w3 standards
The w3 consortium sets standards for the coding of information for presentation on the internet. This is done in an attempt to ensure that web pages can be viewed by everyone around the world regardless of the particular browser or device used. They promote standards for html which is intended to structure the information for presentation and standards for css which is supposed to control the appearance of the information when it is displayed.
why bother?
Because it means that your web site can be seen more easily by more people and also because it looks better, check out css zen garden to see just how much better things can be. Also, remember that an accessible and interoperable website is also more legible to search engines.
web design
My first website was a typical example of an old fashioned table-based html design. It was hard to maintain or modify in any way and would not have been easily accessible for disabled people. I taught myself html using web tutorials and it didn't cost us anything so my employer was very pleased, the site is now much improved and uses standards compliant xhtml 1.0 and css. The modern approach relies on better structured html to make the content more readily accessible to screen reader software and uses css to control presentation for fully sighted users.
This site used to use an adapted layout from bluerobot. Although the current design is very dfferent, it still uses the same basic concept of placing the content before the page navigation to improve accessibility and avoid the need for skip links. Also try css max design to see what css can do for you.
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