(X)HTML
HTML and XHTML are the markup languages used to create a solid foundation for your website or web application, and articles in this category generally touch upon the semantics and accessibility aspects of marking up web pages.
Validation statistics from Nikita the Spider
An analysis of the sites crawled by the bulk validation tool Nikita the Spider during March 2008.
Use the label element to make your HTML forms accessible
By using the label element to associate form controls with their label text, you improve the accessibility of HTML forms and make styling and scripting them easier.
POSH - Plain Old Semantic HTML
Teach people how to use plain old semantic HTML to create valid, well-structured, accessible and interoperable websites.
Understanding and extending semantics in HTML
John Allsopp on the current and possible future states of semantics on the HTML based Web.
The HTML 5 circus: Why I left and rejoined the W3C HTML Working Group
I left the W3C HTML Working Group in July 2007 and rejoined it in August. Here is why.
Microformats (Book review)
John Allsopp explains what microformats are and how to use them to enhance the semantics of your markup.
Mastering Integrated HTML and CSS (Book review)
Virginia DeBolt teaches beginners and designers and developers who need to update their skills how to write standards-based HTML and CSS.
Keep HTML and CSS out of my inbox. Please.
Jeffrey Zeldman thinks HTML and CSS in e-mail sucks, and I agree.
Reasons for code bloat
Chris Heilmann talks about what causes the code on Web projects to grow out of control.
Use only block-level elements in blockquotes
Blockquote elements are only allowed to contain block-level and script elements in Strict Doctypes.
Another look at HTML 5
Further thoughts on the HTML Working Group and HTML 5, plus a few suggestions.
Help keep accessibility and semantics in HTML
If you think accessibility and semantics are important and should be improved in the next version of HTML, you need to act.
Browsers will treat all versions of HTML as HTML 5
Browsers claiming to support HTML 5 are required to treat all text/html content according to the HTML 5 specification.
Guidelines for creating better markup
Writing good markup is a craft. Here are some guidelines that will help you improve the quality of your markup.
HTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS (Book review)
Patrick Griffiths transforms the HTML Dog website into a book promoting best practice XHTML and CSS.
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