Re: retooling and mental housecleaning

In article <nv1Ti.36337$eY.13133@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
William Gill <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

dorayme wrote:


http://www.htmldog.com/


Thanks, I had already checked them out, but didn't see anything in depth
about semantics. I'm beginning to get the idea I just need to reread
the beginner's stuff, and take notes on where I may be off the mark. I
may not be as bad off I as I thought, but sense a real disdain here for
div and span abuse, and thought I'd better brush up. I guess back to
basics is back to basics.

OK. What are some of the main things puzzling you? The meaning of
individual elements? How the meaning of some elements are more
specific than others? Which elements have some significant
meaning and which do not? How much effort to put into avoiding
basically meaningless containers like divs?

--
dorayme
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