[thelist] List bullets - IE vs. Netscape

rudy r937 at interlog.com
Sun Aug 12 22:02:45 CDT 2001


>hi kaylani

oops, my sincere apologies, it's kalyani, isn't it

i'm sorry

rudy

p.s. the following is not directed at you, kalyani, it's just
necessary to pay for this off-topic post

<tip type="link targets">

if you are in the habit of creating link targets like this --

   <a name="ch9"></a>
   <h3>Chapter 9</h3>

be aware that the empty anchor will not validate in xhtml

there are a couple of workarounds, but none of them is satisfactory

   <a name="ch9"><h3>Chapter 9</h3></a>

   <h3><a name="ch9">Chapter 9</a></h3>

   <a name="ch9">&nbsp;</a>
   <h3>Chapter 9</h3>

all of the above are susceptible to taking on the styles given to A
elements in your stylesheet

the recommended technique is to use the element ID as the target

   <h3 id="ch9">Chapter 9</h3>

reference:

  "The destination anchor of a link may be an element
  within an HTML document. The destination anchor must
  be given an anchor name and any URI addressing this
  anchor must include the name as its fragment identifier.

  Destination anchors in HTML documents may be
  specified either by the A element (naming it with the
  name attribute), or by any other element (naming with
  the id attribute)."

              http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#h-12.1

</tip>






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