[Post-nuke-users] Simplifying and cleaning up?

[Robert C. <rc...@my...>]

I've got one pet peeve with all the *nuke* and weblogs I've looked 
at.  Every one of them uses 'gimmicky' (yes, CSS is  a gimmick) coding and 
javascript for unnecessary things (like re-writing the status bar =major 
annoyance!)

I'm hoping that someone has figured out a way to clean out the un-needed 
junk to deliver a simple, HTML-ified system without all the hyped 
gimmicks.  I design sites for use by everyone, no matter what their browser 
or vision status (i.e., a blind user can navigate my site without much 
difficulty).  I would love to Nuke my main site to create a different kind 
of feel, but until I can figure out how to let the user's browser control 
the display (which is the PURPOSE of HTML MARKUP), the weblogs will have to 
remain a wish.

<rant on>
If the bloody graphics designers and magazine layout experts would stay out 
of the HTML spec, we'd be much better off.  HTML is not designed to be a 
page layout language.  it's a page description markup...there's a big 
difference between recommending a layout, and forcing one on a 
user.  Gee...one of the reasons I hate flash sites?
</rant off>

Anyway...can someone document, or point me to documents, on how to clean up 
the postnuke html?

Robert Cooper