Jennifer's Web Design / HTML Blog November 2007 Archive

Third Eye Studio (ArtbyUs) asks: Just curious why are we using css to build a tableless design now... My thought is that it is a lighter and the sites that are ... Read More

This week, I've received 11 new Web hosting company reviews. Some new hosting companies listed include Onsmart, DSH Web Hosting, and Real Webspace Hosting. Plus we have even more reviews ... Read More

One of the things I enjoy most is building Web photo albums. It's fun to know that the many photos I take can be put up in a format that ... Read More

Alternative text is an important (and required) attribute on all your images, but many people leave the alt attribute off their images or use text that doesn't do justice to the ... Read More

borivath asks: When a visitor searches for any keyword in the Google search engine (for example: living with nature). I want my Web site to display on the first page of ... Read More

I've been teaching CSS for around 8 years now, and it always amazes me when I get email from people saying something like "I'd learn CSS, but my sites look ... Read More

This month, I had to stop reviewing pages long before I ran out of pages to review. Don't worry if you submitted your site and it isn't in this latest ... Read More

I often stress the importance of using external style sheets in your Web pages, because they help your site load more quickly and help keep your site more consistent. And ... Read More

SEO or search engine optimization is a technique where you write Web pages that are attractive to your readers and to the search engine spiders that catalog Web sites. You ... Read More

Ewelina74 asks: I really want to be a Web Designer and would like to ask profesional people what you recomend. [Where should I start? What is a good school in London?] My ... Read More

There are about as many reasons to be a Web designer as there are Web designers. It's a fun field and there is so much possible. I originally wanted to ... Read More

This month, I got a number of interesting reviews. Most people really like the editor they are using, although in one case, the reviewer had just switched to Microsoft Expression ... Read More

They used to say that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," but these days it can be just as sincere to post a link to the article or site ... Read More

Pull quotes... Pull quotes can act like images to give text-heavy documents something to focus on without needing an image. The key to creating pull quotes is to select some text ... Read More

One of the nicest things about doing Web design is that you can work from almost anywhere, including outside, in a coffee shop, or in a traditional office environment. Where ... Read More

This month was a busy one for the Web designer listings. I received over 50 submissions, and most of them were usable. Hint to all you spammers out there - ... Read More

It's easy to use Dreamweaver or Expression Web to add CSS style properties to your Web pages or create entire CSS style sheets for use on your Web site. These ... Read More

Image maps are not as hugely popular as they once were, but if you decide to use one, it's important that you make them as accessible as possible. One way ... Read More

ODesignz asks: I'm wondering if anyone can help me with some marketing tips. I'm going through a 'dry' time in my freelance projects. I have an e-mail list ... Read More

Web design and development is still a young field to be in, and there is always something new to learn around the corner. But how do you prefer to learn ... Read More