Creating Web Pages
How do you get rid of link underlining?
Before you do, be sure that there are other cues to let the reader know that
there are clickable links there,
e.g. they are in an area that is clearly a navigation menu.
It can't be done in plain HTML - you need to use
style sheets.
Here's how:
<Head> <Title>Style Sheets</Title>
<Style>
A:link, A:active, A:visited
{ text-decoration: none; }
</Style>
</Head>
<Body>
...
<a href="index.html">This is a clickable link</a>.
How do you make links change color on mouseover?
It can't be done in plain HTML - you need to use
style sheets.
Here's how:
<Head> <Title>Style Sheets</Title>
<Style>
A:hover { color : #008000;
background : #FFD700;
}
</Style>
</Head>
<Body>
...
<a href="index.html">This is a clickable link</a>.
This only works with Explorer.
How do you achieve that transition effect when I enter or leave
The WDVL home page with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 ?
It's done with
META
HTTP-EQUIV tags:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Page-Enter"
CONTENT = "RevealTrans
(Duration=4, Transition=23)">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Page-Exit"
CONTENT = "RevealTrans
(Duration=4, Transition=23)">
For details, see:
Interpage Transitions.
What is 'validation' ?
Validation
is the process of checking a web page against some specified 'DTD'
(document type definition, an SGML term), e.g. the current W3C
recommendation or standard.
Click the W3C button at the bottom of this page for an example.
More..
If I have frames enabled and I create a link to another page with frames,
they create a frames within frames nightmare! How do I avoid this?
At the beginning of your HTML link, insert the line target="_top"
(e.g., <a target="_top" href="whatever.html"> ) to direct
the browser to jump out of your frames and take up the whole window.
What are Java, JavaScript, DHTML, ....?
Java is NOT JavaScript !
Java is NOT JavaScript !
Java is NOT JavaScript !
Java
is a simple, robust, dynamic, multi-threaded, general-purpose,
object-oriented, platform-independent programming environment, created
and developed by Sun Microsystems. Java applets support graphics
rendering, real-time interaction with users, live information updating,
and instant interaction with servers over the network. They have to be
compiled into bytecode for interpretation on a VM or virtual machine.
JavaScript
is a compact, object-based scripting language for
developing client and server Internet applications. It was originally
developed by Netscape under the name 'LiveScript', and renamed to
JavaScript when Sun joined them (briefly?) in the development;
presumably to jump on the Java bandwagon. JavaScript statements can be
embedded directly in an HTML page (Java cannot). The standardised form
is called
ECMAScript
ECMAScript
DHTML is not tied to any specific
language, but JavaScript is most often used, and occasionally VBScript.
W3C's standardisation efforts focus presently on specifying a
Document Object Model (DOM)
which represents the browser features available
to scripting languages, e.g. HTML elements, windows, etc.
Where can I find a guestbook/forms mailer/bulletin board/...?
Try
Matt's Script Archive.
He also has a good FAQ.
How can I make a counter for my pages?
Don't. I really don't care if I'm the 097207th visitor to your page.
If I want random numbers I'll go to a casino, throw dice, ..
Don't follow the crowd. Put some good content on your pages.
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