I vaguely remember writing my first webpage, and thinking that HTML was the greatest invention ever. That enthusiam wore off by about the middle of the second page. I've never liked writing raw HTML because it forces you to spend a large amount of time on presentation, which takes time away from writing the content itself.

This series of articles will show you how to create your own "mini" markup language, using standards and tools like XML, XSLT, CSS and (optionally) a little PHP. If those four acronyms mean nothing to you, don't worry - everything you need to know will be covered here.

Series begins here: First Steps Towards Your Own Markup Language