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div id Vs. div class
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post Sep 23 2010, 11:19 PM
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When is it proper to use a id verses a class? and the other way around?

It's been ages since I have looked at any kind of code so help a n00b out?
 
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post Sep 24 2010, 01:32 AM
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IDs are supposed to be unique per-page. You use an ID to describe a unique element on the page; you use a class to describe items that are generic and non-unique.

Take the front page of a blog, for example: the header would probably be div#header, whereas each blog post may be encapsulated as the div.blog-post class, since there are several of them and it's a generic container.
 
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I had no idea that there was actually a proper time to use an ID vs a class.
 

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