Larry on Business: Marketing Methods & Vehicles 9: Cross-Browser Compatibility & HTML Compliance Code

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Marketing Methods & Vehicles 9: Cross-Browser Compatibility & HTML Compliance Code

This continues our series on marketing methods & vehicles to improve business revenues

Today we will continue explaining facets of using the Internet as a marketing vehicle. We’ve already discussed more well-known concepts such as SEO, web design, pay per click, and banners. This post will explore some of the lesser known issues related to using the Internet: cross-browser compatibility and HTML code compliance. I will refer you to other sites in this post, because I know nothing about these topics.

Cross-Browser Compatibility

People will view your Internet site through a variety browsers on towers, laptops, tablets, phones, and other devices. They will use Apple, Windows, Droid, and open source products. Building a site that runs effectively for all of them requires cross-browser compatibility.

I recommend you read the following web sites and use their suggestions, patches, and to improve your site:

Sean Geng at NOUPe provides great tests for browsers, patch codes, and more
jcox at Web Design Ledger offers more compatibility tests
Charina Torres at 1st Web Designer gives 10 Useful Tools for Cross-Browser Compatibility Check
Mason Hipp shares 7 Fresh and Simple Ways to Test Cross-Browser Compatibility
Dainis at Hongkiat wrote a Complete Guide to Cross-Browser Compatibility Check

HTML Compliance Code

Wikipedia says “Current use of the term "standards-compliance" generally refers to the adherence to coding practices in relation to the use of HTML or XHTML, with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to define the layout, colors, and fonts of a web page. The Web Standards Project (WaSP) is a group, mainly composed of experienced web developers, whose mission is to encourage the use of these standards globally.”