Just over a year ago, I decided to improve my knowledge of CSS, which
(although I'd been using it for a few years) seemed a good idea. I
joined the CSS list, then this one, I read Jeffrey Zeldman (and a lot of
web sites about standards) and everything was rosy in the garden. Of
course, I had to overcome the obstacle of thinking in terms of
content/presentation and doing away with tables etc, but once I'd got
through the trauma of floats etc it all made sense. I imagine that's
much the same for all of us.
However, just lately (a few months maybe) there has been an increasing
number of folk arguing about xhtml and xml and mime types and oh dear
dear, headaches all around. The result? I now feel totally confused (I
admit I don't really understand all that mime stuff - yet) but more
importantly, my confidence has gone. Since Zeldman (and lots of others)
told me it was a good idea to write xhml strict I've done exactly that -
every site I've done in the last year has been done in xhtml strict. I
did it because people were telling me that it was a good thing, so that
what I've done was easily portable later on. So have I done a daft
thing? I really don't know!
I'm absolutely positive I'm not alone in feeling this insecurity and, on
the face of it, Lachlan may well have a point about newcomers keeping it
simple at first. What I do know is that, like T.R.Valentine, I do wish
someone could tell me [definitively] how this xhtml should be
presented/marked up so I can feel a bit happier again . . .
Just thinking out loud, and <em>not</em> wanting a mass of mails from
different camps all claiming different things are the 'right' answer.
--
Best Regards,
Bob McClelland
Cornwall (UK)
www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk
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