Hi all. With the push to OACS 4.x going along at full speed I am
wondering if any of the old poorly written HTML has been addressed. I
think most of the developers here and back in the olden days at aD
are wonderfully talented coders. But I also think that most of the
aD'ers had a hard time writing decent HTML. In 3.x OACS I've noticed
TONS of bad HTML. Lots of little things like <P>, <TD>
and <TR>'s not closed, and killer things like <TABLE>s
not closed. I get the feeling that HTML is secondary in many coder's
minds, but the fact is that it is VITAL for proper presentation of a
site.
Next on the agenda is CSS. I know there's been talk about Style Sheet
integration, but is that really happening? Or, are templates taking
their place, or a combination? Since we have this cool database back
end, we should really consider going the full mile and separating
content from style, no?
I can certainly help weed through the horrific HTML. I am also trying
to work within the XHTML transitional specs for my sites these days.
But, I lack the basic knowledge that I think is required to do this
in a way that would help the cause (and therefore...humanity as we
know it). If there is a desire for clean, validatable (is that a
word?) code, I am happy to help...but I might need some BASIC
pointers.
Thanks,
Scott
