One sentence beyond css.

[opt_inf_env]

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]

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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?

..green {color:green;}

<span class="green">this text is green</span>

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[David Ross]

op*********@yahoo.com wrote:

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.

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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complies with Web standards. See <URL:http://www.mozilla.org/>.

[Lachlan Hunt]

kaeli wrote:

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

<span class="green">this text is green</span>

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>emphasised text</em>

em { color: green; }

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

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[me]

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kaeli wrote:

.green {color:green;}

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; } ???

<span class="green">this text is green</span>

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>emphasised text</em>

em { color: green; }

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

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Lachlan Hunt

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]

In article <42***********************@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
sp***********@gmail.com enlightened us with...

kaeli wrote:

.green {color:green;}

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,

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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