While it is possible to publish plain text files on the Internet, it is often not the most suitable option considering that HTML documents are more versatile. HTML files support links, different colors and font types as well as other text formatting options and interactive elements. But what can you do if you do not [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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Does HTML5 Really Need a Logo?
The W3C consortium has unveiled the new logo for the HTML5 web scripting language, but why have they done this and is it really necessary? This has come as a surprise to many people as it’s the first version of the HTML language to have a logo. This is no ordinary version of HTML though [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 7
BlueGriffon HTML Editor
When I have to create a new website I usually rely on scripts like WordPress that offer the core framework and are setup in a few minutes tops. The beauty of it is that I can then concentrate on the content after I have made some theme and plugin modifications. Very easy to to and [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Validome, Web Page Validator
One of the aspects of being a webmaster is to make sure that your web pages are compatible with the most popular web browsers. This requires some tweaking and hacks, especially if Internet Explorer 6 comes into the picture. Validating web pages is just one aspect of this. Most browsers handle invalid elements well so [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Comments: 3
Use Bluefish as your HTML editor
Do people still code HTML by hand? Of course they do. And when they do, what tools do they use? Some use a simple text editor like nano or vi. Some prefer a little more GUI-goodness like Gedit or Kate. Still, some others prefer an application dedicated to the task at hand. For those Linux [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Switch Between HTML And Plain Text Emails In Thunderbird
Emails can be composed as HTML or plain text messages. HTML emails mainly offer the advantage of better formatting options over plain text emails. It is for instance possible to add bold or underlined text, lists or images. HTML emails on the other hand are considered a security and privacy risk. It is for instance [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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XML Escape Tool
Webmasters have to make sure that the code of their website is excaping several characters correctly. Failure to do so can lead to all kinds of problems from display errors to functions that are not working correctly because of this (check out The XML Page Cannot Be Displayed article for an example of things that [...]
Log in to websites with your site’s URL as your OpenID
A few years ago, Martin covered OpenID, an open authentication system. Since then, it has become increasingly popular and a wide range of sites, from AOL to LiveJournal provide OpenIDs, and OpenID login is also quite common. OpenID is particularly popular for blog comments, with Blogger now integrating support for it. An OpenID is an [...]
A standard compliant web browser and editor: Amaya
Some web browsers don’t fully respect web standards and many WYSIWYG HTML editors produce absolutely revolting code. W3C set out standards as to how HTML (and XHTML etc) should appear and whilst some choose to ignore these, some are devoted to the following of these standards. Sticking to standards can therefore lead to issues with [...]