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By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com Guide to Web Design / HTML since 1997

Adding an IE Favorites Icon

Thursday March 31, 2005
When your readers bookmark your pages in Internet Explorer, do they get a customized icon to represent your site? Learn how to create one and add it to your site ... Read More

Adding Images to EBay

Wednesday March 30, 2005
Your EBay advertisement will be much more effective if you include a photo of what you're selling. And it's much easier to do than you think.

XHTML+CSS Web Template of the Week

Tuesday March 29, 2005
Floating Navigation Box When you don't have a lot of navigation links, sometimes all you need is a box at the top of your pages with the navigation in there. This ... Read More

Secure Web Sites and Servers

Tuesday March 29, 2005
Security on Web sites is important. It is an easy way for crackers to break in to your computer, but there are some simple things you can do to make ... Read More

Colorizing the Web

Monday March 28, 2005
Beginning HTML tips on adding color to your Web site.

XHTML+CSS Template of the Week

Tuesday March 22, 2005
Top and Bottom Rows Sometimes all you want is branding at the top and contact/copyright information at the bottom.

Writing a PDA Friendly Web Site

Tuesday March 22, 2005
Learn tips and techniques to write a Palm friendly Web site.

Web Writing Rules to Live By

Monday March 21, 2005
New Article Web writing is not as hard as you might think it is. Web writing is basically just saying as few words as you need to get your point ... Read More

CSS Positioning

Sunday March 20, 2005
Use Cascading Style Sheets to position your HTML elements precisely where you want them.

Sticky Web Pages

Saturday March 19, 2005
Focus on more than just getting people to come to your site. Get them to stay and browse through your site.

Sending HTML Email

Friday March 18, 2005
Why send plain text email when you can send formatted email with images, links, forms and more?

Mail Links on Your Site

Wednesday March 16, 2005
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

XHTML+CSS Template of the Week

Tuesday March 15, 2005
Two Column with Top Branding Layer This layout adds to the basic two column layout by adding a top row for branding and global navigation information.

Using an HTML Validator

Tuesday March 15, 2005
Problems with your Web page often are caused by incorrect HTML code. HTML validators are available to help you write correct HTML code.

10 Tips for Good Web Writing

Monday March 14, 2005
When you write for the Web you write differently than when you write for printed publications. Knowing some of the basic guidelines will help you to make better, more effective ... Read More

Open Two Frames with One Link

Sunday March 13, 2005
Links usually open only one window, but with DHTML you can open two windows with just one click.

Optimizing Images

Saturday March 12, 2005
Pages that download fast are more than just fast HTML, they have well designed images. Learn to optimize your images.

Content Management

Friday March 11, 2005
Maintaining a large Web site with multiple content developers can be easy if you have the right tool.

XHTML Tag of the Week

Thursday March 10, 2005
SPAN With the span tag, you can create sections of your documents with specialized features. This is an in-line tag, so while it is similar to the DIV tag, it works ... Read More

Open a Link in a New Window

Thursday March 10, 2005
There are two ways to open new windows when your readers click on links.

Building an Automatic Frame

Wednesday March 9, 2005
Frame outgoing links with one CGI. Similar to how About.com does it.

XHTML+CSS Template of the Week

Tuesday March 8, 2005
Three Column Layout Similar to a newspaper, this three column layout features fixed width columns on the right and left with a variable width center column for your main content.

WYSIWYG vs. Hand Coding, the Great Debate

Tuesday March 8, 2005
Can you get a job if you can only write Web pages with an editor? And readers comment on writing HTML from scratch.

Web Style Guide

Monday March 7, 2005
New Article This Web style guide is intended to help Web designers and Web developers work within a Web style format that is easy to edit and use. Web style ... Read More

The Size of Your Pages

Sunday March 6, 2005
While bandwidth is getting higher, download speed is still a concern.

Tags for One Browser

Saturday March 5, 2005
There are many tags that work in just one or two browsers.

Making Spaces

Friday March 4, 2005
Using the non-breaking space (nbsp;).

XHTML Tag of the Week

Thursday March 3, 2005
BLOCKQUOTE If you use any quotations on your Web site, you need to know how to use the blockquote. Many people use it incorrectly as a way to indent text, but ... Read More

Spanning the Division

Thursday March 3, 2005
Learn to use the SPAN and DIV tags on your site.

Using Tables to do Page Layout

Wednesday March 2, 2005
A step-by-step look at how developers use tables to create a more complex page layout on their Web sites.

XHTML+CSS Template of the Week

Tuesday March 1, 2005
Two Column Layout This is a very basic layout, with two columns. The left is fixed width and the right is the rest of the window space.

Sounding Off

Tuesday March 1, 2005
Using sound on your Web pages.

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