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 Select List Basics
The Select list is one of the most useful controls provided by HTML. This article demonstrates the incredible flexibility of the Select list and provides you with example code to do almost you could want with a Select list. More ...
HTML Blockquote Basics
You have probably seen webpages that display a quote from the article, but taken out of the flow of the article text. The html blockquote element is easy to use and can be used break up the monotony of paragraphs of text and give your webpage a more professional look. More ...
The Heading Tags
Html provides a set of heading tags that allow you set the size of the text in your headings and subheadings. The size ranges from h1 to h6. More ...
HTML Table Basics
Use of an html table has become the most common method used for general webpage layout. Style Sheets can provide much more accurate web page layout, but the implementation of style sheets between different browser versions is inconsistent. More ...
Aligning an Image on Your Web Page
By default the baseline of the image is placed on the same baseline as the text. However you can set the align attribute to change where the baseline of the image will be located relative to the baseline of the text. 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 ...
HTML5 Nav Element
The nav element provides a container for a block of navigational links. You should not place every stray link in a nav element. Applications such as parsers and screen readers for visually challenged users use the nav element to identify major navigation blocks. More ...
Form Input Labels
Using the label element with your form input elements rather than just placing text next to them is a good idea that makes your web site more accessible. More ...
Block and Inline HTML Elements
There are two main types of html elements, block and inline. A block element starts and ends with an inherent line break. An inline element starts at a position defined by its sequence in the 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 Textarea Basics
In this article, you learn how to code an html textarea element and how to control the text in a textarea, along with an introduction into using CSS, Java Script, and server-side programming with an html textarea element. More ...
