Posted by Harlan Messinger on 07/29/06 11:20

Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
> "David Dorward" <dorward@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
> news:eae8g9$6cv$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
>> Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
>>
>>>> Headings are block level elements and may be child elements of the
> body.
>>> Yes, but why do you not have a look at these examples?
>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.5.5
>> Yes? You can mark up sections of a document using div elements. It can be
>> useful to do so under some circumstances. It isn't required, and there is
>> no mention of "SHOULD" there.
>>
>>>> The traditional method of identifying where one paragraph ends and
>>>> another begins on the WWW is through margins.
>>> Every <div> should have an "id" or at least a "class".
>> No. Only add markup if it is going to be useful. Giving an element an id
> or
>> class just because you are adding an element is wasteful.
>
> So, do you mean that W3 does not recommend to use a <div> for each heading ?

Do *you* see where it recommends that?

> Headings are useful because they give an overview for the readers
> and can be read by text browsers and robots as well

Right, and headings are marked with <h1>, <h2>, etc. No divs are involved.

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