Archive: 2006
AJAX - Getting Started
This article guides you through the AJAX basics and gives you two simple hands-on examples to get you started.
Firebug Extension
Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
Modular CSS
This isn’t a new idea but looking at people’s code it doesn’t seem to be a particularly widely used practice: modular CSS. That’s a poncy name for the very simple idea of group...
Benefits of Using Unordered Lists
When marking up content which could be defined in some way as a list, you should consider using an unordered list (<ul>) for presentation. Not only does it improve the readability of your HTML c...
HTML Validator
HTML Validator is a Mozilla extension that adds HTML validation inside Firefox and Mozilla. The number of errors of a HTML page is seen on the form of an icon in the status bar when browsing. The deta...
Is XHTML Good Enough?
There are many false benefits of XHTML promoted on the Web. Let’s clear up some of them at a glance:
The Title and Alt Attributes
When browser vendors bend the standards and implement something in a different way than what the specification states, they may cause problems, or at least confusion. One example of this is the way ce...
Web Developer Extension
The Web Developer extension adds a menu and a toolbar to the browser with various web developer tools. It is designed for Firefox, Flock, Mozilla and Seamonkey, and will run on any platform that these...
What Goes Into a Web Page?
HTML has come a long way from its humble beginnings. However, despite the fact that you can use HTML (and its derivatives) for much more than serving up static text documents, the basic organization a...
What is jQuery?
jQuery is an amazing JavaScript library that makes it easy to create wonderful web effects in just a few lines of code. As the website says:”
What is JSON?
JSON , which stands for “JavaScript Object Notation”, is a lightweight data-interchange format that is easy for humans to read and write, and for machines to parse and generate. JSON is ba...
What is Social Bookmarks?
The purpose of social bookmarks is to give users a place online to store links to their favorite web pages. These bookmarks are available to any computer with Internet access. This saves the trouble o...
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
The building and creating of a website is only the beginning of your Internet success. The most relevant content available, the best looking site design and ultra fast loading pages still don’t ...
Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment.
PSPad
PSPad is a freeware programmer’s editor for Microsoft Windows operating systems, useful for people who:
WeBuilder
WeBuilder is all-in-one Web code editor that enables you to edit HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, ASP and other web documents within single program. Clean and convenient interface, quick startup, true flex...
What is RSS and Atom Feeds?
RSS stands for both “Rich Site Summary” and “Really Simple Syndication” but it always refers to the same technology.