newby question html/css

Zombie · 08-16-2006, 07:55 PM

im try to learn html and css (total newb) it seems quite straight forward up to now.

One thing i cant understand is why it is written out un evenly.

uneven as in it is not flush to the left

is it important for any reason to be layed out in the way it is?

(sorry if the question is a bit stupid!)

webfreak · 08-16-2006, 07:57 PM

You do not have to format it like that.

Dan · 08-16-2006, 08:00 PM

Using tabs or spaces makes it easier to see what tags are opened/closed and the parent elements of what you are editing in. It's just for readability.

Zombie · 08-16-2006, 08:31 PM

i thought it might be that, thanks

so it's just spaces or tabs being used?

Dan · 08-16-2006, 08:47 PM

I use tabs, but not all people do.

painperdu · 08-16-2006, 09:05 PM

If you think about it a web page consits of containers, boxes inside other boxes.

All open tags have corresponding closing tags (with a few exceptions).

To keep things simple it's best to keep the same tags lined up with each other so you'll know where a particular 'box' opens and closes. This is especially important when using tables.

iNod · 08-16-2006, 10:10 PM

Most major programmers use tabs as C#, C++, VB, etc.. They all require certain amount of spaces. Otherwise you will get errors. PHP,HTML, CSS does not require this but it cleans up the code.

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