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  • Score “Outstanding” in your Penmanship: a look at Code Style

    Score “Outstanding” in your Penmanship: a look at Code Style

    More info about Coding Style Standards. have you ever wondered what is best practice in keeping your code consistent, not only w/ yourself, but w/ others in the industry? ever wondered what’s best for a function bracket, or what to do when a closing bracket is going to have an “else” clause? This Note is logged…

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  • Does this Framework “work”? – modular PHP = dynamic CSS

    i’ve been using something lately which i like: in keeping w/ my experimentation with the most simple bits of code possible, i’ve been setting up my webs (and converting old projects) with all included components– much like one would see in a WordPress Dashboard, perhaps. so, i’ve basically got 4 pieces; four Modular chunks of…

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  • Does this Framework "work"? – modular PHP = dynamic CSS

    i’ve been using something lately which i like: in keeping w/ my experimentation with the most simple bits of code possible, i’ve been setting up my webs (and converting old projects) with all included components– much like one would see in a WordPress Dashboard, perhaps. so, i’ve basically got 4 pieces; four Modular chunks of…

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  • CDATA : When, Where, (why) and How to use it in XHTML

    References to, and specifications of CDATA can be seen all throughout the W3C Recommendations– especially in Standardized Generalized Markup Language, the Markup Language from which HTML itself is derived (SGML is a descriptive markup for the structure of a computer document – therefore, since HTML is itself a Structural Markup, we can conclude that HTML…

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  • Standard Typeface – Accessible Design

    the Browser-safe Fonts Sidebar Panel Before adding this quick-reference bookmark to your browser, you can preview the contents of the font-family cheat sheet in a new window. NOTE: If you’re looking for just the right font for your web site, use the custom text tool at the bottom of the cheat sheet panel. It’s simple…

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  • PPK on JavaScript – QuirksMode Guru Comes into His Own With New Book

    Longtime JavaScript guru, and publisher of http://www.quirksmode.org/ , Peter-Paul Koch has just released his first book, PPK on JavaScript 1st edition, New Riders, 2006. ISBN 0321423305. PPK asks that those of you who support him, visit your local bookstore and ask for the book by name– remember to mention New Riders, and taking the ISBN…

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  • Betcha Didn’t Know… W3C HTML Spec: 17.6.1

    the W3C HTML 4.01 Specification: Forms in HTML documents 17.6.1 Pre-selected options Having not known this little bit of HTML correctness before stumbling upon it while referencing something else this evening, I would like to share it so that you may benefit from the knowledge (or I may recall on a later date). Please note…

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  • XHTML 2.0 – the Modular Web and XForm’s

    XHTML 2.0 – the Modular Web and XForm’s

    While roaming with a gnome, I found this interesting little mention of XHTML 2.0 from one of my favorite new web aggregate resources, Answers.com.See for yourself what the rumors suggest we might see in XHTML 2.0

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  • need to increase the height of a layout column <div> ?

    For about a year now, the stylistic quality of my own original html compositions has been handled by the incredibly versatile stylistic design, and layout options afforded by Cascading Stylesheets (though it seems much longer than that!). A proponent of universally accessible design, and advocate of web standards, valid, logically structured XHTML and CSS code,…

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  • BLOCKQUOTE: Are you really quoting someone?

    BLOCKQUOTE: Are you really quoting someone?

    As XHTML becomes more and more prevalent, and web developers adhere to W3C guidelines to migrate to XHTML as the compliant, standardized source-code which should be used in web sites to promote accessibility, we must be aware of the elements we use in our markup.Let’s take a look at <BLOCKQUOTE> for example. As stated in the W3C…

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