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Do's Archive

Tip No. of Votes Avg. Score
Specify a text colour for img elements 5 4
Plan the absence of Javascript 3 5
Always provide an alt text in img elements 5 4.4
Use tables in HTML email 7 3.57
Get familiar with CSS escape sequences 11 4.91
Use the title attribute on form elements 6 4.33
Skip navigation links 4 4.5
Combine screen and print styles to save a HTTP request 5 3.4
Organize your CSS with flags 5 4.4
Learn when to use GET and POST 5 4.2
Use the th element for table headers 6 4.17
Use the optgroup element for hierarchical select options 5 4.2
Remember to make a 404 page 12 4.42
Optimize the title tags 11 4.91
Group form controls by using fieldset and legend elements 10 4.3
Consider using Diagnostic styling 6 4.5
Avoid issues on handling getElementById 7 3.86
Use negative CSS margins 13 3.85
Use the CSS shorthand 14 4.43
Learn to optimize JPEGs 11 4.82
Do Proofread 19 4.95
Make your URLs user friendly 29 4.52
Use a Favicon 73 4.71
Improve Your Web Typography 34 4.82
Keep your users updated during the loading 21 4.62
Provide a good Contact page 31 4.71
Optimize web graphics 24 4.58
Learn the box model 26 4.85
Use the label element to make forms accessible 25 4.68
Keep content in a logical order in the source 26 4.88
Provide a print stylesheet 39 4.26
Improve the typographic contrast 28 4.71
Create a site map for larger sites 24 3.96
Use headings to make your site more accessible 26 4.58
Use ins and del elements for document changes 11 4.09
Use proper markup on quotes 10 4.5
Make use of :active pseudo selector 24 4.46
Always use utf-8 encoding 44 4.73
Use semantic markup for tag clouds 23 3.83
Cure your divitis 29 4.48
Add display:inline to floated elements 64 4.13
Use Microformats to enhance markup semantics 38 4.16
Use an asterisk to indicate required fields 75 3.84
Declare a background color 79 4.52
Use Better Font Stacks 44 4.43
Put Scripts at the Bottom 91 3.93
Use CSS Sprites 100 4.64
Combine CSS classes 48 4.31
Style Your Links Sensibly 39 4.74
Use IE Conditional Comments 53 3.4
Use the right DOCTYPE 72 4.9
Do write clean code 40 4.8
Write good class and id names 35 4.74
Validate your code 34 4.62
Use Succinct Writing 20 4.4