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Posted by jlbdoc95 on 11/09/70 11:22
Goes to show why people with those degrees are still not taken all that
seriously, when I hire someone who claims to have a web development degree,
I always take that with a grain of salt, more often than none you find that
the teachings are just that, FrontPage background with no regard for
Standards.
Kudos Stan for putting your students on the right path!!
Jean
"Stan McCann" <me@stanmccann.us> wrote in message
news:Xns969F8A2429445stanmccann@216.234.192.142...
> At New Mexico State University at Alamogordo, we are just beginning the
> process of a total redesign of our website. As the webmaster and
> teacher of some of the web design courses at a school that offers a
> degree in web mastery, I feel that it is important that our campus
> website reflect the web development approach that we teach.
>
> Personnally, I teach strict HTML 4.01 and feel strongly that no new
> pages should be created using transitional as the time of transition is
> long past. I have been reviewing college sites all over the country,
> especially colleges like NMSUA that offer degrees in web development
> hoping to find sites that would support my arguments in keeping with
> the coding styles so often seen discussed on this group.
>
> So what do I find? Transitional or Loose DTDs if any and table layout
> everywhere! The coding used by so many of these colleges that say they
> teach web development is truly disgusting IMO. Front Page and Word
> documents saved as HTML, pop ups, music, and so many other things that
> I have seen discussion after discussion opposing the use of seems to be
> the norm. No wonder it is so difficult to find a site that validates,
> doesn't use table layout, etc.
>
> So, those of us that believe in writing valid code, seperating content
> and layout, using a fluid layout, etc. are in the minority? Are we
> beating our heads against a wall? Is there any use in continuing to
> write valid code when colleges are churning out people developing web
> sites using 10 year old methods?
>
> I could go on as this has turned into a rant. I just am starting to
> wonder: what's the point? OK, end rant.
>
> --
> Stan McCann "Uncle Pirate" http://stanmccann.us/pirate.html
> Webmaster/Computer Center Manager, NMSU at Alamogordo
> http://alamo.nmsu.edu/ There are 10 kinds of people.
> Those that understand binary and those that don't.
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