HTML coding - Section 6 (of 9)

The aim is to separate content from presentation and write code according to standards. This delivers many benefits, including:

Pages should work on the maximum number of platforms and devices
...therefore pages will work for the maximum number of the potential audience
Pages will be flexible enough to respond to audience needs (e.g. simple change of text size in user defined style sheets)
Pages will contain inherent structure and elements will have inherent meaning - making them more machine readable and more easily understood by people
Pages will essentially be self-documenting, making them easier to modify
Pages will be easier to upgrade and easier to repurpose for emerging technologies and standards
Pages will be easier to find and classify

In this section:

The majority of this is fairly straightforward. Cut and paste examples are given where possible.

Web page development software and tools are getting better and many of them now assist with producing standards compliant, accessible code - however you will probably have to get your hands dirty on the raw code from time to time.