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- Friendlier source code with two Firefox add-ons
- While Internet Explorer is popular with users, Firefox is the best browser for Web developers. I continue to discover and take advantage of the myriad of add-ons available for Firefox. I recently discovered two tools -- View formatted source and View Source Chart -- for viewing and working with the...
- Tags: Web, TechRepublic Inc., Source Code, Mozilla Firefox, Page, Web Browser, Tool, Add-on, CSS Rule, Figure D, CSS, Web Browsers, Productivity, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- How do I... Create a scrolling content box in CSS?
- In my last TechRepublic Programming and Development blog entry, I showed you how to use Flash to create an animation that mimicked the behavior of the retired and sometimes reviled <marquee> tag. I had mentioned that it was possible to use CSS to duplicate the <marquee> tag as well, but...
- Tags: Bedroom, Body, Peg, HTML, Kitchen, Tunnel, Window, Garden, Wound, River, Straight, Hill, Class, Chair, Coat, Wall, Title, scrollBox, Helvetica, Construction, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, John Lee
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- Adapt to your audience with CSS media types
- In addition to worrying about browsers, Web standards, and more, you also have to consider the multitude of devices or media that may be used to view a site. The CSS media type provides the functionality to build Web applications whose presentation may vary with its target media. Here's an...
- Tags: Media, CSS Media Type, Media Type, Font Family, Emacspeak Browser, CSS, Advertising & Promotion, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Safari 3.1 brings the Apple experience to Windows
- The good folks over at Ars Technica decided to check out Safari 3.1 for new goodness fresh out from Mac-land. Their verdict? They were blown away with the improvements since Safari 3.0. The chief kudos here appears to be with that Safari 3.1 brings in support...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Safari 3.1, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, CSS, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Management, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Moving to CSS-based layouts with the YUI Library
- While initiating a recent project to make substantial changes to an existing Web application, it was decided to dump the table-based layout used in its original design in favor of CSS. We opted to use the Yahoo! User Interface YUI Library after evaluating different approaches. The YUI Library provides core...
- Tags: HTML, Menu, Yahoo! Inc., Class, Column, Layout, Yahoo! User Interface Library, Header, Background Color, Yahoo! User Interface Grids CSS, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2008-03-17
- Integrating CSS techniques into ASP.NET 2.0 applications
- The struggle between the standards community and Microsoft is ongoing. There has been significant progress, as evident with the recent news of the next version of Internet Explorer moving towards compliance. Microsoft has embraced standards like JavaScript and CSS with its development tools as well. CSS is...
- Tags: Technique, Microsoft ASP.NET, Property, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0, CssClass, CssClass Property, Class Property, Style Property, CSS, .Net, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- ASP.NET basics: Working with the TextBox control
- Developers often overlook basic programming options in favor of new or cool ways to deliver results. This is true for many of the standard ASP.NET features. A good example is the TextBox Web control, which offers plenty of options for building applications. This week, I take a closer look at...
- Tags: Technique, Control, Microsoft ASP.NET, Property, Server, Font, TextBox1, OnTextChanged, TextBox1_TextChanged, CSS, .Net, C#, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Microsoft surprises Web developers with IE8 Acid2 announcement
- The holiday season is usually a quiet time in regards to tech announcements, but early December was different as Microsoft stunned many Web developers with news that Internet Explorer 8 has passed a test for standards compliance. The announcement says it passed the test on December 12, 2007. (Do you...
- Tags: Web Developer, Web, Holiday Season, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Announcement, Standards, IE8 Acid2, Quality, Web Browsers, CSS, Channel Management, Business Operations, Internet, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Reflections and predictions about Web development
- As we approach the end of 2007, it is interesting to reflect on technology developments of the past year and ponder what to expect next year in Web development technologies. Web 2.0 A popular buzzword in Web development is Web 2.0. The term refers to second-generation Web applications...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web, W3C, Mobile, Web Application, Standards, CSS CSS, W3C Mobile Web Initiative, Web Standards Project, Channel Management, CSS, AJAX, Marketing, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet, Web 2.0, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- How do I... Create a customized JavaScript jump menu in Dreamweaver CS3?
