One sentence beyond css.

[opt_inf_env@yahoo.com]

Hi,

my *.css file contains the following line:

body {background-color: black; color: blue;}

It means that text in body will be blue. However I would like to put
one sentence in my text wich (sentence) have to have another color (not
blue). Can you tell me how it can be done?

Thank you.

[kaeli]

Re: One sentence beyond css.

In article <1111765182.572 504.166460@g14g 2000cwa.googleg roups.com>,
opt_inf_env@yah oo.com enlightened us with...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> my *.css file contains the following line:
>
> body {background-color: black; color: blue;}
>
> It means that text in body will be blue. However I would like to put
> one sentence in my text wich (sentence) have to have another color (not
> blue). Can you tell me how it can be done?[/color]

..green {color:green;}

<span class="green">t his text is green</span>

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[David Ross]

Re: One sentence beyond css.

opt_inf_env@yah oo.com wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Hi,
>
> my *.css file contains the following line:
>
> body {background-color: black; color: blue;}
>
> It means that text in body will be blue. However I would like to put
> one sentence in my text wich (sentence) have to have another color (not
> blue). Can you tell me how it can be done?
>
> Thank you.[/color]

I would strongly urge you not to have blue text against a black
background. It's almost unreadable. While aqua provides much
better contrast than blue against a black background, it might
still create problems for anyone who is colorblind.

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[Lachlan Hunt]

Re: One sentence beyond css.

kaeli wrote:[color=blue]
> .green {color:green;}[/color]

That doesn't really seperate structure and content from the presentation
does it, it simply stacks another layer on top of it. What happens when
the author decides to use a new theme and green is no longer
appropriate? Should all the markup be changed to match, or just the CSS
(which would make it inconsistent and confusing.)

eg.
..green { color: red; } ???

[color=blue]
> <span class="green">t his text is green</span>[/color]

It depends what you are trying to markup, not what you want it to look
like. If, for example, you want emphasis to be shown in green, you
could use

<em>emphasise d text</em>

em { color: green; }

http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/goodclassnames

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[me]

Re: One sentence beyond css.

"Lachlan Hunt" <spam.my.gspot@ gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4244d73f$0 $15986$5a62ac22 @per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au ...[color=blue]
> kaeli wrote:[color=green]
> > .green {color:green;}[/color]
>
> That doesn't really seperate structure and content from the presentation
> does it, it simply stacks another layer on top of it. What happens when
> the author decides to use a new theme and green is no longer
> appropriate? Should all the markup be changed to match, or just the CSS
> (which would make it inconsistent and confusing.)
>
> eg.
> .green { color: red; } ???
>
>[color=green]
> > <span class="green">t his text is green</span>[/color]
>
> It depends what you are trying to markup, not what you want it to look
> like. If, for example, you want emphasis to be shown in green, you
> could use
>
> <em>emphasise d text</em>
>
> em { color: green; }
>
> http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/goodclassnames
>
> --
> Lachlan Hunt[/color]

After reading the link I see your suggestion is quite good. If someone
wanted a special one time only style I would add the following:

..special { font-weight: bold; color: #FF0000}

I would add this comment to the style:

/* color red emphasis bold */

I would then add this to the body:

<span class="special" >Bold Red Text</span>

If needed I would adapt the comment to describe any additional formattting
too, of course this is all OT in this NG. ;-)
Signed,
me

[kaeli]

Re: One sentence beyond css.

In article <4244d73f$0$159 86$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au >,
spam.my.gspot@g mail.com enlightened us with...[color=blue]
> kaeli wrote:[color=green]
> > .green {color:green;}[/color]
>
> That doesn't really seperate structure and content from the presentation
> does it, it simply stacks another layer on top of it. What happens when
> the author decides to use a new theme and green is no longer
> appropriate? Should all the markup be changed to match,[/color]

Well, I do.
*shrugs*

Then again, I actually keep everything in one document (one CSS and one html
template), so it's not hard to.

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