Start with HTML5

26 Oct 2009 — Jez D

HTML5

Getting started with HTML5 is very easy.

HTML 5 is compatible with the XHTML syntax of self-closing tags, so, if you already use HTML5 then making the switch will be easy. Other XHTML features inherited by HTML5 include lowercase tags and double quoted attributes (eg, title=”the title”)

The Doctype declaration in HTML5 is so much easier to remember when compared to XHTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>

There’s a lot more to HTML5 and I will update this entry as I get more info.

 

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Web Developement – unseen benefits of compliance

20 Oct 2009 — Jez D

Wanna know why my personal web developer site is so high when searching for ‘cheshire web developer’ in Google, Bing, Yahoo, plus many more?

No.1 on yahoo.com when searching for the generic term ‘web developer’ and selecting results ‘from the web’.

Probably not, but here goes:

When I decided to rebuild my site, I considered SEO right from the planning stages – even before deciding on a design.

  1. I purchased a keyword rich domain & hosted in my target audience country
  2. Developed the site structure using modern technologies (XHTML/CSS – tableless design)
  3. Ensured all code is entirely standards compliant
  4. Incorporated as many WCAG features as possible
  5. Minimal use of flash
  6. Small images
  7. Transferred PageRank from previous domain
  8. Made full use of Google Webmaster Tools
  9. Textual content – used everything I’ve ever read about SEO

There are of course many more things that can be done, but this shows that sticking to the basics and getting them right, can really have a positive effect.

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