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There is more to your pages than what shows on the browser screen
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:00 +0200
I've been writing a lot about semantic HTML and including information that computers can understand inside your web pages. Most semantic information is stored in the HTML for the computers to read, but there is a section of HTML that doesn't affect the content displayed to the customers, but is still very important—the HEAD element. Understanding the HEAD element will help you write better HTML and better web pages.
Read the full article: What is the HEAD Element For?
Help with Header Tags
Basic Tags for a Web Page
What's In a Title?
How to Prepare Your Pages for Search Engines
There is more to your pages than what shows on the browser screen originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Friday, February 10th, 2012 at 03:00:00.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Only a Few Days Left for Nominations
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:21:00 +0200
There are only a few days left for me to accept nominations for the various categories. If I don't receive enough nominations in a category, I will not be able to set up voting for that category. Are there really NO Facebook or Twitter accounts you read about Web Design and HTML? And interestingly, the only nominations I've received regarding mobile apps aren't even apps at all, but rather the Guidelines for building apps. Seriously, am I the only person who uses my smartphone to do work on?
Please Make Your Nominations!
Nominations will be accepted between January 18, 2012 and February 15, 2012. The voting will begin on February 22nd and the winners will be announced on March 30th.
On the Web Design/HTML site I will be hosting the following categories:
Best Web Design
Best Windows Web Editor
Best Macintosh Web Editor
Best Mobile App for Web Designers
Best Website or Blog for Web Designers
Best Facebook Page for Web Designers to Like
Best Twitter Account for Web Designers to Follow
Best Hosting Provider
Find out more about the Web Design categories and then nominate the sites, products, and pages that you think represent the best resources for web designers: 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards for Web Design/HTML
Only a Few Days Left for Nominations originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 15:21:48.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Poll: Where do you include character set information in your pages?
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:11:00 +0200
It’s important to specify the character set for your web pages because that tells the browser what characters are valid on the web page. But more importantly, if you don’t specify the character set, your page can be hacked. In fact, if you don’t put the character set tag e.g. as the first line of your HEAD element, your page can be at risk. HTML5 makes it easy to add the character set, as I showed, with a very short “meta charset” tag. But many designers don’t ever define the character set. Where do you define the character sets for your web pages?
Poll: Where do you include character set information in your pages? originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 04:11:12.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Welcome Kim!
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:17:00 +0200
I am pleased to announce that there is a new intern for the site: Kim R. West. Kim is a full-time student at the Tennessee Technology Center studying web design and development. She will be writing articles for the site for the next few months. I would like to welcome Kim to the site, and I look forward to her articles and the fresh perspective she will bring to the site.Welcome Kim! originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 at 17:17:44.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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HTML5 Design Gallery - KA Graphic Designs
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:09:00 +0200
Here is a very nice looking design using HTML5 features like HTML sectioning content, HTML5Shiv, and CSS3 designs. Be sure to go to the site now, as it has changed even more since the screen shot was taken.
Have you built an HTML5 site? Or do you know of one that does a great job with HTML5? Submit HTML5 site designs to be featured on this site.HTML5 Design Gallery - KA Graphic Designs originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 at 04:09:15.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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When Valuing Your Web Business, Don't Forget the Domain Name
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:42:00 +0200
Domain names are an important part of a web business. They are an asset to your company and you should be aware of how much they are worth. And if your business is looking for a new domain name it can often be more effective to purchase a domain that is live. But to do that, you should know how to value the domain.
Read the full article: How to Value a Domain Name
More Help with Domain Names
How to Choose a Good Domain Name
What is a Top-Level Domain Name?
Is .COM Really Better than .NET or .US?
When Valuing Your Web Business, Don't Forget the Domain Name originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 at 03:42:13.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Do Your Search Engine Results Show You as the Author?
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:24:00 +0200
Google and other search engines are starting to use authorship information with the rel=author attribute to provide more information about the articles that are linked to. These fancier search results can include the author's photo, links to related articles by the same author, and more. Ultimately, results with this extended information are more memorable and more likely to get clicks. Learn how to tell Google who authored your articles.
