Rodent Regatta

There are people who are vehemently opposed to the use of weblogs for primary business sites on the Internet. Many – if not all – of these people will gladly point to sites that are completely free of any concern for web standards. Rich with tables and font taqs, these ”businesss sites” are considered appropriate.

Unwilling to spend even a few minutes understanding web development tools, standards and the value of a content management system, these happy souls move forward with the notion that weblogs are bad and sites are good. They have no clue about the distinction they are trying to make.

Here’s a site dedicated to citing examples of business blogs as primary web sites. Many thanks to Richard Eriksson for the link.

Do you want to see the most amazing use of CSS I’ve seen?

There are people who understand less about these topics than I do. There cannot be very many people who want to learn more about this faster than do I.

In a single entry Eric Meyer gives us a glimpse of the site that accompanies his new book as well as a look at his own Zen Garden design, which is number 100 in the list of CSS designs.

It’s all too puzzling for a novice in XHTML, CSS and web standards to know the best tools for learning. There are so many. Starting and stopping with different sites, books and software tools is not paying off. I need to find a single resource and advisor and stick with them to the bitter end.

• * * UPDATE * * * Okay. Perhaps this is the lone resource a beginner should count on. Thanks to Jennifer at ETC for the link.

• * * UPDATE 2 * * * Perhaps this is the way to learn more about web standards. Thanks to Nick Finck for the link.

Steven Vore links to Meryl’s pointer about a site that is new to me. Apparently, CSS can be used to stylize forms just as it is used to apply style to other content. More to learn!