Jennifer's Web Design / HTML Blog

It used to be that the only way to define an XML document was to use a DTD. But now, XML Schema is available to use another XML language to ... Read More

I was asked by one of my customers to set up a "no-right-click" Web page. I did it, but under protest. I strongly believe that it doesn't really help, as ... Read More

It used to be that the only way you could get a Web page from your hard drive to the Web server was through FTP. But now there are other ... Read More

I get asked all the time how to set up password protection with HTML or how to protect the HTML source code. While these things can be done on Web ... Read More

One of my pet peeves is sites that use insanely difficult URLs to get to their content. This usually is caused by dynamic Web sites that would rather use numbers ... Read More

New Article Okay, I don't really hate frames, as much as people might think that I do. But I really hate designers who don't take 2 minutes to make their ... Read More

If you use a browser that supports CSS2 you should check out how the opacity is rendered. Webreference has created an image that demonstrates how the opacity might work ... Read More

If you read yesterday's entry, you'll know that XSLT is neat. But it can do more than just convert basic XML into other things. In my advanced XSLT article I ... Read More

XSLT is neat. I don't know how much more I need to say about it. Okay, maybe a little. XSLT allows you to convert your XML documents into any other ... Read More

Now Sweden has a new law requiring that any Web site that uses cookies allow the customers the chance to refuse the cookies (GrepLaw) Cookies can be considered a violation ... Read More

At least, I'd like to think that I have. Now, along with the weekly update on Web Design, HTML, XML, and Web Development, you also get a second weekly letter ... Read More

There are a lot of great Web design blogs out there, but there are a few that I scan every day. These are my favorite Web development blogs.

When I saw that WebDevTips had posted some quick tips for keeping your site sane, I knew that this was someone after my own heart. I have my own personal ... Read More

Subject Links Along with my recent article on Google ranking, I also collected some good sites that help with Google ranking. These sites are not tricks or sneaky ways to ... Read More

If you're considering branching out into advanced Web applications, then learning XML is a good plan. But don't just take my word for it. And if you're already convinced, I ... Read More

David Shae of MezzoBlue got an email from a concerned reader who uses MSN-TV. It seems that MSN-TV tries to render pages in "screen" media type style sheets, rather than ... Read More

Article Are you trying to get your site noticed? Is Web site promotion getting you down? Well, I've taken a look at Google and there are some ways to improve ... Read More

I got a question the other day asking me for help promoting a Web site. One of my first thoughts when I look at a site with an eye to ... Read More

I've been working with beginning Web developers for six years now, and the most common question I get is how to get images to display correctly. Images are challenging for ... Read More

If you think you have a great Web design idea, or you just think you can design a killer ecommerce site, then why not compete? Shopfactory is having a Web ... Read More

When I first started as a professional Web developer, a lot of my co-workers were jealous. But I don't think they realized the true nature of being a professional Web ... Read More

Don't believe me that Blogging can be for businesses? Well, now there's a workshop in Chicago you can attend that will give you hands on ideas and help getting your ... Read More

If you've read this site for a while, you know that I feel that accessibility is very important on the Web. But many people don't like to create accessible pages ... Read More

AOL put another nail in Netscape's coffin yesterday when they laid off 50 developers from the Netscape team. And now they are taking apart what was left of Netscape. But ... Read More

I had the chance to see the latest version of Macromedia Contribute 2 and I have to say, I'm excited. This is the perfect tool for Web design firms that ... Read More

If you're building an XHTML strict page, tables should only be used for tabular data. But aside from that, I've seen some crazy Web pages where they put everything into ... Read More

New Subject If you use Photoshop or Illustrator, you're already familiar with the quality products that Adobe creates. Well, now I've got a subject with links for help with their ... Read More

One of the most common questions I get regarding files and Web pages is how to password protect them. Xara Online now offers a new interesting add-on to protect your ... Read More

You don't hear a lot about push technology these days, but it is pretty interesting. The idea behind it is that instead of relying on your customers to find your ... Read More

Forms are always interesting and useful on Web pages. But making them look pretty can be very difficult, especially if you want to stay valid and well-formed. Using style sheets ... Read More

Meta tags help you provide information about your Web pages. But in order to add meta tags, you need to understand how they work.

Paint Shop Pro offers a great deal of flexibility and features that rival much pricier photo editors. It's priced affordably and offers ease of use without being overly simplistic or limiting. Version ... Read More

Once you understand the basics of CSS and how style sheets work, it's important to learn how to use things like selectors and properties. This article covers all you need ... Read More

In February 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court issued a ruling saying that linking to an artist's copyrighted material without pemission violated the owner's "public display" rights. But this was ... Read More

If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer on a Windows platform, you should get the latest security patch as soon as possible. According to Microsoft, an attacker could create a specially ... Read More

XML can be very plain looking when viewed in a Web page. But it is possible to use CSS with XML to style your XML documents in a similar fashion ... Read More

If you're trying to write valid XHTML strict documents, or you just want to style your Web pages, you'll need to learn cascading style sheets. At first, they can seem ... Read More

Even though IE will read XML, it has problems if the XML has a DTD that you don't have access to. Plus, if you're trying to create an application, maybe ... Read More

I read the term well-formed and I think of an artist describing a model. "That urn is 'well formed'". But in XML and XHTML there is a specific meaning to ... Read More

Do these things.... These five steps will help you keep your page loading smoothly for your customers and make it easy for them to read and use your Web site. I ... Read More

I think I've heard this question in one form or another every week since I started writing for About. While there are many reasons for why a page isn't displaying ... Read More

A Document Type Definition or DTD is how you define the tags that your XML document is going to use. I especially like DTDs (and their little sister, XML Schema) ... Read More

When you build a Web page, it's nice to know if people visit. One popular and easy way to do that is to use a guestbook. A guestbook is ... Read More

Promoting Web sites is somewhat the "Holy Grail" of the Web industry -- how to promote your site so that it ranks high on the search engines. But one of ... Read More

Yesterday, I looked at what XML is and how it's being used on the Web. But there's more to XML than just what it does. There are certain elements that ... Read More

Last week, Google announced a new service called AdSense. If you are a small Web site or small business you probably already know about the high pageview requirements and dismal ... Read More

Web browsers are how we all view the Web, but now with the Possible doom of Netscape we are left with fewer browsers to choose from. Microsoft may be making ... Read More

If you've been building Web pages for a while, you may have heard about XML - but what exactly is it? There are a lot of misconceptions out there about ... Read More

If you hadn't noticed, the About Web Design/HTML now has syndication and is in a more blog-like format. But if you're not familiar with weblogs or blogs, this new format ... Read More