The Tech Bits:
This site was originally written in strict xhtml using nothing more complex than a text editor and some image editing software. The styling is done the proper way using external stylesheets with hand made CSS.
Nowadays it's tweaked and re-written using Dreamweaver which is probably a good thing and saves a whole lot of hassle. I still recommend being able to code by hand though - a lot of the code here is tweaked using the code editor in Dreamweaver.
A fantastic on-line resource for coding tips and hints is Web Design From Scratch.
Validation:
The html markup on this site has been checked using the W3C validator. This means it should work properly and be solid, reliable code which behaves itself. You can visit the W3C validator yourself.
Lets you know that the Style Sheets (CSS) have also been checked by the W3C validator. Again, you can run any style sheet through the validator yourself to check it.
Browser Compatability:
A Web Browser is the piece of software you use to view the internet in. Not every web user uses the latest version of Internet Explorer running on a Windows PC with a widescreen monitor so it's important to make sure that websites can be viewed sensibly on any reasonable machine using any browser. There's nothing more infuriating than coming across a website that tells me I have to be using a certain browser to use it.
Accessibility:
This site tries it's best to meet Accessibility Standards to at least AA standards. This should be a basic standard for any web design.
Other Geeky Stuff:
> Web Pages That Suck is an incredibly useful resource which teaches good web design by showing you how bad some stuff out there looks.
> The Visibone Colour Chart is an excellent resource which makes choosing a colour scheme so much easier.
> Opera is my preferred web browser. Far, far safer than Internet Explorer and much more adaptable.