The thoughts, work and ideas of Liam Dempsey

Liam Dempsey

An Ongoing Worksite

This happy little website serves as a testing ground and play area for me. While the content is always 'real', the design and functionality vary from time to time as I often play with ideas here. I do so on a 'live' site so as to encourage myself to make the changes quickly.

Is designing with valid HTML code worth it?

May 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Recently, I received an email from a young designer, enquiring about whether or not producing websites using valid HTML code was worth it. This young designer had visited the recently re-designed BBC website and other leading websites, noting that they did not validate. He further noted that, when inspecting the source code, the code was [...]

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Tags: Web design

WordPress and Valid HTML

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Does anyone else have issues of valid HTML with WordPress? I am having real difficulty in finding a theme that maintains valid code, especially after the implementation of widgets. As I am not a web developer (and I really have no interest in becoming one!), I like the functionality and control that WordPress gives. However, [...]

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Tags: Web design