Re: center phasing out?

by "Donna M Smillie" <dms(at)zetnet.co.uk>

Date:	Tue, 7 Sep 1999 08:10:38 +0100
To:	<hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
References:	abts
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----- Original Message -----
From: Shaun L. Sides <arch(at)abts.net>

> On 5 Sep 99, at 17:39, Cindy Stanley wrote:
>
> > Can anyone provide solid documentation, url or book, that reads
> > that the align attribute of the DIV element is deprecated in HTML
> > 4?
>
> Osborne's HTML Programmer's Reference covers all html versions
> thru 4, and it doesn't indicate that the align attribute is deprecated
> with regard to the div tag.  Also, tools like Dreamweaver use
> methods which indicate that <div align="center"></div> is the
> preferred way of centering an object in a web page.

However, the official W3C spec for HTML 4.0
 http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40 ) lists the ALIGN attribute for DIV as
being deprecated.

Regards,
Donna
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