Create Accordions Using The New <DETAILS> & <SUMMARY> Tags in HTML5.1

HTML5.1 has brought about some amazing new features and functions, many of which used to be possible only via a JavaScript library like jQuery. Accordions have long been a popular way to categorize and simplify alot of content within a single page – and the most common way to create accordions in the past was […]

Easily Style Inline Quotations Using The Forgotten <Q> Tag

I bet you never knew that HTML had a built-in method to display inline quotations – and there’s probably a good reason for that – until now. Over 9 years ago when HTML 4.0 was first released the world was introduced to the <q> tag – intended to display inline quotations that don’t require paragraph […]

Do More With Horizontal Lines

Chances are you probably already know about the <hr> tag available inside HTML – however did you know there are plenty of features and settings built into the default <hr> tag? Settings for width, height, and even color are all available within the base tag – and fully supported by modern browsers. The ALIGN parameter lets […]

Understanding The Difference Between Class and ID

A good buddy of mine has recently started his own learning process diving into HTML, CSS, and Javascript. He came to me with a question recently wanting to know what the actual difference was between a class and an id, and when each should be used. As I explained this to him I thought that this would make […]

I Want A Website: Building My Own Website

So you decided to bypass the website builder route and build your website yourself. This is definitely the harder way to go about building your website however you will learn alot more and hopefully have some fun along the way. First thing is first. Your going to need to get yourself a domain name and […]

W3C Brings HTML5 to Recommendation Status

HTML5 has been around for a couple of years now – slowly growing as more and more websites transition from HTML4; and more and more browsers start to fully support all of HTML5’s features. As of right now almost all devices out there fully support HTML5. Computer browsers such as Chrome, Opera and Firefox support […]

Google Pokes Fun at BLINK & MARQUEE HTML

The <blink> and <marquee> tags are probably at the top of every single list of what to not do when building your website – and yet somehow you’ll still find sites making use of these functions. Granted there are a few times when marquee’s still come in useful – however these days you get more control […]

New Tools Launched: HTML to WORD/PDF Generator

Every now and then I find myself using a computer that doesn’t have Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat Pro installed. Maybe it had a trial version that had expired, or simply never had it in the first place – however here I am sitting by this computer and I need to create a Microsoft Word/Adobe Acrobat PDF […]

Hello Scratchpad – A Real Time, Online HTML/CSS Renderer

I was doing some browsing, well Stumbling to be exact, and came upon a great new site called Scratchpad. Developed by Nathan Bashaw, Scratchpad serves as a great place to experiment and play around with your HTML, CSS and even Javascript. You get a dual-pane view; you’re code on one side, and a live render of […]

Proper Use of Heading, ALT & Title Tags

[frame align=”left”] [/frame]Improve web design and search engine performance all in one easy step! Believe it or not, it is possible, easy, and really straightforward. There are 3 extremely useful tags and attributes that most people overlook, or do not take advantage of properly. These are the alt tags, title attributes in links and heading […]

Night & Day Detection

If we assume that people’s interests vary according to the time of day, your website might be well served by promoting different kinds of content depending on whether its day or night. For example lets say we have two articles, one about the sun eventually burning out, and one about the Hale-Bopp comet. We can […]