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UKClimbing site using XHTML/CSS standards

by Nick Smith 30th December 2007

Example page from UKC We've just completed upgrading the UKClimbing.com website to use XHTML/CSS industry standards. Previously the site, which has over 300,000 pages, used a combination of HTML v4 tags, TABLEs layout and some very basic CSS. All web browsers produced in the last 10 years support CSS and it was finally time to ditch all of those old 'FONT SIZE=2' HTML tags! The new site has been tested to be compatible with a large number of web browsers running on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

The upgrade brings a number of benefits to the end user, including:

Faster page download times
Ease of printing pages
Better page layout on handheld devices

Benefits to the site owner include:

Automated validation of website code to find formatting errors
Ease of future redesigns of layout, colours, etc
Easier to maintain content without having to edit HTML tags
Lower site bandwidth bills
More flexible layout options than with just HTML TABLEs

As we've kept the same site design and colours, users shouldn't notice any visible changes in the redesign, just a better site running "under the bonnet".

Read more: UKClimbing website
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