First Considerations
Over the next few months I’ll be working on a project that involves coding the frontend of a website.
The first thing I consider is what level of accessibility is the site going to follow and at what cost. I always write a site to adhere to a strict xhtml standard:
[sourcecode language='html'][/sourcecode]
Why? If I don’t follow a standard then what am I actually following. There isn’t any extra effort in doing things by the book so why avoid it?
The next thing is browser compatabily. I think that a website should be available to as large an audience as possible. Unfortunately this means using hacks – there is no way around it. The browsers as of today that I want to support are:
- Firefox 1.0+
- Internet Explorer 6.0+
- Safari 1.0+
- Opera 9.0+
Throughout this project there will be lots of stumbling blocks regarding browser compatability – how these are overcome will be explained in future posts.