Comments on: How to Really Build a Web Page

By: harris

harris — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:31:06 +0000

I don’t think many people realize the number of disadvantages that go along with creating free websites. Hopefully this article will shed some light on the subject.

Don’t make the same mistake I did. After this nightmare, I vowed to never go the “free route” again. Creating your site from scratch with its own dot com name is affordable and definitely worth the small investment.

Parking your site at a free host is often like building a house on sand. It may be quick and and it may seem easy at first, but I can almost guarantee you it won’t last long.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:50:12 +0000

The main reason I am advocating that they be inside paragraph tags is that in this article I don’t get into discussing the

tag. Since every element must be within a block-level container, it made the most sense to recommend putting them in paragraph tags.

The next article (covering CSS, mostly) will cover more HTML, including divs.

By: Fentie

Fentie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:30:45 +0000

What’s your reason for suggesting that images be inside paragraph tags? To me it seems like that’s a presentational choice (block level, top and bottom margin, etc…) rather than structural.

Good article though. 8^)

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:22:47 +0000

Thanks! I appreciate the feedback.

I agree with you that HTML5 is on its way, and I plan to update this tutorial to use HTML5 instead of XHTML 1.0. However, since the spec is still in draft form and support is still (relatively) spotty, my preference is to stick with XHTML.

That being said, I don’t plan to wait forever for HTML5 support and the draft. If everyone does that, nobody will ever implement it. Once the spec gets to a fairly stable state and is a bit better supported, I’ll make the switch and start recommending it myself.

By: max.elliott

max.elliott — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:09:32 +0000

Good Job!

I’m going to go ahead and mention HTML5 here, also found via the w3c site, as the standard a new designer should be starting with. The switchover is coming and most of the big-boy browsers already have support. Also, the faster we can kill Flash, the happier I’ll be.