Recently ‘Microformats’ has been a major buzz word in the web design community, but what are they all about? If you are feeling lost then this article is for you. This article explains what Microformats are, the benefits of using microformats, and how to implement them.
This article focus’ on the microformats hCard, and hAtom; both of which are used on the Blue Anvil site if you hadn’t noticed.
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Many people make the mistake of using tags for appearance only in their websites, but with semantics you get the benefit of describing your data as well. This makes it more accessible and of a higher quality, and of course fulfills the main objective; separating content from presentation.
This article is aimed at semantic mark-up beginners, including clients who want to learn more about code so they can ensure their sites are semantically correct. It also shows the mark-up available and it’s usage.
I’ve added a new version of the popular curvy corners plugin. This version removes the problem of extra padding within boxes (by using negative margins), works in IE7 and Safari, and loads faster. The downside is that the packed version has a larger filesize; to reduce the /packer/ overhead I did not encode it, but you can repack if you want a smaller file.
The official page is here and the demo page is here. Enjoy!
