[theme-reviewers] Clearing Floats

Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) philip at frumph.net
Wed Sep 1 13:08:32 UTC 2010


Sementics and over thinking.

The end of the_content() needs to be cleared to protect the content of the site below it.

- Phil
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chip Bennett 
  To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 6:06 AM
  Subject: [theme-reviewers] Clearing Floats


  I've noticed on several reviews, the recommendation to add a "clearfix" <div> beneath the_content()/the_excerpt().


  I'm wondering: should we *really* be making this recommendation? I've always considered an empty div whose sole purpose for existence is to ensure that floats are cleared to be a method of last resort.


  I'm just wondering, since we don't make many other markup-practice recommendations with respect to conformance to the Guidelines. Might it be better simply to state "ensure that floats introduced by the_content()/the_excerpt() are cleared"?


  Chip


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