> Your question has more to do with HTML than CSS -- asking if using a > paragraph tag is okay as long as it works -- but I'll respond anyway. > > There are two different kind of "it works" in our business. There's "it > works for me" and there's "it works across browsers". > >>> Brian M. Curran wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> I've never done this before... I made a bordered text box around an >>>> image using a paragraph. It can be found here: >>>> >>>> http://www.draftingservices.com/building_survey.html >>>> >>>> Would this be considered acceptable CSS or make-shift? >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Brian >>>> >>>>
> >Why would I do that, if what I've done works. ...This basically harkens > >back to my original question. > An important point about standards is to come up with a way that your code > not only works across browsers but will continue to work even as browsers > change. The notion is that if you write compliant code, and the community > develops compliant browsers, everything will continue to work with little > or > no disruption. > > So the important question is not whether your approach works but whether > your approach complies with the standards. I believe that was the purpose > behind referring you to the tutorial. If your only benchmark is "it works" > then the tutorial is indeed irrelevant. The developer is free to code as > he > pleases, and the visitor is free to retreat in frustration. :) > > > > Skip Knox > Boise State University Thanks Skip. I recognized that from the outset. That is, that I could have created something that worked but was not "acceptable". - I'm looking to learn here. Pointing me to a tutorial, while helpful, didn't answer my question. Of course sometimes errors in coding may become self-evident if one is pointed to a tutorial, but in this instance that is not what happened. It just seemed like an alternative way to do what I've already done. It seemed more like preference, than whether or not what I had already done was acceptable or not. I thought the point of my question was clear enough. I was asking for a "No, because..." or "Yes, because..." response. Lastly, whether or not my question is more CSS or HTML based. You may be right that it is more HTML based. Regardless, I believe it is intimately connected to CSS. Sincerely, Brian ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
