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[Sharon]

It's supposed to be bad form to use lots of <p> <br> to make spaces where

you want.
For someone who is relatively new to CSS, I ask why? I am wondering if some
people are not 'throwing the baby out with the bathwater' when it comes to
CSS. What is the object of using a
p.specialclass{
margin top: 1em (or 2x, or 0.01%, or whatever the next migration will be);
}

Then in your HTML, you need
<p class ="specialclass">

Versus a simple <br> in the code.

Where does that save me time? Where does it save the executing computer
time? How, pray tell, does that 'clean up' my code? I could go on ad
infinitum on this topic. I use both, when they are best used. And until
someone yanks that <br> out of my little hands, I will still keep using it
when it is the best thing to use for the situation. If it is a repetitive
break, I will use CSS.

Take Care, Sharon

 

[Paul Furman]

It's supposed to be bad form to use lots of <p> <br> to make spaces
where you want. What is the alternative? Should I set top/bottom margins
to accomplish this? Often it's a case by case basis and doesn't seem to
justify setting up a stylesheet class, so I'm inclined to put it in the
tag as style="margin-top: 1em;" Is that OK to do? It's so abstract and
difficult to follow when every little thing has to translate over to the
style sheet.

 

[Adrienne]

It's supposed to be bad form to use lots of <p> <br> to make spaces
where you want. What is the alternative? Should I set top/bottom margins
to accomplish this? Often it's a case by case basis and doesn't seem to
justify setting up a stylesheet class, so I'm inclined to put it in the
tag as style="margin-top: 1em;" Is that OK to do? It's so abstract and
difficult to follow when every little thing has to translate over to the
style sheet.

It's whatever logical markup it is. If it's a paragraph, then it's a
paragraph. If it's a line break, then it's a line break. I usually don't
mess with margins on paragraphs, unless I'm trying to align it with
something, and then I might use margin in that one instance. Again,
usually, if you don't mess with it, it works out just fine.

 

[Whitecrest]

Versus a simple <br> in the code.
Where does that save me time? Where does it save the executing computer
time? How, pray tell, does that 'clean up' my code? I could go on ad
infinitum on this topic. I use both, when they are best used....

Very good plan. Use what is efficient and effective for the specific
situation at hand.

 

[ollimax]

you want.
For someone who is relatively new to CSS, I ask why? I am wondering if some
people are not 'throwing the baby out with the bathwater' when it comes to
CSS. What is the object of using a
p.specialclass{
margin top: 1em (or 2x, or 0.01%, or whatever the next migration will be);
}

Then in your HTML, you need
<p class ="specialclass">

Versus a simple <br> in the code.

Where does that save me time? Where does it save the executing computer
time? How, pray tell, does that 'clean up' my code? I could go on ad
infinitum on this topic. I use both, when they are best used. And until
someone yanks that <br> out of my little hands, I will still keep using it
when it is the best thing to use for the situation. If it is a repetitive
break, I will use CSS.

Take Care, Sharon

You could have this sort of a structure:
<div id="content">
<p>LoremIpsum</p>
</div>

And in the css:
#content p{
something : odd;
}

If you use SSI's this is quite easy. TYou don't have to add any special
markup in <p>'s.

Oll¡maX!

 

[Paul Furman]

...Often it's a case by case basis and doesn't seem to
justify setting up a stylesheet class, so I'm inclined to put it in the
tag as style="margin-top: 1em;" Is that OK to do?

It seems one reason is that the CSS validator does not read the inline
styles.