May 6th, 2009
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In the previous post, you learned what is HTML and XHTML and a few of the most commonly used tags. If you simply added a few more tags to your HTML vocabulary you could make some decent websites. But why would you want to stop there when there is the wide and wonderful world of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) just over the horizon…
Pre-CSS: the dark age of website design
Before Cascading Style Sheets came into being in the world of website design, designers had to put detailed HTML tags into every web page. These tags controlled things like font size, font color, background color, line height, lists, etc. etc. etc. This was all fine and dandy if your website only had a few pages.
As the web grew so did the size of websites. Gone were the days of sites that had a dozen or two pages only. The next generation of websites grew to hundreds and hundreds of pages. News sites are a prime example.
Now imagine this:
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May 2nd, 2009
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To the newbie website designer, acronyms like HTML and XHTML can seem like strange and wild foreign languages that only people with the “tech” gene turned on can fathom. But they are not that hard to understand at all. And you certainly don’t need to undergo gene therapy to master them.
HTML stands for “HyperText Markup Language”. XHTML stands for “Extensible HyperText Markup Language”.
Yada. Yada. Yada.
Let’s find out what those actually mean.
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April 27th, 2009
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Many people believe that they actually “visit” websites — that somehow their browser magically shows them what appears on that website’s computer screen.
But the truth is very different…
Imagine for a moment that your best friend just came back from a one-week trip to Hawaii. You’re anxious to hear about the adventures, see the photos, and hopefully get the authentic souvenir Hawaiian shirt. You rush to the phone and make the call. “Sure” your friend says enthusiastically. “I’ll be right over!” In a few short minutes your doorbell rings. Behind the door your friend stands with a menagerie of photos, odd yet wonderful tiki-trinkets, and the much anticipated multicolored Hawaiian shirt.
This is exactly how surfing the Internet works (minus the Hawaiian shirt.)
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April 15th, 2009
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You can’t survive the online world without secure passwords. Extremely nasty people (whose own mothers wouldn’t even love) have the desire and the means to crack your passwords. Once cracked, any personal information hidden behind those particular passwords is wide open. And you know that those nasty people only have nasty intentions on their minds.
That’s why it is VERY IMPORTANT to create very hard-to-crack, strong, and secure passwords.
But how does one go about creating such a password?
Let’s find out how…
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March 8th, 2009
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The Internet is filled with way too many technical terms and other high-tech jargon. It’s no wonder, then, that newbies get confused.
So it’s time to roll up my sleeves and begin to clear up some of the Internet jargon that baffles – rightfully so – the countless newcomers (and even the veterans) who are making their way through the World Wide Web.
In this post you’ll learn about:
- What is a domain name?
- What is a web address?
- What is a URL?
- What is the meaning of URL?
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February 27th, 2009
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You may have heard of Facebook, or maybe even Stumble Upon. Possibly the name “Technorati” floated within your aural range as well. Then someone told you about social bookmarking websites – and the only things you can think of are:
- What IS Facebook?
- What IS Stumble Upon?
- What IS Technorati? AND…
- What IS a social bookmarking website?
They are all good questions. Here are the good answers:
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February 12th, 2009
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I’ve seen a few of my friends and family members do this… and it’s wrong, wrong, wrong.
Don’t double click on links.
Now, I can understand how the rapid double-tap of your index finger could become such a habit that it even carries over into the world of the Internet. But don’t stress-out your delicate finger with unnecessary motion. Links only need a single click.
And besides…
Double-clicking an order link on an online shopping cart MIGHT charge your credit card twice!
