Creating your own tags
I'm just wondering if it is possible to make your own tags (like ), and use CSS to make them useful. It seems to work on Safari, as far as I know.
I'm talking about some code like this:
mytag {color: red}
...
AARGH!!!
...
Will the "AARGH!!!" be red? (and will w3c kill me?)
JeevesBond posted this at 20:00 — 15th September 2005.
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Well this is a good article to read:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/customdtds2
Basically it should work, it's always good to have an understanding of how to write your own DTD though. Personally I've always stuck to the tags available in the standard DOCTYPES as those are the ones browsers support and know what to do with.
You should only need to write new tags in very specific circumstances and be aware that browsers may not support them properly.
Also check out who wrote that article (there's an earlier one you may want to read in there as well): The W3C QA Group. So they wont kill you, or steal your washing, but they want to be clear on the circumstances in which you should start creating your own tags.
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bja888 (not verified) posted this at 21:37 — 15th September 2005.
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Good question technostick.
I think my next leap will be into DTDs
technostick posted this at 20:43 — 20th September 2005.
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Thanks!
I just thought that it was quite a pain to type instead of just .
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