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January 10, 2007 at 10:17 am

(1) Doug says:

If I’m reading all my Friends Of Ed books correctly, I believe we’re supposed to to be avoiding all the extra divs and just using the elements themselves as containers, for example your side nav could just be with a width of 200 floated to the left. The header would be fine without a wrapped around it, etc.

What you have is probably more useable for adding/removing content but it doesn’t encourage people to think outside the DIV.

January 10, 2007 at 10:25 am

(2) doug says:

oops my html elements don’t show.

your side nav could be just a “UL” element floated to the left and your H1 header would be fine without a DIV wrapper, etc.

January 10, 2007 at 12:51 pm

(3) Jennifer Kyrnin says:

Hi Doug,

Yes, you’re correct - in fact, I wrote an article about that specifically: Divitis - The Habit of Using Divs for Everything in CSS Layouts

The reason I use DIV tags in the templates is because I don’t know what is going to live in the different sections. For example, you might put navigation in the narrow column and so a UL would be appropriate, but I might put additional content, with headers and paragraphs, etc. So a UL wouldn’t fit on my page.

Unfortunately, using DIVs in a template encourages divitis, but I can’t afford to build a custom layout for everyone who asks for one - these are free templates after all.

Thanks for pointing that out, however, as you’re correct you should use the tags that are semantically correct for the site not just DIV tags.

January 10, 2007 at 2:27 pm

(4) Doug says:

Got it. Thanks Jen.

June 9, 2007 at 12:32 pm

(5) Bill says:

You guys do a wonderful job! Keep up the good work!!!

August 14, 2007 at 3:47 am

(6) Helga says:

I like it and the background and colors make it easy to read

November 28, 2007 at 2:16 am

(7) Hillary says:

Thanks for your project. I like this site. KEEP IT UP..