XHTML seems to be the trend i have been coding websites these days, not sure why, but I have gone crazy trying to make sure all website are xhtml valid. Well atleast if not all pages, atleast the front page 
. Yes yes thats sneaky and not professional. But seriously with all the javascript sometimes i have to use, it gets really hard to make sure its xhtml valid on inner pages. Example : View My Dns , note that the main page is XHTML valid as from slicing to initial setup i made sure it will be !! But its subsequent pages are not XHTML valid.
Even though XHTML valid pages will not render properly on all the browsers is what i found with above site. It was the first site I decided to code with .png images instead of .gif and guess what ? Got burned, as IE 6 view looks so Fugggly !! But .png images offer better quality so i will stick with it, unless i get complaints from users, using the website (if ever lol) . So, is it worth spending extra time to make sure site is XHTML valid ? Well in some cases it is , but in others might not be if website is going to be filled with scripts etc. etc. But beauty of knowing XHTML is that , you become so used to it, that you start coding normally with xhtml not realizing your are doing yourself a favor !! For example this new website, was not at hard for me to make it xhtml valid, as i started coding all div’s , td’s and so on with style=”xyx:zyz;” format !!
Well enough of my craze toward xhtml, but its really easy once you get the hang of it, and not makeing extremely complex website. Following are the list of websites i have coded, and made sure front page was atleast xhtml valid
College of Engineering - University of Saskatchewan,SK (this is not a live site yet, will go live soon)
Bloggy Bloggy – This site itself.
ViewmyDns - The DNS report and other ip tools website.
A1 Web Hosting solutions (was xhtml valid i swear but not anymore i shall fit it soon)
Web Directory Reviews – (inner pages are xhtml valid not the main page though weird huh !!) example : http://www.webdirectoryreviews.com/blogging-about-h-log/ is valid page !!
H-log A Se friendly directory.
Dmoz-Resources - A dmoz directory forums for webmasters.
Php Proxy Host - Proxy Hosting at the Right Prices (sorry it has 4 errors will fix asap ! if i can)
While mentioning some of my XHTML coded website might as well tell you about my worst xhtml horror story . Its none other than my very first domain i ever bought !! Sbclansite. On doing XHTML check it come up with following report : 729 Errors, 1 warning(s) . Now thats like just what can i say “shameful” of me not to try to fix it. But i have lots of website on me , and it gets out of hand trying to look after them. Overall i think i have over 25 – 30 domains and like 10 -15 working sites. Well if you wish to hire me to do some xhtml site of yours, do contact me via http://www.a1whs.com/support.php page. Also note that i can do psd slicing and convert those psds to XHTML valid sites !! Anyways gotta finish working on other stuff and head out for some get together kinda thingy !
I will soon probably launch my own portofio site/page maybe !! Please feel free to post your website links and your work !! I will be more than happy to view them and if you need help in xhtml validating it, do give me a shout !!
