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		<title>W3C Standards Compliance: Validate!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[HTML Validators]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once you&#8217;re all set with your website, it&#8217;s best to run it under HTML validation tests to make sure your code is compliant with W3C (stands for World Wide Web Consortium) standards. There are numerous validation tools online, but there are two that I recommend: 1. W3C Markup Validation Service &#8211; This is the official [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=makspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1884219&amp;post=46&amp;subd=makspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mozilla Firefox Plug-ins for Web Designers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Browser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mozilla Firefox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mozilla Firefox is one of the most versatile and customizable web browsers today and it can easily be modified to fit your web designing needs. Ever since I decided to switch to Firefox, I&#8217;ve discovered a wealth of plug-ins that could be of great help in many possible ways. For web designers, there are three [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=makspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1884219&amp;post=45&amp;subd=makspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing the Right Web Host (Part 2): Commercial Hosts</title>
		<link>http://makspot.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/choosing-the-right-web-host-part-2-commercial-hosts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choosing Hosts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Hosts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paid Hosts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Hosting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To continue my write-up on choosing the right web host, let&#8217;s look at commercial hosts. Sometimes, free hosts do not work for people, especially those who wish to have their own domain name (e.g., www.mysite.com). In this case, commercial or paid hosts are the right choice. It is more complicated to choose the best paid [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=makspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1884219&amp;post=43&amp;subd=makspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing the Right Web Host (Part 1): Free Hosts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angelfire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choosing Hosts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Hosts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geocities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tripod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Hosting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of web-design, one of the greatest challenges is choosing the right host. Not every host can accommodate your needs for your site, therefore, there are factors to consider before deciding whether or not a host is right for you. Christopher Heng of TheSiteWizard.com shares with us some of the factors one must [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=makspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1884219&amp;post=40&amp;subd=makspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Safari for Windows: A Web Designer&#8217;s Friend</title>
		<link>http://makspot.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/safari-for-windows-a-web-designers-friend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Safari 3 Browser Public Beta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[browsers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Explorer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mozilla Firefox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in June of this year, Apple released a public beta version of its famous browser, Safari. Surprisingly, not only is version 3 more optimized than its predecessor, but it is also meant to work on the Windows platform. Safari 3 will also be part of Apple&#8217;s newest operating system, the OS X Leopard coming [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=makspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1884219&amp;post=35&amp;subd=makspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hand-Coding vs. WYSIWYG vs. WordPress</title>
		<link>http://makspot.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/hand-coding-vs-wysiwyg-vs-wordpress/</link>
		<comments>http://makspot.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/hand-coding-vs-wysiwyg-vs-wordpress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dreamweaver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frontpage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hand-Coding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Notepad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wordpress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Internet has become more and more essential to users today, many have found an interest to open up their very own website. Unfortunately, some get caught in the middle of the big debate: &#8220;Should I hand-code my site, use a WYSIWYG editor, or install a database-driven system?&#8221; Let&#8217;s take a look at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=makspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1884219&amp;post=24&amp;subd=makspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Victor E. Tiger!</title>
		<link>http://makspot.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/meet-victor-e-tiger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cartoons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comic strip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Hays State University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hey Victor!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tiger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victor E. Tiger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My brother Jandr and I decided to develop a character to represent Fort Hays State University&#8217;s mascot. Meet Victor E. Tiger or simply &#8220;Victor.&#8221; It took my brother and I a few hours developing the character &#8212; his features, trademarks, shapes, colors, and such. The working title of the comic strip is &#8220;Hey Victor!&#8221; and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=makspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1884219&amp;post=4&amp;subd=makspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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