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Originally Posted by TrAI
Heh. I think frames are good if used the right way, it all depends on what the site is supposed to do.
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Well, but their correct use is pretty limited in my opinion. When frames are REQUIRED for the "main" page to work, it is wrong; a web resource should be self-contained (loose term). For example, a TOC is usually ok to have in a frame, if you also have necessary navigation links in the document itself. As you noted, using frames is bad when making links and for search engines, and to get around those problems it gets really messy. I can tell from experience
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Originally Posted by frogesque
stick exclusively to .jpg and .gif file extension for images
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PNG is ok too, and I would prefer it over GIF.
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Originally Posted by frogesque
Look at sites that impress you and those that don't, right mouse click on the page and go to 'View Source' on the drop menue. This will show you the HTML for that page and you can get an idea of how it all works
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Beware, though. 95% of all web sites out there are pure crap and abhorent. You can get nasty habbits.
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Originally Posted by frogesque
Learn how to use tables, they really make a difference to the page presentation
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Don't use tables for layout! Please! Each set of elements in HTML has semantical meaning. Tables should be used for just that - tables. Use, if you can, CSS to add layout and style to your pages. HTML is a
markup language, not a
style language!
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Originally Posted by frogesque
Before uploading AWAYS run every page content through a spell checker.
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In addition, always check your pages with W3's markup validator service:
http://validator.w3.org/. And maybe also the CSS validator:
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/.
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Originally Posted by frogesque
Finally, check your site using different browsers
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Yeah, that is a good thing to do. However, if you hand code your pages, follow standards! To many people make sites so they just happen to work in a particual set of browsers instead of doing it the right way. First code so it does what you want according to the standards, then check in various popular browsers to see if there are any quirks.