CNN Stack

Cnn.com is built with the following tech stack:

Document Standards

X-UA-Compatible

Allows a website to define how a page is rendered in Internet Explorer 8, allowing a website to decide to use IE7 style rendering over IE8 rendering.

Open Graph Protocol

The Open Graph protocol enables any web page to become a rich object in a social graph, a open protocol supported by Facebook

Twitter Cards

Twitter cards make it possible for you to attach media experiences to Tweets that link to your content.

Meta Description

The description attribute provides a concise explanation of the page content.

Meta Keywords

Meta tag containing keywords related to the page.

HREF Lang

Contains language specific links.

Canonical Content Tag

Public specification of a preferred URL for a page allows search engines to understand the original location for content.

Cascading Style Sheets

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML

Referrer Policy

Requests made from a document, and for navigations away from that document are associated with a Referrer header. This policy determines in the browser should send a referrer or not.

Javascript

JavaScript is a scripting language most often used for client-side web development.

WAI-ARIA

A way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies.

HTML5 DocType

The DOCTYPE is a required preamble for HTML5 websites.

HTML 5 Specific Tags

This page contains tags that are specific to an HTML 5 implementation.

Content Security Policy

Content Security Policy is a computer security concept, to prevent cross-site scripting XSS attacks.

X-XSS-Protection

X-XSS-Protection is a HTTP header set by Internet Explorer 8+. This header lets domains toggle on and off the "XSS Filter" of IE8, which prevents some categories of XSS attacks.

Content Type Options

Used to disable MIME-sniffing for a particular HTTP response.

Mobile

Viewport Meta

This page uses the viewport meta tag which means the content may be optimized for mobile content.

Apple Mobile Web Clips Icon

This page contains an icon for iPhone, iPad and iTouch devices.

Language

United States HREF LANG

This webpage has alternate versions available in United States via the use of the hreflang tag.

Canada HREF LANG

This webpage has alternate versions available in Canada via the use of the hreflang tag.

United Kingdom HREF LANG

This webpage has alternate versions available in United Kingdom via the use of the hreflang tag.