[support] Layout

[Ari Davidow]

Any HTML or CSS that comes out of the box from Drupal.org should be
standards compliant at this point, so it should be just your modifications
that you need to pay attention to.

ari

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Troy <troythetechguy at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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