Posted by Smiley on 01/10/26 11:39
"Stan McCann" <me@stanmccann.us> wrote in message
news:Xns9765B5795AD71stanmccann@216.234.192.142...
>
> If you have to ask, you're not going to care what I say anyway but
> here goes.
>
> <br> is often misused (as in the code I saw) to add vertical space.
> That is a purely presentational thing when we have CSS for
> presentational purposes. Use CSS instead.
>
> is often misused (as in the code I saw) to add horizontal
> space. That is a purely presentational thing when we have CSS for
> presentational purposes. Use CSS instead.
>
> The solution to the woes asked about are simple. Learn HTML and CSS.
>
> It wasn't that long ago that I was creating pages that way too so I do
> understand how and why people come up with code like that. I then
> started really learning HTML and CSS. I don't edit pages in Netscape
> Composter anymore.
>
> --
The only thing you've really told me here is that you can use CSS as an
alternative. You haven't told me why it's not good to use <BR> or -
is there some sort of problem you can run into with those commands? Are you
saying the reason I'm having problems is because I used them? Please
explain further.
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