Working With Web Standards

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About building a site using web standards

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WORKING WITH WEB STANDARDS

By Dylan Bathurst

WHAT ARE WEB STANDARDS?

By Definition

Widely adopted guidelines for CSS, XHTML etc. that help ensure that web sites are accessible on a wide variety of platforms and to a wide range of users.

WHAT ARE WEB STANDARDS? CONT.

My Definition

A complex way to make things easy.

Anyone can code

The quickest way isn’t always the best way

Browser Compatibility

WHAT I WANTED

A blog themed site that would validate

Div based layout

Meaningful markup

Clean code!!!

WHAT THE BOOKS TAUGHT ME

Designing with web standards

Theoretical

CSS Mastery

Technical

Web Standards Solutions

A lot like CSS Mastery

MOST HELPFUL

Layout Design

Floating

Clearing

Positioning

Margin / Padding

#1 when it comes to web standards

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IE 6

IE 7

FIREFOX

BY DYLAN BATHURST

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