OliverMedlem sedan okt. 200012 inlägg I read in an article on Friday in DI about how trashy web bureaus are. As i am getting a new site built I became concerned. They suggested that one uses http://validator.w3.org/ to test the web bureaus own site. I did so and others like IBM, microsoft, mind etc. As far as I could understand none were OK according to certain standards. What does this imply. As far as DTD is involved what does this mean? And what is XML and why not use it instead of HMTL.
Many thanks in advance for your valuable advice!
Peter.
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Peter B
CyberPetMedlem sedan dec. 19996 588 inlägg The problem with web site building is that you want so much "features" that you at times has to overlook the w3.org recommendations. Every web browser has their own special feature (like blinking text in Netscape or advanced CSS-settings in IE) and it seems that if you want the web site to look the same and work well on all browsers you should follow the w3.org standard.
However following that might be a bit boring so people try to go around it and make some small changes so that it looks great in one browser (often IE) and semi-nice in Netscape and other browsers.
Nowdays most people use Internet Explorer and fairly modern versions of them, but many web designers also design their sites to work with older browsers on smaller monitors (i.e. 640x480).
The best way is to determine who you want to reach with your website. Are they young, do they want fast information or a fancy look. Is it just a selected type of group of people or is it a site where you want as many visitor as possible bridging over all kinds of ages and social classes.
When you've determine that, you can deside how much you want to walk away from the W3.org standard.
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/Petra
Oh no, they killed Kenny!
MattiMedlem sedan dec. 19996 592 inlägg If the site works in NS3 there's nothing to worry about - if it doesn't work you may want to consider a redesign.
Of course it's good if the site follows the standard set by W3C but in my opinion it's more important that it works in the audiences browsers.
EG, if you follow the standard you can't set the page margin to 0 in Netscape. If you use non-standard tags it will work in Netscape but all the validators will complain.
Hm.. min engelska suger.. ;)
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CyberPetMedlem sedan dec. 19996 588 inlägg Matti, inte alls. Dessutom ger träning färdighet. Keep up the good work, Matti. :)
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/Petra
Oh no, they killed Kenny!
OliverMedlem sedan okt. 200012 inlägg Lots of thanks for all the help! It´s great to be a part of this valuable use of the internet. By the way the standard of english is phenominal!
Peter
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Peter B
Apprently, this is what serious people use. Met a blind webdesigner once who told us at the webdesign bureau what to do and not to do.
Surely he recommended us to follow the W3C standards, but recommended this other validator.
http://www.cast.org/bobby/AdvancedOptions315.cfm
Why no use XML instead of HTML.
HTML is more for formatting and XML is just a "standardized way of sending data".
XML.com should answer all your questions. (Have you been struck with swedes love for XML)
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spangoMedlem sedan juni 20008 205 inlägg As far as DTD is involved what does this mean?
It's the definition of the different tags used in SGML documents (like XML and HTML), which attributes they use, whether they're empty or not, and much more. http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/intro/sgmltut.html is a pretty good introduction to SGML.
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-- spango
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