[support] Layout

[Troy]

Thanks Ari, this is good information!  When you say I should go through the
current HTML, does this mean the HTML Drupal generated when I first set up
the site?  If so, where do I find this HTML file?

Thanks,

Troy

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Ari Davidow <aridavidow at gmail.com> wrote:

> As a general rule, it will be saner for you to markup the footer and
> handle the formatting in the css file. (e.g., <div class="footer">... your
> footer stuff </div>; then the appropriate markup in css). This lets you
> think about the "footer" as its own object, and format it/change formatting
> as you please--or as you need to, over time, and keeps you from burying
> crucial formatting information where you will forget to look at it, or may
> not notice it for what it is when it is late at night and you're making
> "just a quick change."
>
> It is also good, if you can, to go through current HTML so that you aren't
> using deprecated markup (<center> is a long-deprecated tag). In practice, of
> course, things will run fine with the deprecated code, but then you've added
> an extra variable when you are troubleshooting, and won't be able to
> validate the HTML on the page to help troubleshoot.
>
> ari
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Troy <troythetechguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > What's the protocol for layout and design with Drupal?  Should I place
> > formatting items in the css file, or is it alright to do the formatting in
> > Drupal?  For example, in the footer section I have the organizations address
> > and phone number.  If I want to bold and center the address and phone
> > number, can I just add <center> address </center> in the footer section, or
> > should the <center> tag go into the css file?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Troy
> >
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