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Posted by dorayme on 01/18/08 20:05
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"AGw. (Usenet)" <frederick@southernskies.co.uk> wrote:
> On Jan 17, 8:09 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote the
> following skeleton code:
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> > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
> > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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> These two lines tell browsers that you're using version 4.01 Strict of
> the HTML specification, which is what all new web pages should be
> using (pace XHTML advocates).
>
> > <html>
>
> This tells the browser that the HTML code is now beginning.
>
> > <head>
[...]
>
> HTML is used to mark out a document's logical structure; CSS is then
> added to tell the browser how to display that document. In other
> words, HTML tells the browser that (eg) "this is a paragraph", while
> CSS tells it that "this paragraph is in Times New Roman, and is
> blue". If you don't use CSS then browsers will use their own default
> display settings, which (a) will look ugly to many people, (b) will
> differ between different browser vendors, and (c) can even vary
> between different versions (incl. platforms) of the same browser.
> Basically, browser defaults are there as a safety net, and should
> never be relied upon. Oh, and using CSS also allows you to do some
> more fancy sorts of layout design that would otherwise be impossible.
>
> An HTML document is broken down into "elements".
[...]
>
> Hope this has helped just a little bit more!
>
I am certain this will help OP and also many others, it is good
of you to have taken the trouble.
I leave a quibble to last: Perhaps your "Basically, browser
defaults are there as a safety net, and should never be relied
upon." could be qualified to avoid the onerous responsibility
that is then thrust on the author if he were really to start his
CSS with
* {margin: 0; padding: 0;}
I don't think a newbie should be tempted down this road too early.
--
dorayme
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