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 | Microformats are a competing standard with microdata that you can use to add semantic information to your web pages. Microformats works with existing HTML elements and attributes. Another new addition to HTML is the History API. This API helps you manage dynamic sites so that they are more usable for your customers. It's my favorite new API. Plus, I got a comment from a reader about color that I found interesting. What do you think? What Should I Write About? Is there a topic you'd like to see covered on the Web Design / HTML site at About.com? Let me know what you think. Follow me on Twitter or Become a Fan on Facebook Please forward this newsletter, in its entirety, to your colleagues, coworkers and friends, anyone you think would like to learn more about web design, HTML, and web development. | |
Add Microformats without Adding Invalid HTML
One of the criticisms of microdata is that it requires you add new attributes to HTML elements. This is both more to learn, and risks causing problems for people who need to write valid HTML. Microformats are a way to add this data to your web pages using the existing tags and attributes that you already know.
| It's Not Flashy, But It's Very Useful--The History API
Controlling the browser history is not something that many designers think about. It's boring and behind the scenes and when done right customers won't even know it's there. But when you build a dynamic web application, the History API is incredibly useful. It helps your readers bookmark specific states within an application, not just the front page. It also gives them clues as to where they are in the application. Learn about the HTML5 History API and how it can help your web applications.
| Color is Important in Design
A reader calling himself "areyoukiddingme" writes about color symbolism: "Why are you making such a big deal out of what color your page uses?... Color is the last thing you should worry about. Personally, though, I would go with black letters and a white background. The only color that should be different is your logo." Do you agree? I don't believe that color is more important than content, but a page that has a nice design with good colors will be more appealing than a page with the exact same content but no design and using just black and white colors.
| Poll: How important is elearning to the web?
With the release of iTunes U and other ways to get more access to elearning, it seems to me like this is an area that is growing both in importance and popularity on the web. But elearning is more than just posting web content online and letting people learn from it. Good online education includes assessment, exercises, and interaction to help the students really learn what is being taught. Of course, this all used to be done with packages like Authorware, but these days, you can build great elearning solutions right in Dreamweaver. What do you think? Is elearning an important part of the web or is it out of date? Vote Now View Results
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