Is there is a special or secret way to use HTML while designing a webpage?

zerugaze · 02-28-2009

For instance, if you just use "regular" HTML, will people still be able to see and use my website normally, even if they are not using Internet Explorer? For example, I always use Firefox. Other people use things like AOL or Opera to browse the web. Thanks for your help!

**Tamlin** · 02-28-2009

There is no "special" or "secret" way to use HTML - just a standards-compliant way (which should display content uniformly across browsers) and a non-standards-compliant way (which may not).

To find out what constitutes standards-compliant HTML, the best starting point is the World Wide Web Consortium: World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards

**supertackyman** · 03-02-2009

I have always done my html coding in a darkened room, with tinfoil on the windows.
it keeps out the governmental mind control rays.

**Tamlin** · 03-02-2009

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Originally Posted by supertackyman

I have always done my html coding in a darkened room, with tinfoil on the windows.
it keeps out the governmental mind control rays.

**Kenneth** · 03-02-2009

If you, for some reason find it difficult to do your coding in a dark room, I can only suggest you to have at least two web-browsers (I.e or F.f, for example) installed on your computer.
Then check your Html in both, regular.
There is also a useful Add-on tool, in Firefox: “Web Developer”. You can even validate your script. This page, for instance seems to have: 125 errors (!) according to W3C.
Mostly minor errors, I guess.

U'ziel · 03-04-2009

I'd recomend as many browsers/platforms as possible, I myself have IE, FF, Safari on my PC, a Blackberry, PSP, Ipod Touch, PS3 just so you can code for different platforms. Especially hand helds, friendly sites for hand helds are the future imo.

ahstanford · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by supertackyman

I have always done my html coding in a darkened room, with tinfoil on the windows.
it keeps out the governmental mind control rays.

Haha.

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Originally Posted by U'ziel

I'd recomend as many browsers/platforms as possible, I myself have IE, FF, Safari on my PC, a Blackberry, PSP, Ipod Touch, PS3 just so you can code for different platforms. Especially hand helds, friendly sites for hand helds are the future imo.

I'd have to agree with you on both of those opinions. Not only is it best to have multiple browsers and formats to test a website with, but handheld web browsing devices do appear to be a good piece of the internet going forward.

Alex

Jolt · 2 Weeks Ago

Actually, there ARE special HTML tags and CSS modifications specifically directed at correcting horrible issues with almost all version of IE. This relates more to CSS than HTML though.

ahstanford · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Jolt

Actually, there ARE special HTML tags and CSS modifications specifically directed at correcting horrible issues with almost all version of IE. This relates more to CSS than HTML though.

Not exactly "special tags." Conditional comments are commonly used for cross-browser compatibility issues but they ARE NOT the proper way of solving the issue. You see, in some rare cases conditional comments are the only solution, but most browser-compatibility issues can be solved with semantic, standard markup.

More information on IE's conditional comments: Internet Explorer Conditional Comments

Alex

Jolt · 3 Days Ago

Correct ahstandford, however....

CSS needs special markup as well to designate IE6 between IE7 and IE8. You can do it with three separate IE conditional comments, or you can do it with 1 conditional comment than a well written, markup specific, CSS page.

For example the CSS * hack for IE works great for IE6 but IE7 and 8 ignore it.