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Welcome Alexander!
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
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?
Help with Header Tags
Only a Few Days Left for Nominations
There are only a few days left for me to accept nominations for the various categories. If I don't receive enough nominations in a category, I will not be able to set up voting for that category. Are there really NO Facebook or Twitter accounts you read about Web Design and HTML? And interestingly, the only nominations I've received regarding mobile apps aren't even apps at all, but rather the Guidelines for building apps. Seriously, am I the only person who uses my smartphone to do work on?
Please Make Your Nominations!
Nominations will be accepted between January 18, 2012 and February 15, 2012. The voting will begin on February 22nd and the winners will be announced on March 30th.
On the Web Design/HTML site I will be hosting the following categories:
- Best Web Design
- Best Windows Web Editor
- Best Macintosh Web Editor
- Best Mobile App for Web Designers
- Best Website or Blog for Web Designers
- Best Facebook Page for Web Designers to Like
- Best Twitter Account for Web Designers to Follow
- Best Hosting Provider
Find out more about the Web Design categories and then nominate the sites, products, and pages that you think represent the best resources for web designers: 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards for Web Design/HTML
Poll: Where do you include character set information in your pages?
It’s important to specify the character set for your web pages because that tells the browser what characters are valid on the web page. But more importantly, if you don’t specify the character set, your page can be hacked. In fact, if you don’t put the character set tag e.g. <meta charset="utf-8"> as the first line of your HEAD element, your page can be at risk. HTML5 makes it easy to add the character set, as I showed, with a very short “meta charset” tag. But many designers don’t ever define the character set. Where do you define the character sets for your web pages?
Welcome Kim!
I am pleased to announce that there is a new intern for the site: Kim R. West. Kim is a full-time student at the Tennessee Technology Center studying web design and development. She will be writing articles for the site for the next few months. I would like to welcome Kim to the site, and I look forward to her articles and the fresh perspective she will bring to the site.HTML5 Design Gallery - KA Graphic Designs

Here is a very nice looking design using HTML5 features like HTML sectioning content, HTML5Shiv, and CSS3 designs. Be sure to go to the site now, as it has changed even more since the screen shot was taken.
Have you built an HTML5 site? Or do you know of one that does a great job with HTML5? Submit HTML5 site designs to be featured on this site.
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