-----Original Message----- From: tedd [mailto:tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 3:02 PM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Web page excerpt editor At 8:49 AM -0400 5/6/08, Jason Pruim wrote: >On May 6, 2008, at 8:41 AM, tedd wrote: >>My only quandary was -- do I allow them to input html or not. > >I misunderstood what you were going for... But this does give me >another idea... Why not give them very simple things like >[bold][/bold] and then you can control it all from css and they >don't need to understand much about HTML? > >In fact, if you are using variables in your css, you could set it so >that they could set what color they want [bold] to be. > >IE: .bold {font-weight: bold; color: $boldColor;} > >Or how ever you would have to define it so that it displayed >correctly.. :) Anyway, just the ideas of a dutch novice take them as >such :) You're making an honest effort to answer the question I posed, so it's not that novice. I've been using variable in css for years, see here: http://sperling.com/examples/pcss/ But it's a different problem when trying to guide a layman from what he imagines in his head to what can be done on the web (hey, that rhymes). :-) Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Tedd, That is great information for a noob like me! Your page has just been printed and bookmarked :o) I have been thinking (not google-ing) about how to do that (CSS with variables) for some time now, without ever trying. Thanks mate !! Chris -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
