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Web 2.0 for Designers

Tuesday, 27 May 2008 09:52 Tommy Logic

Web 2.0 for Designers

By Richard MacManus & Joshua Porter

In Web 1.0, a small number of writers created Web pages for a large number of readers. As a result, people could get information by going directly to the source: Adobe.com for graphic design issues, Microsoft.com for Windows issues, and CNN.com for news. Over time, however, more and more people started writing content in addition to reading it. This had an interesting effect—suddenly there was too much information to keep up with! We did not have enough time for everyone who wanted our attention and visiting all sites with relevant content simply wasn’t possible. As personal publishing caught on and went mainstream, it became apparent that the Web 1.0 paradigm had to change.

"The Web of documents has morphed into a Web of data. We are no longer just looking to the same old sources for information. Now we’re looking to a new set of tools to aggregate and remix microcontent in new and useful ways."

(X)HTML - CSS Validation: Why validate your webpages?

Tuesday, 27 May 2008 09:29 Tommy Logic

Find out the advantages and disadvantages of validating webpages.

Depending on who you talk to, (X)HTML and CSS validation is very important. The subject is rather controversial for many webmasters. This article discusses some of the positions taken in from both perspectives of the issue that has received much attention lately. Hopefully, this article will also provide a practical method that overworked webmasters can use to improve their website.