Meaningful CSS

Jeffrey Zeldman said “In a site afflicted by classitis, every blessed tag breaks out in its own swollen, blotchy class. Classitis is the measles of markup, obscuring meaning as it adds needless weight to every page.”

Semantic Coding

Semantic Coding is defined as “a specific type of encoding in which the meaning of something (a word, phrase, picture, event, whatever) is encoded as opposed to the sound or vision of it. Research suggests that we have better memory for things we associate meaning to and store using semantic encoding.“

ARIA

ARIA is a technical specification published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that specifies how to increase the accessibility of web pages, in particular, dynamic content and user interface components developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript and related technologies. On 20 March 2014 WAI-ARIA 1.0 became a completed W3C Recommendation. The Author mentions it because it, along with other additional platforms, are included in the new age of coding.

Microformats

Microformats are HTML for marking up people, organizations, events,locations, blog posts, products, reviews, resumes, recipes etc. Sites use microformats to publish a standard API that is consumed and used by search engines, browsers, and other web sites. See what-are-microformats for more.

While looking around on the site this article was originally published, I found a good article about Graphic Design. If you are like me, then you are talented in some fields of web design, but you struggle in the graphic designing department. This article helps you understand what to do and how you can make it easier on you and a designer to work together.

Just remember, if you are bogged down with too much stress, take a break, relax, and keep an open mind.