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04/03/2008 | Filed under Magazine > Latest issue / Magazine > Back issues

Issue 174 is on sale now! Find out the latest techniques in SEO, and how the new customisable BBC homepage was built.

EDITORIAL INTRO FOR ISSUE 174

“If you don’t add the new instruction to your code, then your site will only ever render in IE7”

There’s a storm brewing, and, for those of you not already caught up in the debate, it should come as no surprise to hear that Microsoft is at the heart of it. The company has announced something called “version targeting” for future releases of its web browser, which will enable developers to add a little bit of code that tells Internet Explorer to render a page for a specific version of IE. The idea is that Microsoft doesn’t want new browsers ‘breaking’ sites.

Not much wrong with that, you might think. But there’s more. If you neglect to add the new instruction to your code, then your site will only ever render in IE7, even if someone is using IE9! (Read more at digital-web.com, where Matthew Pennell has compiled a cross-section of opinion.) So has Microsoft lost the plot – or is this a step in the right direction? Email us and let us know what you think.

.net issue 174 is on sale now!

The hottest SEO trends We reveal the latest tools and techniques in the world of SEO and give you valuable insights from some of the major players	The truth about Porn 2.0 The online porn business has always been at the cutting edge of internet technology and innovation – but has it lost its way with Web 2.0?
37signals interview Jason Fried explains how his web app company 37signals aims to keep things simple and focused	Gallery Discover the hottest new websites from the best designers. These sites are guaranteed to get your creative juices flowing
Coding flexible layouts Learn how to create flexible CSS-based layouts, based on a grid and gutter structure, for information heavy-sites that are packed with content	How we built The BBC explains how they redesigned the BBC homepage and why they went down the personalisation route