How do I explain?

[Nicholas M]

Hi there,

I need to explain to my client certain basics about what she needs to edit
within the HTML of a template I have created for her. I'm a bit of a HTML
newbie, and I notice that within some HTML, there is light grey text surrounded
by a bracket such as the following:

<!-- /// CSS goes here in case the /HEAD tags get stripped \\\ -->

Is the above just explanatory text from the coder or does it serve a deeper
purpose? Had a thought that this may be something to do with javascript but a
bit confused.... Can I write whatever I want within these sorts of brackets
without affecting the layout of the page? If so, can I make statements that
may include particular tags such as <p> and </p> within these <!--/// brackets
without causing a ruckus on the page?

I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks
Nicholas

[dwebber]

Yes, those comments are just that, comments.
However, there are times that you can create conditional comments such as
<!--[If IE 5x]> where you can use tags and those do effect the page.

As long as you use the /// bewteen your comments, you should be fine; but to
be safe you could just leave out the <> and just use p tag, /p tag.

You could also experiment and check a few different browsers (FF, Opera and
IE) to make sure nothing quirky is happening.

[Nicholas M]

That's great thanks.
Appreciate your help!

[Nicholas M]

One last question (for the night anyway :moon)
I've come across this is an article about css styling:
/*float the main list items*/
Does this apply as well - ie is this just a comment or is this something else?
Thanks
Nicholas

[dwebber]

That is how you write comments in your cascading style sheet.