Find out how using Macromedia Contribute or Dreamweaver can help you validate your code.
IWSS ensures each of our Web sites follows the latest W3C coding procedures so our clients can be worry-free. To accomplish this task, we use the Macromedia software programs Dreamweaver and Contribute, which have built-in code validation tools. We encourage our clients to consider using at least one of these programs as well. With our coding procedures and Macromedia's validation tools, our clients do not have to become experts in the latest coding procedures, but can rest assured their code is up-to-date.
Here are some examples of the coding procedures we follow, along with basic instructions for how to implement them yourself, if you wish.
A cascading style sheet (CSS) makes it possible for a Web developer to make a style change in one place (the CSS) and it will be applied automatically to all specified Web pages.
The developer should make a "common" folder for their Web site and create a CSS (i.e., site.css) to put in this folder. The CSS will outline the font, size, style, color, etc. of your site's text, links, etc.
Download an example of a CSS (Notepad) and an explanation of the CSS (pdf) code in layman's language.
After the developer has created the CSS and placed it in the common folder, he or she should put an "include" statement (Notepad) in the code of the appropriate Web pages (between the <HEAD> and </HEAD> tags).
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