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In this part . . . Here, we point you toward some undeniably cool HTML tools, cover top do’s and don’ts for HTML markup, and help you catch potential bugs and errors in your Web pages. We also bring some killer HTML, XHTML, and CSS specification and resource sites to your attention. Enjoy!
In This Chapter Chapter 21 Ten HTML Do’s and Don’ts ▶ Concentrating on content ▶ Going easy on the graphics, bells, whistles, and roaring dinosaurs ▶ Creating well-formulated HTML and then testing, testing, testing ▶ Keeping it interesting after the building is ovah! By themselves, HTML and XHTML are neither particularly complex nor overwhelmingly difficult. HTML ain’t rocket science, as some high-tech wags (including a few rocket scientists) have put it. Nevertheless, important do’s and don’ts can make or break the Web pages you build with HTML, XHTML, and CSS. Consider these humble admonishments as guidelines for making the most of your markup without losing touch with your users (or watching your page blow up on its launch pad). If points we make throughout this book seem to crop up here, too — especially regarding proper and improper use of (X)HTML — it’s no accident. Heed ye well the prescriptions and avoid ye the maledictions. But hey, they’re your pages. You can do what you want. Your users will decide the ultimate outcome. (We’d never say, “We told you so.”) Don’t Lose Sight of Your Content Any Web site lives or dies by its content. That a site is meaningful, that it delivers information directly, easily, and efficiently, and that a user can reasonably expect to find something new and interesting there with each new visit — all are pluses. But all those things (and more) rest on solid, useful content that gives visitors a reason to come (and return) to your site. So we return to the crucial question of payload: page content. Why? Well, as Darrell Royal (legendary football coach of the University of Texas Longhorns in the ’60s and ’70s) is rumored to have said to his players, “Dance with who brung ya.” In normal English (as opposed to Texan), this means that you should stick with the people who’ve supported you all along, and give your loyalty to those who’ve given it to you.
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