[Glastonbury] html

[Tim Hall]

On Thursday 12 June 2003 20:47, Sean Miller wrote:
> s~TV wrote:
> >.css
> >
> >i have ltd experience with it but
> >enough to get you hacking methinks:
> >i also have a couple of books all about it, however one is based around
> >proprietry dreamweaver: (just port the knowledge to OSS)
> >i'll bring them along next time:
>
> I think the point is that we need to know the currently HTML standards.

I'm interested in any information at this point. If that starts an 
interesting conversation on HTML standards I guess we can all educate 
ourselves at once.

> It actually bemuses me that <font> tags are now out etc. etc. etc. -- so

Yes, this is what sparked me off. TBH I never liked <font> tags in the first 
place - they seem very contrary to the idea that HTML is a Markup language 
and another way for smart designers to  force the web to do their bidding. I 
rather like the semi-random nature of how one's pages are viewed, so long as 
they are properly marked up they should remain meaningful in any format.

> why do most WYSIWYG editors fill their pages with them!??!?!?

Because most WYSIWYG editors are an aberration from hell. IMHO.

> css is very easy... easier than anything else, really... you just define
> your classes and then use them... what could be simpler than that?

Oh good, In that case all I need is a couple of good examples.

> but of course we have all the advanced features like absolute
> positioning of images etc. etc. -- now, there's something that we could
> really do with an expert to come and lecture at a GLUG meeting someday
> soon.

Aye.

cheers

tim hall