XHTML/CSS....
This section of my site is about my input to coding valid XHTML and CSS. I will be explaining how I code sites and various techniques I use in creating professional websites with usability in mind.
Parts of this section will have information and code snippets from which other people have created so to recognise there hard work and effort I will be accrediting every person in which I gather information off.
If any of following information you feel is incorrect or needs updating please contact me and I will amend it.
Getting started with XHTML
When I started to learn HTML 4.0, all I had to work with was notepad! I had to learn the hard way. I strongly recommend to anyone that is interested in learning HTML properly, learn how to hard code first before thinking about using a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor.
There are a lot of WYSIWYG editors out there, some bad and some very good. Letting a HTML editor create your code for you seems like a good thing however a lot of the time the code they create is not valid code and can be very cumbersome and a pain to modify.
After learning how to code well, HTML editor's like Macromedia's Dreamweaver is an absolute blessing and a really helpful tool to create websites.
For anyone who is interested in learning HTML, have a look at W3 Schools. W3 Schools has loads of really easy to follow tutorials that will get you kick started really quickly without having to learn about all the history and to some, boring stuff.
When coding for the first time try to validate you code as you go. Validating the code with the likes of W3 (World Wide Web Consortium) will enable your web site to be much more accessible to the user and the browser. Valid code is much more likely to render correctly in browsers and it makes it easier to share and process electronic documents regardless of the type of device, computer platform or operating system used.
To learn more about validating your code and web standards go to W3 official site.
