Jennifer's Web Design / HTML Blog

Today I found a blog that re-posted 9 of my articles without permission. Last week, I found two sites that were reprinting every newsletter I send out - again without ... Read More

The About.com Freelancing Guide has a poll that is very relevant to many of our lives: Should You Extend Credit to Clients? Take the Poll. Extending a client credit can ... Read More

John_Locke77 asks: I have a Web page that all links are set to open in one of three windows. But, when a link is clicked, the link opens in the ... Read More

Vote Now I know, this is a tough question, and the real answer is "it depends" because it depends upon a lot of different factors. But just make an estimate on ... Read More

I've received a lot of new Web designer listings this week. What's great is that I am receiving submissions from all around the world. The feature designer this week is ... Read More

There are lots of Web page editors to choose from, but how do you decide which one is the best? You can review my "best editor" lists, and read various ... Read More

Alignment in Web Page Layouts When you build a Web page design, you can add many different types of elements: images, text, headlines, lists, and so on. But what pulls these ... Read More

I know people who avoid this HTML construction like the plague: <h1>Headline</h1> Why? Because it's big, bold, and ugly. Sure, if that's all you type, you'll end up with a headline ... Read More

Third Eye Studio asks: Do any of you know of a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) software program for non-designers that want to update their own Web sites? ... Read More

Vote Now Back in 1999, I wrote an article about data driven Web pages and while at the time it seemed like a really great idea, it wasn't very easily done. ... Read More

Web Design Horror Stories Even experienced Web designers and freelancers can make mistakes. And if you've ever had that sinking feeling that you've just made a big one, then you can ... Read More

How to Evaluate Web Editors Web designers use Web page editors every day. And whether you know it or not, chances are there is something to be desired about your HTML ... Read More

I spent the weekend evaluating 44 free Web editors to determine which ones met my criteria of being the best Web editors available for the price. I'd love to know ... Read More

Vote Now One way to show off your skills is to maintain a portfolio site that displays the work you've done. Portfolios are a way to provide evidence to employers and ... Read More

CSS Border Styles It's no wonder to me that many people feel that CSS designs are very rigid and boring looking. Most CSS designers stick within very narrow parameters to make ... Read More

Add and Edit Images in Dreamweaver Dreamweaver, starting back at version MX 2004, can edit images directly in the software. This is really exciting, because it can save you a lot ... Read More

When I did a quick search on Google for "web hosting" I got nearly 300 million results! Image courtesy Digital Vision / Getty Images Chances are, no matter what you're looking ... Read More

Web Design Design Gallery The Paul James Band site is a Web site that really focused the design on who the customer was. You get a strong sense of the purpose ... Read More

Web Design Forum There are some very technical questions along with some freelancing questions and more. If you know the answer, why not go to the Web Design Forum and help ... Read More

Vote Now Personal Web pages are a great way to get your mind off your work. You can put up a blog, post pictures of your cat, or just practice new ... Read More

Common Problems Using CSS Descendant Selectors Descendant selectors are a really powerful tool for getting your CSS exactly where you want it to be. I typically use them to define styles ... Read More

Nesting HTML Tags Creating a Web page from scratch using HTML can be complicated - and learning the tags is a challenging task for any beginner. But once you've learned some ... Read More

When you have a lot of text on a page, it can quickly become very ugly. But initial caps and drop caps are a great way to dress up the ... Read More