Holy crap, dude.
I just finished making this index page XHTML 1.0 Transitional valid. I think there were 156 errors when I first ran it through the validator.
I first learned to write HTML while using the now archaic Mosaic browser and using the View Source option liberally until I understood how things worked. I joined the HTML Writers Guild and educated myself on web standards. I think I put my first webpage up in late 1996 and joined the Guild shortly after it organized.
Since then, though, I guess I've gotten awfully lazy about my coding knowledge. I was surprised at how many things had changed - which is stupid, I should have more consciously realized that tags would change as the "language" of HTML grew and morphed.
Anyhow, between learning about 9Rules and this review, I decided to clean the sidebar up a bit. I got rid of several pieces that required javascripts that just wouldn't get compliant and were just annoying little toys anyway. I also got rid of my page counter, which at some 22,000 hits makes me a little sad. I kinda liked watching it go up. But, as often as not, BlogPatrol was down or experiencing problems and it really just wasn't worth the delay in page load that it sometimes caused.
I keep intending to really clean up the template and re-adjust this to a three column and better handle the archives adn a few other things (including the new section in the sidebar, "Blog Clutter").
*sigh*
Now I need to run the stylesheet through a validator. Meanwhile, I'm now just hoping that I remember to put _blank in quotes and to self-close my line breaks. Yeesh. I gotta pay attention!
Posted by Red Monkey at April 28, 2006 11:26 PM |
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I used to use notepad until I started using diary/journal/blog sites... I never tried any sort of program for HTML... I have a distant brother who owns Brooknorth, the company he founded when he wrote the first commercial WYSIWYG HTML program in the early nineties, but I never tried that either... further, I never checked any webpage through any sort of web page checker... and finally, I have no idea what the rules are, cuz I've never read any... no wonder I am so seldom read :)
Red Monkey said: I put my first site up with one of the really early WYSIWYG systems, think it was eventually bought by AOL ... NaviPress, I think it was. But I used it to throw up a site fast and then learned HTML from it and from View Source. Once everything went to table layouts, I eventually switched to Dreamweaver. Now I think I'm heading back to hand-coding everything except the blog. :)April 29, 2006 5:26 PM
SGT Capozzi said:
Hell, Im lucky I can read and write English let alone HTML or XHTML. That's what I have Matt for :)
Take care Ender
May 1, 2006 5:04 PMLucy said:
I just bought a book to help me brush up my very basic HTML skills, as well as teach me XHTML and CSS. :)
Oh, as for your comment on my page about Duchovny....try watching "Evolution" with him, Orlando Jones, and Stiffler from the American Pie movies...it is absolutely HILARIOUS!
May 2, 2006 2:02 PMBeth said:
This weekend I need to clean my page up. Usually I'm anal about my page validating, but I've neglected it as of late. I hate javascript that doesn't validate-it's rare I find a script that does. As far as counters-small, validates and never goes down-try statcounter. Never had an issue with them.
Red Monkey said: You know, I do use statcounter for my stats and I love them ... but I had a counter through blogpatrol before I knew anything about what I was doing! Now I just have to remember to go in and change their code to made the stat counter visible ... or ... wean myself off watching that and just watch my stats!May 3, 2006 12:29 AM
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