Re: XML_Functions

On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 19:30 +0200, Guillaume Lecanu wrote: > Le jeu 01/04/2004 à 18:05, Sérgio Carvalho a écrit : > > Guillaume Lecanu wrote: > > > > > > I see, but many people like me, have stop to use templates for make > > > directly a valid XHTML page with CSS. > > > > > > For all my projects (and also in my company), we doesn't use templates > > > now, we uses only valid XHTML/CSS way. > > > IMHO, the best way is to make bloc div and make the visuel position with > > > CSS. All templates can be replaced by valid XHTML/CSS and respect the > > > W3C standards (ex: not use table for positioning elements in the page) > > > > I fail to understand how the XHTML validity requirement interferes with > > the ability to use templates. > The XHTML validity doesn't interferes, we can uses templates and > XHTML/CSS, or just XHTML/CSS or just templates. > > We can write templates with W3C standards, but generally, the template > is often for help the web designer to make the page with his WYSIWYG > tool. > > But a valid page should not include visual effects, you should write > just some div. > Example with a div zone of web links : > <div> > <h1> Links </h1> > <ul> > <li> <a href='#'> Site 1 </li> > <li> <a href='#'> Site 2 </li> > <li> <a href='#'> Site 3 </li> > </ul> > </div> > After, the CSS make the render of this bloc. > > For a very good example, look the page > http://www.csszengarden.com, try > the others skins and see the source page.. > > So, when you write a page like this, you doesn't have to make a template > page. The web designer must adjust only the css files, not the html page > :) > However you still have the (possibly small, depends on the site) hassle of including a header and a footer, which will usually be handled by designers using whatever they like to use. More to the point, I don't know any designers who would be happy for me to build the pages for them, and just say "go edit the CSS", without me losing important parts of my anatomy. > Regards, > Guillaume > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php