About SF READY

Orginization

Homeland Security Alert System: The threat-level banner on the home page is automatically updated based on the threat-level displayed on the White House Homeland Security page, using a CGI script that sniffs out the name of the image.

Markup: This site is built using the XHTML 1.0 Strict language, an enhanced, modern reformulation of HTML 4.01 that is defined by XML. Its content validates and makes use of tags designed to enhance the semantics of the content. Pages are hand-coded with a Unicode text editor (I have only found one that is fully Unicode compliant—e-mail me if you would like the name).
Styling: All styling is done using CSS2, to separate content from presentation and allow the content to be formatted automatically for different devices. Styling for desktop computers is currently complete, and will be augmented by formatting for printing, PDAs, projection/kiosk, TV, and text-only browsers. Additional formatting might be added for Braile devices and screen-readers for the blind.
Fonts: Headings are set in Verdana with the body set in Georgia—both fonts are from the Microsoft Web collection. Arial Unicode MS is specified as a back-up font for characters not found in either Verdana or Georgia. All text uses the UTF-8 Unicode format.
Browser support: Netscape 4.x and lower, Internet Explorer 4.x and lower, and Opera 4.x and lower are not supported, since they do not correctly implement Web standards that are more than 4 years old, much less those from this century.