Hi, Bob
There's so many ways to argue and defend the "pros" of doing XHTML and
CSS layout! First, it reduces bandwidth, it saves time (and therefore money ;-)
in maintenance and updating, it is flexible and reusable.
Take a look at http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/index.html. There's a
very good and simple exposition of why using standards are a good thing
(specially a part "Go get your boss", that gives you the right arguments to
explain that to your bosses).
Good luck!
Ge Ricci
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Envoyé : mardi 1 février 2005 10:58
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Good Day everyone:
I have been doing the annual maintenance/update of a Holiday Home letting
site I've had for a few years, so this year I attempted to convert it all to
standards. It is now XHTML1 /CSS and most of it validates. (I say most
because there is a bit of Flash and some of it uses frames). I have kept a
couple of 'naughty' tables (as yet) because I simply haven't managed to
convert to a stable/reliable alternative, but overall I was quite pleased
with it.
Anyway, as I had recently installed Firefox on the PC's in the office of
this holiday business, I decided to show the owner how wonderful the update
was [ :-) ]. I explained about standards to this (non-technical) person and,
using Firefox developer's toolbar, I showed her the abysmal results of
validating the sites of her competitors, and she was obviously pleased. She
seemed to understand the basis of 'standards', but after a few minutes
reflection she said:
"I can appreciate that I am getting a 'quality' product, but from a
practical point of view, what am I getting that improves my business? As
far as visitors to my site are concerned there seems to be no advantage -
after all, my competitor's sites may well be outdated, but they do actually
WORK, so my customers don't see any benefit."
Thought I'd pass this on . . .
:-)
Bob McClelland,
Cornwall (U.K.)
www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk
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