Re: FN-FORUM: Sitecheck - Updating my website - using CSS

date posted 13th March 2008 17:18


On 13 Mar 2008, at 17:54, John Deaville wrote:

> Hi nigel - thanks for the advice
>
> Can I ask people then - if the primary objective is to get the =20
> website to
> display properly - why use CSS at all, as it seems to be a complete =20=

> pain in
> the rear - at least with tables I know it is going to display =20
> correctly, the
> reason I want to use css is I hope it may have an impact on my =20
> google rating

It is always best to separate content from presentation. When you use =20=

good code, you will be able to completely redesign your site, only =20
using an external CCS file, like is evident over at the CSS Zen =20
Garden (http://www.csszengarden.com/). Tables are made to display =20
tabular data, and thats the only case where they should be used. When =20=

someone using a screen reader goes to a site designed with a table =20
based layout, they can access hardly any of the information. I'm not =20
very clear on this, but I think its against UK law, or will be in the =20=

future.


> Most sites designed using css do not display correctly in IE 5 on =20
> my Mac
> (including your own) - that=B9s not a criticism, by the way -

IE 5 for Mac was dropped by Microsoft and I have been told that its =20
safe to ignore, I hardly get any visitors from any of my sites using =20
that browser.

> it is just
> stating that as far as I can see, I have tried to follow the =20
> 'rules' of css
> positioning, and it works fine on my browser - I have mailed it to =20
> many
> people all of which say it is fine - plus used this link
> ...
> I will look into the issue of correcting it for IE, but most of my =20
> potential
> customers (photographers and ad agencies) are using OS X / Safari and
> similar

If you want to improve your SEO ranking, your page should render well =20=

on +IE 6, most users you'll get from Google searches and referral =20
site will be using IE.

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Nicolas Borda
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