So, you think you're a webmaster?
Posted in : Babble
What do I know?
I say all this from experience, my first website was a pure javascript controlled monstrosity that only worked in IE (mind you my stats showed me that all my visitors used IE with js enabled), and even though I converted it to be cross-browser compliant it still required javascript !! I've spent the last 12 months, on and off, recoding my website, and this (almost finished) version only uses javascript to enhance a visit, if it's enabled, and to still be fully functional with as many bells and whistles as possible, even in a text reader ...... although the galleries will be a tad tough to see in a text reader.
So, if you're a "webmaster" and you happen to be reading this, here's what I recomend:-
- Your website should work with css, flash, javascript turned off.
- Your website should not make use of excessive tables for layouts.
- Your website should validate for both (x)html and css and, ideally, WAI/508 (this now becoming a legal requirement in several countries, especially for any websites that have anything to do with the government).
- Your website should work in all major browsers.
- Your website should work at all screen resolutions.
Of course, you don't have to listen to anything that I've said in this post, you have the right to close your browser and carry on being a webmaster ..... just don't be suprised when I visit your site and I close my browser because I'm using FireFox with flash, javascript and cookies disabled, and I browse at 1680 x 1050 ...... but your stats will still show you that 98% of your visitors use IE6 with javascript enabled and flash installed, so that's not a problem right?
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