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HTML |
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http://evolt.org/article/Liquid_Tables/20/2321/evolt.org
EVOLT.ORG - LIQUID TABLES, 07/00. Gives definitions of 'ice, jello, and liquid' tables. Also, points you to some other sources as examples and further explanation.
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http://roselli.org/adrian/articles/liquid.asp
LIQUID DESIGN FOR THE WEB. Why liquid and things to consider.
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http://www.edgeofmyseat.com/articles/article3.asp
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO LOOK THE SAME. According to Edge of My Seat, 'the web, a dynamic medium where we have no control over our user nor should we want to have'. While you're there, check out Media Types.
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http://www.w3.org/
W3C - WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM. Get your HTML 4.01 standards here. For
the structure of Tables in particular, see http://www.w3.org/TR/R
EC-html40/struct/tables.html. Here's their shorthand for the background property.
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http://mtl.uta.fi/jkorpela/forms/index.html
HOW TO WRITE HTML FORMS. Lots of tutorials, references, and FAQs.
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http://www.macedition.com/cb/cb_20010618.shtml
MACEDITION: CODE BITCH "VALID ATTITUDE". Why leveraging standards "means following the spirit of the standards, not just the letter".
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http://www.zeldman.com/askdrweb/
JEFFREY ZELDMAN'S ASK DOCTOR WEB. Last updated in 1999, but still a good place for the nuts and bolts with a dash of humor. Also, for frames info check out A List Apart's Frames Without Tears.
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http://allmyfaqs.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/
ALL MY FAQS. Yes, they've got the FAQS on HTML, CSS, SSI, JavaScript, and more. There's also a search engine.
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META TAGS/SEARCH ENGINE INFO/ROBOTS |
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http://www.webdisplays.com/guide-web-design-tips-tutorial-help/full-meta-tag-generator.html
HTML META TAG GENERATOR. Free. |
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http://www.northernwebs.com
/set/setsimjr.html
META MEDIC. Go to very bottom of page to enter your url for a free meta tag check. |
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http://www.womendesignersgroup.com/metatags.shtml
WOMEN DESIGNER'S GROUP: THE IMPORTANCE OF META TAGS. With links to other meta tag info pages. |
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http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/
VANCOUVER-WEBPAGES. Meta, Rel, and Rev Tag info. |
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http://www.keywordcount.com/
KEY WORD COUNT. Will analyze a url for keyword frequencies. Helpful for
optimization of meta tags. |
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http://searchengineforums.com/bin/Ultimate.cgi
SEARCH ENGINE FORUMS. Sponsored by Virtual Promote, here is a list of forums to cover most search engines. |
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http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/robots.html
THE WEB ROBOTS PAGES. Great FAQ that explains all about Bots. Also has a list of all the current robots, and articles and papers on the subject. Here's an example of a robots.txt file. |
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http://www.fleiner.com/bots/
HOW TO KEEP BAD ROBOTS, SPIDERS AND WEB CRAWLERS AWAY. Just what it says. Be sure to see his section on trapping bad robots. |
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http://www.ahref.com/guides/technology/200009/0922piou.html
APACHE AND PHP VS. THE SPAMBOTS. All about stopping those nasty spambots. |
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http://faq.solutionscripts.com/misc/hot_linking.html
SOLUTION SCRIPTS. Under the guise of "Using Mod_rewrite to block hot linked images", they tell how to protect your images from being directly linked by using some simple code in your htaccess file. |
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CSS |
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http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
W3C: CSS. Links to what's new, online learning, resources,...
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http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/csscheck/
WDG'S CSS CHECK. Enter your css url or input the code directly.
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http://www.alistapart.com/stories/fear/index.html
A LIST APART: FEAR OF STYLE SHEETS. Pitfalls of CSS and some work-arounds.
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http://www.evolt.org/article/Using_CSS_to_create_rollovers/17/16676/index.html
EVOLT: USING CSS TO CREATE ROLLOVERS. Not a JavaScript in sight.
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http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/popups/demo.html
PURE CSS POPUPS. Oooo, am I excited? Also, fasten your seatbelts as Eric takes us to the CSS EDGE.
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http://www.westciv.com/style_master/house/CSS_gallery.html
STYLE MASTER'S CSS GALLERY. Shows you what can be done with CSS.
