Radio Button Basics
A radio button is a type of input element for a form. A radio button is similar to a checkbox except that when a user clicks a radio button that is part of a group, the previously selected radio button automatically de-selects. In other words, radio buttons in a group are mutually exclusive. More ...
Code For a Basic 2-Column Fluid Webpage Layout
In this article, I provide simple code for a 2-column webpage that does not use a table, but does use some of the latest HTML5 semantic elements. One nice thing about this design, besides the fact that it uses minimal html code, is that it creates a fluid layout. More ...
XHTML Basics
HTML and XHML look very similar. But HTML was designed long before XHTML and therefore is less rigorous. In other words, HTML does not require the coder to follow strict rules, while if you don't strictly follow the rules while coding XHTML, it just plain won't work. More ...
Use an Image as a Form Submit Button
This article describes how to use an image as a form submit button along with example code. More ...
Set Form Controls Tab Order With tabindex Attribute
The default tab order is the order in which the controls appear in the html code. You may prefer to set the tab order yourself. To set the tab order give each form element a tabindex attribute and set their number values to the order you want the tabs to work. More ...
HTML abbr and acronym Tag
The abbr and acronym tags allow you to give information about the meaning of an abbreviation or acronym used in your text without disrupting the flow of text by placing the information directly in the text. This is done by putting the information in the tag's title attribute. The browser will then display the information as a tooltip. More ...
Providing Alternate and Title Text for an Image
The alt and title attributes are both used to display text related to an image. When an image fails to load the text in the alt attribute is displayed. The title attribute is use to display popup text. More ...
The HTML BODY tag
Two common body tag attributes are leftmargin and topmargin. Another common body tag attribute is bgcolor. The body tag background attribute can be used to set a webpage's background to a texture or image. The bgproperties attribute set with the value fixed causes the tiled background image to remain stationary while the webpage text is scrolled. More ...
HTML Bulleted or Unordered List
There are three kinds of lists; the ordered list, the definition list and the unordered list which is commonly known as the bulleted list. This article shows you how to code a bulleted list. More ...
Easy Form Design
In this article, I show you how to code your own html submission forms. Maybe you are using a WYSIWYG web page design tool and you can't get your forms to work the way you want them to. Maybe you want to show a web page designer how you want your form to look. More ...
HTML Text Tags Basics
Today, most webpage text design is accomplished through the use of style definitions rather than html tags. Although style definitions are extremely powerful for text design, they are also very complicated. I find some of the old html tags are quicker to use, require less code, and are easier to understand. More ...
How to Code HTML Lists
A list is an arrangement of text about related items, usually arranged vertically. The items may, or may not be arranged in a specific order Readers like lists because a list is more readable than a block of text and provides order in a more easily understandable way. More ...
