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Practical XHTML
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This explanation is specifically geared to aid a web developer gain enough practical XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) to start using XHTML promptly.
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Why Your Site Should be Developed with CSS and Semantic Markup
By N/A
| Published 11/26/2005
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One thing that I have learned in over a decade developing web sites is that the Net is continually changing, and to keep up you need to change with it. One of the more recent developments in web design is the use of CSS and semantic markup. CSS and semantic web design has several benefits: clarity in code, browser and other web-enabled devices compatibility, seperation of content and presentation, smaller burden on bandwith, and better visibility to search engines.
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CSS Browser Detection
By N/A
| Published 11/27/2005
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Different browsers, different CSS interpretations! There will be a time when you'll need to hide some CSS rules from a particular browser, or even all the CSS file! In this articles I'll try to compile all possible types of Browser detection technics and provide examples. So let's start with the easier one!
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7 Reasons Why Using CSS is a Must
By N/A
| Published 11/29/2005
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CSS is a new option for website designers that have been using HTML and tables for most of their web designing careers. Of course, it is a huge change and requires learning a new language and skill, however most people are saying CSS is worth it and it will give you more control, options, and is easier to edit. Consider the following 7 reasons why using CSS is a must and see if it convinces you to change your method of web design.
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SEO Benefits Of CSS
By N/A
| Published 11/29/2005
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This article is most useful if you are somewhat familiar with HTML and CSS. I explain the concepts well enough that you do not have to be an expert, but I want to provide material that will introduce you to more advanced design in ways you can understand.
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CSS Print Media Tutorial
By N/A
| Published 11/30/2005
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The power of print + CSS So you've made yourself a cutting edge web page. What next ? Well maybe you want your visitors to be able to print pages in a certain style. Heavy graphical content can be removed, background colour changed and navigation items removed, infact anything to make a printer friendly version of your page. All this can de done with CSS.
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CSS - Maximum benefits
By N/A
| Published 11/30/2005
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What is CSS?
CSS is a simple file which controls the visual appearance of a Web page without compromising its structure. Using CSS we can control our font size, font color, link color and many other attributes on our web page. This will make our HTML code much more readable and the page size will be reduced.
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Introduction To Cascading Style Sheets
By N/A
| Published 11/30/2005
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CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) have been around for a while now, and act as a complement to plain old HTML files. Style sheets allow a developer to separate HTML code from formatting rules and styles. It seems like many HTML beginners' under-estimate the power and flexibility of the style sheet. In this article, I'm going to describe what cascading style sheets are, their benefits, and two ways to implement them.
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XHTML - Kicking And Screaming Into The Future
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XHTML, the standard, was first released back in 2000. Roughly five years later we begin to see major websites revised to use this standard. Even the favorite whipping boy of standards-compliance punditry, Microsoft, presents their primary homepages, msn.com and microsoft.com in XHTML.
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How to Build a Basic CSS Layout
By N/A
| Published 11/30/2005
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Designing without tables by using CSS layouts is fast becoming the new standard on the Web because of the benefits mentioned in my previous article. Web browsers used these days are now able to render web pages proficiently. In this article I will endeavor to create a basic 2 column CSS layout which you can use for future design projects.
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Should You Bother Learning HTML to build Webpages?
The most popular method to build webpages today is to use WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) software. Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver are prime examples of WYSIWYG software. Both programs allow you to create webpages as though you were creating a document with your favourite word processing software like Microsoft Word or WordPerfect. Its as simple as entering paragraphs, headings and inserting clipart or images.
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The Three Principles of HTML Code Optimization
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Just like spring cleaning a house, the html code of your web pages should get periodic cleaning as well. Over time, as changes and updates are made to a web page, the code can become littered with unnecessary clutter, slowing down page load times and hurting the efficiency of your web page. Cluttered html can also seriously impact your search engine ranking.
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Building Printer Friendly Pages
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Your site looks like it's working perfectly. You've tested it with several different browsers under various resolutions. The HTML complies with the standards and your CSS is impeccable. Even if all of the above statements are accurate, everything still might not be the way it should. We often design for screens and blissfully forget that we need to take other devices into account as well. It's surprising to notice that while printers are very widely used, a large part of designers seem to completely ignore them.
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How You Can Master HTML – Fast and Easy!
HTML is a coding language used to create web pages in the world wide web.
Frankly speaking, I don’t even know what is HTML when I started my internet business. I’m serious! Before this, I only know the basics in Ms Word and Ms Excel. That’s it! Two programs.
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Cascading Stylesheets: 5 Reasons To Use CSS
By N/A
| Published 12/10/2005
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Cascading Stylesheets become more and more important in today's webdesign. But before you decide to get started using CSS you should know why CSS is so important and what its advantages are.
