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Here is my first CMS site.  I based it off of a template from Mark (Thank You).  I re did all of the graphics. I moved the main menu from the top and used a drop down horizontal menu through the middle of the screen.  I added mouse over to new and calendar events so that it shows the summary before you click on them. 

Almost everything was done from the ground up except for the design concept(Thanks again Mark).

I have not had a chance to check it in IE and not all of the pict have been uploaded.

If you notice anything in IE PLEASE let me know.

Thanks

http://www.bgcrsp.com

Nice site - like it.

But CMSms is a xhtml CMS. So you should look once again how you can make the pages valid 

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... rsp.com%2F

cyberman wrote: Nice site - like it.

But CMSms is a xhtml CMS. So you should look once again how you can make the pages valid 

nonsense. It all depend on the template's the end-user implemented.

The way I see it, is that every multi million/billion dollar site on the internet uses tables and that is taboo so a few "errors" or hacks make no difference as long as the end product does what I intent it to do(as tables do what those companies want them to do).

You're absolutely right! Like every visitor validates your page and then decides not to visit it anymore when they found it not valid...? It works, looks sharp and is crossbrowser compatible. I hope you understand the W3 validator is not the end of the world, but just an outline parser wich tells NOTHING about the construction and semantics of your website.

For a cms that so very clearly encourages standards-based design, I am more than a little suprised to see it thrown by the wayside by some of it's users.

It really is that important.
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/2 ... standards/

ptysell wrote: The way I see it, is that every multi million/billion dollar site on the internet uses tables and that is taboo so a few "errors" or hacks make no difference as long as the end product does what I intent it to do(as tables do what those companies want them to do).

But are these compains useing tables the way they were intended to be used? No. Of course not. So why should you?

There is no reason not to use standards based design. There are no excuses anymore, espescially when you have such an awesome cms that makes it so incredibly easy.

xhtml is a worldwide standard so it should be used - or do you cross the road on red traffic light?

In my eyes it's a sign of quality and a question of honour for every professional to produce clean, technical correct and valid source. Next step could be the WAI ATAG guidelines.

IMHO it's a big mistake to divide between xhtml valid or not. It would be a lot easier to think every time xhtml valid  .

if CMSMS is so valid, why on earth would they automaticlly add names to inputs? That's not XHTML1.0+ valid...