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Re: align batch of spans with float:left to a new block |
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 08-27-04 - 04:15 AM 
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TJ wrote:
> David Dorward wrote:
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> I was originally thinking that the purpose of CSS was simply to
> separate the content from the formatting.
To separate content and meaning from the presentation details, yes. That
doesn't mean there is not presentation at all, since the ua will use
some (hopefully suitable) presentation.
> What I seem to be picking up from this newsgroup is that there are
> presentational purposes that require certain or specific CSS methods.
>
I don't understand what you're trying to say here.
> Should I be trying to figure out how the content will look
> "acceptable" without formatting prior to applying a css?
In a sense, yes. CSS is optional, per the spec. So the content should be
comprehensible without it. But that presentation is up to the ua,
really. Your job is to use the correct markup. After that, look at the
default rendering in a browser or two, and use css to adjust to taste.
> There seems to be a bit of uncertainty as to which side of the dotted
> line the html table tag falls... when and how it is used.
<table> markup should be used to markup tabular data, that is, any data
where information in a cell bears a relationship to data in cells in the
same row or column.
> In my application,
It's a calendar, right? So, as D. Dorward said, each column is a day of
the week. Thus, each <td> in a column has a relationship to the others:
each one is a Monday, or a Tuesday, or... And each row also shares a
relationship, namely, they all belong to a week. Yep, it's a table.
> from people screaming that tables shouldn't be a part of a
> presentation that is formatted with CSS...
It shouldn't be used to layout material that does *not* share any data
relationship. Use css for layout.
> and because i wasn't planning on always presenting a finite number of
> cells for a given calendar month. The span tag allowed me to do both
> - not use tables and to not know the number of cells.
Is there no convenient way to use a table? It does seem natural, but
only you know your application.
--
Brian (remove ".invalid" to email me)
http://www.tsmchughs.com/
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