HTML Explained: Part 1 by Dina Giolitto
Want to save money while promoting your web-based business? Of course you do. Here's some advice on the matter, from a freelance copywriter who knows: it pays to learn the basics of HTML. If you're like me (stubborn), you've probably been dodging HTML for many years. ... People who design their sites using fancy web page creators with buttons and copy/paste features are merely controlling the HTML code via the program's graphic overlay. ... Here are three salient points about writing HTML code. ... HTML code does not differentiate between capitals and lowercase.

Quick Tips Of E-Mail Security by Simon Sinigoj
Feature-rich email is not only a powerful way of communication, but also a major security threat. The more features an email service provides the security holes are made for hackers. In addition to the usual email security headache - executable attachments - HTML messages introduce new problems. ... HTML is not a plain text, it is rendered and it may contain executable code. ... Your email client (via the built-in HTML viewer) sends to that web server all the information it needs to add you to email databases and more.

Of CGI And Java Scripts by Andrew Corner
CGI and Java Scripts are both functional with both Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers. But there is an essential difference between the two. Java functions as a code executed and downloaded in the clients' side while CGI operates with the server. ... Because Java Script is included in the other HTML tags in the page source, a web page with Java Script elements will be saved in exactly the same format as a web page: the file type should be an ASCII text, and the file name should have the suffix .html appended to the end of it.

Using Tidy In Line Or Locally by Denny Lancaster
The purpose of this tutorial is to present a clear and convincing example of how to use a combination of modern tools at our disposal in our efforts to build web pages which are W3C and WAI compliant, while not having to experience a steep learning curve. ... The revised code the border of zero is omitted, since the default is zero anyway this would have resulted in code bloat. ... In line Tidy With A HTML Editor Some modern day HTML editors either have Tidy built into the editor or have the ability to add tidy as the default editor.

HTML Explained: Part 2 by Dina Giolitto
Get started creating web pages using text files and HTML code! This article is a continuation of HTML Explained: Part 1, which gives a general overview of HTML. Here, we're going to get into the nitty gritty of the code itself. Once you see how simple it really is, you should RUN, not walk to... They're called HTML tags, and they're what the computer uses to interpret the HTML code. ... The HTML code used to "pick up" an image from a source is IMG SRC. ... As I mentioned above, you can control all elements of web design via HTML code—page separation, text formatting, image placement,...

HTML - Image File Management Tips by Michael Russell
HTML graphics. It's a real balancing act that isn't always easy to pull off. Let's face it. Web pages that are all text are simply boring to look at. It's like reading the obituaries in the newspaper. So graphics really come in handy when trying to spruce up your site a bit. ... What this does is make it so that the HTML code provides for an exact area for the photo even before it loads. ... To allow for this possibility as a web designer, when coding your HTML, you should include what is called alternate text in your image source tag so that if the visitor can't view graphics they can see...

Designing Your Own Web Template Toolkit in 2 Minutes by Jason Bash
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate web templates and to quickly write one to experience how template toolkits work at the most basic level. The goal is to help beginners understand the basic principles. What is a Web Template? The most common purpose of standard template toolkits is... This is the main content area...blah blah, yada yada yada"; open(FH, 'template.inc') || die "Can't open file; $!n"; while(my $line=) { $line =~ s/{{content}}/$content/; print $line; } close FH; -------------------- Let's analyze the code further: #!/usr/bin/perl use CGI qw/:standard/;...

Learn HTML Through Theft & Mutilation by Mark Meshulam
Anyone serious about having a website needs to know something about HTML, the computer code of websites. HTML is a simple language - although some native speakers would argue that so is Swahili - it is made up of characters from your keyboard. No fancy heiroglyphics. ... You can view the HTML code of any web page by right-clicking on a blank area of the web page, then selecting "View Source" or "View Page Source". ... Home pages are very often named "index.htm" or "index.html." With the source code visible on your screen, you can save the web page to your computer by clicking "File/Save...

Secure Your Online Forms by Fred Wood
Do you remember what you did last 4th of July? I do because I was fighting a spammer who was using one of our client's website forms to send out thousands of e-mail messages. We had not written the original code for this form and it was susceptible to abuse. ... Fifth, restrict the data to make sure that a form will not be processed if it contains html or common hacker code. ... Second, have client side code (usually javascript) check your form fields to make sure they are filled out with valid data.

HTML And The [HEAD] Tag In Plain English by Michael Russell
If you read any book on HTML they will tell you that the [head] tag is optional. Technically speaking, it is But leaving the header out of your HTML code is just plain looking for disaster if you want anyone to actually find your page. Why? It all comes back to Search Engine Optimization (SEO). ... These are tags that provide the main source of information to the search engines. ... Even though the visitors to a web site don't really look at what's in the head tag the search engines themselves use this area as a main source for indexing your site.