Chapter 30
Maximizing Cross-Browser Compatibility
In This Chapter
- Maintaining different versions of web pages
- Validating your code
- Testing your page against specific browsers
- Handling cross-browser compatibility
Each new release of a browser is a double-edged sword. On one hand, an exciting array of new features becomes possible. On the other, web designers have to cope with yet another browser-compatibility issue. In today’s market, you find the following in use:
- A fair number of current browsers, although reasonably standards-compliant, which are still different from one another in implementation
- A vast array of mobile browsers occupying a very fluid space that ranges from the Apple iPhone (with its faithful but Flash-less web page rendering) to tiny cell phone screens that display text and links only
Browser compatibility is one of a web designer’s primary concerns (not to mention the source of major headaches), and many strategies are evolving to deal with the issue. Dreamweaver is at the forefront of cross-browser web page design, in terms of both the type of code it routinely outputs and its specialty functions. This chapter examines the browser-targeting techniques available in Dreamweaver. From multi-browser code to W3C and XML validation capabilities, Dreamweaver helps you get your web pages out with the most features to the widest audience.
Converting Pages in Dreamweaver
Websites are constantly upgraded and modified. You’ll eventually need to enhance a more traditional ...
