Posted February 24, 2010
When I moved across to XHTML a few years ago, the transition was mostly quite easy. Using thesse logical rules got me though 90% of the transition:
- Close all tags, use lower-case tags, use lower-case attributes and maintain nesting order.
- Markup is for content, CSS is for presentation. That one was easy.
- Use the right tag for the right job (in the right place) and make things accessible.
However, one thing that can’t be covered by a general rule is the complete removal of tags. Most removed tags were non-standard and started out as proprietary – like <marquee> and the tag we’re going to talk about, <embed>. (more…)
Posted June 19, 2008
A recent trend I’ve noticed on some Australian media websites has been evoking my interest for a few months now. Sites like The Age and Fox FM have started overlaying a lovely coloured banner with a caption over feature images. The great thing is, they’re not rendered but glorious SEO-friendly and accessible HTML and CSS. I’m not surprised, however, since The Age and Fox FM have always been trend early adopters. The ABC still beats them, though.
Unfortunately, this effect can’t be achieved without knowing and entering the width and height of an image – making it kind of tedious to implement. After deciding that I’d like to use it with wordpress posts, it was decided that a tool should be built. And then The Lovely Caption Maker was born. Here’s an example of Lovely Caption Maker’s glory: (more…)
