A couple of new things have happened in the past week. First off, I fixed my XHTML Strict validation. Is XHTML Strict such a big deal? At the moment, no, not really. Internet Explorer doesn't render XHTML in XML (the way its supposed to be rendered), it has to render it in text/html. However, XHTML helps keep documents clean and easy to edit. Plus, my motto is to keep things simple - XHTML helps me accomplish that.

I also added some simple URL Rewriting using mod_rewrite. It's nothing amazing, but it's something to help keep my URLs clean and easy to read - it's so much better than those ugly querystrings.

One other thing, you may notice the View Comments link under each blog. Currently, it only links to the page that displays that single blog. I haven't created the ability for people to comment on blogs - it's the next thing on my list.

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I just "validated" my site and things didn't turn out so well. I had eight errors on one page and nine on another.

Some of the errors involved using the name attribute on form/select/input elements which I guess is deprecated. I'll have to fix those and the other errors in the next few days.

I guess I'm not worthy enough to put the XHTML link in the footer.

The good news is that my CSS validated!

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A few days ago I changed my server operating system from Windows to Linux. I never had a problem with Windows, but I run MAMP (Mac Apache MySQL PHP) on my laptop and it made more sense to run a similar configuration on the live server.

I initially chose a Windows server because I was more familiar with ASP (.NET), but I started using PHP more and more the last few months and I liked it better. Plus, I use ASP .NET at work and I'd rather use something else when I get home - I can only stare at so much .NET code before I need to look at something different.

Maybe this OS switch will help me learn Linux a little better. Who knows.

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The new Dextera Design site is almost finished. The CSS/XHTML, blogging, and project pages are in the works. I haven't tested the validity of the CSS or XHTML, but I stayed away from hacks and such, so there shouldn't be any problems (hopefully). However, if there are validation errors, send me a message on the contact page and yell at me.

The new site is a giant step above the old one. The old design was pretty weak and the logo was too complicated. The new logo is much better - simple and abstract.

I guess that's it for the first blog. Thanks for visiting and keep checking back for more updates.

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