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  1. Creating a Common Navigation Panel without Frames
    Using external Javascripts for navigation avoids the need for frames.
     
  2. Want to ensure that browsers don't adjust your column Widths?
    How to make sure your table columns are as wide as you want them to be.
     
  3. Defining Multiple Frames
    How to define a frameset.
     
  4. Concealing the Page Name (note: uses frames)
    By puting your page into frames you can avoid having the filename for the page show in the address bar.
     
  5. Linking to Foreign Language Sites using Babelfish Translation
    Translate your web pages into other languages using Babelfish.
     
  6. The Back Button
    Adding a back button or link to your web page.
     
  7. Specifying Fonts
    How to tell your web page what fonts to use.
     
  8. Linking to Elsewhere on the Same Page
    How to create hyperlinks that take you to elsewhere on the same page.
     
  9. Creating a Thumbnail Image Link
    How to link your thumbnail image to a larger one.
     
  10. Concealing your Email Address from Internet Spiders
    How to make it harder for your email address to be stolen by spambots.
     
  11. Country Selection Drop Down Box
    A free country selection drop down box you can add to your page.
     
  12. Linking to Other Pages via a Drop Down Selection Box
    You can use a drop down box for your site navigation.
     
  13. Page Transitions with Internet Explorer
    Internet Explorer allows you to create fancy transitions between pages. Here's how.
     
  14. Fully Justified Text
    Justify your web page to both left and right margins.
     
  15. Describing Your Page to Search Engines
    Setting up meta tags to display a description in search engine results lists.
     
  16. Setting Link Colours
    Setting the colours for your hyperlinks.
     
  17. Creating Groups of Radio Buttons
    How to identify radio buttons as belonging to the same group.
     
  18. A Hyperlink to "Print"
    How to place a link on your page that will print it out..
     
  19. Partial Protection of Images
    A way to partly protect your images by hiding them behind a transparent image.
     
  20. Page Layout Using Tables
    How to use tables to control the layout of your web page.
     
  21. Linking to Downloadable Files
    How to provide downloadable files on your web site.
     
  22. Using thead, tbody, and tfoot
    Specifying your table headers and footers using the thead and tfoot tags.
     
  23. Counting Lost Visitors
    You can count the number of people who start loading your page and the number who finish loading it. The difference is the lost visitor count.
     
  24. Compressing your HTML
    Make your html file as small as possible so it loads faster.
     
  25. The Navigation Bar
    Defining the entries to appear in the browser navigation bar.
     
  26. Displaying HTML Source Code in Web Pages
    A simple form that will convert HTML source code into text that can be displayed in a web page.
     
  27. Converting HTML to Javascript
    A simple form that will convert HTML source code into Javascript.
     
  28. Disabling the View Source Favelet
    Blocking the View Source Favelet from decrypting page source.
     
  29. Combo Boxes
    HTML doesn't include a combo box but you can easily create one.
     
  30. Creating an HTML Head Block
    A form to generate the head block for your page.
     
  31. Gaps Between Images
    Resolving problems with white space.
     
  32. Relative Address Quirks
    Some unusual quirks in the way that relative internet addressing works.
     
  33. Web Site Popularity
    Trying to work out how popular your web site is, then here are some ideas.
     
  34. Radio Button Text Selection
    Allow visitors to your page to select a radio button by clicking on the associated text.
     
  35. Mathematical Symbols
    Codes that you can use to include Mathematical calculations in your text.
     
  36. "Google Advertising Tools"
    A Review of the book published by O'Reilly.
     
  37. Multi-Page Forms
    Creating forms that go over more than one page.
     
  38. Why Use XHTML
    Reasons why XHTML can be a better choice than HTML.
     
  39. Naming Form Fields
    You can't just name form fields with any characters that you like, there are clearly defined rules on what you can and can't use.
     
  40. No Right Click and MySpace
    You can no more block the context menu on MySpace than you can on any other web site.
     
  41. Javascript and MySpace
    Since MySpace doesn't support Javascript is there an alternative?
     
  42. "Build your own Web Site the Right Way using HTML & CSS"
    A Review of the book published by Sitepoint.
     
  43. Getting Started
    What do you need to put your site onto the web?
     
  44. Robots Meta Tag
    Controlling how the search engines spider your site.
     
  45. Filling a Table Cell
    How to stop whitespace messing up your image placement.
     
  46. HTML & XHTML the Definitive Guide
    Want to know what some obscure HTML tag or attribute was supposed to mean? This book will tell you.
     
  47. Gradient Backgrounds Without Images
    Can background gradients be done without needing a conventional background image.
     

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