onvert an HTML Site to XHTML
Because I write the Web Design/HTML site for About, I am often asked why my source code does not conform to Web standards. There are many problems with it, ranging from the minor (the code isn't standards compliant) to the more severe (missing alt text and lack of quotes around many attributes). The reason for this is that I only write articles for About, I don't control any of the surrounding HTML. Since About uses a content management system, I don't even have a lot of control over the HTML that is inside my articles once they are published. I had a chance to speak with one of the About developers and I asked why they insisted on writing what is, in my opinion, really bad HTML code. They told me that they do it for two reasons: Bandwidth costs With over 700 sites on About receiving millions of pageviews a day, even 1KB of extra characters on a page can result in huge transfer costs. 1. By cutting out things like alt tags and quotes they can save a lot of money. 2.