Posted by Martin Jay on 04/16/06 16:38

In message <op.s73qmzcsl8uz2z@zoete_b>, Barbara de Zoete
<trashbin@pretletters.net> writes
>On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 14:58:54 +0200, Martin Jay
><martin@spam-free.org.uk> wrote:

>>> As I'm just learning CSS I'm still learning all the tags. By the
>>>way, when
>>> you say elements are these things like "footer, header, etc?"
>>
>> Yes. Something like:
>>
>> .footer{
>> border: 1px Red Solid;
>> }
>
>[ ... ]
>
>> You can also do the same with HTML tags. For example:
>>
>> p{
>> border: 1px Red Solid;
>> }

>You're confusing elements with which you markup a page, and selectors
>you use in your stylesheets. [.footer] Is a selector. A class selector
>to be more specific, as #footer would be a selector for an id. p Is
>just a selector, in this case to make the styles applicable on all
>parageraph elements in a html page. Those paragraph elements you mark
>up with tags like <p>In here you can put the text for a paragraph.</p>.

>Selectors, elements, tags. Different things and because creating pages
>and layout quite technical, it is a good thing to use these names
>correctly.

Thank you for your concise explanation. As I was typing I thought
someone might pick me up on it, especially as this is alt.html. :)
--
Martin Jay

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