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Web standards - more to creating a compliant website then just removing tables!

What does the term ‘web standards’‘ really mean? For those of us in the industry who earn our living creating website, it should have 1 meaning. However, if you have looked and read many of the blogs out there on this subject, then you will know that it means different things to different GUI/desiners/web coders.

For the vast majority it means creating website that are ‘table-less sites‘ in relation to the site layout. There are a few designers/coders who are more evangelical about standards and compliance to them. I do belong to this group and am more focused on standards and would point out that web standards to me means ’using valid code‘.

However, web standards are much more than just valid (X)HTML. A site built to web standards should adhere to all standards for this medium (Such as HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSLT, DOM, MathML, SVG etc) and pursue best practices (valid code, accessible code, semantically correct code, user-friendly URLs etc).

In other words, a site built to web standards should ideally be lean, clean, CSS-based, accessible, usable and search engine friendly.

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Today people prefer to have a business instead of a job because of the freedom that it gives them. When you have a job, you will always have a boss to please; you will always have something that will keep you late the very day your son has that important baseball game (and he wanted you to be there to cheer for him); you will always be on  duty even if you are at home.

A home-based business is a good alternative to a job, when the job gives you more trouble than it gives you money. It is not too difficult to set up your own home-based business nowadays. You have all the help you need on the Internet and determination and hard work are what you need to achieve success in business.

The Path to Success in Business

First, you can borrow from friends for capital. The first thing you will need to launch your business will be financing. In order to keep the burden of repayment at the lowest possible level, you should first attempt to raise money from your friends and relatives, which can be returned within a flexible time frame pre-determined at the time of lending. It is very important that you borrow with clear-cut understanding on the repayment schedule, or you will risk some very sour relationships in its wake.

The second place you can look to for financing is by borrowing from financial institutions. After you have collected all that was possible from friends and relatives, and you still need money, you will have to seek out appropriate financial organizations/ lenders who can lend you the rest of the capital. For this, you will need a good business plan professionally drawn up showing your projected expenses and profits. You should be able to present it realistically and convincingly for the lender to agree to finance you.

Next, you need to establish the business. This is a crucial ingredient in achieving success in business and one of the most trying. You will need to market your wares well with the help of different types of advertising and marketing strategy.

Fourth, you should take advantage of the Internet. The Internet is one of the most powerful business tools we have today. This is why to achieve success in business it is imperative that the business has an online presence. In this way, you can advertise your wares directly to a global market of billions of people, rather than local few thousands.

Finally, you must work, work, and work some more. The main ingredient for achieving success in business and in anything else, in fact, is hard work. Without hard work, success does not exist.

Hi all,

I wanted to share my thoughts on what is HTML 5 and its perceived impact on the WEB….

HTML 5, the W3C’s recently redoubled effort to shape the next generation of HTML, has, over the last year or so, taken on considerable momentum. It is an enormous project, covering not simply the structure of HTML, but also parsing models, error-handling models, the DOM, algorithms for resource fetching, media content, 2D drawing, data templating, security models, page loading models, client-side data storage, and more.

Let me begin by giving you a small description of HTML 5 and what it means for the web as we know it. Read the rest of this entry »

What is this Google PageRank? Is everybody using it, does it really work and how can you perform to get a better PageRank.

One of the most important algorithms ever developed for the Web, the PageRank technology is only 1 factor of many within the Search Engine Results Page (SERP’s) algorithm.

But how is it actually done? How does Google PageRank work, which factors do have an impact on it and which don’t? And what do we really know about PageRank?

Tell me what you think.

I have put together a page about the factors involved, read it here

ok so we have finally launched!

I know, I know, its been too long in the making but if you know me at all then you know I am never totally satisfied and always tinkering!

I hope to start blogging about all sorts so stay tuned and get those comments in….