W3C VALIDATOR SERVICE

It has been estimated that 99.9% of web sites are obsolete (Designing With Web Standards, Jeffrey Zeldman). This is not to say that they don't work in modern, fault tolerant browsers but there is a very good chance that these web sites may begin to show signs of age in the next generation of standards compliant browsers that will hit the market. Most web sites in use today were done with the technical knowledge of the time using known methods and techniques that would get the job done. The down side to this method of creating web pages is high bandwidth (page size) and making changes is complex and time consuming.

Is there a solution? Fortunately, yes. The solution is to separate content from layout. This is done by moving away from html markup, the language of the web's past, to using xhtml, the xml-based markup of its future, and by controlling the layout by using css (cascading style sheets). Using this method allows web page sizes to be reduced by up to 80% resulting in faster loading pages and less web server resources, saving you money in hosting fees. All of Aerobic Design's current web site design is done using this method, assuring you a web site that will work now and well into the future. Click here to see a detailed list of advantages of having your web site designed in this way.

If you already have a web site and would like to see how well it validates against current standards, enter the url of your web site ie) www.mywebsite.com/index.htm and take a look at the results. While you may not understand exactly what is being said, don't be surprised if your report ends up being several pages in length. If this is so, your web site is showing signs of age.

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