by Mike McKeown
Any qualified web designer has heard about web standards and has been told that they should use them, but the question is why? Below are some good reasons to build all of your websites using web standards and valid code:
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Table vs. Tableless Design
By Mike McKeown
Anyone making even the slightest attempt to follow the world of web design has seen the debate over table versus tableless design. It seems the large majority of web designers are in favor of tableless design using XHTML and CSS, although some coders still prefer tabled design.
There are several advantages to using tableless design:
- W3C Standards favor the use of tableless design, and they set the standards for the entire web design and development community.
- Almost all web browsers today support CSS based designs, so compatibility is no longer an issue.If the coding is properly done, modifications to the design become easier.
- It is easier to make websites accessible to those with handicaps or text-based browsers using tableless design.
- Less code is used on the webpage, which search engines like. Search engines prefer a high content to code ratio, meaning the more text there is relative to the amount of code, the better.
- Better search engine ranking.