On Oct 18, 2006, at 8:32 AM, frances wrote: > Does anyone know of experienced css users creating or suggesting > naming > standards for classes and IDs?
I *never* put style information in the ID/class name. that means when the time comes to rework the site, I can rework the style without having to change the name of the ID/class. Likewise, I've learned not to put other presentation details in them (I no longer use things like #topnav or #leftcolumn). Instead I've taken to using strictly structural/semantic names (#maincontent, #mainnav, #modulenav for page layout structural features and .booktitle, .bookauthor, .menuitem, and the like for semantic identifiers). I've taken to looking at a document in terms of XML: if I were free to use any tag at all to describe this chunk, what would it be? if the tag exists in (X)HTML I use it, if not I use either span or div with an id or a class that uses that tag as a name. It makes maintenance a lot easier, as most of the time all I have to do is pay around with one file to achieve any design change I'm after. Have Fun, Arlen ------------------------------ In God we trust, all others must supply data ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
