Jennifer's Web Design / HTML Blog July 2005 Archive

Use the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) to create and use privacy policies on your Web site. And find out what browsers support this project.

Learn how to link to pages and images using full domains, absolute and relative paths.

Use TrueDoc or OpenType to display the fonts you want to display on your Web pages.

What is the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and how does it relate to XML, HTTP, and Web applications.

Use the organization of your directories and your 404 page content to help your readers navigate your site.

Use meta tags to prevent search engines from searching your pages, plus protect child viewers, and provide more information about the page.

New Tips I just got back from Web Design World - Seattle and I have so many ideas and thoughts to share it's hard to know where to start. So ... Read More

Comparing the reasons why someone might wait on hold for over two hours but only wait 10 seconds for a Web page.

A closer look at why people might not want a content management system, and what you can do to overcome these issues.

Find out all the different things that CM systems do beyond just managing content.

Many larger Web sites do, but there are content management systems available to help. Find out if your site has similar problems to this case study.

Learn how to use inline styles, stylesheets in the header, and external stylesheets.

Learn how to use Dynamic HTML to use stylesheets that take advantage of the browser.

New Article The disabled attribute is a useful tool for HTML forms developers, as it allows you to make forms that are more dynamic and useful to the user. Use ... Read More

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

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

New Article Tabindex is a seldom used attribute that could make Web pages so much more accessible and usable if only it were used more frequently. Tabindex provides an order ... 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.

Finally, you can get the Google Toolbar for Firefox. It includes things like spell checking for forms, a built in word translator, auto fill of Web forms, Autolink of street ... Read More

Do you have your own domain name? Top Level Domains grew by over 6.7 million new names in the first quarter of 2005, so you just might. But .com domains ... Read More

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

There are so many hosting options out there, how do you know which one will be right for you? A lot depends upon how you're going to use your Web ... Read More

Buying an HTML editor is one of the first steps in becoming a professional Web developer. And what you choose can impact the direction your career takes. Learn what to ... 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.

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