Some of you may have noticed that my site recently got overhauled... I decided to build a better mousetrap of sorts and clean up my css and xhtml to show off my abilities a bit and drive traffic to associate sites (Inclind Inc., June Jam, DE Jazz & Blues etc.). I wasn't sure if it would help but knew it couldn't hurt. Since I have redesigned this site it has been featured on several sites (screenalicious, designsnack, w3csites.com , proWebArt, MostInspired ... )and seems to be spreading. While not quite the digg effect it is still driving a lot of traffic to my site and therefore increasing the exposure of my associates and other sites I have done.

I am in the process of redoing my wife's site now so stay tuned to www.anitasgarden.com. We are deciding now what will be on the site but the design is already established and approaching roll out status. It too will be laid out to the current industry standards including css 3 and xhtml. So all you IE6 users be forewarned - upgrade, switch to Firefox or suffer.

Since I am on the subject of Microsoft products - I thought I would take a look at the microsoft.com site and see how it matches up with the current industry CSS and XHTML standards. I plugged their url into the w3c validator and guess what happened.... it failed!




You know mac folks get a bad wrap - PC users see us a zealots and think that we think we are a better class of computer users.... they simply have now idea of what it is like to have an OS and applications dedicated to exceeding industry standards. We as users are no better than our fellow man - we are just betted equipped.

Labels: CSS standards, DesignSnack, Screenalicious, Valid XHTML