Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 11/02/20 11:46

Michael Laplante wrote:
> "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.

Mine is definitely 'Artsy' and was done that way...

Sorry I did say regulars, I would have expected you just look at one of
their posting as see their website in their signatures

Toby's is http://tobyinkster.co.uk/
Jukka's is http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

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Take care,

Jonathan
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