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Posted by Michael Laplante on 11/24/18 11:46
"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
news:445768eb$0$3687$cb0e7fc6@news.centralva.net...
> Jose wrote:
> Send him so someone's site that actually shows how to use markup as markup
> and styles with CSS and the site is flexible with respect to the viewport.
> Many regulars here have such a site. Toby's comes to mind. Jukka's is a
> little pedestrian in the artistic sense but also is correct. Mine I would
> say is to the other extreme pushing the aesthetic (got it spelled
> correctly this time!) side but still obeys the web's flexible nature.
URLs would be helpful. . .
> Michael, what you should to is review this index
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/index/elements.html
Excellent! Got it bookmarked. . .
> Then add your decor, background images, colors, borders, etc with CSS.
>
> Results will be
>
> 1) A far more accessible site
> 2) A far more maintainable site
> 3) Learn something
> 4) Satisfaction of doing a job right.
Sounds good for "information type" websites. This wouldn't work for "artsy"
sites like CSSZenGarden where the "look" is as important or moreso than the
message. In that case, you pretty much have to design for a limited range of
fonts or real estate and accept that outside those parameters your fancy
look is gonna get munged.
M
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