I’ve recently been working on a WordPress project in which I made the mistake of starting with a commercial theme that, while beautiful and feature-rich, was a complete mess in terms of code quality. HTML validation is always a requirement on my projects, but a poorly-written WordPress theme combined with WordPress’ own tendency to butcher code by inserting poorly nested <p>’s (more on that later) can make validation a real chore. The W3C’s Validator is [...]

Most people have heard the term HTML and have a general idea that it has something to do with the web.  But as someone who wants to create the web you need to have a better understanding.  This article will explain what HTML is and why it’s important, and it just might do it without boring you into a coma. What is HTML? Defining HTML is by far the most boring part of understanding it, [...]