Welcome to the Marcus Schuetz Site

You are visitor # since 03/15/99. If this is not who you were expecting, you might want to try the OTHER Marcus Schuetz instead.

Why Changes?

The previous design remained essentially unchanged since the original launch in 1999 and became just a little dated. It also became a bit too flashy for my now matured taste and so I thought it was time for a cleaner look. Another motivation was that I started working more and more in linux and the original design did not work too well in Mozilla and Firebird. With some extra time on my hands I looked into the progress web standards have made in the past few years and here it is.

Implementation

I stole heavily from haran’s Tierra Verde design which I found on the OSWD web site. I liked the green earthy tone color scheme of his design and it's clean and simple layout.

Features of This Design

Standards compliant: This site strives to be 100% compliant with XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2 for more consistent browser rendering. The design is also XHTML 1.1-ready, merely requiring an XML declaration and a change of DTD.
Layout without tables: I try to stay away from tables and this design gives me the tools to do so
Relative metrics: Most measurements (such as widths and spacings) are font-size relative. This means that if a viewer changes the page’s default font size, the document metrics also change to compensate.