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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 04:29:01 GMT, TechnoHippie <technohippie@toast.net>
wrote:

Um... okay.

1) Your DOCTYPE is XHTML Strict. Yet some of your image tags are not
closed with />:

2) Wrapping an <a> tag around a single open tag is not valid:

<a name="who"><h3></a>
<a name="newb"><p></a>
<a name="threads"><h3></a>
etc.

3) An unordered list has no effect on a definition list. This <ul> also
does not use any <li> tags which makes it superfluous.

<ul>
<dl>

4) Instead of using <h4> for each name within <dt> tags, just style the
<dt> tag so it displays the same as an <h4> Right now, you are confusing
search engines with what might be a header, or a defined term.

#bottom dl dt {
font-size:120%;
font-weight:bold;
text-align:left;
}

5) You cannot have <br /> within a <dl> tag unless it is also within a
<dt> or <dl> tag.

6) Instead of using <span class="tiny"> use the <small> tag to denote
lesser importance and style accordingly.

7) You can replace *all* the 'hspace="5" vspace="5" border="2"' with this
style rule:

#bottom dl dd img {
margin:5px;
border-width:2px;
}

8) Add a classname to all screenshots which allows you to get rid of their
'width="100" height="75" align="left"' attributes:

..ss {
width:100px;
height:75px;
float:left;
}

9) Add a classname to all portraits which allows you to get rid of
'align="right"' which is not allowed under XHTML Strict:

..pt {
float:right;
}

10) Add a classname to all smilies which allows you to group all common
attributes:

..smilie {
border-width:0px;
margin:0px;
vertical-align:middle;
}

11) Not really an error, but blocking and simplifying your code will make
it easier to edit in the future. Thus using all the edits above:

This:
<dt><h4>Charles Sweeney <span class="tiny">[ <a
href="http://www.charlessweeney.com/" title="charles'
homepage">homepage</a> ] [ <a href="http://scriptsthatwork.com/"
title="Scripts That Work!">ScriptsThatWork</a>
]</span></h4></dt><dd><p><img src="pix/sweeney.jpg" border="2" width="100"
height="100" alt="" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right" /><img
src="pix/sweeney_ss.jpg" border="2" width="100" height="75" alt=""
hspace="5" vspace="5" align="left" />Charles is one of my favorite
webmasters from Scotland ... in fact, I don't think I know any other
Scottish webmasters. <img src="../smilies/saywhat.gif" border="0"
width="15" height="15" alt="" hspace="0" vspace="0" align="middle" />
Since I can't find any personal stuff on his website, I think he's a
developer/speculator and I hear he does quite well. Sadly, he was too busy
to run his hosting business, AbleInternet, and now I can't wait to see
what new projects he's up to.<br /><span class="tiny">Note: <a
href="http://www.ableinternet.com" title="ableinternet">AbleInternet</a>
was founded and owned by Charles Sweeney until 11/03, now owned and
operated by <a href="#tina" title="tina">Tina</a></span></p> </dd>

Becomes this:

<dt>
Charles Sweeney
<small>
[ <a href="http://www.charlessweeney.com/" title="charles'
homepage">homepage</a> ]
[ <a href="http://scriptsthatwork.com/" title="Scripts That
Work!">ScriptsThatWork</a> ]
</small>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
<img src="pix/sweeney.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" class="pt"
/>
<img src="pix/sweeney_ss.jpg" alt="" class="ss" />
Charles is one of my favorite webmasters from Scotland ... in fact, I
don't think I know any other Scottish webmasters. <img
src="../smilies/saywhat.gif" alt="" class="smilie" /> Since I can't find
any personal stuff on his website, I think he's a developer/speculator and
I hear he does quite well. Sadly, he was too busy to run his hosting
business, AbleInternet, and now I can't wait to see what new projects he's
up to.
</p>
<p>
<small>
Note: <a href="http://www.ableinternet.com"
title="ableinternet">AbleInternet</a> was founded and owned by Charles
Sweeney until 11/03, now owned and operated by <a href="#tina"
title="tina">Tina</a>
</small>
</p>
</dd>

