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Why W3C and CSS Standards Set the Bar for Your Website Development

In the market for a new Website? Be sure your webmaster follows these standards

The W3C, short for World Wide Web Consortium, is a body of global experts that develops protocols and guidelines for uniformity in web standards. In its 15th year now, the W3C works with full time staff, industry experts and other member organizations with the singular goal of web interoperability, i.e., most hardware or software that is developed for the web are required to be compatible with one another. Since the organization functions in a non-proprietary manner, the standards and guidelines are open to all. With a vision that runs into decades and decades into the future, this consortium works towards ensuring that the internet will continue to flourish and be able to accommodate more and more technological advancements.

One of the prime examples of an excellent set of web standards as set by the W3C is the CSS or Cascading Style Sheets. This language is used to style web pages written in HTML or XHTML format. What CSS essentially does is separate the content of the page from its visual facets like look, fonts, color, and layout. This can be tweaked or altered at any time, but the basic skeleton adhering to W3C guidelines is in place for any web page with the CSS linked to it. To put it simply, to each of the rules that dictate a particular CSS facet of the page, a priority or weight can be set so that results are uniform.

The other W3C endorsed example is the CMS – Content Management System, which essentially caters to the content of the website. There are many excellent CMS products available which are certified by the W3C, like Wordpress and Joomla. What a CMS does is give you full control to program, edit and manage the content of your website at anytime from anywhere with an admin access that you set right at the very beginning of installing a particular CMS for your website.

Of the two mentioned above, the most user-friendly and W3C guidelines adhering is Joomla. It’s ready to use with PHP programming language along with XHTML, JavaScript and CSS, making it a prime candidate for W3C validation and CSS validation standards. Some of the most obvious benefits to using Joomla for your website are:

  • Unparalleled compatibility with all browsers
  • Detailed and well-organized instructions, making it one of the most easy to use CMS products ever
  • Ease in operating and programming, thereby greatly reducing unforeseen maintenance costs
  • High level of consistency in all its components, thereby ensuring uniform look and feel of your site
  • One of the first CMS tools that is equipped to deal with future advancements in browsers, thereby making it forward browser compatible
  • Ability to cater to a wide audience

With all these standards in place, W3C, CSS and CMS have made maintaining a website not just possible, but a cakewalk to even novices in the online world. Little wonder then, that W3C set the bar for website development!