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http://style.cleverchimp.com/font_size_intervals/altintervals.html
CSS: FONT SIZE INTERVALS. Todd Fahrner, formerly of Verso, has a work in progress here with great explanation of the differences in rendering font sizes in CSS between browsers. Also, here's some other typography considerations for CSS: The Amazing Em Unit, Illustration of what works and doesn't, Beyond the Font Tag.
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http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/syndata.html#length-units
W3C'S CSS2 - FONTS AND RELATIVE UNITS. Explains the difference. Short and sweet.
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http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/
CSS POSITIONING. Explains visual rendering for CSS2 using the box model.
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http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/acss.html
ACSS: AURAL STYLE SHEETS. Tips for making your coding more accessible for disabled assistant browsers.
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http://css.nu/
CSS POINTERS GROUP. "For the practical use of CSS". They have pointers, tutorials, articles from the "amazing Mr. Fahrner", and more. Also, here's their CSS bugs and workarounds. See also a detailed explanation of 'em' and the difference between en-dash and em-dash.
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http://www.webreview.com/style/css1/charts/mastergrid.shtml
WEBREVIEW: MASTER COMPATIBILITY CHART, 01/01. Nice chart to refer to while you do your CSS.
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http://www.web-weaving.net/ww/css_chart.html
CSS1 TEST SUITE: 1.4 CLASS AS SELECTOR, 02/01. Another CSS compatibility chart for the CSS properties.
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http://webreview.com/tag/2001/02_09_01.shtml
WEBREVIEW: CONTROLLING TABLE LAYOUT WITH CSS2, 02/01. Take control. See also CSS2 and Tables - Caption Control and CSS2 and Tables - Display Property.
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http://www.digital-web.com/tutorials/
DIGITAL WEB: CONVERTING A WEBPAGE TO CSS. A tutorial on how to use CSS with tables by J. David Eisenberg.
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CSS and Table-less Layout |
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http://www.alistapart.com/stories/journey/
A LIST APART'S A CSS REDESIGN IN FIVE EASY PAGES. Tells you all about it. Here's a CSS Forum thread with links to table-less CSS sites.
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http://www.bluerobot.com/web/layouts/
BLUEROBOT'S LAYOUT RESERVOIR. Includes examples of various 2- and 3-column layouts.
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http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/index.html
OWEN BRIGGS' BOX LESSON. Problems and workarounds for the 3-column layout.
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http://www.glish.com/css/
ERIC'S CSS LAYOUT TECHNIQUES: FOR FUN AND PROFIT. Not only 2- and 3-column layouts, but also 4-column. Ooooo.
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http://www.webnouveau.net/index1.html
DONIMO'S WEB NOUVEAU. Nice collection of CSS sites, most without tables.
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JAVASCRIPT |
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http://javascript.internet.com/
JAVASCRIPT SOURCE. Offers tutorials, references, and examples of code.
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XHTML |
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http://www.evolt.org/article/ The_XHTML_Transition_It_s_not_that_difficult/17/9953/index.html
EVOLT: THE XHTML TRANSITION, 04/01. Good painless article that gives you the basics. |
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http://www.webreview.com/2001/03_02/designers/index01.shtml
WEBREVIEW: TO USE OR NOT TO USE. An XHTML roadmap for Designers by Molly E. Holzschlag. |
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http://gutenberg.hwg.org/markupXHTML.html
HTML WRITERS GUILD: MARKING UP DOCUMENTS IN XHMTL 1.0. Simply put. |
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DHTML |
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http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/01/12/index1a.html
WEBMONKEY: BUILDING WEBMONKEY'S DHTML TOOLBAR, 03/01. How they did it. |
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http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/filters/0,,2133215,00.html
ZDNET DEVELOPER: DHTML. Latest DHTML headlines and reviews. |
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PDAs |
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http://ami.avantgo.com/support/developer/supported_tags/matrix.html
AVANTGO: MATRIX OF SUPPORTED HTML TAGS. A list of tags you can use when setting up webpages for PDA's. |
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http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue199902/avantgotips001.html
PALMPOWER: OPTIMIZING WEB PAGES FOR HANDHELD DEVICES. Gives good tips.
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FOR THE WEBMASTER IN YOU |
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http://alicorna.com/techtips.html
ALICORNA'S WEB TECHNICAL TIPS. Includes how to keep your images from being indexed, spam-proofing your email address, and more. |
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http://faq.solutionscripts.com/misc/htaccess.html
PASSWORD PROTECTING DIRECTORIES WITH .HTACCESS. Handy for those special directories. |
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http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/spam/adblock.shtml
WEB AD BLOCKING. Via your hosts file. |
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