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Posted by Alan J. Flavell on 07/23/06 11:47
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006, Chris wrote:
> My layout will be totally CSS driven
Have you considered first evaluating what the real problem is, before
fixing the mechanics of a solution?
> and the content will be pulled out of a database. This content may
> well have images etc in it. Beyond some kind of regular expression
> to strip out certain tags is there a more elegant CSS solution to
> creating a text only page.
What are you aiming to achieve by this? My best advice, on the basis
of observing past results, is that generating a text-only page is a
pointless distraction. Concentrate on creating a single any-browser
page which will calmly adapt itself to any situation in which it finds
itself. Text-only browsers absolutely don't need text-only pages -
they simply won't load the images, and will display the alt text
instead. So if that's your aim, concentrate on making the alt texts
really work.
Once upon a time, the BBC News site news.bbc.co.uk tried creating
text-only pages (and their www.bbc.co.uk site still does), but they
seemed to me to be rather pointless. I can get a better text-only
result by choosing my preferred browser settings - a technique which
should work on /any/ adequately-made (i.e flexible) site. Their alt
texts had been badly chosen, and they could have got better results
overall by dealing with /that/ problem.
What their News site /now/ offers is a "Low graphics" version, which
admittedly does have some kind of logic behind it, for those with
limited bandwidth or limited display.
regards
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