Matthew wrote:
Here is my first one: Please check this out: http://www.em-w.com/oldschoolband/homepage2_nmk.html > Thank you for the welcome and the advice David! > O.K. > >> -- usually with a new site an XHTML 1.0 Strict, or an HTML 4.01 Strict >> doctype is used >> > > Can you tell me the difference between XHTML 1.0 Strict and XHTML 1.0 > Transitional? I just used the defaults in Dreamweaver. > Please see this page that explains the difference quite well: <http://24ways.org/2005/transitional-vs-strict-markup> > >> -- validate the markup and css as you work >> > > I'm sorry to say, I'm not sure what this means. > The w3c Markup Validation Service <http://validator.w3.org/> enables you, as a web page designer/author, to check your page for mark-up errors. Your current page has 43 mark-up errors: <http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.em-w.com%2Foldschoolband%2Fhomepage2_nmk.html> The w3c CSS Validation Service <http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/> finds errors that may need correction in cascading style sheets. Your current site has a number of CSS errors in it: <http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?profile=css21&warning=0&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.em-w.com%2Foldschoolband%2Fhomepage2_nmk.html> >> -- avoid laying a page out with absolute positioning: floats based >> layouts work just fine and are less problematic >> > > Yes, the instructor in the video course I watched on Lynda.com suggest the > same. But I'm not yet skilled enough to control where things appear where are > supposed to appear through floats. On some pages I became so frustrated and > against the clock that I resorted to using tables to position things. > Hopefully, these skills will develop with time and perseverance. > Layout the page using floats. Reserve absolute positioning, if needed at all, for positioning small and minor elements within the float structure. Your current page requires no absolute or fixed positioning whatsoever. > > Thank you for the clean-up version of my site and for your help David! > > - Matthew > > > You are welcome. Good luck. Stay with it. You'll be glad you did. You can count on it. Best, ~d ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
