A couple of browser compatibility issues. As almost every web designer knows, how a browser renders a page is very dependent on which browser is doing the rendering.

Here’s a couple of tips to use when trying to get a web page to render the same across most browsers (IE, Firefox and Opera).

Do NOT use <br clear=”all”>

IE does not render this at all. It’s better to use <div style=”clear:both”> which works across most browsers.

Specify CSS definition “margin-top” for lists

The default margin-top for lists differs between the main browsers. IE’s default margin-top is zero. Firefox and Opera has a default margin-top of about 1 em.

It’s best to always specify a margin-top in CSS when using lists.

To clear text from a pre-seeded textarea or input text on a mouse click, you have to use some javascript. Luckily, it’s very simple to implement this bit of javascript. This short tutorial will show you how and explain what the code used means. (Read more…)

The Word Count Tool that was previously hosted on Zann Marketing has now moved to its own domain. (Read more…)

The if construct is an important feature of many programming languages, allowing for particular code to be excuted depending on certain conditions.

The basic way of using the if construct is:


if (condition) {
   do this if the condition is satisfied or is true;
}


You can include an else construct to execute different code if the condition is not met. (Read more…)

Cascading style sheets, or CSS, has an import rule that allows you to import a css file into a HTML document or another external CSS stylesheet. It’s used as a method of referencing external CSS stylesheets or other files that may be needed on a HTML document or even an external CSS stylesheet.

The CSS import rule looks like this:

@import

Why use @import? (Read more…)

Comprehensive link exchange information is available through our new site dedicated to the education of link developers, webmasters and site owners about link exchanges, link exchange practices and ways to get links to your site. (Read more…)

The new Apple Airport Update 4.2 caused problems with some Mac (and possibly Windows) users. The Airport Update caused the AirPort Admin Utility to prompt users to upgrade their Airport Extreme or Airport Express firmware. Upgrading the firmware caused the wireless network to become unstable and users were disconnected from the network.

Read more about the Airport Update 4.2 Problems with Airport Extreme.

Step by Step Solution

1. Go to Apple Support. (Read more…)

The Problem

After installing Airport Update 4.2, I opened up Airport Admin Utility and it prompted me to upgrade the firmware on the Airport Extreme Base Station. Thinking that nothing could go wrong, I naively went ahead and installed the firmware upgrade to the Airport Extreme.

Almost immediately after the firmware installation was complete, the wireless network went (Read more…)

External stylesheets contain cascading stylesheet, or CSS, information used by a browser to display your web page with the styles you intended to use. These styles can be as simple as defining the font and font color, to as complex as layouts with three column without using tables.

There are four different ways CSS information can be supplied. See cascading order of CSS for more information.

The most efficient way to supply a browser with CSS information is by using an external css stylesheet. (Read more…)

Valid code for web pages is of vital importance. Your webpage should validate for html, css and robots.txt, if you use one.

Valid code helps less forgiving browsers to display your web page as you intended it. By sticking to web standards, you also future proof your web sites for future browsers, which may not be able to display your web pages as elegantly with invalid code.

Search engines also likes web pages and (Read more…)