5 CSS 3 Coding Techniques
has an awesome post describing 5 techniques to acquaint yourself with CSS 3. The techniques are clearly explained and very useful. Subjects covered include: Round corners without the use of images, adding a drop shadow with CSS, opacity with CSS, and resizable elements with CSS. Make sure you check out 5 Techniques to Acquaint You With CSS 3
Writing Better HTML
There’s a great post over at recommending . It brings up stuff like using the Strict DOCTYPE, encoding special characters, proper indentation, and more.
One note on indentation. I used to tab out my code in the past. It’s quick and makes it easier to read. However, if you are a designer that is coding the same website on a MAC and PC (this happens occasionally for me), use spaces to tab out your code, not tabs. Notepad will not recognize the tabs and it will display your code in one big line for the entire page! Talk about annoying. It will recognize the spaces though – so space it out to be safe. It’s a little harder to read but it will save you a headache down the road.
Taco Html – Html Editor for Mac OSX
A couple of years back I came across . Besides from being the best icon in my doc, it is a great HTML text editor. Even better, it is a free download!
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Moving From HTML To XHTML
A few years back, XHTML came onto the web design scene and I haven’t looked back. The differences between XHTML and HTML are not that complicated. However, I’m assuming that you are a fairly clean coder when I say that. One of the main purposes of XHTML was to create a standardized way of coding HTML.
In the past, the rules of what you could and couldn’t do with your coding were fairly loose. In the end, it just led to really sloppy coding. Below is a list of differences between the two languages. Putting these rules into practice will make you a better, more consistent coder and allow your pages to validate for XHTML.
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