- If you are in charge of maintaining a Web site, one of your recurring tasks is likely accommodating a committee of supervisors or clients that want to add links to the site on a continuing basis. This can often lead to a cluttered navigation interface, if it doesn't destroy your...
- Tags: Menu, Macromedia Dreamweaver, JavaScript, Option, Dialog Box, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, John Lee
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Putting the CSS Friendly Control Adapters to work
- The CSS Friendly Control Adapters 1.0 override the default HTML generated by the ASP.NET Web controls to provide a more standards-based approach to presentation via CSS. I will show you how to use the Menu control in your ASP.NET applications. I begin with an examination of setting up the environment...
- Tags: Download, Adapter, Control, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Embrace CSS with Friendly Control Adapters for ASP.NET 2.0
- .NET and StandardsIf you have the time it takes to spend on making your .NET applications and websites completely W3C compliant then I think you could be spending your time more wisely. The benefit of W3C compliance is not a user based benefit and it takes too much valuable...
- Tags: Web site development, Servers, .NET, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0, adapter, john@..., server, client markup, markup, CSS, server control, benefit, W3C, developer, Web site, compliance
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- Embrace CSS with Friendly Control Adapters for ASP.NET 2.0
- Even though Microsoft is not always the biggest advocate of standards such as CSS, there is robust CSS support in the latest incarnation of its Visual Studio environment, and CSS is easy to apply in ASP.NET applications -- but it could be so much easier. The goal of ASP.NET 2.0...
- Tags: HTML, Adapter, Control, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0, Architecture, CSS, .Net, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2007-11-06
- Support rich text with the Yahoo! User Interface Library
- During a recent project, my team's task was to redesign a Web page that utilized an ActiveX control as a rich text editor. One goal of the project was to replace the ActiveX control with a more standardized approach. We chose to use the rich text editor available with the...
- Tags: HTML, Yahoo! Inc., Toolbar, JavaScript, Font, Title, Rich Text Editor, Buttons Property, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- Book review: The Art & Science Of CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets CSS provides a vehicle for controlling the look and feel of Web sites. Combining CSS with HTML allows Web developers and designers to separate presentation from the code, so developers get to play with the code and designers can focus on presentation. There are...
- Tags: Chapter, Web, SitePoint, Information, Case Study, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- How do I... Control the format of HTML lists with CSS?
- Back when HTML was the only option for Web design, there were a limited number of things you could do with HTML lists. But with Cascading Style Sheets CSS, it's a whole new ball game. In addition to making it easier to alter the font, positioning, and color of list...
- Tags: HTML, Item, Property, List, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Melonfire
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Ensure your Web site displays properly with character encoding
- I was recently teaching a class, and a student asked about the character encoding used in a Web page. This led to a good discussion of the topic, and it got me thinking about the myriad options available to Web developers. This column examines why developers use character encoding for...
- Tags: Web, Unicode, Web Site, Difference, Web Page, Character, Dictionary.com, Character Encoding, UTF-8, CSS, Channel Management, Web Browsers, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Internet, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
- Make better Web pages by understanding the CSS box model
- Many novice Web developers use CSS positioning and layout directives without a sound understanding of how they really work. A brief introduction to the box model explains what it is and how you can use it to make better decisions about positioning your HTML elements on a Web page. by...
- Tags: screenshots, Web, TechRepublic Inc., Positioning, Web Page, CSS, Branding, Channel Management, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Contributor Melonfire
- Image galleries 2007-09-10
- An XHTML and CSS book that throws beginning developers a bone
- Reading the actual Web standards can be a bit confusing, so a book that delivers the information in an easy-to-read manner is appealing. HTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS by Patrick Griffiths promises to give you everything you need to know to create Web pages, while observing...
- Tags: Developer, Web, Introduction, CSS, Author, XHTML, Patrick Griffiths, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- How Do I... Create an HTML page with multiple-colored links?
- This blog post is also available as a TechRepublic download. Before the advent of Cascading Style Sheets CSS, HTML designers were stuck with a limited range of options when choosing color attributes for their <A> tags. One color each per document for standard unclicked, visited, and active...
- Tags: HTML, CSS, Link, Class, Fun, A:visited, A:active, A.yahoo:link, John Lee
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
