Posts Tagged ‘browser’
January 11, 2010
Often, images are arranged horizontally for the purposes of a navigation menu using images rather than standard text link. What in theory should be a relativly simple task can in practice become a nightmare if you overthink the process, are unaware of the idiosyncracities of the various popular browsers and the relevant workarounds. The simple […]
Posted in CSS |
Tags: blank space, browser, browser bug, bug, cascading style sheets, CSS, div, element, float, horizontal, horizontal images, horizontal list, horizontal row, HTML, IE6, IE6 bug, IE6 float bug, Web Design
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January 10, 2010
If you’re unsure of the functional differences between HTML and XHTML the you might wondering why you might want to use it. With that in mind, this article explains what you cannot do with HTML but can do XHTML. If you’re unsure of what XHTML actually is you can review my other articles here and here. […]
Posted in XHTML |
Tags: application/xhtml+xml, browser, content-type, download, HTML, HTML 4.01, Internet Explorer, Mathematical Markup Langauge, MathML, namespaces, plugin, Scalable Vector Graphics, SVG, text/html, Web Design, XHTML, XHTML DOCTYPE, XML Application, XML Graphics
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January 9, 2010
A DOCTYPE (document type declaration) is the few lines of code placed before your opening <html> tag. Many novice coders omit this but even if you are in habit of including it, you need to ensure that you’re using the correct document type. Why use a document type? You’re code might not validate without the […]
Posted in Web Design |
Tags: browser, compliance, CSS, DOCTYPE, frameset DOCTYPE, HTML, HTML 4.01, loose DOCTYPE, quirks mode, render, strict DOCTYPE, transitional DOCTYPE, validate, validator, W3C, Web Design, XHTML
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January 9, 2010
[PLEASE REVIEW THE XHTML CRITICISM SECTION AT THE END OF THIS POST] XHTML (EXtensible HyperText Markup Language) is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML and has been a W3C Recommendation since January, 2000. W3c is an organization founded and headed by Sir Tim Berners Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. W3C alledges […]
Posted in XHTML |
Tags: browser, coding, difference, display data, DOCTYPE, element, EXtensible HyperText Markup Language, Extensible Markup Language, HTML, HTML 4.01, HyperText Markup Language, language, lowercase, nested, notepad, plain text, predefined tags, programming, rooted element, Sir Tim Berners Lee, standards, store data, strict DOCTYPE, tags, transitional DOCTYPE, transport data, W3C, Web Design, XHTML, XHTML DOCTYPE, XML
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January 8, 2010
PNG is an image format just like JPG or GIF. It was created to improve on and thereafter replace the GIF format. PNG’s come in a few formats, two of which are PNG-8 and PNG-24. What’s the difference? PNG 8 Only 256 colors thus optimal in file size. Use if the image consists of solid, even […]
Posted in Web Design |
Tags: browser, color, color reproduction, difference, file size, GIF, IE6, Illustrator, image format, JPG, Photoshop, PNG, PNG-24, PNG-8, PNG-8 vs. PNG-24, Save for Web & Devices, Web Design
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Obvious In Hindsight 