Simple, Clean HTML Code

Responsive Web Design - Four Internet Enabled Devices

Server Side Includes and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) enable web page content to be user edited, even with very limited technical background.

In addition to easy maintenance, some in the SEO community believe concise web sites do better in search engine results: The clean code suggests professional web design, and the Search Engine robots don't spend their "search budget" wading through irrelevant coding trivia to index content.

Some on page styling no longer validates in HTML5. It's generally not a good practice to do too much of it.

Dreamweaver Web Authoring Tool

Some existing websites were built with antiquated Web Authoring Tools like Microsoft's Front Page, or tools declining in popularity like Dreamweaver. Without newer editions of these tools, and webmasters who are specifically knowledgeable with their very specific techniques and requirements, editing is a challenge - The sites are not built to be edited directly. Without a good understanding of Dreamweaver, "code bloat" or verbose code can result. Additionally, as time moves forward, the number of people who know or have recent experience with them will decline. It's certainly a sound practice to discard Front Page code, and it may well be time to consider the wisdom of a commitment to Dreamweaver.

Adobe, Inc.

The growth of Content Management Systems (CMS) like Wordpress, Joomla, and Drupal make it probable that Dreamweaver will see decreasing marketing share.

In contrast, some web sites use antiquated styles of coding that turn the website into a confusing minefield that must be edited a high-level HTML and CSS expert with a full pot of coffee. Look a sample of the code from a 1000-lines-of-code old school web page below (a few changes made to the content and file names to keep them anonymous - I couldn't improve on their code to make my point!):

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