Posted by dorayme on 12/07/05 03:06

> From: "Curtis" <nospam@nohow.not>

> uranther <apoc_gfx@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2005.12.04.03.01.50.598799@yahoo.com...
>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:05:53 -0800, Curtis wrote:
>>
>
>>> Oops. I meant id= here. I told you I was new to CSS.
>>>
>>> The question was whether <div id="foofoo"> was preferred
>>> over <div class="foofoo"> or not, among other things.
>>>
>
>> id is for one-time use only. class is for more than
> one-time use only.
>> You can select both like so: <div id="special"
> class="global"> and that
>> is very useful for cutting and tightening your CSS.
>
> Not sure I follow you--I probably need some examples. But
> I'll keep this in mind as I read some CSS tutorials next day
> or two. I've seen the div-id-class all-in-one declaration
> before, and don't quite get it's purpose yet.
>

A simple strategy for you: until you come to see what id is an advantage for
and have a need for it or understand it: just use class.
--
dorayme

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