Archive for January, 2007

Microformats - Good and Bad Points »

Quick rant. It seems there is a lot of propaganda which is pushing Microformats as the “new great thing” on the web. As a result of this, I tried to institute the hCard / vCard microformat (find out more at microformats.org) on a web site currently being developed.
Now the format itself is (eventually) easy enough [...]

Should I use HTML or XHTML? »

Should I use HTML or XHTML? The weight of the W3.org is behind the drive to make web designers write valid XHTML. You want your pages to validate, don’t you? However, browser support is not necessarily available (it’s disabled by [...]

How do I get curved corners? »

How do I get curved corners? Curved corners on boxes seem to have become a primary identifier of a Web 2.0 page. They do generally look more attractive than straight corners, but not all designs lend themselves to this style. [...]

How can I check if my web page uses valid CSS? »

How can I check if my web page uses valid CSS? Go to http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ Enter the address of the stylesheet you want to check. You will get a free report indicating any errors.
Compuskills web design service uses valid XHTML and CSS in all its [...]

How can I check if my web page uses valid XHTML? »

How can I check if my web page uses valid XHTML? Go to http://validator.w3.org/ Enter the address of the page you want to check. You will get a free report indicating any errors.
Compuskills web design service uses valid XHTML and CSS in all [...]

FAQs Available »

As mentioned on the Why Dont You Blog, we now have the first couple of FAQs online. We aim to add another couple each week for the foreseeable future. If there are any questions you would like answering please get in touch.
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What are the main differences between HTML and XHTML? »

What are the main differences between HTML and XHTML? There are few significant differences in the early forms of XHTML. The most notable changes are that documents must be well formed (i.e. use correct syntax) and that all page elements [...]

What does HTML stand for? »

Answer: HTML refers to HyperText Markup Language. HTML is the language used to create most web pages. Tags are added to the text to identify the structure of the web page – headings, paragraphs – and to embed images and forms. The [...]