I am not new at this, just haven't done it for a while now.  I thought
by being on this list, I could get the help I needed.  I appologize if
I offended you.


On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:53:26 +1100, Nick Gleitzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On 22 Dec 2004, at 8:10 AM, Anthony Timberlake wrote:
> 
> > I do have one set of head, body and html tags.
> >
> > I have validated my CSS and HTML.
> 
> Don't see how your HTML can validate. Adding a DOCTYPE of XHTML Strict
> will not magically convert an HTML document to XHTML. The syntax of
> your code is entirely wrong - you need, at least, to end the 'unclosed'
> tags (meta, img, br, etc) in your markup with  /> instead of just > if
> you want to use an XHTML DOCTYPE.
> 
> You use tables for purely presentational purposes - eg to place your
> 'Online' header info at right centre of its containing block -
> unnecessary, and deprecated. You even use a <center> tag within a
> centered <p> for that header.
> 
> You have broken code - your subheading 'News' is rendering as 'b>News'.
> 
> Your markup is totally lacking any semantic approach at all. It's just
> a stream-of-consciousness procession of <div>s, <table>s and <p>s used
> to lay out the page in what looks like - to you - a meaningful way.
> 
> Your css is inline - one of the aims of modern code, and the ethos of
> Web Standards, is to separate presentation from content by removing css
> to an external file.
> 
> You even use <font> tags!
> 
> Sorry, but I don't think you get what this discussion list, or Web
> Standards, is about. If you're serious about your 'website design
> buisness' (sic) you'll do some serious research into how to do this
> stuff properly. This list exists to help with problems that you can't
> readily solve, not to write your code for you.
> 
> Oh, and regardless of the choice of colours, I'm not sure if you're 'DJ
> Bullseye', but Didn't Anyone Ever Tell You That Capitalising Every Word
> In A Sentence Makes The Content Really Hard To Read?
> 
> Call me harsh, but I just find these 'please fix my site for me' posts
> just plain annoying. Normally I'd ignore them; just so happens I had a
> little time to make what I hope are constructive criticisms.
> 
> N
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