While creating an HTML page, it is important to understand the difference between the 2 elements categories inline and block to avoid coding errors and impost the CSS for the best. Those 2 words, ‘block’ and ‘inline’ are explicit enough by themselves.. block: an element which forms a separate block inline: an element which stays… [Read more…]
December 14, 2010
The 3 ways that HTML elements can be displayed All HTML elements are naturally displayed in one of the following ways: Block Takes up the full width available, with a new line before and after (display:block;) Inline Takes up only as much width as it needs, and does not force new lines (display:inline;) Not… [Read more…]
October 6, 2010
I like to be alerted of any validation errors that sneak into my markup as soon as possible. That’s why I find the HTML Validator Extension for Firefox very hard to live (well, work) without. Unfortunately, it does not support HTML5. I’ve been looking hard for an alternative that does and has the same features… [Read more…]
October 6, 2010
One thing that is rather common, especially on websites whose content is not in English, is URLs that contain unencoded characters such as space, å, ä, or ö. While this works most of the time it can cause problems. Looking at RFC 3986 – Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax, characters that are allowed to… [Read more…]
October 6, 2010
Everybody wants to use CSS 3 now that even Internet Explorer will support parts of it once IE 9 is out. But since parts of CSS 3 are still subject to change, most browsers use a vendor prefix for many CSS 3 properties to signal that their implemenation is “experimental” and may change in a… [Read more…]
October 6, 2010
Tools like Firebug for Firefox, WebKit’s Web Inspector and Opera’s Dragonfly are indispensible tools for front-end Web developers, letting you view the DOM as the browser sees it. And that’s where these tools can actually cause some problems, or at least a bit of confusion. When you choose “Inspect element” or otherwise bring up one… [Read more…]
October 5, 2010
While many web sites use powerful programming environments to create HTML, these same tools are usually ignored when it comes to creating Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). This article describes how to take control of your colors in CSS using PHP. You will learn how to: Centralize your color definitions using variables. Separate presentation and content… [Read more…]
October 5, 2010
his tutorial examines the different layout properties available in CSS: position:static, position:relative, position:absolute, and float 1. position:static The default positioning for all elements is position:static, which means the element is not positioned and occurs where it normally would in the document. Normally you wouldn’t specify this unless you needed to override a positioning that had… [Read more…]
October 5, 2010
This is a tutorial on how to use CSS to create a simple two column layout. The layout consists of a header, a horizontal navigation bar, a main content column, a sidebar, and a footer. It is also horizontally centered in the browser window. A pretty basic layout, and not at all difficult to create… [Read more…]
September 29, 2010
To install Windows 2000 Professional, follow these steps: Start the installation by using one of the following methods: Start from the Windows 2000 Professional installation CD-ROM. Make sure that the CD-ROM is set to start before the hard disk starts. Insert the CD-ROM, and then when you are prompted, press any key to start the… [Read more…]
December 14, 2010
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