Jennifer's Web Design / HTML Blog

I got a really interesting question today from Jennifer about Web design jobs. Image courtesy hdoddema from StockXchng #619007. She wanted to know if learning C++ was critical for getting a ... Read More

Microsoft is looking to learn what you think. They want to learn more about Web Designers in order to help craft Expression Web. Image courtesy yarranz from StockXchng #426123. If you're interested ... Read More

Dreamweaver has this really nice feature called a placeholder image. You can use the Dreamweaver placeholder images to create designs Dreamweaver 8Image courtesy Adobe. before you know the exact images you'll be ... Read More

One of the frustrating things about using CSS to style bulleted lists is how they respond to different browsers. But it is possible to style bulleted lists so that they ... Read More

This week the big news is a fancy new OS with so many versions I'm afraid to upgrade to it - what if I get the wrong one and Notepad ... Read More

What about managers? There are lots of jobs for Web developers and designers who also want to manage people. If you didn't have to work... Image courtesy demauro from StockXchng #655579. I ... Read More

Which operating system/computer do you use? Do you prefer one over the other? Why? Image courtesy yarranz from StockXchng #426123. I've been told by many people that all designers should use ... Read More

I was looking at the back cover of a book the other day, and thinking "that's a nice layout". So I decided to see if I could do something similar ... Read More

Dreamweaver is a very complex program with a lot of features that many designers aren't even aware of. Dreamweaver 8Image courtesy Adobe. One of the features that I learned about a ... Read More

Nearly everyone I know who has ever put anything into a layout, whether it's on paper or on the Web has started with a centered layout. Image courtesy neonerd911 from ... Read More

Are you sick of the iPhone yet? It's not even out yet, and I've gone from desperately wanting one to dissing anyone who even uses the word. Image courtesy kotz ... Read More

According to Wired Magazine's article 10 Top Tech Towns. This week I've found some jobs in the rest of the top 10. If you didn't have to work... Image courtesy demauro ... Read More

I got a comment the other day that read "...don't get me started on clients...", which cracked me up. Image courtesy yarranz from StockXchng #426123. But it also got me to ... Read More

Whenever I post an article about using CSS for page layout, I'm invariably flooded with comments explaining why (usually under no circumstances) will said person switch away from tables. Image courtesy ... Read More

Sometimes it can be fun to put up photos on your Web site that look like print photos. You might want to change the colors to sepia to fake an ... Read More

Some people who read this site may believe that I am opposed to tables. But nothing could be further from the truth, after all, how would I eat my Captain ... Read More

He passed the XHTML Exam at Level 2, and on the first try. Now that is studying. Image courtesy BrookeB from StockXchng #311152. The last certified person was in November 2006 ... Read More

I agree with all of you that advertising popups are absolutely horrible. But there are other popups out there that I actually like. They serve a purpose or provide information ... Read More

There are several different versions of HTML and XHTML that you can use to write Web pages. But does it really matter if you are using a specific one or ... Read More

A company logo is an important part of any business. It helps set the tone and gives you a baseline for your branding efforts. Image courtesy krustys from StockXchng #181656. But ... Read More

When I first started as a Web Writer and "answerer of webmaster@netcom.com mail" back in 1995, I saw lots of sites with flashing images, multi-colored horizontal rules, and black backgrounds. ... Read More

It's actually very easy to do and can generate some interesting views of your Web site depending upon what you are tracking. Image courtesy J Kyrnin This tutorial explains the background ... Read More

Okay, the news this week was dominated by MacWorld and CES, but am I really surprised, no. Unfortunately, from a Web designer standpoint, there wasn't a whole lot to come ... Read More

According to Wired Magazine's article 10 Top Tech Towns, Seattle is the number 1 tech town in the United States. If you didn't have to work... Image courtesy demauro from StockXchng ... Read More

I read an article the other day saying that Web 2.0 sites should have fewer columns than are common on Web 1.0 sites. Image courtesy yarranz from StockXchng #426123. Do you ... Read More

I've been putting up free Web layout templates for several years now, so when Jeannette wrote asking me for help to build a variation on a 2 column layout I ... Read More

It used to be true that FrontPage and other HTML editors (including Dreamweaver, in fact) wrote HTML that was ugly. It was often bulky and had lots of extra tags ... Read More

It's one thing to have a site map on your Web site, and it's another to have an XML sitemap for search engines. The XML sitemap protocol is supported by Google, ... Read More

There are three important parts to a Web page: Content, Style, and Behavior. And the best Web developers know what they are and how to keep them separate. Image courtesy ... Read More

Most Web designers have a thing for fonts. I know, I tell you all the time to use CSS for your font choices, but that doesn't mean I don't salivate ... Read More

A lot of companies are naming January "Mac Month" mostly because of MacWorld San Francisco, but this week there was a lot more in the news of interest to Web ... Read More

If you want to change jobs, you're not alone. Getting a new job or career can be daunting, but worth it. If you didn't have to work... Image courtesy demauro from StockXchng ... Read More

There are a lot of Web browsers out there, and just when you think you've got it all figured out Opera and Nintendo have to come out with a new ... Read More

Those of you who are new to this site might not realize that I've been writing for About for over nine years. My first articles were for the HTML site. Image ... Read More

One of the things I hate the most about <hr /> elements on most Web pages is how ugly they are. Image courtesy lusi from StockXchng #548698. I tend to ... Read More

Put up a photo gallery! Web photo galleries can be easy to build and they are a great way to display your photos so that your friends and family can ... Read More

Dreamweaver is one of the most popular Web development software tools around because it's got so many features. Just learning how to set up a site can be daunting to ... Read More

When I first wrote about using CSS for layouts six years ago, I focused on CSS positioning. After all, isn't that really what layout is all about? Precisely defining exactly ... Read More