Jennifer's Web Design / HTML Blog August 2007 Archive

Lots of great designers this week - including LuLu Wow a design firm that specializes in women-owned and -targeted businesses. That is a good example of finding a niche and ... Read More

Have you ever received an email written in all-caps? When I worked in email technical support, we would get these all the time - the customers were upset and wanted ... Read More

Vote Now When I started in the Internet business domain names were free, you just had to have a place to host them. At the time it was hard to find ... Read More

Web Hosting Reviews Web Design Design Gallery Whew! When I put up the Web hosting review form I expected to get just 1-2 posts per week, similar to my other submission forms. ... Read More

It's interesting to me how many beginning freelance Web designers don't like to use contracts. They want to show their customers that they trust them, that they believe in the ... Read More

Dreamweaver CS3 New Files Menu The first time I clicked File > New in Dreamweaver, I got really nervous. After all, there are so many options when all you really want ... Read More

There are many reasons to choose a Web host, but saving the environment has not generally been one of them. But ThinkHost would like to change that. I haven't used ... Read More

Did you know that there is a forum associated with this Web site? In fact, there are 2, but the HTML/XML forum is harder to get to. Image courtesy juliaf from ... Read More

Nick Bradbury has announced the TopStyle 3.5 Beta. TopStyle is a really nice CSS editor. The 3.5 version will be available as a free upgrade for anyone who uses TopStyle ... Read More

I determined today that two of my submission forms that I posted about yesterday were broken. If you filled out a horror story or Web design gallery submission in the ... Read More

Vote Now I think the tag that I like the best is the <div> tag, because it's so flexible - you can do so much with it. But I think my ... Read More

Featured Web Design Gallery Site - Ability Bow A few months ago, I sent out a request for stories from my readers - stories about when something went wrong in Web ... Read More

I lived in Australia for a year back in 1985, and I can tell you that it's a really neat place! Well, U Sphere is offering a $5000 scholarship to ... Read More

Your Web host should be like the host or hostess at a nice restaurant - someone who helps you through the details of your stay with them and makes it ... Read More

Review Your Web Hosting Provider A question I get all the time is "what hosting provider do you recommend?" but I feel completely unequipped to answer it - as there are ... Read More

Vote Now If you're a professional Web developer - in other words, you've been paid to do Web design, programming or content - I'm curious how much education you have. If ... Read More

Common Validation Problems and How to Fix Them On Saturday, I posted about HTML validators, and I received a number of emails that indicated to me that while people might see ... Read More

What Education and Experience is Required to be a Web Developer? One of the more popular questions I get in my inbox is "how do I become a professional Web designer?" ... Read More

Thoughts About HTML Email Last week, I posted a poll asking if you write HTML email. One of the answers was "I don't know". When I looked today 8% of the ... Read More

Vote Now Building Web pages requires many diverse skillsets. I generally divide them into three primary areas: writing, programming, and design. When I started as a Web developer, the field was ... Read More

6 Ways to Get Unblocked Where do you get your design ideas? But what happens when you get writer's block? I suppose it would be called "designer's block", but whatever you ... Read More

Pros and Cons of Adding Sound to Web Pages It's so much fun to be adamant about things. You can stomp your feet and insist with bold text and bulging eyes ... Read More

Vote Now HTML email can be a lot of fun. It allows you to create fancy email messages that elicit better response than messages in plain text or with attachments. But ... Read More