X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,3483bd10835621f X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-29 06:00:04 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!feeds.vnews.net!ptdnetP!newsgate.ptd.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!p3ee28fe5.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail From: Tilman Ahr Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Classic ascii pics Date: 29 Mar 2001 15:09:37 +0200 Organization: RiotCo, ltd. Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <99l69i$ftc$1@news.ox.ac.uk> <985564211.24478@itz.pp.sci.fi> <99n6ki$3p0$1@news.ox.ac.uk> <99t2dj$chk$1@news.ox.ac.uk> <3AC2725B.52402EDB@thanks.com> <99v15f$3bh$2@news.ox.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: p3ee28fe5.dip.t-dialin.net (62.226.143.229) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 985873542 3155008 62.226.143.229 (16 [35725]) X-Orig-Path: rioteer.subdomain.de!nobody X-Attribution: T.A. User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) XEmacs/21.1 (Bryce Canyon) Xref: supernews.google.com alt.ascii-art:4996 Henry Segerman writes: > Tilman Ahr wrote: > > : That, however still doesn't make it valid HTML, > :obviously. http://validator.w3c.org might help you iron out some of the > :mistakes *you* put into there. > > I claim complete innocence...you can't write entries in HTML at all - > you have to write it in something called GUIDE-ML, which is a cut down > version with some extra bits added. Their server then converts it to > something readable. Its not a bad idea - means they have control over > the style (can keep it consistent) and better for security. Mhm... In a way. would be nice if they could make it create correct html, though. Imean: It's not like the HTML-Standard was brand new or anything - and tidy&co *are* around for a reason. Nevertheless it's one of the less ugly examples of HTML around in more or less commercial pages, so it's allright, I guess. ;-) > : That the BBC manages to start breaking the HTML-standard *from the > :very first line*(!) of their "page" stands for itself, I believe. > > The BBC took over h2g2 only very recently (less than a month ago) so > h2g2 may also be to blame. Well, the page is "embedded" in a page in BBC's "corporate design", so at least the crap in the first few lines is entirely BBCs. But as I said: As far as commercial sites go, it's pretty OK code, as far as I can tell... Tilman -- ,--------------------------------------------------------. |Tilman Ahr | Email: rioteer@gmx.net | | | tilman.ahr@student.hu-berlin.de | `--------------------------PGP-Key available by request--