Re: Two color rows in table inside while iteration

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 13:59 -0400, tedd wrote: > At 4:37 PM +0200 4/30/10, Jay Ess wrote: > >Paul M Foster wrote: > >>+1 > >> > >>This thread came up before, and tedd's solution was the least complex, > >>as far as I could tell. I shamelessly stole his code and regularly use > >>it in my own projects. ;-} > >> > >Or if one choose to use Smarty template. > ><tr bgcolor="{cycle values="#eeeeee,#d0d0d0"}"> > > > >http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.cycle.php > > Yeah, like that keeps presentation separate from data while making > things simpler, right? I don't think so. > > Embedding styling attributes in html is simply not following "best practices". > > For example, if you have 100 pages of the above embedded code and the > client says "Hey, let's change the color of that table" -- then you > are going to have to change 100 pages of code whereas if you followed > "best practices" then you would change only one rule in css. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com > http://ancientstones.com > http://earthstones.com > I agree. Inline styles are useful in a few fringe cases, but if you can avoid them then it's best practice to do so. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk