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GWJ
msg:565348 | 4:03 pm on Jan 13, 2001 (gmt 0) |
I have a body tag that reads like this... <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" link="#000080" vlink="#800080" BASEFONT font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Am I using the correct syntax for setting the basefont to set the font face? I realize that I can use CSS. Just curious. TIA, Brian
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tedster
msg:565349 | 7:49 pm on Jan 13, 2001 (gmt 0) |
I don't use the BASEFONT tag. No matter what the "correct" code is, the only thing you can depend on the visitor's browser actually executing consistently is the SIZE attribute. It's a very weakly supported tag. For instance, even though the W3C [w3.org] standard beginning with HTML3.2 was that the end tag was forbidden, nevertheless Netscape would not execute the tag unless a closing tag was included. Also in Netscape, the tag does not affect the contents of table cells -- so if you use tables for layout you've got complications. My understanding is that the tag should stand alone, rather than being included as an attribute within the BODY tag. SOURCES:
ZDNet Tag Library [zdnet.com]
Microsoft Developer News [msdn.microsoft.com]
HTMLHelp [htmlhelp.com]
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GWJ
msg:565350 | 12:58 pm on Jan 16, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Tedster, Yet again my thanks. I am taking a C.I.W. course. In the prep course taught by someone who stated that <!-- can ony go in the head. Guess I should have taken her statement with a grain. Just thought I could cut out some unwanted tags/weight. Thanks again. Man I love this place, Brian
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