| With the burgeoning popularity of the internet, new | | | | upload or copy-and-paste their CSS file to the W3 |
| developmental tools are created daily. With these | | | | site, and they'll be given a list of any errors it |
| tools come new challenges, marketing, design, | | | | contains.Another of the technologies becoming more |
| cross-browser transitions, etc. All of these can be a | | | | popular is Extensible Hypertext Markup Language, or |
| daunting task for those web gurus who aren't | | | | XHTML. XHTML is an extension of HTML 4.0, and, |
| well-versed in the W3 Standards. W3 | | | | while in its infancy, has become quite prevalent. |
| (w3schools.com) is a resource for webmasters and | | | | XHTML conforms to standards moreso than HTML. |
| programmers who want the most for their viewing | | | | As such, it is more search-engine and |
| public. There are numerous technologies used by | | | | user-friendly:XHTML documents conform to XML. |
| programmers (ASP, PHP, and Javascript to name a | | | | XML Tools can double as XHTML tools.XHTML is an |
| few), but this article will focus solely on XHTML and | | | | extension of HTML 4.0. It is more user-friendly and |
| CSS. W3 has a set of standards for both of these | | | | streamlined than HTML.XHTML is a combination of |
| technologies, and making a website W3-compliant | | | | HTML and XML in that it can run scripts and applets |
| ensures that most all viewers will see the site exactly | | | | that use both the HTML and XML DOM (Document |
| the same way (no matter what browser they're | | | | Object Model) |
| using). Validation also helps with Search Engine | | | | As XHTML grows, XHTML 1.0 documents will be able |
| Optimization (SEO) because clean code means easier | | | | to interoperate among other XHTML documents |
| search-engine spidering. Cascading Style Sheets, or | | | | making it a more browser transitional language.To |
| CSS, is a technology often used in sites with many | | | | conclude, using the standards of web development |
| pages to make aesthetic changes easier. The style | | | | lined out by the W3 is imperative for users to get |
| sheet is an exterior file that runs interdependently | | | | the most out of a site. Often, making a webpage |
| with the HTML (or outputted HTML) of a site. The | | | | W3-compliant is the first step of SEO, a marketing |
| style sheet serves as a template for the entire site's | | | | tool to get the most out of your advertising dollar. |
| color and font schemes, while also controlling borders, | | | | Validation is easy, and can be completed if a user has |
| sizes, and more. Being able to edit a single file, instead | | | | a basic knowledge of HTML-editing and FTP (File |
| of 100s of changes in many files saves time and | | | | Transfer Protocol). Using these tools, coupled with |
| precious web design dollars. Validation is imperative to | | | | the set of W3 standards can save a lot of money |
| get the most out of a website. That is, a user can | | | | and help the site's overall functionality. |