[UPHPU] "design standardization" thoughts

[Jacob Wright]

I'm not sure the context you'd use this. I could see it for a site builder
or something where a user could choose the HTML layout and then the design
package (CSS and images) to go with it. I'll be doing that with my CMS if I
sell it with hosting for a monthly price.


On 4/10/07, Daniel C. <dcrookston at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've been thinking about "design standardization" for a while now.
> The basic idea is to create a set of definitions for different
> elements and IDs, such that developers can mark up their pages using
> the standard and then put any design that obeys the standard on top of
> their markup. Some examples of what might go into the standard:
>
>    * h1 is used at the beginning of a distinct block of content. An
> h1 always denotes the beginning of a new distinct block.
>    * h4 is used within a distinct block of content, and does not
> denote the start or end of a distinct block.
>    * The #submenu ID identifies a secondary navigation block, which
> may or may not be present on any given page. It should only be applied
> to a ul or ol.
>    * The .quote class represents a pullout quote, and should always
> be within a p tag that's inside of the #content div.
>    * Any p within the #content ID should be considered as primary site
> content.
>
> These examples are contrived and the list is incomplete.  It's meant
> to demonstrate the idea, not to serve as an actual spec.  But it
> should give an idea of how such a spec could let content authors
> create sites that can use more than one design and designers create
> stylesheets that can be applied to more than one site, without
> specifically tailoring their markup or design (respectively) for each
> other.
>
> Thoughts, suggestions, criticisms?
>
> --
> What is the largest power of two that has three zeros at the end of
> its base 7 representation? (before the radix point, aka "decimal
> point")
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Jacob Wright
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