alchymyth,
You must have master level skills based on how fast you pegged me for a total rookie, which is correct. Thanks for all the good points.
Validate the code, duh! Are there any other links that should be used to check the code with?
Did make an original html design which is now posted (finally figured out how the link works here) My first css project after reading Wrox beginning CSS, and doing several tuts on line. Really like the w3schools.com stuff. Will scrap the theme and start over using it again. Its good training. Will then try the float as viewspro suggests and/or call out the positioning more explicitly as done with the custom graphic header which works fine.
The doctype was researched. Found this link at wickipedia which seemed pretty good. Can you just use the HTML5 <!doctype html> as according to what the chart (2/3 to the bottom) says that will put all the browsers in standards mode that I’m concerned abut and in quirks mode for the rest. Will that work?
Bought and am working with Word press for dummies, digging into wordpress, wordpress 3 complete and wordpress 3 blueprints. In keeping with your observations, Wp for dummies has been the absolute best for me so far. The Codex drives me nuts as you wind up going in circles i.e. tall -> see high -> high -> see towering -> towering see tall. And where is the bare bones, vanilla, old school, no frills theme code? Maybe its just me not being able to find it. Had to go through the books and 4 other theme tuts on line and four or five themes to determine the bare minimum requirements (more good training though). Also took a while to figure out that tag properties in the Codes are just listed and not labeled properties. In the PHP function list you get examples with the results shown, In all fairness that’s a TON of extra work to do, in addition to the epic amount of work already done on the Codex, and the PHP community is multiples larger. Did try to follow the design info in the Codex which is why the books were purchased. The links to the books were easy enough to find. Maybe that’s clue. LOL That said, beginning to understand more and finding the Codex much more helpful.
