Category Archives: Standards

Posts relating to web standards

From the Top: MIME and Content Negotiation

Posted on January 16, 2006 by Karl Dawson

Content negotiation at its simplest is a conversation between your web server and a user agent (browser, search engine bot etc) to determine the preferred format or version of a resource to serve. In this, the second in my article series “From the Top” I will introduce you to the web (head) waiter that knows how to correctly serve your web page to a user agent. Continue reading →

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From the Top: Document Type Definitions

Posted on January 9, 2006 by Karl Dawson

“From the Top” is a series of articles that I am publishing to concisely explain how and why to construct a high quality, web-standards compliant head section for a web page. I’m starting at line 2 of the web page with this first article by examining the Document Type Definition (DTD). Line 2? Tune in same time next week to learn what you might find at line 1. Continue reading →

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@Media 2006 Announced

Posted on January 4, 2006 by Karl Dawson

The @media conference returns to London this June, bigger and better than before. It’s the event of the year for anyone interested in learning about and discussing the latest approaches to web design with some of the world’s most highly respected experts. Continue reading →

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