Posted by Thad on 02/24/07 22:56

I guess what I'm trying to ask is... what is the best way to write html
pages to avoid browser incompatibilities without always having to do browser
type checking?



"dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> In article <W62Eh.15372$AU.2802@newsfe07.phx>,
> "Thad" <tsobota@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Having been out of the programming picture for a while, things have
>> changed
>> quite a bit. I want to write a neat and fancy html page but many things
>> confuse me due to a the incompatibilities. Using only html seems so
>> boring,
>> though CSS helps a bit. I'm trying to use an external JavaScript program
>> to
>> show my side menu which links to my other pages depending on which
>> product
>> they want to look at. Would it be better to write the external code in
>> some
>> other language so that all browsers can see it or will it always be hit
>> and
>> miss depending on the users browser? What got me wondering this is the
>> fact
>> that users can turn off the JavaScript capability.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Thad
>
> Why do you suppose you cannot get neat and fancy with html and
> css? It is the result that counts, not the process of getting it.
> Some of the best websites are really boring to make, the makers
> yawning their way through the lot; everyone else being immensely
> grateful. As for css helping a bit, what? For you to be less
> bored?
>
> Time for you to have a decko at
>
> <http://www.csszengarden.com/>
>
> But it also sounds like you want to get your hands on
> programming. Look at PHP, this can be used for running programs
> on the server and delivering results to the web browsers, you can
> do all sorts of mighty things then... but you still will need to
> get to grips with html and css independently. It is just that
> with server side scripting you can get fancier and neater control
> over the whole process of managing and delivering the final
> product.
>
> --
> dorayme

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