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Originally Posted by HarryT
Sorry, but that's a HORRIBLE solution. PLEASE don't do it that way.
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+20. That's just crappy coding. And it's not less "complicated" than fiddling with CSS, if someone has to regex it to make it happen.
Learning to write even moderately decent CSS isn't like learning to create a nuclear bomb. Someone can teach himself in almost no time, and the average DIY book takes about 10-12 classes; a few header classes, 3-4 paragraph classes, and that's about it. Our internal, House CSS has over 100 classes, but we do this professionally, and need styles for everything from lists to tables to Bob's weirdo paragraph. The average joe can even lift a sheet of CSS from Jellby to save time (highly recommended clean code).
And, trust me on this, taking a few minutes to learn it, and apply it properly, will not only give you a feeling of accomplishment, but will give you a basis to build on the NEXT time you want to convert a book. Taking shortcuts now won't help you when you DO want to do something a little more complicated--like 2-way footnotes, or what-have-you.
Just my $.02
Hitch