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Validation: Why bother?

If you give your web page a doctype, then you can make use of a validator to see that the markup is in good condition.

Smarten up your act. Validate your web pages so that web browsers know what they are getting and can interpret your HTML correctly.

Validation is an important part of web site implementation because if a page validates it means that the main browsers will be getting well formed markup and (in theory) should be able to render your design as expected.

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Posted on 09 Nov 2008 around 9pm • Tagged with: Ideas | Web Technology | also: validation doctype www3 Permanent link to this article

Port and Starboard

Start of the Page Navigation

Where pages are very long, like a list of events or news items, we might want a way to quickly move back the top of the page.

You will have seen ‘back to the Top’ or some such phrase used on web sites. I have always hated seeing that phrse, because ‘top’ doesn’t really make a lot of sense. Words lke this just distract from the real content.

There are often times, though that pages become very long when lots of items (like in a blog) are listed, and it really does help if there is a quick way to get back to the navigation and menus etc.

Here is what I am doing on a few sites.

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Posted on 08 Jul 2008 around 12pm • Tagged with: ExpressionEngine | How I do things | Ideas | Permanent link to this article

Private

Public or Private

I have set up a few forums and blogs with commenting and I have had some thoughts and issues about what should be private and what should be public. This can often lead to confusion. Why should things need to be kept private and how do you manage different levels of privilege?

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Posted on 04 Feb 2008 around 10am • Tagged with: Ideas | Permanent link to this article

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