Comments on: Guide to Semantic Mark-up

By: Vekta

Vekta — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:28:49 +0000

Reading this article has made me think of how complex web programming used to be when I first started work in the industry, over 15 years ago.

By: Ervin Ter

Ervin Ter — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:32:20 +0000

After reading this article, I get to know more about important of semantic way of coding html. Thanks a lot.

By: Mike Jolley

Mike Jolley — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:22:44 +0000

This post is very old, It probably got deleted when i moved servers

By: ngarrison

ngarrison — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:21:04 +0000

In the navigation unordered list styling example, the list that appears after “applying” the style (“Our navigation list now looks like this:”) doesn’t look any different than the original list in either Opera or Firefox.

You have the class set on the element: but I don’t see a stylesheet (internal or external) that defines the styles for navexample. You place the css on the page but don’t actually use it for the example. I had to edit the source and add this block to the top of the page for the example to work:

Ul#navexample { list-style:none; margin:0; padding:0; width:200px; }
Ul#navexample li { margin:0; padding:0; padding-bottom:2px; display:block; }
Ul#navexample li a{ display:block; text-align:center; padding:4px; background-color:#111; color:#fff; }
Ul#navexample li a:hover{ Background-color:#444; }

By: Introduction to semantic markups in CSS « My ways of expressing myself..

Introduction to semantic markups in CSS « My ways of expressing myself.. — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:27:35 +0000

[...] These are some basic advantages that can be associated with semantic markups. Some key elements that can be used to provide information about the content are mentioned in someother blog. Please refer: http://blue-anvil.com/archives/guide-to-semantic-mark-up [...]

By: Chris Boswell

Chris Boswell — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:41:50 +0000

One of the best articles I’ve seen on semantic markup. People generally just don’t get taught this stuff, because even those who teach it, are often reliant on Dreamweaver, FrontPage and their ilk. Handcoding has always been the way forward.

There’s a link coming your way soon.

By: femmebot

femmebot — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:35:46 +0000

In the example under “Ease of Updating”, you’re not using proper self-closing break tags. The slash should come after the br, not before.

By: kunter ilalan, web developer - izmir

kunter ilalan, web developer - izmir — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:13:44 +0000

I’d wish this paper was published 4-5 years ago and I had read it in my return to web design. When I had left, tables were the core structural elements and the font tag was the primary design element besides 1 px transparent GIF’s and NO_BLANK_SPACE chars –  .

I remember I strived 4 months to understand how I could turn the thing around only using CSS due to the difficulty in the case I was in: UNLEARN WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED

By: Darren

Darren — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:58:53 +0000

I’m a huge fan of being semantically correct and you have done a great job of describing it. Good examples and a well written article.

By: ludo

ludo — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:46:31 +0000

I am interested in the topics discussed but have been feeling a little intimidated by the thought of the work