[pmwiki-users] FAQ Page Layout

[H. Fox]

On 8/4/05, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 05:42:42PM -0700, H. Fox wrote:
> > It seems like Pm
> > wold rather redefine the Q:/A: markup instead of using div markup
> > though...
> 
> I'm not opposed to div markup; it just seems to me that "Q:" and "A:"
> are soooo straightforward relative to what we want to achive in a
> FAQ.  And my point is also that we shouldn't feel at all constrained
> by the semantics of the existing Q:/A: markup.  I don't see any
> problem with redefining "Q:" and "A:" in the markup to render
> as if the author had written ">>question<<" and ">>answer<<", so that
> they end up acting like divs.

I think this would get the job done.

>  Or "Q:" and "A:" can become
> special-purpose divs, that don't interfere with the existing ">><<"
> markup.

I'm not sure what advantage this would offer.

> My suggestion at this stage is for us to focus mainly on the desired
> rendering of a FAQ.

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq appears to be the model.

I prefer the look of a 1-pixel border over bold text for questions.
Using the border expands font choices for questions and sets the q/a
blocks apart from one another nicely because the border goes all the
way across the page.  That detail is unimportant now, since it's a
trivial CSS change.

Hagan