Jennifer's Web Design / HTML Blog August 2004 Archive

In order to learn HTML, there are a lot of things that you will need to know. This pre-beginning tutorial will help you to assess how much you know and ... Read More

New Article The DIV tag is one of the most useful, yet misunderstood tags in XHTML. If you want to write valid XHTML, and create nice layouts without tables, then ... Read More

Learn how to use different design techniques to get attention for unique events on your Web site.

Whether you've just decided to learn how to create a Web page or you've been designing pages for years, there is sure to be something new to learn - once ... Read More

Standards compliance is nearly there in Web browsers, but now we need to look to authoring tools to create more standard Web pages.

Web design pricing is a hot issue for new designers - learn how to set your web design prices and charge your customers reasonable and fair rates and fees for ... Read More

Pop-up ads can be annoying, but there are reasons why people use them - And there are lots of pop-up blockers available to stop them - find out why to ... Read More

Print designers have very different requirements than Web designers, and if you're designing your Web site like a print project you'll fail.

New Article Learn how to use CSS to style basic unordered lists into verticaln and horizontal navigation menus for your Web site.

Splash pages are a popular Web design feature, but if you put up a splash page, you may get more than you bargained for - or less page views.

Even if you use a WYSIWYG editor to write your Web pages, it can be a good idea to look at the code once in a while. If you need ... Read More

It can be difficult to understand that what you type in a Web editor is often very different from what displays on the Web browser. Learn to tell the difference ... Read More

Most people, when they start building Web pages, don't spend a lot of time thinking about the reasons why they use various techniques. Learn to be more scientific in your ... Read More

Web design often revolves around screen size and resolution. Take a look at your customers and determine if your site is designed with their resolutions in mind.

Today and tomorrow I'm attending the Content Management intensive seminar at Seybold San Francisco 2004. So far today we learned a lot about Digital Asset Management and Taxonomies. Digital Asset Management Managing ... Read More

New Article Many Web designers have been building pages for years, either by hand or with an editor, and the idea of converting their site(s) to XHTML+CSS is daunting at ... Read More

HomeSite Help and resources to learn to use the Macromedia HomeSite HTML text editor and Web development tool.

Box elements or block-level elements can be difficult to understand as they have different properties than standard in-line elements. Some commonly used box elements are p, div, and h1.

Learn why using browser detection scripts might not be the best solution, and the basics of object detection as a solution.

Learn how to use the Document Object Model (DOM).

If you don't define the DOCTYPE or document type definition, newer browsers (version 6+) will assume you didn't write your markup to a standard and provide some strange results. Learn ... Read More

This site inspired me to get to work on some of my pet projects. And of course, now that I've graduated, I have more free time (hahahahahahah). You can say ... Read More

Learn why you should use CSS to position your pages rather than HTML tables.

New Article Once you've moved beyond beginning Web design, you'll come across the most aggravating question for a Web designer: what resolution should I design the pages for? This also ... Read More

CSS positioning is a great way to create framed pages without using frames. CSS allows you to position your HTML elements including making it look like a frame.

XHTML 2.0 is the latest version of XHTML - it brings XHTML even closer to its XML origins and is no longer backwards compatible with older versions.

CSS Positioning helps you create Web pages that have a creative layout without the use of tables. This is often called tableless layout.

It's fairly easy to learn to write HTML forms, but there are a number of tricks to creating forms that your readers will want to fill out.

Weblogs, or blogs, are an easy way to get content up on a Web site, and there is more to them than just online diaries.

Aural style sheets specify how your Web page will sound to customers who use audio browsers - especially for customers who are disabled and use assistive browsers for accessibility.

New Article A guide for beginning Web designers and anyone who uses fonts on Web sites to find the right font for the right situation. This article will help you ... Read More