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Click here to return to the 123WORDPRESS.COM HTML Tutorial section. To view the CSS tutorial, please click here. Above: Markup language - to specify the style . Chapter 16 Next Steps Now that you know how to use standards to improve your website, remember that learning never stops. Methods and techniques are constantly being adapted, improved, and updated, even as I write the last few words of this book. What better way to get ahead than standing on the shoulders of the web's giants? There are already thousands of them exploring the wonders of standards-compliant development and design. Where to go next? Towards the end of this book, I have collected some of my favorite resources, and I strongly recommend that you visit these websites from time to time to keep up with the latest developments in the world of standards. W3C http://www.w3.org The World Wide Web Consortium is where all standards originate. This is the organization that guides the Web and sets the standards we use every day. This website contains the technical details of any standard. Although it is a bit difficult to browse and digest, it is indeed a decisive source of standards information. Particularly helpful is the W3C's validation tool (http://validator.w3.org). Use this tool frequently to make sure your markup syntax is completely correct. You can validate a URL, or upload a document you are editing locally. Web Standards Project http://www.webstandards.org Founded in 1998, the Web Standards Project (WaSP) promotes Web standards to the public and provides educational resources for web designers and developers on how to implement standards-compliant practices. WaSP also works with browser and software manufacturers to encourage them to follow the standards they promote. The Web Standards Project website contains all standards-related resources. A List Apart http://www.alistapart.com Founded in 1998 by Jeffrey Zeldman and Brian Platz, A List Apart explores the meaning of web content, design, and the development process, while focusing on the benefits of technology and adherence to web standards. This indispensable online magazine contains many excellent tips and tricks on standard design, development, and business topics. It is a must-read for website builders. CSS Zen Garden http://www.csszengarden.com Planted and tended by WaSP member Dave Shea, the CSS Zen Garden demonstrates what can be achieved with CSS-based designs. Designers submit their own CSS designs using the same markup structure, and the result is a continuously updated showcase of advanced CSS designs. This is a great source of inspiration, and also a great way to throw it to CSS naysayers (I mean those who believe that CSS can’t do big design, ha! Maybe it reminds you of someone?) Dive into Accessibility http://www.diveintoaccessibility.org Mark Pilgrim released this e-book to help people understand how easy it is to achieve accessibility and who can benefit from it. From the perspectives of five different people, each with a different disability, the information provided here is very easy to understand. After reading Mark's explanation, you will know how to make the site better. CSS-discuss http://www.css-discuss.org css-discuss is a mailing list dedicated to discussing CSS and how to use it in real life. It is a great place to explore CSS, ask questions, and get answers. There are many helpful people here who have enough knowledge to help you solve almost any problem. Web-Graphics http://web-graphics.com Web-Graphics is a collection of hypertext design resources, links and reviews. A group of well-known editors provide web standards-compliant design and development news here. It is a good place to learn about the latest news from the team. Digital Web Magazine http://www.digital-web.com Published by Nick Finck, Digital Web Magazine is an online magazine for web designers filled with columns, news, and tutorials. The Weekly Standards http://weeklystandards.com As its name suggests, The Weekly Standards is updated weekly and is dedicated to websites that adhere to standards and are carefully designed with the future in mind. Here you can find many websites designed according to standards and updated frequently. Many of the most talented designers and developers in the standards community publish blogs on their personal websites. Just read these blogs regularly and you will learn a lot from the masters as they impart their knowledge. Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report http://www.zeldman.com Jeffrey Zeldman, the godfather of Web standards, has been publishing news and information about web design since 1995. Zeldman is one of the founders of the Web Standards Group mentioned above, the publisher of A List Apart magazine, and the author of Designing With Web Standards. Without this guy's efforts, this book would not have appeared. This website is a source of information that meets the standard design and is one of the websites that you must visit regularly in your favorites. Stopdesign http://www.stopdesign.com Douglas Bowman, best known for his work redesigning Wired News (http://www.wired.com) and Adaptive Path (http://www.adaptivepath.com) based on the standards approach, publishes many useful tutorials, reviews, and influences the thinking of many designers in the world of web standards. The techniques he used at Wired News were a huge influence on my redesign of the Fast Company website, and no one pays more attention to detail than him. mezzoblue http://www.mezzoblue.com No one cares more about the standards community than Dave Shea, maintainer of CSS Zen Garden. At mezzoblue, Dave is always on top of the latest issues in standards-compliant design, often leading the community on existing issues, and the site is a fun resource. meyerweb.com http://www.meyerweb.com Eric Meyer is considered an expert on all things CSS, he has written several great books on the subject, and is a constant advocate for Web standards through consulting, speaking, and working with Netscape. His website has great CSS commentary, as well as some really cool demos and experiments. Tantek Celik http://tantek.com/log/ The website of the author of the box model hack mentioned earlier. He is also an employee of Microsoft and a member of the CSS and HTML working groups of W3C. What Do I Know? http://www.whatdoiknow.org Personal website of designer Todd Dominey, who is the man behind many great designs that meet the standards, including the wonderful website for "PGA Championship" (http://www.pgachampionship.com/) Asterisk* http://www.7nights.com/asterisk/ The personal site of web designer and developer D. Keith Robinson, who frequently provides thoughts and questions on standard design and development topics. superfluousbanter www.superfluousbanter.org Dan Rubin and Didier Hilhorst not only make beautiful websites, they also provide relevant information here. Simon Willison's Weblog http://simon.incutio.com Simon Willison is a developer and member of the Web Standards Project, where he writes about "PHP, Python, CSS, XML and general web development". He stays on top of web standards and examines how they relate to other web development tasks. Brainstorms and Raves http://www.brainstormsandraves.com Shirley E. Kaiser is a member of the Web Standards Project's steering committee, where she writes "a near-daily journal of news on web design, development, standards, typography, music, and more." Living Can Kill You http://www.saila.com/columns/lcky/ In addition to "Life in Canadian New Media, from Online News to Building Websites," Craig Saila's blog often contains invaluable information about Web standards. Plus, his name is cool! Reference Books I would also like to mention a few books, which are excellent books and indispensable reference materials for working designers. |
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