Jennifer's Web Design / HTML Blog March 2008 Archive

The BBC redesigned their site today (well, they launched their redesign) and they had some interesting comments about why they did the redesign and what it means for their site ... Read More

There are lots of ways to learn XHTML or HTML (what's the difference?), but the free XHTML class at About.com takes you through the basics of HTML all the way ... Read More

maid_of_kent asks: In the real world, is it best to design it all on paper first, and then create the site? ... How does everyone else do it? My Thoughts This is an ... Read More

Video can be a lot of fun and interesting for your customers. But they can be challenging to add and if you use certain plugins not all your readers will ... Read More

Here are the most recent Web editor reviews submitted by other Web Design / HTML readers. If you love or hate your editor, or just feel ambivalent about ... Read More

Many Web developers only know how to use the link tag to create external style sheets. But there are many other things you can use this tag for. For example, ... Read More

Heading tags are often misused or at least misunderstood in HTML documents. They are intended to provide a structure to your Web documents, but many Web designers don't like how they ... Read More

grandpaw krittur asked that his site be reviewed: We just updated our website, L.M.Tees and would like to know what you think. My Thoughts The products on this site are very nice, but ... Read More

While it's true that both Windows and Macintosh have calculators that make it possible to convert RGB to Hex and Hex to RGB, why use a calculator when you can ... Read More

crossfields asks: H1 won't justify. My goal is to set the with of h1 to the width of the body text. My Thoughts The logical thought for this type of request is to ... Read More

I've written a lot about sound on Web pages, including a poll asking if designers use it, how to add sound effects onclick and onmouseover, and general instructions on how ... Read More

Here are some of the most recent Web Design Firm listings submitted by fellow designers. Submit Your Web Design Company Expert Minds London, England "Expert Minds is a creative web design company based in ... Read More

Sometimes, it can be tempting to think that meta tags only include information for search engine optimization (SEO), but there are many other meta tags that provide additional information and ... Read More

One of the most commonly forgotten attributes of form tags and links (including image maps) is the accesskey attribute. In fact, the most common reason that this attribute is used ... Read More

Stipan submitted his site to the Web Design clinic, he writes: The site is designed in Photoshop as a PSD-file and then handcoded as HTML/CSS and integrated into a Gallery2 system. My ... Read More

Sometimes it's easier to understand how to build CSS layouts if you have a template you can work from. These templates are valid XHTML layouts using CSS to position the ... Read More

bodor asks: could someone tell me how to add audio to my web site. My Thoughts There are lots of ways to add sound and audio to Web pages. You can add it ... Read More

I've been hosting a weekly Web design clinic for about two months now, and I'm curious what you think is important in a review of a website. Is it more ... Read More

When you make a mistake in building a Web page or working with a client, it can be easy to dwell on it and even possibly obsess over how it ... Read More

There are lots of ways to add sounds to your Web pages, but sometimes, it can add some interest by making sounds happen when the user takes an action. Be careful ... Read More

Analyzing your Web logs can be time consuming and difficult, but it doesn't have to be if you find a great tool to help you do it. Most hosting providers ... Read More

Fire G asked for his site to be reviewed. "I would like to hear the reviews on my site" My Thoughts The first thing that jumped out at me about this site was ... Read More

Tracey23 asks: Could someone help me determine if a site is a link farm or not? It looks suspicious to me, but I am not 100% certain. http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_04f98d My Thoughts The best ... Read More

Sometimes it can seem like SEO is the only viable way to get better pageviews from your customers, but there are lots of other ways as well. You can: pay for ... Read More

This month I received 35 submissions to the "What is a Webmaster" survey. What do you think a Webmaster is? What do you use as your job title? Most people ... Read More

Dreamweaver makes it easy to add scripts to your Web pages, they are called "behaviors". But in order to use behaviors, you need to understand what they are and what ... Read More

It's all well and good to know that you shouldn't link to link farms, but how do you know if a site is one or not? My general rule is ... Read More

Janice submitted her portfolio site to the Web Design clinic. She says: My intention was to showcase my past work and build an online portfolio.... I am not sure of the ... Read More