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enter the XML...
And Now we get to the real power. XML is such a great tool to use when you need to create a complex and robust site with a lot of information while maintaining a universal design. XML is your friend. If you learn nothing else other than XML and how to google a javascript application, learn these two activitites.
Anyone can design plain Web sites, but it those who can create a cohesive site that will suceed. One of the best tools we have at this time to create such a site is XML. I am sure that even if you have only started working with HTML and CSS two days ago, you already found that it can be difficult keeping track of which elements will display in which fashion. Without the use of XML, you most likely will end up having to use certain workarounds to change the look of an element when you want to use a basic element in a different capacity than the majority of the other uses of the same element. XML grants you the ability to design based on an element's use versus its location.
The use of XML also provides the ability for another programmer to come behind you and better understand your code. This doesn't make comments obsolete, but it does make the use of comments about design elements less cryptic.
If you see an element that says: <smallGreenBoldLink>Link Here</smallGreenBoldLink> in the document source code you will have an idea of what the element will look like when displayed. If you were using HTML and CSS alone, you would have to go to the CSS file and search to see what the a tag will look like based on either a class that was created, a div name assigned (which may not be designed to reuse) or by where it was placed in the CSS file.
See some basic examples of XML files. These do not have a CSS stylesheet created at this time to support the design, but the tags will show you how easy XML adapts to the use required.
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This site redesign is actually prompted by a school assignment and since there are assignments that need to be completed on a regular basis, I am going to be posting the latest changes here to make it easier for my instructor to locate where they are. Hopefully this will save her some time and by making her job easier, make my grade prettier. See dad, I do use my head now =^.^=