Jennifer's Web Design / HTML Blog

Fiddling with fonts is fun. You can change the size, color, and family easily with CSS. Changing Font Attributes

Just because an image or text is on the Web does not make it public domain. Did you know that in the United States, if you claim "fair use" you ... Read More

Even if you leave out, for the moment, the challenges that western writers have with double-byte languages like Chinese and Japanese, there are other challenges for the global Web developer. ... Read More

Personally, as a hiring manager, I wouldn't hire a Web developer who only knew FrontPage or Dreamweaver, but couldn't look at the HTML to find and fix problems. But this ... Read More

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The best way to make your site global is to write in the languages that your customers read. But to do that you need special characters. The Latin-1 languages use ... Read More

If you're big on CSS and standards-based Web design then you might be interested in the Slashdot CSS Redesign Contest. The top prize is a new laptop. "...The key goal ... Read More

I got this comment a few days ago, and I was wondering what you think: Tables ARE positioning elements!! Get over it. Table layouts are as old as writing but typewriters ... Read More

It's so easy to think that if you're writing a Web site in Canada or Denmark or the United States, that your readers are also in the country that you're ... Read More

I got this email today from Jacqueline and she writes: What sort of job can I really get using HTML? (I'm also beginning to dabble with CSS and XML.) ... Read More

This fairly easy tag is very popular, as it lets you move your readers around on your site, or just keep your pages fresh by refreshing content. I have one ... Read More

I think that most Web developers would agree now that tables should be used only for tabular data, and to get precision layout on your Web pages you should use ... Read More

Frank Herman commented on this post: The issue with cookies is, that it enables online advertising company’s to view your surfing behaviour. Ads appear on a lot of websites. Advertising ... Read More

It can be so tempting to quit your day job and become your own boss as a Web designer, but do you have what it takes? These interviews from actual ... Read More

I was just watching an episode of "My Name is Earl" and his wife sent over a plate of poisoned chocolate chip cookies for him to eat. Now, those cookies ... Read More

There are so many different types of files that can be or be used on Web pages that it sometimes can seem very overwhelming. And if you think you need ... Read More

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Streaming audio is a way to get larger sound files delivered to your readers without the painful costs of downloading the entire file first. With RealAudio and streaming media, audio ... Read More

There are more attributes to the img tag than just "src". And if you use them effectively, you can improve your Web site greatly. Improving on the IMG Tag

The favicon or favorites icon is a neat way to brand your Web site, and depending upon the browser, that little icon can show up in the tab bar, in ... Read More

I set up a 24-hour trial of BrowserCam and it is a pretty cool tool. It allows you to see screen shots of your Web site in a bunch of ... Read More

Security is getting more and more important on the Web, and if we don't secure our sites then we'll regret it. While it's not so common for script kiddies to ... Read More

The hardest part about writing for Palms and PDAs is usually testing them. There are so many OS's and browsers for these devices, never mind the number of proprietary features ... Read More

Linux, Open Source is the only way to go. Windows, I need support and backing. Macintosh, Don't forget about us! Solaris, Unix is what grownups use. Abstain, I prefer to stay out of the ... Read More

Tables are passé, they're boring. If you're still using tables for page layout then you're behind the times for Web development. Luckily it's easy to use CSS to position the ... Read More

Whenever I think of something being sticky, I usually think of my traumatic childhood getting paste in my hair and glueing my head to the wall. Okay that didn't really ... Read More

The issue of browser safe colors may be almost moot at this point, as people get better quality systems and stop viewing Web pages in browsers with only 128 colors. ... Read More

Okay, I actually do understand the impulse that causes Web developers to design and build their sites for one browser (and often one operating system). After all, it's a lot ... Read More

If you use the <object> tag to embed things like Flash, Internet Explorer will be having a change in architecture in a couple months, 60 days from March 28th, to ... Read More

WYSIWYG! All the way, baby! You can't do it if you can't hack it with a text editor I don't care what I use Huh? View Results Why do you prefer one editor type over ... Read More

It might seem scary at first, but putting a contact link on your page is actually a very good way to get customers and readers. For one thing, they realize ... Read More

The key to using HTML validators is to walk through the errors one line at a time. Chances are, the first time you validate a Web page, you'll get a ... Read More