Re: Two color rows in table inside while iteration

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 15:59 -0400, tedd wrote: > At 7:26 PM +0100 4/30/10, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > >>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>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 > > >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>http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > Ash: > > The only "fringe" cases I can think of are those that could be solved > by using a <span> tag. > > Do you have any examples otherwise? > > Cheers, > > tedd I can't think of any right now, but I know that on occassion I've used inline styles where I know that the style will never be repeated and was a one-off style to just perform a quick fix. I know it's a messy thing to do, but I'm sure there must be a good reason for them somewhere! Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk