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Get Started with HTML 5

HTML 5 is the latest specification of HTML. And it was just made into a working draft. So more browsers will begin supporting more parts of the specification. So now is a great time to start learning HTML 5.

HTML 5 Tutorials
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Use a Generator to Make Building CSS Faster

Tuesday February 14, 2012
Building CSS is difficult, there are a lot of properties to remember and hundreds if not thousands of ways you can design your pages. These CSS generators help take some of the memorization out of building CSS. You just plug in what you want in your design and the generator makes the (often cross-browser compliant) CSS for you.

Read the full article: CSS Generators

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Get Started with HTML5

Monday February 13, 2012
HTML5 is no more difficult to write than HTML 4. This article explains how to create an HTML5 document using sectioning elements and tools to help older versions of IE display them correctly.

Read the full article: Build Your First HTML5 Document

HTML5 Tutorials and Tag Information

Welcome Alexander!

Sunday February 12, 2012
Alexander Peev In addition to Kim, I am pleased to announce that Alexander Peev has joined the team as an intern for this Spring and Summer. Some of you may recognize Alexander as a regular on the forum and comments in the blog, but he also has been working for a while as a professional web designer/developer and is studying to get a Computer Science degree from the Business Academy Aarhus in Denmark. I would like to welcome Alexander to the site and I'm sure you will enjoy his articles.

There is more to your pages than what shows on the browser screen

Friday February 10, 2012
I've been writing a lot about semantic HTML and including information that computers can understand inside your web pages. Most semantic information is stored in the HTML for the computers to read, but there is a section of HTML that doesn't affect the content displayed to the customers, but is still very important—the HEAD element. Understanding the HEAD element will help you write better HTML and better web pages.
Read the full article: What is the HEAD Element For?

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