You can choose class
and id
values when authoring your CSS and HTML. A good rule is to create
"logical" class
and id
values and not "descriptive" ones. Remember, you've gone to the trouble of
separating markup and presentation -- keep this separation when creating class
names.
If you can guess how the class is styled based upon the name, this should cause you to consider changing the name.
Good Class/ID Names | Poor Class Names |
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Choosing class and id names appropriately will help with:
#rightnav
may very well become navigation positioned on the
left side or the top.
.redbold
may very be changed to another color or background
entirely..dottedborder
class, you may wish to change how your
thumbnail images are styled, but leave presentation of other markup that you've given
the same class to unchanged. Copyright © David Heitmeyer