Jennifer's Web Design / HTML Blog

XML is a very generic language, and as such, can be confusing to understand. However, once you understand some basic principles you can start creating XML documents that are well-formed ... Read More

Focus on more than just getting people to come to your site. Get them to stay and browse through your site.

It's too bad. WebMonkey was one of the first Web dev sites I learned from. That little monkey was like a friend. But all good things must come to an ... Read More

Contact pages are the best way to build a rapport with your customers. But you don't want to set up something that you can't handle or that allows spammers free ... Read More

New Review If you learn by doing and you want to learn Dreamweaver, then this book is a must-have.

Problems with your Web page often are caused by incorrect HTML code. HTML validators are available to help you write correct HTML code.

Links usually open only one window, but with DHTML you can open two windows with just one click.

Pages that download fast are more than just fast HTML, they have well designed images. Learn to optimize your images.

Maintaining a large Web site with multiple content developers can be easy if you have the right tool.

There are two ways to open new windows when your readers click on links.

Frame outgoing links with one CGI. Similar to how About.com does it.

New Review I actually like this book more than the Apache Definitive Guide. It's easier to read and covers important information.

Ever since I wrote the WYSIWYG vs Hand-Coding article, I've gotten lots of feedback from both sides of the debate. And the debate continues. There aren't a lot of topics ... Read More

This is one of the most interesting articles (to me) that I've ever written. It seems that there is still very strong feeling on both sides of the WYSIWYG/Hand Coding ... Read More

New Article Almost from the day that the Web was invented, people wanted to track information about the pages delivered and the computers requesting that information. This is stored on ... Read More

It's interesting to me that even as the media announces that more and more Americans are getting broadband, the need for fast downloading Web pages remains critical. Why else would ... Read More

There are many tags that only work in one browser. While some of the tags listed in this article now work in the most modern browsers, it's still a good ... Read More

I've known this for 8 years or more, the way that most log analysis tools collects "unique users" is wrong. But Marketing wants that information so badly, that even if ... Read More

These are the tags that help you space out your Web site.

Learn to use the SPAN and DIV tags on your site.

Learn how to use sound on your Web pages.

Common questions about frames and the answers.

New Article Learn how to install the Apache Web server on a Linux system from source files. Plus, an additional article explaining how to install Apache on Windows.

There is more to tables than just columns and rows.

Why would you want to create a database driven site? Well, for one thing, it can be easier to maintain (once you get over the initial hurdle of creating it...)

The first page of your site is where you hook your readers or lose them forever. Make it fit your site, your readers, and yourself.

You can use meta tags for more than just search engines. Move people around your site.

Layers aren't valid XHTML but they are still interesting, especially if you write Intranets for companies using Netscape 4. Another reason to understand layers is if you have to convert ... Read More

In-line frames are a great way to house sidebar notes and other information that is not directly relevant to the subject, but has some interest. And this article will show ... Read More

Learn how to use special characters in your Web pages to display more than just what's on the keyboard