I have to DISAGREE with XHTML 1.0. Stick to the HT...

2006-06-13T14:34:00.000-04:00

I have to DISAGREE with XHTML 1.0.

Stick to the HTML 4.01 strict instead if you can.

Why? Why not XHTML? Because you have to serve it as html/text (Because of Internet Explorer users) and you might cause some browsers to go in the quirks mode (emulate old bugs in rendering engine) if you use XML declaration. There are many others reasons WHY NOT, but I'm not gonna go for those... :)

By going to HTML 4.01 strict and using html semantically, close elements, etc. gives you all that you NEED.

Thanks for your feedback. I will definately look i...

2006-06-13T12:45:00.000-04:00

Thanks for your feedback. I will definately look into what is needed to go from HTML 3.2 to XMTL 1.0 transitional during my next not-to-busy period.

The shopping cart suggestion is not useful for my site in that 99% is custom stained glass. While I can give a price range based on some general design features a firm price quote is usually given only after many emails and a design sketch that the client are approved.

I believe W3C marks all my pages as tentatively validated due to the fact that I let the engine set the default character set. All pages, except one, verify at that level.

I agree I know nothing about web graphic design and this might hurt the site's appeal with some. For me the overriding fact is I want the site to be easy for me to add a new piece and cost nothing to maintain (except some of my eveningtime). My digital camera is a $99 refurbished HP product. I really find name brand refurbished products are a great buy.

I do have a general flow that I anticipated most users would follow based on the type of art glass they are interested in. The page "Information and Diagram", best found off the SiteMap shows the internal linkage. Sorry, this is from an old FORTRAN programmer and I suspect it shows. The site has grown over some 4 years but I have tried to keep to a 3 tier depth.

Your postings on other reviews and in some GOOGLE groups actually get me to add one item even before your review. One of your postings showed a simple SiteMap layout, for a fire safety company. It was a great model that I used to recently add the SiteMap page to my site. It has gotten some hits in the first week it was on my site.

Finally, yes I really am a single artist studio , it was our garage 7 years ago, and would never outsource any work. I believe my client's want to know they are ordering a handmade item and they whose hands did it. Thus my total work output is limited. I look to a few client's a month with interesting requests.

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I have to DISAGREE with XHTML 1.0. Stick to the HT...

Thanks for your feedback. I will definately look i...