In keeping with my previous post about promoting better programming/coding/markup/style practices among present developers and designers, I have decided to add a couple of categories to this blog and promise to add a few articles every week to those categories. XHTML syntax, better semantics, (common) validation issues and fixes for them, better explanation of validation errors are fair game. I invite my readers to contribute to this process as well and would appreciate a small post if and when you solve a complicated (or simple) validation issue for yourself. On a similar note, I am still looking for more authors for this blog. WordPress people are, as always, more than welcome, but my focus is on getting some authors for other blog tools such as Drupal, MT, Bloxsom etc. If you would like to write (and conversely get exposure for your site/blog/tool) a couple of articles a month for weblogtoolscollection.com, […]
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‘Web Design’ Category
Creating Liquid Layouts with Negative Margins: A List Apart: Might be something I consider for one of my new designs. Dont forget to check out the faux columns linked tutorial.
[Continue Reading...]While validating this blog (as XHTML 1.0 Strict, mind you) I was reading through some of the banter between the w3c and various XHTML fanatics while reading through a comment left on pictorialis by another XHTML fanboy. The fanboy had a loud mouth, was wrong in his assumptions and just looked really moronish in his assertions. In spite of that idiot, what the heck is wrong with the standards people? Take the work of w3c for example. They make standards which are too hard for end users to understand (P3P), standards which are too brittle for the real world (XHTML 2.0) and standards which developers can’t be bothered with (XHTML Basic) (quote: mpt). This is, of course, the view of a usability guru. There are various other opinions littering the web ranging from “XHTML and DTDs are the *only* future of the web” to hate and scorn for XHTML types. […]
[Continue Reading...]The Six Patron Saints of Graphic Design: via WildRose
[Continue Reading...]Max Design – Liquid layouts – the easy way
[Continue Reading...]I saw a really nice plugin at No Prerequisite blog. This plugin allows people to post in more than one language on their blogs using WordPress. This has been written in the form of a plugin. From No Prerequisite The Language Picker Plugin is my personal solution for writing posts in more than one language. When activated, the plugin will display posts in either the default language (as configured in lang_picker.php) or in the visitor’s preferred language, if available. You can download the plugin from here and see the test post.
[Continue Reading...]Markku Seguerra has come up with a possible alternative for Dave Shea’s comment highlighting which can easily be implemented with WordPress. This has been used successfully in a couple of sites, including Binary Bonsai. A small description from Markku’s site: Simply said, it allows you to highlight the significant and noteworthy comments posted on your WP blog. For my layout, I have the plugin configured to add a class=”noteworthy” to what I find fit. You can download the plugin from here: http://rebelpixel.com/archives/2004/06/03/comment-highlighting/
[Continue Reading...]After a spirited and extremely helpful discussion on the #wordpress channel on irc.freenode.net, I decided to write something up about Atom and RSS 2.0 and why the world is coming to an end because IE does not support application/xhtml+xml. I am no-one but a simple blogger and coder trying to understand the nuances of stupid tech wars between entrenched gurus and this is a feeble attempt at helping others like me understand the concepts better. Thanks to Michel and Anne for their help in getting me started. I will directly quote them both. To begin with, in 10 words or less, why is Atom better than RSS? Well, because it is the same as semantic HTML (Atom) versus tag-soup (RSS). Now “tag soup” is a term that is used often and without remorse. Basicallty tag soup is markup that will not validate or synctactically incorrect usage of markup. So how […]
[Continue Reading...]WhatTheFont : No more guessing whether that ad you saw uses Desdemona or Funky Fresh.
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- Mark Ghosh
An avid fan of business, education, technology and finance. I lead a lean, highly focussed and capable team of Java Back End developers and Front End developers through a maze of complex software wizardry to fulfill the web maintenance needs of a large chemical manufacturer. As per Myers-Briggs Personality Types, I am an ESTJ. I pride in a project completed on time and according to plan. My hobbies include all kinds of technology, anything that I can taste and anything that goes fast or flies in the air. I like to read business books and comics in my spare time.
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