the purpose of class

[newjack2002]

What is the purpose of the class attribute? Especially in tables and fonts. I have seen it in coding but it looks like somebody is just setting the value without ever using it again. Is there a list of predefined values for the class attribute? Or is it something that is set by the coder? How can I see what the class value is doing? Thanks.

[SYP}{ER]

Class is for CSS.

<style type="text/css">
.classname { color: #000000; background-color: #ff0000; }
</style>

<div class="classname">Here's a div layer with black text and a red background.</div>

Useful for changing the look of a similar element accross an entire site (the purpose of CSS)

:)

I'm on MSN if you want more clarification.

aaronvvright at hotmail dot com