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- whodovoodoo0
i know thats not all there is to it. but for a quick job test. just take your code in html into a validator...look at the errors in xhtml...fix it. bam bam diggity!
- ********0
Do this:
Send them an email back ASAP that states.
"I have received your Test and have sent the content and images to a firm in India who have promised to have it done in less than 3 hours at no charge. I will forward you there work by tomorrow morning."
The company will be like "what a great thinker who will fit in with our normal corporate politics" and they'll hire you on the spot.
- redant0
ok i just got from gym must shower brb. Thanks. -red
- jiaf0
If for some reason you botch your code the W3c markup validation service has this neat little option: "Clean up Markup with HTML Tidy", which will usually make the proper changes to validate your html.
Although it's probably better to figure out what you're doing wrong...
- fugged0
XHTML Strict DTD:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/…Firefox validator add-on
http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/m…Yes Dreamweaver can write XHTML, but you shouldn't depend on an IDE to write it. Learn it, you'll be better off in the long run.
For the image consider using PNG. You might get a smaller file. If the artwork has lots of compression artifacts, use photoshop to clean it up before saving out as a PNG file.
- Jaline0
^ exactly. Write the code, then test it.
- Jaline0
Does it matter that PNG doesn't always come off as being transparent in IE though? I doubt they'd give you something with transparency though, so just try PNG. Sounds like a good option.
- monkeyshine0
its a widget module? you can use dreamweaver to set it up...wouldn't it just be in a div? you just need the code for the div and all inside of it, not an entire web page.
- fugged0
if the file is already a jpg, then it doesn't have any transparency. ie7 will display transparent pngs, and for 6 there are several hacks to get them to work using the alphaimageloader filter.
- monkeyshine0
xhtml is not rocket science...you probably know enough. will it have tabs? hidden divs? ajax? if you know CSS well you'll be fine...just code it as cleanly as you can and then work on dynamic aspects (if any).
- You still have to know certain rules though, otherwise the validation errors may not make sense. Reading is best.Jaline
- but Dreamweaver will validate for you too. Woo. But yes, you are right.monkeyshine
- DW actually does a pretty good job of validating and helping you fix errors.monkeyshine
- I don't trust it.Jaline
- no nothing just text images on form field entry to input zip code but i dont have to make it workredant
- better than nothing, no? :)monkeyshine
- i mean text and images and one form field and a border around itredant
- lvl_130
just to clarify one thing blaw mentioned: make sure you save out the image in ps as "save for web". this will give you a much smaller file size when dealing with jpegs and the like. i think blaw said save it at no higher than 9, but that is only a setting when you do "save as". you will want to set your "save for web" for at the minimum of 60 (very minimum), but as llyod said, just keep messing with it until it looks like crap, then bump it up again until it looks "good".
- ********0
Inform them the the image can be optimized further if they sent you in the monitor which displayed the original image, tell them you need to scan the monitor on a flat bed scanner to optimized the image further, at which point you will retune the monitor by post, or by a movemnt of mater,Teleportation.
- ********0
sorry for being rude.
- ninjasavant0
here's the deal with png files. png24 will not show up in IE6 or previous as transparent and unfortunately the background will be grey, not white. png8 files will show up fine but are effectively the same as gifs so there isn't much point.
- yea i have to create for ie6 and i have had trouble with pngs. I will figures it out if its meant to be its meant to beredant