A formatting question that might sound totally strange to you

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by tayiper, Sep 28, 2006.

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Which particular type of formatting is better ??

  1. to use the colon after the ending/ending tag

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  2. to use the colon before the closing/ending tag

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  1. #1
    OK, I don't know if this is the right section, but I couldn't find a better one. Also, I confess that this thread is most probably the "result" of my obsessive pedantry, and the result of me being a kind of a "formatting maniac" ...


    For instance, consider my software.html page. As you can see, in all cases where I link to some program's website, I use the colon character after the "strong" closing/ending tag. But the thing is that on the very same page, I also use it the other way, i.e. use the colon char before the closing tag so that it's itself bold too.


    Example of one such program's link:

    ... <strong>BartPE</strong>: <a href="http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder" onclick="target='_blank';">http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder</a> ...
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    Example of one such navigational text:

    <strong>My various blogs:</strong>
    Code (markup):
    <strong>TinyURL:</strong>
    Code (markup):
    <strong>Disclaimer 1:</strong>
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    So since I am a "formatting maniac" (and like things being consistent through the site/page), I've decided to use the same formatting in both cases (i.e. in case of programs and these navigational etc. texts), therefore I am curious: by various written or un-written design "standards", which option is better, and which one would you prefer personally.


    thanks in advance, tayiper
     
    tayiper, Sep 28, 2006 IP
  2. kk5st

    kk5st Prominent Member

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    It looks to me as if you're using the strong tag to simulate a header. If you want a header, use a header tag. That said, and if that's the case, the colon punctuates the header. Thus, <h3>My various blogs:&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3>, would be the way to go.

    cheers,

    gary
     
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  3. rosiee007

    rosiee007 Notable Member

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    Yes, the punctuation should always be used in the style tags, <b> <strong> <h1> etc.
     
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  4. tayiper

    tayiper Active Member

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    OK, thanks both for your opinions ...


    tayiper
     
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  5. tayiper

    tayiper Active Member

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    Urgh, now I got so many different opinions (also on other forums) that I am even more confused than before, lol ...


    tayiper
     
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  6. Gordaen

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    I don't think it matters too much, if you are consistent. I would include it within a strong, h, em, or other similar tag though, because it is part of the title or category. For instance, if a book is called "Holy Crap: The Story of Saintly Dung," the first two words (including the colon) would generally be written in a larger font (such as on the front of the book) than the subtitle.

    That being said, in the case of anchor tags, if only the main title is a link, then I end the link before the colon.

    *shrug*
     
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  7. tayiper

    tayiper Active Member

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  8. thevenerablez

    thevenerablez Peon

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    Looks like you could use a Dreamweaver template! It would save you a lot of time. I use it plenty for complicated pages.
     
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  9. tayiper

    tayiper Active Member

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    Uhhh, well no, I am sure that it "doesn't look like this", i.e. I personally hate templates and WYSIWYG type of programs, and my site is "hand crafted" from the very beginning, and in fact, I am quite proud because of this ...


    Also, I am really not sure what could possibly a Dreamweaver template have to do with these strictly formatting-related questions of mine !!


    tayiper
     
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  10. Gordaen

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    It looks like you've been posting replies to a bunch of threads that are minimalistic and scarcely related. Feel free to post all you want when your comments are relevant, but posting several times a minute with one-sentence replies that contribute nothing is not useful. If all Dreamweaver templates do the formatting in question a specific way, then that could be a useful contribution. Simply saying that one could use Dreamweaver templates has nothing to do with the thread, nor does it help with the original question.
     
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