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# PimpMyHTML
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/pimpmyhtml/
- Published: 2006-09-07T18:16:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:37:48.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: design, microformats, Technology, Web building

[](http://www.multipack.co.uk/blog/pimp-my-html?ref=chrismessina.me)The [Multipack](http://www.multipack.co.uk/?ref=chrismessina.me) are [throwing a Zen Garden-esque contest](http://microformatique.com/?p=24&ref=chrismessina.me) called [PimpMyHTML](http://www.multipack.co.uk/blog/pimp-my-html?ref=chrismessina.me). They really should have called it PimpMyMicroformats given that they're [using](http://www.multipack.co.uk/competition/?ref=chrismessina.me) the follow [microformats](http://microformats.org/?ref=chrismessina.me):

- [hAtom](http://microformats.org/wiki/hatom?ref=chrismessina.me)
- [hReview](http://microformats.org/wiki/hreview?ref=chrismessina.me)
- [hCard](http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard?ref=chrismessina.me)
- [hCalendar](http://microformats.org/wiki/hcalendar?ref=chrismessina.me)
- [XFN](http://gmpg.org/xfn?ref=chrismessina.me)
- [rel-license](http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-license?ref=chrismessina.me)
- [rel-home](http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-home?ref=chrismessina.me)

The rules are pretty straight forward, and as I'm a fan of constraints and AJAX+CSS+XHTML, I'm looking forward to the entries:

- You can’t change the HTML **at all**.
- Use Best Practices of both **CSS** and **JavaScript**.
- Limited to a maximum of **20kb** of **JavaScript**.
- No more than **5 image files** can be used. *(If you use your noggin, this isn’t much of a problem.)*

And as you're limited in filesize, it might be worth your while to go check out the [forthcoming Mootools](http://mad4milk.net/entry/mootools-and-extending-html-elements-with-ie?ref=chrismessina.me) and read up on some ideas on [exploiting CSS](http://www.wait-till-i.com/index.php?p=327&ref=chrismessina.me) instead of using JavaScript. And while you're at it, [Molly](http://molly.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) has [two](http://www.informit.com/guides/content.asp?g=webdesign&seqNum=271&rl=1&ref=chrismessina.me) [articles](http://www.informit.com/guides/content.asp?g=webdesign&seqNum=282&rl=1&ref=chrismessina.me) on microformats definitely [worth a gander](http://microformatique.com/?p=25&ref=chrismessina.me).

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### 💬 Comments from the original post

**[trovster](http://www.trovster.com/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2006-09-08 00:42:33

Thanks for the kind words about the HTML... the competition was to see how well we could style Microformats, so I chucked in a few, as you noticed! Although, like I've mentioned elsewhere, the use of the hReview isn't actually correct... oh well.