se·man·tic adj.
- Of or relating to meaning, especially meaning in language.
- Of, relating to, or according to the science of semantics.
OK, so semantic has to do with ‘meaning’ but what has that got to do with coding web pages? Well, when referring to semantic mark-up, it means using the correct tag to accurately describe the type of content.
Prompted by a comment from Mike Cherim of Accessites in answer to my post on Zoom Layouts, this post is to list Elastic Layouts.
I came across an article today on A List Apart written by Joe Clark: Big, Stark & Chunky (it is 18 months old – I know, I should read ALA more often) which was aimed at promoting the use of ‘zoom layouts’, which are those designed for people with low or impaired vision.
‘Divitis’ is a term used to describe an error common amongst newcomers to building CSS-based sites whereby they use too many divs for everything.