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The Power of CSS
By N/A
| Published 12/21/2005
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CSS or cascading style sheets are used to create a set of styles that can be applied to your fonts, tables and most other attributes of your web page. These styles allow you to create a much cleaner, faster web page that search engines love and also makes life much easier on the designer when global changes to these styles need to be applied. It is also always critical to always keep in mind your target audience and the average internet connection speed these users have. By using styles sheets to their full advantage, you can help keep your web page size down to a minimum.
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Why CSS Is Good For Your Web Site
By N/A
| Published 12/27/2005
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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are used within the HTML behind your Web site as a way of controlling how each page is laid out and what elements on it look like. For instance, you can use CSS to make headings in your copy a standard size across the whole of your site.
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Hacked Off with CSS?
By N/A
| Published 12/31/2005
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For those not familiar with CSS Hacks, they are ways of using styles/classes that only apply to particular browsers. They are used to overcome the display problems mentioned previously by exploiting CSS structure and code. Most involve simple punctuation tricks to fool the problematic browser into accepting a different style to the browsers that display correctly.
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How To Design Your Web Site With CSS
By N/A
| Published 12/31/2005
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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allows you to create fast loading pages, increase your search engine rankings, and modify your whole site with one style sheet. So why don’t more people use them? This is because they got so used to html design and are afraid or too lazy to upgrade their skills. Some will also use ready made templates that contain flashy graphics, bloated code and sometimes even contains hidden code embedded in the page.
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CSS in Flash the Return of Crisp and Legible Fonts
By N/A
| Published 01/9/2006
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A typical challenge faced by Flash developers like me is getting fonts to look like you want then to. For any project choosing the right font face and size is a process that requires both you and ultimately the client to see eye to eye.
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HTML - Guidelines For Authoring
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When designing your web site you want to make the visiting experience as enjoyable as possible and at the same time make it so that if the site needs to be changed in any way, the changes are not too difficult to make. You want the look to be as appealing as possible for all browsers and also make the site accessible to users with disabilities. In order to accomplish all this there are some general guidelines when creating your HTML code.
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Table Less Designs using CSS
By N/A
| Published 01/9/2006
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Of late, the use of tables in designing webpages has decreased considerably. What is the reason for this phenomenal drop in usage of tables ? The Answer :CSS and DIV Tags
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Using CSS with Tables
By N/A
| Published 01/23/2006
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Tables are currently the most common method of laying out/structuring a web page. Although the use of tables for this purpose is considered, by many, to be a misuse, it is by far the easiest way of organising web page content.
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The Concept Behind CSS
By N/A
| Published 02/21/2006
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What is The Concept Behind CSS? The concept behind CSS (a.k.a. cascading style sheets or style sheets) is really simple.
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Making a 3 Column Fluid Layout With CSS
By N/A
| Published 03/9/2006
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3 Column CSS Layouts always seem to be the most sought-after by web designers. To create a layout with three columns, including two fixed width sidebars and a fluid center and not using tables seems to be, as A List Apart's Matthew Levine put it, The Holy Grail in his article on this.
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HTML And Why You Need It
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HTML. What is it, and why do you need to know how to use it?
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Creating Tableless Sites - Why and Some Basics
By N/A
| Published 04/4/2006
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In a time of web developers who just like to say that 'Tables are Evil' and can't (or won't) explain why, this article will attempt to give you some solid reasons that people create tableless designs. Included are six major benefits of creating tableless sites, and how to sell your desire to alter your website to a resistant manager.
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CSS Cursors - How To Use Them
By N/A
| Published 04/4/2006
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One thing that CSS allows us to use for screen presentation are alternate cursors. This is not the idea of downloading or forcing a download of a cursor, as was done in the past (though that is possible as well), but instead, we use several built in concept cursors.
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Top 12 Benefits of Using CSS for Web Pages
By N/A
| Published 04/29/2006
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If you are still designing with tables then you are missing out on a lot of the benefits of cascading style sheets (CSS). Tables were not supposed to be used for designing but unfortunately it has been the standard for a long time.
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Creating Tableless Sites - Why and Some Basics
By N/A
| Published 04/29/2006
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In a time of web developers who just like to say that 'Tables are Evil' and can't (or won't) explain why, this article will attempt to give you some solid reasons that people create tableless designs. Included are six major benefits of creating tableless sites, and how to sell your desire to alter your website to a resistant manager.
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XHTML (eXtended Hypertext Markup Language): An Overview
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Many Web pages today are poorly written. Syntactically incorrect HTML code may work in most browsers even if it doesn't follow HTML rules. Browsers employ heuristics to deal with these flawed Web pages; however, Web-enabled wireless devices (such as PDAs) can't accommodate these hefty Web browsers. The next step in HTML’s evolution comes in the form of XHTML (eXtended Hypertext Markup Language), which is basically a combination of HTML and XML
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