Sent by Mark Newhouse on 6 August 2002 15:03
>> http://realworldstyle.com/breadcrumb_lists.html
>>
>> CSS is in the file. I used UL, but you could easily use OL as well.
>
> ok, that's pretty sweet... and sounds structurally correct...
Thanks...
> i have one minor nitpicky point though...
>
> why are they stuffed into a <div>? a <ul> or <ol> is block level,
> and can contain the id you use... none of your selectors rely on the
> <div> being there, so why not dump the <div> altogether?
>
> makes for more pure HTML, and you're not inserting tags just to hold
> style...
Since this is a part of a larger article, I separated the examples into
DIVs. But you are right, the ID could just as easily been applied to the UL.
Actually, in the site I do for my real job, we have a breadcrumb trail on
the left, and our logo and contact email on the right, all in one horizontal
blue stripe across the top and/or bottom of the page. It is currently in a
table, but when we redesign it will go into a DIV, but the DIV will contain
more than just the breadcrumbing.
> as i said on evolt.org's list, <div> is a gateway tag... ok, rudy
> thinks it's witty...
Heh. But gateway to what? XML?
It's true - there is just a dangerously short step from
<div id="breadcrumb"></div>
to
<breadcrumb></breadcrumb>
</tongue style="position: cheek">
> btw, you gonna set this up as a tutorial anywhere? i have an ASP
> tutorial for making breadcrumbs
> (http://roselli.org/adrian/articles/breadcrumbs.asp) over at
> evolt.org (the site is down for a couple days for a server move,
> otherwise i'd offer that link instead of the one to my site), and
> this would make a great follow-up to that...
The article is about 85% finished and covers a bunch more about lists. When
I'm done and it's up, I'll let the list know where to find it.
> i do plan on filching this...
No problem. Glad you like it :)
Best,
-- Mark Newhouse
http://realworldstyle.com/
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