12) Replace special characters: < > & which are not part of tags with &lt;

http://www.ntimc.org/modules.php?op=...le&amp;sid=501

13) A better option, rather than including newsgroup postings line by line
each ending in <br /> is to enclose each email in <pre> tags:

This:
<p>From: Marc Bissonnette<br />
Subject: Re: Tasso and Sweeney<br />
Newsgroups: alt.www.webmaster<br />
Date: 2003-11-17 23:30:14 PST<br /><br />
"mortin" wrote:<br /><br />
If you were a grizzled old AWW veteran, you'd know that William Tasso
is<br />
the sole holder of the prestigious "Best depiction of a left handed
moebius<br />
wrench" award ( http://www.williamtasso.com/award.asp ) and Charles
Sweeney<br />
is the sole holder of the unique "Best Mustache On The Web" award<br />(
http://www.internalysis.com/charlessweeney.jpg ).<br /><br />
Sheesh. Newbs. Go figure.<br /><br />
<img src="../smilies/happy-sm.gif" border="0" width="17" height="17"
alt="" hspace="0" vspace="0" align="left" /><br />
--<br />
Marc Bissonnette</p>

Becomes:
<pre>
From: Marc Bissonnette
Subject: Re: Tasso and Sweeney
Newsgroups: alt.www.webmaster
Date: 2003-11-17 23:30:14 PST

"mortin" wrote:

Geezus, you *are* new around here.

If you were a grizzled old AWW veteran, you'd know that William Tasso is
the sole holder of the prestigious "Best depiction of a left handed moebius
wrench" award ( http://www.williamtasso.com/award.asp ) and Charles Sweeney
is the sole holder of the unique "Best Mustache On The Web" award
( http://www.internalysis.com/charlessweeney.jpg ).

Sheesh. Newbs. Go figure.

<img src="../smilies/happy-sm.gif" alt="" class="smilie" />
--
Marc Bissonnette
</pre>

14) For posting newsgroup articles, using <h4> and <pre> instead of
<dl><dt> makes more sense.

15) I suppose these:

<dt></dt><dd></dd>
<dt></dt><dd></dd>
<dt></dt><dd></dd>
<dt></dt><dd></dd>
<dt></dt><dd></dd>
<dt></dt><dd></dd>
<dt></dt><dd></dd>

Are just extra entries just waiting around to be filled?

16) <p></p> is not good. Use margins instead.

17) <p align="center"> should also be replaced with the appropriate CSS

18) Fixing the above should cancel a large proportion of the 230 errors
which appear here:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...2Fawwregs.html

19) And finally, the "Orca Ring" link by my name is pointing to the wrong
script

Cheers,
Grey

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Els wrote:

It is more important! DAMN YOU!

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William Tasso wrote:

We supply her with batteries.

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Dylan Parry wrote:

:-D

btw, thanks for the soup recipe, bought the mushrooms
already :-)


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Els wrote:

Oh dear You are aware that I made it up spur of the moment, aren't you?
Although the quantities, and ingredients should be about right, but don't
blame me if it doesn't taste nice

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Dylan Parry wrote:

Oh, one thing that I did forget to put in the recipe was cream! If you
like, you can add a small pot of single cream into it after to have
blended it. Be aware, however, that you shouldn't allow it to boil when
reheating it after adding the cream - if you do it will separate and go
all greasy :\

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Dylan Parry wrote:

No, I wasn't.

If it doesn't taste nice I'll draw a sachet of 'cup-a-soup'
from the box :-D

That's why I use regular whipping cream :-)
You know they have special cream for hot food nowadays?
Doesn't seperate ever ;-)

Not being English, I have always wondered what is the
difference between 'single' cream and 'double' cream. Is it
just a difference in fat percentage, as in whole milk and
semi-skimmed?


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Els wrote:


Well there's nothing to worry about really. I'm always making up recipes
anyway, and they've always turned out just fine before

Hehehe

I've not seen that, but I'll have to keep an eye out for it in future.

Yes. Single cream won't whip, but double cream will. Of course, whipping
cream is the one with the most fat of all (well unless you're counting
that thick stuff for spooning). Either way, they all work fairly well at
AWW mud-meetings

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Whatevah wrote:
Thanks, Jerry. I like the new look on your site, too.

Judy