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<p>In my current position, I take care of 2 major web applications. An online portal and the accompanying administration system. I currently program in PHP, but am dabbling with C# on the side. Click here for more.</p> </div>
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<h2><a href='general/is_xhtml_worth_it?'>Is XHTML worth it?</a></h2>
<h4>general</h4>
<p>It might be apparent in the few short posts here that I've been trying to keep this homemade (and I mean homemade, there's no blogging system behind it) XHTML valid.</p>
<p>You might also notice from my last post (if you check the validity of it), that I still have a way to go.</p>
<p>So I ask myself, is it worth it to keep trying to get it to validate? Why am I reinventing the wheel (why not use a blogging system)? Who cares?</p>
<p>I guess the answer is all summed in my appetite to learn...</p>
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<h2><a href='javascript/valid_xhtml_-_target_in_links'>Valid XHTML - target in links</a></h2>
<h4>javascript | Updated on 04-02-2008 01:59:06pm</h4>
<p>Sometimes you need a link to open in a new window. For me, I wanted to give access to some of the behind the scenes things, such as what the HTML looks like once it's processed. Well I come to find out that target= is out (deprecated) and no longer used. In fact there isn't a replacement for it.</p>
<p>After finding a few explanations about it and what you can do to get around it, I settled on a great site for help...</p>
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<h2><a href='Javascript/valid_xhtml_-_external_javascrript'>Valid XHTML - External Javascrript</a></h2>
<h4>Javascript | Updated on 03-26-2008 03:04:08pm</h4>
<p>So in my quest to make sure this page is completely XHTML compliant and validates according to the standards set by the WC3, I kept checking the validation.</p>
<p>Then I found myself running into a problem with the script tag. It took awhile, but after carefully reading the validation results and finding a couple of examples, I nixed the issues I had.</p>
<p>Mostly they were from 3rd part pieces, such as the examples shown for using tinyMCE or JQuery, etc...</p>
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<h2><a href='general/super_data_loss'>Super Data Loss</a></h2>
<h4>general | Updated on 03-25-2008 05:59:34pm</h4>
Gone, it's all gone. Well it's not as though there was a lot to loose, but nonetheless, it's still gone. But never fear, it'll be back soo enough. It given me a great oppurtunity to rewrite a few things!
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