HTML Hints and Tips
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- Creating a Common Navigation Panel without Frames
Using external Javascripts for navigation avoids the need for frames.
- 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.
- Defining Multiple Frames
How to define a frameset.
- 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.
- Linking to Foreign Language Sites using
Babelfish Translation
Translate your web pages into other languages using Babelfish.
- The Back Button
Adding a back button or link to your web page.
- Specifying Fonts
How to tell your web page what fonts to use.
- Linking to Elsewhere on the Same Page
How to create hyperlinks that take you to elsewhere on the same page.
- Creating a Thumbnail Image Link
How to link your thumbnail image to a larger one.
- Concealing your Email Address from Internet Spiders
How to make it harder for your email address to be stolen by spambots.
- Country Selection Drop Down Box
A free country selection drop down box you can add to your page.
- Linking to Other Pages via a Drop Down Selection Box
You can use a drop down box for your site navigation.
- Page Transitions with Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer allows you to create fancy transitions between pages. Here's how.
- Fully Justified Text
Justify your web page to both left and right margins.
- Describing Your Page to Search Engines
Setting up meta tags to display a description in search engine results lists.
- Setting Link Colours
Setting the colours for your hyperlinks.
- Creating Groups of Radio Buttons
How to identify radio buttons as belonging to the same group.
- A Hyperlink to "Print"
How to place a link on your page that will print it out..
- Partial Protection of Images
A way to partly protect your images by hiding them behind a transparent image.
- Page Layout Using Tables
How to use tables to control the layout of your web page.
- Linking to Downloadable Files
How to provide downloadable files on your web site.
- Using thead, tbody, and tfoot
Specifying your table headers and footers using the thead and tfoot tags.
- 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.
- Compressing your HTML
Make your html file as small as possible so it loads faster.
- The Navigation Bar
Defining the entries to appear in the browser navigation bar.
- 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.
- Converting HTML to Javascript
A simple form that will convert HTML source code into Javascript.
- Disabling the View Source Favelet
Blocking the View Source Favelet from decrypting page source.
- Combo Boxes
HTML doesn't include a combo box but you can easily create one.
- Creating an HTML Head Block
A form to generate the head block for your page.
- Gaps Between Images
Resolving problems with white space.
- Relative Address Quirks
Some unusual quirks in the way that relative internet addressing works.
- Web Site Popularity
Trying to work out how popular your web site is, then here are some ideas.
- Radio Button Text Selection
Allow visitors to your page to select a radio button by clicking on the associated text.
- Mathematical Symbols
Codes that you can use to include Mathematical calculations in your text.
- "Google Advertising Tools"
A Review of the book published by O'Reilly.
- Multi-Page Forms
Creating forms that go over more than one page.
- Why Use XHTML
Reasons why XHTML can be a better choice than HTML.
- 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.
- No Right Click and MySpace
You can no more block the context menu on MySpace than you can on any other web site.
- Javascript and MySpace
Since MySpace doesn't support Javascript is there an alternative?
- "Build your own Web Site the Right Way using HTML & CSS"
A Review of the book published by Sitepoint.
- Getting Started
What do you need to put your site onto the web?
- Robots Meta Tag
Controlling how the search engines spider your site.
- Filling a Table Cell
How to stop whitespace messing up your image placement.
- HTML & XHTML the Definitive Guide
Want to know what some obscure HTML tag or attribute was supposed to mean? This book will tell you.
- Gradient Backgrounds Without Images
Can background gradients be done without needing a conventional background image.
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