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Clean_Up_That_Code
| Clean Up That Code!
CLEAN UP THAT CODE! by: windsong
How do you write your code so that it shows up on all or most
browsers the way you want it to look? By understanding which
browsers support which tags, and using a validation service to
check your code.
There are different tags that sometimes do the same thing. The
problem here, is that some browers read some tags and not
others. If the browser can't read your tags, it will cause your
page to appear in some way other than what you intended. The
trick is to write your code in such a way that all, or at least
most browsers can read and display it the way it is supposed to
be.
You will find an HTML Tag List at:
http://www.ncdesign.org/html/list.htm You can use this as you
are writing your code and avoid some pitfalls. It only covers
Netscape and Internet Explorer. These are the most used
browsers, and probably includes about 80 percent or more of the
online crowd.
You can check your html code by going to a validation service
like Net Mechanic. You will find a link to this and other
validation services at:
http://marketing-resources.com/utilities.html This can be a
humbling experience. It checks your code and gives you all the
errors and warnings.
Do your corrections, and check it again. You may have to do this
a couple of times to end up with no errors.
There is no reason not to have perfectly clean HTML code. Learn
the tags and which browers support them, and you are almost
home. Then just run it through a validator. Now the world sees
your page the way it really is.
Copyright © 2001, windsong
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