Re: Meta Tags <II>
by "Captain F.M. O'Lary" <ctfuzzy(at)canopy.net>
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<Fuzzy mounting soap box>
Please notice the "important" part of what Ted said (sorry Ted, I mean no
disrespect [I couldn't resist that one!]).
"UNLESS of course--someone asks FP or any other editor to do something that
should not be done."
BINGO !! Sorry for shouting, but that's important. That backs a LOT of
"new" HTML authors into a corner. Chances are if "they" knew what html
would (should) and would not (should not) do, they would not be using a
WYSIWYG editor in the first place.
Obviously I need to go on to state (before my in box starts smoking) that
there are exceptions.
Ted for instance is a GREAT example. He _obviously_ knows HTML and a lot
more pretty thoroughly, so *why* does he use it?
Correct me if I'm wrong here Ted (like you wouldn't do that even if I
didn't ask :-)), but it's that all important resource - time.
Again, chime in here Ted, but I would bet Ted doesn't even consider
publishing a page until he has thoroughly scoured the raw code by eye-ball.
You can not do that ~effectively~ without knowing the language at a fluent
level.
Bottom line: Know thy HTML - there IS NO substitute!
</dismounting soap box . . . with a stupid grin>
Fuzzy.
At 12:45 PM 8/31/00 -0700, Ted Temer wrote:
>Lauri:
>
>You said:
>
>" ....[snip]
>>I had a couple of sites with the
>> meta tag like yours(back then I still used Frontpage to create my pages).
>[snip]... "
>
>I don't think this can be "blamed" on FrontPage. In fact, the "Normal Page"
>choice from FrontPage 98 renders the following code:
>
><html>
>
><head>
><title>New Page</title>
><meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 3.0">
></head>
>
><body>
></body>
></html>
>
>In order to insert something like:
><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
>
>You have to either type it in the HTML view by hand, or go to:
>File> Page Properties and click on the Custom tab. Then insert the
>http-equiv in the upper field. (Also, under the General tab you can change
>the title from New Page to whatever you wish.)
>
>I know that many tend to automatically assume that WYSIWYG editors ALWAYS
>put some mysterious errant garbage into pages but in most cases, it just
>isn't so.
>UNLESS of course--someone asks FP or any other editor to do something that
>should not be done. We must remember that whether we are sawing by hand or
>using a power skill saw, we still have to cut on the line.
>
>Meaning no disrespect as Fuzzy would say ... [stupid grin]
>
>Best wishes
>Ted Temer
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