"darrel" <notreal@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> VS rightfully points out that this is invalid:
>
> <dt>hello
> <dd>how are you></dd>
>
> As you can't nest a DD inside a DT.
>
> Yet VS feels that it is necessary to automatically delete all of my </dt>
> tags for me when I try to fix this.
>
> UGH.
>
> -Darrel
>

> Wow! Haven't seen definition tables ( <dt> ) used in years. CSS?

"darrel" <notreal@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> Wow! Haven't seen definition tables ( <dt> ) used in years. CSS?
>
> DT = definition term, part of a DL (definition list). I use them for
> navigation these days.
>
> -Darrel
>

> Yeah, it's been so long since I've seen them, I forgot the name!
>
> Why not use CSS instead?

"darrel" <notreal@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>
>> Yeah, it's been so long since I've seen them, I forgot the name!
>>
>> Why not use CSS instead?
>
> CSS just styles your HTML. I still need to markup the navigation in html.
> DTs are nice as they can be used to clearly label the navigation areas.
> DLs are fairly semantic, structurally sound, and can easily be manipulated
> with the CSS.
>
> -Darrel
>
>
>

Scott M. wrote:
> The use of the <SPAN> tag along with CSS for positioning and the ID
> attribute along with DHTML for navigation would accomplish the same thing.
> <DT> and <DL> have been deprecated for some time now.
>
> :)
>
>
> "darrel" <notreal@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:efHRAfTHGHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> Yeah, it's been so long since I've seen them, I forgot the name!
>>>
>>> Why not use CSS instead?
>> CSS just styles your HTML. I still need to markup the navigation in html.
>> DTs are nice as they can be used to clearly label the navigation areas.
>> DLs are fairly semantic, structurally sound, and can easily be manipulated
>> with the CSS.
>>
>> -Darrel
>>

> The use of the <SPAN> tag along with CSS for positioning and the ID
> attribute along with DHTML for navigation would accomplish the same thing.

> <DT> and <DL> have been deprecated for some time now.