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By Jennifer Kyrnin

12/22/03 - Behind the Scenes at Web Design/HTML @ About.com
Business Web sites are often built and maintained in a very different fashion from how you build and maintain your personal site. There are a lot more programs, processes, and people involved in building and maintaining the Web Design/HTML Web site than you might realize.

12/08/03 - Rewriting the Web Design Site with Web Standards
It is possible to take a site that is completely non-standard HTML and convert it to XHTML. It also reduces the file size as well.

12/01/03 - DHTML Menus - Not Standards Based - For IE and Other Browsers
DHTML menus are one of the most popular ways to use dynamic HTML. They allow you to have crisp menus on your site while providing additional information to your customers as they mouse over the links.

11/17/03 - Standards Based DHTML Menus
DHTML menus are one of the most popular ways to use dynamic HTML. They allow you to have crisp menus on your site while providing additional information to your customers as they mouse over the links.

11/10/03 - XSL-FO - Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects
What is XSL:FO and how do you use it? Extensible Stylesheet Language: Formatting Objects is the way to make your XML look the way you want it, online or in print.

10/27/03 - Little Web of Horrors
Design tactics that will often scare away even the most dedicated reader. These tactics are the worst of the Web - and should be avoided at all costs.

10/20/03 - Introduction to XSL
XSL is more than just transformations of XML documents, it allows you to define your presentations and provide specific maps of your documents.

10/13/03 - Did You Know? - All Web Graphics are Square
Web graphics may look like they are round or have jagged edges, but they are all square. Once you understand the basic shape of a Web graphic, you can use it to manipulate the way your pages look

10/06/03 - Dynamic HTML Attributes
An easy way to get started understanding DHTML is to understand the attributes that are used for dynamic changes to a Web page like onclick onmouseover onfocus and so on

09/29/03 - Change Text Color Dynamically - Modern Browsers
It used to be very difficult to get text to change color in Netscape (4). But now it's very easy. And your HTML can be valid XHTML as well.

09/22/03 - Building Your Home Page
Learn how to design a front page that explains what your business is and how it will help your customers. The first page is crucial to make a good impression and get off to a good start.

09/15/03 - Pricing Web Projects
Learn to use forumlas to estimate both the base cost of a project and how much you need to earn to make a decent salary

09/08/03 - Adobe GoLive Resources
Tools and help using Adobe GoLive.

09/01/03 - How to Set up a Webcam Web Page
Learn how to setup a Webcam Web page with the correct HTML codes in the document and the Web cam image on the page.

08/25/03 - Effective Web Navigation
Designing effective Web navigation is crucial to create a Web site that your readers can get around on. If you don't have decent navigation, even if they like the site, they'll leave without finding all you have to offer. Learn how to design effective Web navigation.

08/18/03 - Color Harmony
Learning to put together colors in a harmonious fashion is one of the most important skills of a Web designer. Once you understand color theory, you'll be better equipped to create color schemes that really work.

08/11/03 - Color Wheel and Color Theory
Web pages are designed in color, but if you don't understand how color works, you could end up with some really ugly pages. Understanding the basics of color theory will help you create better Web pages.

08/04/03 - Pretty Forms
There are ways you can make your forms look nicer and interact with CSS layout and design directives

07/28/03 - Accessible Frames
Unless you're careful, using frames is a poor accessibility experience for customers with screen readers. If you must have frames, do what you can to make them accessible

07/21/03 - GaGa for Google
Learn how to edit your Web page so that it works with the Googlebot and not against it. These tips won't guarantee you top ranking, but they will help.

07/07/03 - How to Syndicate this Site
The Web Design/HTML weblog is available for syndication. And with a simple script, it's easy to have this site and other RSS feeds right on your Web page. You can also use aggregators and newsreaders to read RSS feeds you're interested in.

06/30/03 - Anatomy of a Blog: The About Web Design Weblog
There are specific formats that all blogs share, the About Web Design/HTML blog is no exception. Whether you want to learn more about weblogs in general or the Web Design/HTML blog in particular, this article delves into the anatomy of a Weblog.

06/23/03 - Introduction to Dreamweaver
Learn how to define a Web site in Macromedia Dreamweaver MX so that you can edit it and manage it with Dreamweaver.

06/16/03 - How to Use a Blog for Non-Diarists
It's possible to use a blog or weblog to improve your business, even if you think your business really isn't suited to blogs.

