Creating Websites for the 4630/4630SW IP Telephone
Browser Features and Behavior
B-5
Physical Spacing and Layout 5
Physical spacing and layout tags define the basic structure of a document. Headings, paragraphs,
tables and lists all provide some basic physical and logical layout to a page.
Each spacing and layout tag is shown with a brief description, and any unusual behavior is
described.
<p> indicates the start of a new paragraph. A blank line is inserted between previous text and
text following the <p> tag.
<br> indicates that a breakpoint should be inserted. A newline is i nserted between previous
text and text following the <br> tag.
<pre> indicates that the following text should have no formatting rules applied to it. This
implies that no wrapping will be applied to this text, which may result in a horizontal scrollbar
being added to view the text.
<hr> indicates that a newline and a horizontal rule (line) should be inserted betw een the
previous text and text following the <hr> tag.
<blockquote> indicates that the following text is a quote, and should be offset in some way.
The embedded text is shown with newlines before and after the text, and spacing to t he left
and right. Within that "block" of text, normal wrapping rules are applied.
<q> indicates that the following text is a short quote, and should b e shown in double-quotes
(according to documentation). This text appears as normal text, with no physical identifying
indications.
<h1> - <h6> indicate heading sections. Each level is one point smaller th an the previous level,
with <h1> being the largest.
The section titled Maintaining Context, on page B-12 contains design guidelines for maintaining
user context.
Lists and Tables 5
For presentation of data in a logical format, lists and tables are two of the more important sets of
tags. Since space is at a premium in the browser, tables should be used with discretion. While they
provide sets of text, which are easy for the eye to process, they can quickly become cumbersome
if misused in this browser. Both width and height are limited, so the data provided in the table cells
should be short pieces of text. Beyond that, the page designer should come up with a different
model for presenting the data, possibly using lists and divisions.