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Posted by Neil Jenkins
Neil Jenkins
Courses Plus Student 1,424 Points

CSS Generated Content

Is it a good idea to use generated content as a means to insert things that can change like telephone numbers, addresses and e-mail addresses in a webpage? Are there any downsides to this approach?

1 Answer

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Semantic content should not be generated via CSS, that breaks the separation of content & style.

If they change that often and are in multiple places, you should use a server-side template like PHP to make it easy to update the information in one place and apply it to multiple pages.

Neil Jenkins
Neil Jenkins
Courses Plus Student 1,424 Points

Thanks James.