On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 18:40 +0000, Kae Verens wrote:
>> reading the specs (w3c.org) is a good way of understanding the
> technicalities of it, but for a real understanding, there's nothing like
> actual tutelage.
>> I'd recommend doing some of the hwg.org CSS courses. The guy that
> teaches them, Eric Meyer, is probably /the/ authority on CSS. The
> courses cost about 100 dollars (US) plus membership. They last about 6
> weeks or so, and are practical.
Yeah, some of Eric Meyer's stuff is nothing short of unreal.
> HTML, on the other hand, is simple enough that you can easily get away
> with just reading the XHTML specs and checking your work against
>http://validator.w3.org/>> I mention XHTML, as it is basically HTML4 with the crap removed from it.
> Use XHTML, and you'll be also writing valid HTML4, and most of it is
> valid HTML3.2 as well.
If you decide to go with xhtml you may want to bear the following in
mind in case it bites you later.
http://hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml
However much you dislike IE now learning this will stuff will make you
really HATE it. :) Lots of stupid stuff but still well worth it.
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