Jennifer's Web Design / HTML Blog

Use CSS style elements to change the backgrounds of your Web pages and elements within them. Set up things like watermarks quickly and easily.

Are you trying to create a site that people want to read and return to? Or are you doing things that make them never return, and tell all their friends ... Read More

New Article Creating a Web page that is accessible to color blind people can make a big difference in how your pages are perceived. As much as 12% of men ... Read More

XPath is a powerful tool for ecommerce, with many functions that help manage and manipulate the data.

Caching helps speed up a page, but can prevent content from staying up-to-date. Web developers can control this caching.

If you upload a file of any type, it can be found by a search engine. And if it can be found by a search engine, your competitors can find ... Read More

There are some requests that Web developers make that are needlessly invading the privacy of their customers. If your site require these calls, find out why it still doesn't insure ... Read More

Learn how to use your Web site to create online education for your employees and customers. E-learning is a powerful tool to help reduce costs and retain employees.

Learn the conventions for pointing to specific parts of your XML document. You should know XPath to work with both XSLT and XPointer.

New Article It's one thing to know how to build a Web layout, but it's something else to know the rules behind designing a layout that works.

Getting a page to the Web server isn't that hard, but how do you know what your URL is once the page is up? These tips will help you figure ... Read More

Using XLink, you can create more flexible links, anchors and more, than you can with HTML. The XML Linking Language is the solution for XML documents.

Not all style sheets are created equal. CSS and XSLT have two very different roles.

There are many different types of meta tags, figure out what types you need before weighing down your site. Your site will be more effective, and search engines will spider ... Read More

I often get email asking about what is the best HTML editor to use. But often what most people are really asking is "what's the best free HTML editor." Image courtesy ... Read More

New Article Do you work with graphic artists and print designers who are always criticizing your Web designs? Well, they need to learn that the Web is not a graphic ... Read More

The biggest problem with CSS is that it is interpreted differently in every browser. But there are some methods to overcome this, without using JavaScript to create browser detection scripts.

There are two ways you can create a watermark effect on your Web pages. Use CSS for a less intrusive, standard watermark. Or use DHTML to create a more dynamic ... Read More

Use box properties of CSS to create boxes of text, and affect the layout of your page without tables.

If you're running your Web site on an IIS Web server, it might be time to switch to one that is more secure.

In just a few minutes I'll be crossing the stage to get my diploma. After a year and a half of hard work, I'm getting my MBA! Free time ... Read More

XML documents have a very specific structure. It is something like a tree with branches off the trunk. Learn how an XML document is structured.

Do you you move your pages? Reorganizations and other changes to a site can cause links to go bad when they don't have to. Stop link rot at the source, ... Read More

XForms allow you to create forms that work on many platforms, are accessible, and integrate directly with XML.

With new technology comes new ways to cheat. There are now some software companies that are making advertising money off of the ads on your site, while you make nothing.

This rework of a classic usability article explains why you need to follow your readers not an article on a Web page. Usability is vital to keep users returning to ... Read More

With VoiceXML you can not only display Web pages on phones, you can hear them over the phone.

Spammers and virus writers are getting ever more clever in finding email addresses to mail. Learn how to protect yourself and build a Web page that still has contact information ... Read More

There are so many different definitions of the word Webmaster, but there are actually two other titles that are just as popular to people who spin the Web.