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 ...
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 ...
Text Input Box Basics
The most common way to receive information from a visitor to your website is to let them type it into a text box. In this article you learn the basics of using text boxes on your webpages. More ...
HTML Special Characters - Character Entities
There are certain symbols or characters that you might want to enter in a webpage that you will not find keys for on your keyboard. There are other characters that you should not enter in your webpage text because they can be misinterpreted as code. Instead of entering one of these characters enter its character entity. 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 ...
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 ...
How to Write and Run HTML
Fancy WYSIWYG web design applications generate voluminous amounts of unnecessary code. For these examples use a basic ASCII text editor. More ...
HTML Frames Basics
A frame creates a separate pane within the browser window. A frame can contain its own webpage, or it can provide a different view of the same page in another frame in the same browser window. 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Wrapping Text Around Images
By default the baseline of the image is placed on the same baseline as the text. If you want the text to wrap around the image, use the image tag's align attribute. More ...
