Posted by Chris Gunn on 06/07/06 00:12

On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:42:52 -0600, ted.boomer@hotmail.com wrote:

>At the start of this thread I asked for comments on
>http://www.managetech.co.uk which had some nice graphics, but was done
>in front page and so the code wasn't good.
>
>I spent about four hours setting up a css sheet (and sourcing css bells
>and whistles for the site) and then converted the whole thing into very
>tight code in an hour or so, using a text editor.

Howdy Ted,

The source code looks MUCH nicer. Good job!

>Free tools, tight code, good site: can't think of any argument against
>css.

CSS makes some nice improvements. However, you missed a few things.

You did not set the web page margins in the BODY definition. In IExplorer
(at 800 wide) you have scroll bar at the foot because the default margins
are too wide. Works fine in FireFox, which sets smaller ones.

Only a very limited number of CSS assets have been added to the other
browsers. In Netscape Navgator 4.08 your page is a disaster. I haven't
installed a newer version of Netscrape for a number of reasons. Mostly, it
lets me know I've gone too far and too fancy.

Whatever you used for CSS did not comply with all of the standards. There
are missing quote marks and the last line (just before the "}" is missing
the semicolon. What you did works okay for the big two but others may be
more strict.

Hit http://www.htmlvalidator.com and get a copy to try. It will validate
CSS code and let you fix it. It has a nice build in web page editor but I
prefer Hippie (www.hippie98.com), which has a split screen option so you can
see changes as you type. Its Table and other Wizards speed up a number of
things.

Note: Free tools do not hack it when you are building web sites for
commercial use. Good authors deserve to get paid for their work.

Thanks, Chris www.bizynet.com and www.bizycart.com
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