Wiki source code of ERDivaLook
Version 107.1 by Ravi Mendis on 2009/04/23 02:35
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| 1 | === What is ERDivaLook? === | ||
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| 3 | Much like ExcelLook, that vends excel pages, Diva look generates a Web 2.0 interface for DirectToWeb. | ||
| 4 | More specifically, it generates pages that are: | ||
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| 6 | * Semantically-rich or **tables-less** | ||
| 7 | * XHTML 1.0 strict compliant | ||
| 8 | * Sans images, inline styles or presentation attributes | ||
| 9 | * Require a CSS **theme** | ||
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| 11 | = Why Table-less Markup? = | ||
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| 13 | Scriptaculous, jQuery effects, etc work by manipulating CSS attributes. | ||
| 14 | Mostly they don't work very well on tables, if at all. | ||
| 15 | Furthermore, the more sophisticated widgets (like accordions) make use of effects and so don't function as they should without. | ||
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| 17 | This is even more true for unobtrusive javascript for which table-less markup is usually a prerequisite. | ||
| 18 | Like jQuery, which takes this a step further, by applying functionality via CSS selectors. | ||
| 19 | (So for jQuery it is an absolute requirement). |