WORKING WITH WEB
STANDARDS
By Dylan Bathurst

WHAT ARE WEB
STANDARDS?
By Definition
Widely adopted guidelines for CSS, XHTML etc.
that help ensure that web sites are accessible on a
wide variety of platforms and to a wide range of
users.

WHAT ARE WEB
STANDARDS? CONT.
My Definition
A complex way to make things easy.
Anyone can code
The quickest way isn’t always the best way
Browser Compatibility

WHAT I WANTED
A blog themed site that would validate
Div based layout
Meaningful markup
Clean code!!!

WHAT THE BOOKS
TAUGHT ME
Designing with web standards
Theoretical
CSS Mastery
Technical
Web Standards Solutions
A lot like CSS Mastery

MOST HELPFUL
Layout Design
Floating This is some
text
Clearing
Positioning
Margin / Padding
#1 when it comes to web standards

IE 6

IE 7

FIREFOX

BY DYLAN BATHURST