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October 28, 2008
Should you or should you not have links open in a new window/tab?
Last week's entry on outbound links spawned a lot of discussion, including the question of whether one should have outbound links open in a new window (or tab depending on the user's browser and preferences). Although many others have already written about this topic, it comes up often enough that I think it is worth discussing. Disclaimer: links that open in a new window or tab—when that wasn't my choice—are a pet peeve of mine, but I will attempt to explore the topic objectively.
August 28, 2007
An Introduction to Web Standards
I've recently come to the conclusion that a great number of Web developers either don't know about Web standards, or simply don't care. For those who aren't already aware of the standards I'll offer a brief introduction along with resources for additional information. For those who don't care, or who are anti-standards, I'll offer some examples as to why I feel they're important.
April 19, 2007
Embedding Flash Objects for Internet Explorer
Due to a lawsuit between Microsoft and Eolas, Internet Explorer no longer processes
July 31, 2006
Valid code for using Flash animations on the Web
If you've ever tried to include a flash animation in your Web site you may have found that either your movie doesn't show up, your code doesn't validate, or both. Or perhaps you have found that while your movie appears on your page when viewed in Browser X, it does not when viewed in Browser Y. Sometime ago I encountered the same problem and after searching around the Web for various solutions I came across the following. It works in a variety of browsers and is much simpler than the code generated by Flash or Dreamweaver. To use this...
July 11, 2006
I'm not going to teach you XHTML/HTML: Homework Review
Last month in my entry about HTML/XHTML I provided a homework assignment for those who wanted to try learning a bit of XHTML. I know some of you are still working on the project, but as I've completed it myself, I'll walk you through some of the elements of the site. If you have not yet started the project, you should go ahead and give it a try before reading this, but I leave it to you to decide what works best for your learning style. My results On the right is a screen capture of the site I...
June 09, 2006
I'm not going to teach you XHTML/HTML, but you should learn it anyway
If you are already comfortable editing in HTML or XHTML, then you may want to just skip to the bottom and bookmark some of the resources I've listed for future reference. But if you've just been given the responsibility of maintaining or building a new site for your department, you may be wondering where to begin. If you've done the requisite site planning, as described in my Planning Your Website Tutorial, then you are almost ready to begin building or editing your pages. To build a new site you will need to download the appropriate template files, and make sure...