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Tutorial series - X/HTML Design Tips

Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem

I’m going to start a new, easy-lifting tutorial series that I’ve been meaning to do for a while. It’s focus will be useful exploitation of the X/HTML standard for marking-up your pages in an elegant yet standards-compliant way. I will make an attempt to reference other excellent sources that exist throughout the webiverse wherever appropriate, but for the most part, a lot of these ideas have just come from my own exploration and experimentation with the specification.

Some of the things I will be covering in this tutorial series include (but are not limited to):

  • The usage of lesser-known but fully-supported X/HTML tags for common & useful purposes
  • Emphasis on a semantic presentation of content
  • Minimization of unnecessary markup
  • Strict adherence to both the spirit & the letter of the pertinent standards
  • Examples of how to exploit the synergy between pertinent standards (e.g., X/HTML, CSS, etc.)
  • How to avoid using deprecated tags, attributes, and techniques in favor of more sanctioned alternatives

Comments, questions, and suggestions related to the topics presented are always welcome, and I will do my best to answer them, but no promises are being made. Continue Reading »

Posted by Basil on Mar 31st 2007 | Filed in Design, Tutorials, X/HTML | Comments (0)

Fedora 7 Test 3 released

Alhamdulillaah, Fedora 7 Test 3 has been released. Torrents are available. I have both the Hidayah Online as well as Audio Islam servers in the torrent swarm for the 64bit DVD isos (hey, I have two 64bit rigs, only my laptop is stuck in the 32bit world). I’ll try to leave them seeding for a while once they complete, in shaa Allaah. I am contemplating posting up download mirrors from both servers as well, since bandwidth isn’t currently an issue, so if you read this and you’re interested, leave a comment (yes, comment bribing).

Posted by Basil on Mar 31st 2007 | Filed in Development, Fedora, GNU/Linux | Comments (0)

The server itch is back

Before I begin, let me say that my current hosting setup with The Planet is extremely satisfactory, alhamdulillaah.  I have two servers (referenced here & here), one (Hidayah Online) with a monthly bandwidth cap 1500GB (very high, given the 10Mbit pipe), and the other (Audio Islam) with a 20Mbit/s unmetered connection (much more expensive, but necessary given the nature of the site).

However, I have been itching for another server, if nothing else to but to try out some new administration plans I have.  And this caught my eye.

(Yes, that’s all I wanted to say…)

Posted by Basil on Mar 22nd 2007 | Filed in Development, Internet | Comments (2)

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