You should be able to control your content.
I firmly believe this, which is why I always try to sell the client on a content management system. This will decrease maintenance costs in the long run, and make your site more content-filled.
I can implement content management systems from Wordpress to a custom system made specifically for your site, whatever the client needs.
All sites that I code are hand-coded in xhtml and styled with css. I always test my code across modern browsers and for validation. This means that my sites are all tested for standards-compliance.
The benefits of standards-compliant development are better indexing from search engines, lower maintenance fees, greater accessability, and smaller page sizes which can save bandwith and money.
