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Getting Started with Web Standards in Design
Getting started with Web Standards
Let me introduce you to this site and Web Standards! We'll take you step-by-step as to what this site can do for you. You can access any of these topics from the right hand navigation area as well.
Site Topics
- XHTML and CSS Tips will show you how to properly structure your markup and style codes.
- Accessibility Tips will give you a clear understanding of accessible web design, and why it's so important!
- Web Standards covers the whole Standards mentality, and why you need to adopt that mentality in your designs!
- Semantics. What are semantics, and why should you care?
Visit each page and bookmark them for future reading. If you have any other topics of interest, such as SEO or Anti-virus, we have that as well! Those topics can be found here:
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Just what can you do with all this web design stuff? Well, you can impress your friends with this bit of PHP code:
<?php
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?>
Try it here. Just type in your birthday:
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So you see,
Web Standards and What They Are
Web Standards are meant to bring structure and clarity to design standards, and have been embraced by the web designer community, and have increased both the knowledge in coding of properly structured (X)HTML markup, as well as the further development of the XHTML language as well. Web Standards set apart the professional site from the cookie-cutter Photoshop template sites that have been prevalent on the web.
Web Standards have also taken the SEO world by storm as well. Just think of the possibilities! They are the catapult to accessible and SE friendly web designs! Not to forget, of course, the semantic use of HTML & XHTML markup goes a very long way in making the web accessible for everyone!
So what are we talking about, when we mention Web Standards? We're talking about a concept of structure, more of a standards mentality, than a technique. I mean, thoughtfully laid out, semantically correct, and accessible for all users - that is their aim. Please surf the pages on website accessibility & web semantics. And remember, standards are the basis for search engine optimization tips!
Standards...
Also have a great benefit. By using semantically correct XHTML and CSS markup you can separate content from presentation. And that's one key to web accessibility, having your pages well-formed, and semantically correct.
Separation of Content from presentation and a site that fully complies with this philosophy - will reach more than just your intended audience, it'll reach everyone! FierceStreet Networks is all about usability - XHTML for content, and CSS for presentation.
