[thelist] <P> vs. <BR><BR>

[Tony Grimes]

     Yes, of course, I meant <P></P>. It's just that I was taught to use
<BR><BR> long ago (by one of the list admins actually) and I'm having a
devil of a time breaking out of the habit.

.tony


On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, aardvark wrote:

> 
> > From: Tony Grimes <algrimes at acs.ucalgary.ca>
> >
> >      With the recent move toward web standards (i.e. alistapart's
> > redesign), which is the best way to separate paragraphs: <P> or
> > <BR><BR>? I would assume you would use the <P> tag, but is there a
> > place for double <BR> tags anymore? Was there ever?
> 
> wrapping content in <p></p> imparts structure, and also makes it 
> easier to apply styles as well... you can still use <br> tags within a 
> <p></p> set, to create a line-break...
> 
> but you really have to use <p></p> as a pair, otherwise that kind of 
> defeats the purpose...
> 
> <br> clearly has use on its own, but using it to create paragraphs 
> isn't the preferred method...
> 
> 
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