Read the full article: Tell Google About Your Writing
More About Authorship and Microformats
Authorship
What is Microdata?
What are Microformats?
Do Your Search Engine Results Show You as the Author? originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 03:24:38.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Backups are Critical
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:24:00 +0200
Last week was a challenging week for me. Last Sunday, I tried to turn on my computer, and, well, it didn't. I spent most of the morning that I had planned to use to get ahead during the week, trying to troubleshoot what was wrong. I finally gave up and called Apple support and proceeded to go through all those same steps again with Cristophor on the phone. His conclusion? The hard drive was dead. Luckily, I have Apple Care for that computer, so Cristophor set up an appointment with the local Apple store, and I took it in. There the Genius (I forget his name, sorry) hooked up a cable to the computer and after a few minutes confirmed that the hard drive was dead and the optical drive was failing. He took my computer and said they would be replacing the hard drive and optical drive over the next 1–3 days.
I didn't get the computer back until Thursday. Then I started the restore process from my Time Machine backup. Of course, what I didn't notice was that the backup I was using was from my first Time Machine drive, not my current one. When the machine restarted, it was restored back to July 2011. Oops! So Thursday night I started the restore process again, this time using the right backup!
Friday morning I got up and saw that there was an update to Lion, 10.7.3, so I ran that and then started doing some work, writing some articles, and so on. I noticed that there were some glitches, but nothing too bad, and I thought they would be cured by a restart. So when I was done working I shut down for the day, as usual.
Saturday I turned on the computer to check some mail, and noticed the glitches were worse. In fact, I couldn't open some of my critical programs like Solitaire :-) and more importantly, no web browsers would open, nor would Finder. After some research using my iPad I discovered that the update to Lion 10.7.3 was screwing up a lot of systems. It sounds like my situation was a bit more serious than most, because I couldn't even get Finder to work. And ultimately, I had to restore from my Time Machine backup a third time. This time I restored to right before I updated to 10.7.3.
Backups Saved Me
I was saved both by Time Machine, which was able to restore my system back to Friday morning, but also by my secondary backups of data on Dropbox. Time Machine brought my computer back to the living, and Dropbox made sure that all the work I'd done on Friday was not lost.
If you don't have both your personal machine and your website backed up on a regular basis, you will eventually live to regret that. I know. This week was challenging, as I had to do work on my iPad or not at all, but if I hadn't had backups I would have been starting from scratch. Before I had regular backups I once deleted my entire home directory on my web server. I much prefer this method. Restoring from backups takes time, but it's a lot faster and easier than trying to rebuild a site from memory.Backups are Critical originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Sunday, February 5th, 2012 at 16:24:24.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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HTML Design Gallery - Dojo Bread
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:54:00 +0200
This site is very tasty looking. As with any food site, the focus needs to be on the food itself, and this site does a great job. I love how the site’s colors mimic the colors of the breads. Note: this site is built in XHTML Transitional, not HTML5.
Have you built an HTML5 site? Or do you know of one that does a great job with HTML5? Submit HTML5 site designs to be featured on this site.HTML Design Gallery - Dojo Bread originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 02:54:02.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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January in Review
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:16:00 +0200
In honor of the new year, I focused a lot on new technologies in January. Microdata, microformats, CSS3 and HTML5 all are gaining better and better support among browsers. And the many articles I published this month can help you get started learning these so you're ready when your customers are. Did you miss any of these new articles? Here's a recap:
CSS3 Shadows: Box Shadows and Text Shadows
Where Should CSS Be Placed in an HTML Document?
How to Write a Web Design Proposal
Where to Place Scripts in Your Web Documents for Optimal Display
How to Use the HTML5 HGROUP Element
Internet Explorer CSS Filters
Readers' Choice Awards 2012
CSS Transitions
CSS Transformations
CSS Transformations versus Transitions
What is Microdata?
What are Microformats?
What is the History API
Previously in January
...January in Review originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 14:16:17.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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