Idiot Banter » Web Standards http://www.idiotbanter.com Nonsense about Front-End Web Development, Music Business and Snowboarding by Matt McCausland Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:39:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Web Standards http://www.idiotbanter.com/2000/09/06/web-standards/ http://www.idiotbanter.com/2000/09/06/web-standards/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2000 12:11:08 +0000 Matt http://www.idiotbanter.com/?p=207 Tight deadline? Grumpy client? None of that matters when it comes to web standards. I ALWAYS code using current web standards and best practices. I will preach web standards to anyone who will listen. Semantic code using XHTML and CSS makes a lot of sense and saves a whole lot of money. It also makes sites more accessible and more visible to search engines.

Designing From The Ground Up

There is nothing I can’t do with CSS & XHTML. I can take the most complicated Photoshop mock-ups, slice them up, and recreate them perfectly using CSS & XHTML. i can even make then look the same across all major browsers.

From Table-Based Layout To Web Standards Layout

I have no problem stripping table-based layouts of their tables and leaving them with semantic code that makes them more visible to search engines, takes up 1/4 of the server space/bandwidth, and saves time and money when it’s time for a re-design.

Cross Browser Compatibility

I design in Firefox and then use as few hacks as possible to get sites working properly in Internet Explorer, Safari (usually not a problem), and Opera (2%). I know the ins and outs of cross browser compatability and it’s a big part of any project I am a part of.

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