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 ...
HTML5 Input Type - URL
With previous versions of HTML you used the form control input type="text" to capture typed data from the user. You had to validate the user's input using string methods and or regular expressions. The HTML5 URL control provides built-in validation of URLs. More ...
Changing the Size of an Image on Your Webpage
One of the most important procedures in designing a webpage is proper sizing of images. There are two ways to resize an image, use a graphics application, or set the width and height attributes in the html img tag. More ...
HTML5 role Attribute
AJAX applications can update a webpage without the user realizing the content has changed. The role attribute can be used to inform the accessibility application that the webpage content has changed. 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 SPAN Basics
Whereas a div is a block element which defines a vertical section of a webpage or parent element, a span is an in-line element that is rendered during the line-by-line parsing of the html code for the webpage. Without styles a span provides no visible change. 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
