Category Archives: Standards

Posts relating to web standards

From the Top: The Title Element

Every web page must have a title element in the head section. In this, the fifth article in my series “From the Top” we start to describe a web document via tags inside the head element. Continue reading

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From the Top: The Head Element

Both the start and end tags of the head element are actually optional, user agents will automatically produce these if not present in the code. However, if you are coding with Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) you will not pass validation due to an error. Continue reading

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From the Top: Defining Content Language

The opening html tag when expanded with a few attributes is a real boon for increasing the accessibility of your web pages. In this the third article in my “From the Top” series, I’ll introduce each of those attributes and explain the benefits of their use. Continue reading

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