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 ...
Webpage DOCTYPE Declarations Explained
DOCTYPE is a declaration that should appear as the first line in your webpage code. It defines the standard to which your webpage is coded, and provides information to the browser as to how the code should be interpreted. Make sure your webpage's doctype matches it's coding standard. 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 ...
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 ...
HTML DIV Basics
An html div is a block-level element that defines a horizontal section of a webpage. A block level element has an embedded carriage return before and after the element. Using styles, a div can be the best element to use for complex webpage layouts. More ...
The Font Tag
Starting with HTML version 4, the font tag was "deprecated" meaning that at some point in the future it may no longer be supported by some browsers. However, I believe the font tag will be supported long into the future. More ...
How to Use a Meta Redirect
A Meta Redirect is a META tag that, when a visitor arrives at your webpage, automatically redirects their browser to a different webpage. There are several reasons why you might want to use a meta redirect. More ...
Keywords Meta Tag Generator
Free online keywords Meta tag generator. Paste your webpage html code into the text box, enter how many keywords you want in your keyword meta tag. The html code for a keyword meta tag webpage will be generated. More ...
Image Map Basics
An Image Map allows you to define areas of an image that act like a link so that when the user clicks on an area the browser loads the target webpage or media file. Image maps are an excellent way to provide metaphorical navigation or to call out the nomenclature of an object. This article shows you how to code simple and complex images maps. More ...
How to Make a Table Scroll
It's very common for a table to contain more data than can be displayed on a webpage without scrolling the webpage. A large table would be much easier to deal with if the table contents itself could scroll, rather than having to scroll the entire webpage. In this article, I'll show you exactly how to accomplish that. More ...
Easy Code to Add Bing Site Search to Your Website
There are several ways you can add site search to your website. This artilce provides the code for Bing site search, just paste this code into the desired location on your website. More ...
Line Breaks in HTML
Whether you are hand-coding your webpage, or trying to get your WYSIWYG webpage application to do what you want, understanding the html tags that control line breaks is very important. There are html tags to force a line break, tags to prevent a line break, and even tags to suggest a line break. More ...