06/09/03 - Blog FAQ
Learn more about blogs and weblogs through this FAQ answering the basic questions about weblogs or blogs

06/02/03 - Macromedia Dreamweaver Help and Resources
Dreamweaver Help and resources to learn to use the Macromedia Dreamweaver HTML WYSIWYG editor and Web development tool.

04/02/03 - Authorware 7
A first look at the new eLearning package Authorware 7

05/26/03 - RSS - Really Simple Syndication
Really Simple Syndication or RDF Site Summary or Rich Site Summary, no matter what you think it stands for, RSS is the answer to Web site syndication.

05/19/03 - What is a Font?
Font families can be hard to understand, especially when trying to develop a decent style sheet for a Web site. Once you understand what the fonts are, you can better use them to style your pages.

05/12/03 - External Style Sheets
External style sheets (CSS) allow you to use one style sheet on multiple Web pages - so when you change the look for your site, you chage the CSS in one location.

05/05/03 - Comments on Comments
HTML comments allow you to write notes about the code, hide old information, and hold reminders on the page. Comments are not seen by the people viewing the page, but they show up in the HTML code.

04/28/03 - Using Points, Pixels, Ems, or Percentages for CSS Fonts
Pixels vs points - deciding what unit of measure to use on Web page style sheets is a hotly contended issue. Ems, pixels, and exs are relative units, while points, picas, inches and milimeters are absolute. Is one better than the other?

04/21/03 - CSS Media Types Create Print-Friendly Pages
Learn how easy it is to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) media types to define a printer-friendly page without actually building one.

04/14/03 - What is a Printer-Friendly Web Page?
As Web pages get fancier and fancier, the ability to print out simple versions becomes more necessary. What makes a printer-friendly page printer-friendly

04/07/03 - Playing with HTML Codes
You might be surprised at the various HTML codes that are available. Use these special characters to dress up your page or just include more correct language.

03/31/03 - Building a Web Page for the Totally Lost
In order to learn HTML, there are a lot of things that you will need to know. This pre-beginning tutorial will help you to assess how much you know and teach you the basics of creating a Web page with HTML.

03/24/03 - Designing a War - Getting Attention With Your Site Design
Learn how to use different design techniques to get attention for unique events on your Web site.

03/17/03 - Paths of a Web Designer
Whether you've just decided to learn how to create a Web page or you've been designing pages for years, there is sure to be something new to learn - once you know where you are on the path, you know what you're ready to focus on next - from beginning HTML, advanced HTML, professional web designers and programmers, to XML.

03/10/03 - Guide Review: Macromedia Contribute
If your company can't afford a high-end content management system, and you have designers and content developers in conflict, this might be the perfect solution.

03/03/03 - Do We Need Web Standards?
Standards compliance is nearly there in Web browsers, but now we need to look to authoring tools to create more standard Web pages.

02/24/03 - How to Set a Price for Web Design Work
Web design pricing is a hot issue for new designers - learn how to set your web design prices and charge your customers reasonable and fair rates and fees for web design work.

02/17/03 - Pros and Cons of Pop-Ups, Pop-Unders, Overlays, and Intrusive Ads
Pop-up ads can be annoying, but there are reasons why people use them - And there are lots of pop-up blockers available to stop them - find out why to use them and why not

02/10/03 - Advice versus Control - Web Designers are Not Print Designers
Print designers have very different requirements than Web designers, and if you're designing your Web site like a print project you'll fail

02/03/03 - Splash Pages: Pros and Cons
Splash pages are a popular Web design feature, but if you put up a splash page, you may get more than you bargained for - or less page views.

01/27/03 - Designing in Color
Learn how to write color codes and convert to hexadecimal from RGB.

01/20/03 - Pretty HTML
Even if you use a WYSIWYG editor to write your Web pages, it can be a good idea to look at the code once in a while. If you need to pass along your HTML to another developer, you should make sure that it is easy to read and review.

01/13/03 - HTML vs. What's On the Screen
It can be difficult to understand that what you type in a Web editor is often very different from what displays on the Web browser. Learn to tell the difference between HTML and Web pages.

01/06/2003 - The Science of Web Design
Most people, when they start building Web pages, don't spend a lot of time thinking about the reasons why they use various techniques. Learn to be more scientific in your Web designs.

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