> Rob. >> -- >> http://www.interjinn.com >> Application and Templating Framework for PHP > > I agree. Of course, it isn't final yet, so perhaps there is time for > comments to be heard. > > Andrew > I assume you can still use aside the way you want, just make it a child of the article or the section it is meant to compliment. In the case of two column layout, it is not a child of the content column but of the body node, and is an aside to the content itself.