Cleaner Code – A Project

I’ve decided to embark on a little project I’ve been wanting to do for some time. Sort of my version of Tidy, except covering some really old proprietary tags also. The other benefit of this, aside from the obvious, is that this will (ideally) also…

Straight To Tableless?

Since I recently wrote an article on the benefits of a tableless layout, I felt it prudent to express my views on it in practical application. I personally know many many web developers who work in the industry, and whether these people have multiple clients,…

Alternative to _blank

As anyone who has tried to validate a website to a Strict doctype knows, the target=”_blank” attribute is no longer allowed. The most common question is Why? and there is a simple answer. In web standards, (X)HTML is for content, CSS is for style, and…

A Reminder on Modes

As this came up in a recent discussion, I think its prudent to at least briefly list the ideal doctypes to use for the modes you want to trigger in a browser. Keep in mind that there are three termed modes: Quirks Mode, Almost Standards…

Accessibility Compliance

What is Accessibility Compliance? As was mentioned in the previous discussion on code compliance, there is some substantial overlap between code and accessibility compliance. However, the one distinction is that code compliance is more geared toward coding a webpage in a way that it will…

Standards Compliant Code

What is Standards Compliant Code? Well, it actuall is more of an overall category than a single thing, however, I’ll define it as this: “Standards Compliant Code is the utilization of the current standards combinations, as set forth by the W3C Recommendations, in order to…