- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:54:25 -0500
- To: "Maurice Carey" <maurice@thymeonline.com>, "HTML Working Group" <public-html@w3.org>
On 7/19/07, Maurice Carey <maurice@thymeonline.com> wrote: > Part of this recent surge of public interest in css and web standards is due > to certain "web pro's" making a name for them self and actually becoming a > little bit "famous" and then everyone followed their lead. Listening to what > _they_ had to say about web standards and _then_ discovering and > understanding the w3c. Visit some of these people's sites. Many are in xhml > (although there are plenty of reasons to not be using xhtml) and the > majority of them explicitly close _every_ tag on their pages. > (I haven't actually checked myself but my gut feeling is that I'm right :) > > It just feels like the right way to do it to me. The "pro" way of doing it. > The "don't cut corners you lazy bastard" way of doing it. Yes, Maurice is right. The pro way is a huge use case. It is an industry. Books - Zeldman, Jeffrey. Designing With Web Standards, Second Addition, New Riders Publishing, 2006. - Zeldman, Jeffrey. Designing With Web Standards, New Riders Publishing, 2003. - Ruse, Kevin. Web Standards Design Guide (Internet Series), Charles River Media, 2005. - Niederst, Jennifer. HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference, O'Reilly, 2006. - Musciano, Chuck and Kennedy, Bill. HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, O'Reilly, 2006. - Lloyd, Ian. Build Your First Website The Right Way Using HTML and CSS, Sitepoint, 2006. - Holzschlag, Molly E. Special Edition Using HTML and XHTML, Que, 2002. - Haine, Paul. HTML Mastery: Semantics, Standards, and Styling, Friends of ED, 2006. - Griffiths, Patrick. XHTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS, New Riders, 2006. - Griffiths, Patrick. XHTML & CSS: A Web Standards Approach, New Riders, 2005. - Freeman, Elisabeth and Freeman, Eric. Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, O'Reilly & Associates, 2005. - Debolt, Virginia. Mastering Integrated HTML and CSS, Sybex Inc, 2007. - Debolt, Virginia. Integrated HTML and CSS, Sybex Inc, 2005. - Cederholm, Dan. Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style, Apress, 2004. - Cederholm, Dan. Bulletproof Web Design: Creating Flexibility with XHTML and CSS, New Riders, 2005. - Cederholm, Dan. Bulletproof Web Design, New Riders Publishing, 2005. - Castro, Elizabeth. HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition: (Visual QuickStart Guide), Peachpit Press, 2006. - Budd, Andy, et al. Web Standards Creativity: Innovations in Web Design with XHTML, CSS, and DOM Scripting, Friends of ED, 2007. - Budd, Andy, et al. CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions, Friends of ED, 2006. More Books: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-2635528-6289556?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=html+web+standards&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go Sites http://www.webstandards.org/ http://webstandardsgroup.org/ http://www.webstandardsawards.com/ http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/developing_with_web_standards/ http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/benefits/ http://www.simplebits.com/publications/solutions/ http://boagworld.com/standards/ http://bitesizestandards.com/ http://www.happycog.com/speak/ http://westciv.typepad.com/standards/ http://www.standards-schmandards.com/index.php Related References: Benefits and ROI (Why Standards?) http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/standards.html#roi Semantics http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/standards.html#semantics Separation http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/standards.html#separate Structure http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/standards.html#structure Tag Soup http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/standards.html#tagsoup Validation http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/standards.html#validation Guidelines and Best Practices http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/standards.html#guidelines Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson
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