[thelist] My own tags

Jay Blanchard jay.blanchard at niicommunications.com
Tue Apr 9 08:26:01 CDT 2002


[snip]
> Just curious, why wouldn't you use <!--comment--> tags?

I'm kinda putting together a template for use by others, and I want to use
<insert intro here> and <make it purple> stuff like that.
[/snip]

[and snip]
but the page is for internal use only, and so should be
outside the 'normal' useability rules (ok, that last point is a little
controversial).
[/and snip]

OK, I know I am nit-picking, but with all of the hoopla surrounding the use
of valid HTML/XHTML and CSS couldn't those two examples be inserted into the
page thusly;

<!--insert intro here--><!--/end intro here-->
<!--make it purple--><!--/end purple-->

I have used PERL, PHP, and VBScript to parse certain comment tags (using
regex and other methods) to display a certain way or perform some other
action, all the while being able to validate the page. I know you said it
was for internal use, and I am surely not wanting to tell you how to
accomplish your goal, but shouldn't usability/accessibility rules apply
in-house as well?

Jay





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