XHTML (2 articles)
Making the transition from px to em
Like it or not, there are times when your readers will want to resize the on-screen text for what ever reason. I find myself doing it often because I run a high resolution monitor and some web designers still believe in tiny fonts. But that's another story. So what should you be using to display your fonts? Em or Px? That depends who you ask, but first a brief lesson on the differences. Em,...
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Why you should be using XHTML Strict
The truth be told, there's no good reason to be using the Transitional doc type in modern web design. At least IMHO. XHTML Strict as the name suggests is a more disciplined flavour of HTML, but it has the added advantage of forcing you to separate the presentation from the structure. This is partly because a lot of the valid attributes in Transitional that some designers use for presentation a...
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