How is this good for your clients?
- The code is easier to maintain (Much less code, more modular).
- Cheaper hosting costs (less code, less bandwidth to download).
- Better search engine ranking (SEO: Search Engine Optimization).
- Content can be styled different easily by editing the style sheet.
- Provides users with customization.
- Provides print versions without replicating content.
- Improves accessibility (essential for Government clients).
- Less device dependent coding (stable across wider variety of devices).
- Provides a competitive edge as more of the world moves to using Web Standards.
Having the CSS file for all the design, this makes maintaining the site and changing any aspect of the design incredibly easy, it means editing (usually) just this one file and the changes take effect over the entire site. No more manually editing each page to make a change to the design or content.
Why use accessible code?
- Allows your site to be accessible to a larger audience (vision impaired, motor skill impaired, cognitive impaired).
- Allows your site to be accessed by wider range of devices (handhelds, screen readers, text browsers, search engines)
- Is a requirement for Federal and State Government sites.