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I'm a little saddened by the number of sites that don't validate here. cssBeauty doesn't even validate on the homepage! Then, the first 5 outta 10 sites I click on don't validate. What's up with all this? P.S. and why do all these CSS sites look pretty much the same --- but with swapped-out graphics? Is this the message this site is about? Is this the future of Web Design "standards" ???
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For everyone that does not, I can give you links that do. CssBeauty cas a few validation errors, which can be easily fixed. Alex is probably busy.
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All I have to say is: Validation is NOT everything... there are some great sites out there that don't validate... doesn't mean hard work didn't go into developing them.
There are many reasons why a site might not validate... third party apps, cms issues, oversights, and yes some people are just too busy.
I'm not about to die because a page doesn't validate.
Sigh
Regarding your comment about sites being similar... well it's called "TRENDS". -
CSS Beauty, in my opinion, is not just about "validation" or it would be called "Validation Beauty". His HTML has one validation error on the homepage and it looks from my experience to be something that is being included from whatever form of CMS he might be using. What makes CSS Beauty's gallery unique is the both the visual beauty and the beauty of the code behind. Did you even look at some of the validation errors being produced? Many of them are minor, so minor infact they won't prove problematic when utilizing XHTML and CSS for its true potential, its ability to be "extensible". In a perfect world, yes all sites would validate – but you need to understand why that is important first.
All the sites look the same, just a matter of swapping out graphics? What CSS Beauty is trying to do, in my opinion, is showcase what can be accomplished using good design and semantic mark-up; truly proving the point that on the web “if you can dream it, you can build it”. A lot of the sites are “trendy”, but they are not the same (obviously). I believe we get to see people pushing the limits of design and web standards. CSS Beauty doesn’t seem to be a grassroots campaign “to be different” – it’s a source of inspiration and even motivation for a lot of us. Look at http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/ for example. Great site that truly strives to be different; the mark-up is similar to that of what a lot of us use, it’s the implementation and design that really makes you think. -
mringlein, kevadamson.com is so weird; it looks like it was designed by Stephen King. Yeah; it's different.
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CommentAuthorDarren Hoyt
- CommentTimeJul 25th 2006
If you want Validation Beauty, try here:
http://www.w3csites.com/ -
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Semiotics, I think you forget that graphics is still a part of a design. If you look at the core structure, ofcourse alot of site look the same, no doubt. I mean a 2 column layout is a 2 column layout, and so do a 3 . . or even more column layouts etc.. Making a site using CSS is not about having unique structure, it's more like finding the right color combination, the right graphics to make and the right place to put it on the layout. Basicly I think there are just a couple sort of sites on the net.
CSS based colum layout, be it vertical or horizontal or whatever direction combination
Highly interactive sites, using Flash, multimedia ajax etc.
But I dont think there are lot of site that have the same source code and images, the process of "programming" your own source code and designing your imagesis what's all about. -
- CommentAuthordmitryseliv
- CommentTimeJul 25th 2006
One of the reason why coding behind CSS looks the same on some websites is
People look around websites like CSS Beauty or just surfing on internet to find CSS samples and using them as a template with minor own modifications.
I guess just being lazy or didn't have patience really to dig in a world of CSS but you are pretty open how you want to structure you CSS code and XHTML.
CSS allows speeding up the developing process and gives us more flexibility over final design and nothing wrong with creating one perfect cross browser template that you can use over and over again.
Cheers, DS
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