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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

What Web developers need to know about working with IE7

Tony Patton discusses the enhancements in Internet Explorer 7 that may have a direct impact on Web developers' everyday duties. With an overwhelming share of the browser market, Microsoft's Internet Explorer IE cannot be ignored. While the final version of IE7 is due later this year, IE7...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Tony Patton, CSS, Channel management, PRODUCTIVITY, Web browsers, Web development community, Web development, tool, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Web Developer, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Web Page, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Internet, Marketing

Technical articles 2006-09-11

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Incorrect VBScript Handling can Allow Web Pages to Read Local Files Q318089 (Windows)

This update resolves the "Incorrect VBScript Handling in Internet Explorer can Allow Web Pages to Read Local Files" security vulnerability in Internet Explorer, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-009. Download now to prevent a malicious user from using an unauthorized Web site to read the contents of files...

Tags: Web, Microsoft VBScript, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Page, Scripting Languages, Web Browsers, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet

Software downloads 2002-02-22

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Incorrect VBScript Handling Can Allow Web Pages to Read Local Files Q318089 (Windows)

This update resolves the "Incorrect VBScript Handling in Internet Explorer can Allow Web Pages to Read Local Files" security vulnerability in Internet Explorer, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-009. Download now to prevent a malicious user from using an unauthorized Web site to read the contents of files...

Tags: Web, Microsoft VBScript, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Page, Scripting Languages, Web Browsers, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet

Software downloads 2002-02-22

Greasemonkey for IE 0.1 (Windows)

Greasemonkey for IE is an Internet Explorer extension which lets you to add bits of DHTML user scripts to any Web page to change its behavior. In much the same way that user CSS lets you take control of a Web page's style, user scripts let you easily control any...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Page, SoftBulldog, Web Browsers, CSS, Channel Management, Internet, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing

Software downloads 2006-08-15

Web Code Expert 1.01 (Windows)

Imagine a browser that not only allow you to view Web Pages, but change their appearance and behaviors... Like you could got to some site, and disable that popup window, that jumps each time you put your mouse over some image... This tool could help you create new web...

Tags: Web, JavaScript, Microsoft Windows, Web Browser, Web Page, Tool, DevSoftware, Productivity, Scripting Languages, Channel Management, Web Browsers, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Internet

Software downloads 2002-07-02

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Scripting languages

Easier to use than traditional compiled programming languages, scripting languages have become widespread tools for enhancing network and Internet functionality. Steve Goldberg explains which scripting languages are the most common and why.Scripting languages are, in general, computer languages that are handled by an interpreter rather than compiled directly into an...

Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, interpreter, Steve Goldberg, O'Reilly, scripting language, Perl, JavaScript

Technical articles 1999-08-30

Understand DOM's power in the browser object hierarchy

IT consultants the world over often charge head-long into the world of Web programming with tremendous scripting facility, but without a real handle on the Document Object Model DOM. Why is an intuitive command of DOM so elusive? For one thing, DOM is a catch-all term for a broad array...

Tags: Document Object Model, Scott Robinson, hierarchy, Web browser, Web

Technical articles 2004-02-23

New to Web development? Here's a glossary of basics

Are you new to Web development, or are you looking to make a Web site more dynamic? Get up to speed on basic terms with this glossary.If you're new to building Web sites or if you're moving toward creating dynamic Web pages, you may run across some new terminology. Use...

Tags: Channel management, Scripting languages, Development tools, Web development, Microsoft Access, Michael Jackman, Web, Allaire ColdFusion, interpreter, server

Technical articles 2001-07-16

Why interactive Web site features often conflict with security best practices

Why interactive Web site features often conflict with security best practicesarticle rootI agree with your article howeverit is sad that so many websites need to suffer because a few website are creating garbage that give the computer user problems, or worse security issues. Flash is pretty cool and can be...

Tags: JavaScript, jrice@..., plug-in, plug-in application, security, Web, Web browser, Web site

Discussion threads 2005-05-09

Avoid DHTML pitfalls and write durable, portable code

Dynamic HTML DHTML technology—actually a combination of technologies, including CSS, DOM, and JavaScript—offers Web designers numerous options for adding life to their pages with dynamic menus and various navigation tricks. However, these technologies also allow for much sloppier coding, leading to browser incompatibility problems and a loss of portability to...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Browser incompatibility, Scott Robinson, Web browser, DHTML, Netscape Navigator

Technical articles 2003-01-14

Prepare for the new Web formats: Be XML savvy

Separating the data and the formatting is one advantage of XML and SGL technologies over traditional HTML site design. Tim Landgrave explains how these technologies can help your company handle new Web formats—such as PDAs.Most CIOs have been around long enough to remember the sense of wonder in using a...

Tags: Channel management, e Advantage, XML, Web, HTML, XSL

Technical articles 2000-02-09

CSS 101: Locate and style Web elements with selectors

Selectors allow Web developers to choose elements for applying CSS styles to them. Tony Patton offers an overview of six of the available selector types. In the previous installment of my Cascading Style Sheets CSS 101 series, I discussed how to handle multiple rules for the same...

Tags: Web, CSS, Tony Patton, selector, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Page, Caveat, Class, Style, ID Class, Child Selector, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Technical articles 2007-04-02

Anticipation and program design

A recent TechRepublic discussion focused upon the idea of anticipation in program design. I answered that the designer should not try to anticipate the limit of the user's needs, and that the software should try to anticipate the user's actions. What exactly does this mean, and how does it relate...

Tags: interpreted language, software, developer

Blog posts 2006-04-06

Ease your JavaScript testing and debugging load

JavaScript development tools have been slow to materialize, but there are various options available today. Learn more about debugging JavaScript and related tools in this Web Development Zone column. Web development platforms like JSP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, and so forth offer plenty of powerful development options on the server...

Tags: JavaScript, Tony Patton, Scripting languages, tool, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Microsoft Visual Studio, Mozilla Firefox, Error, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Technical articles 2006-05-08

Web tools blaze trail to the past

Web tools blaze trail to the pastWhile Microsoft and other industry giants continue to devise new systems for delivering desktop-like applications over the Internet, Google uses older technology to build its newest applications, such as Google Maps and Gmail. This has prompted developers to reexamine technologies that have been around...

Tags: Google Inc., JavaScript, programming, Sonja Thompson, Web

Discussion threads 2005-03-17

HTML 5: A change in course... straight for the iceberg

The W3C recently released a working draft specification for HTML 5. In its current iteration, this is the worst specification I have ever read. In comparison to HTML 5, I take back everything that I said about SMTP -- at least SMTP knows its role and sticks to it. HTML...

Tags: HTML, HTML 4, HTML 5, UI, Justin James

Blog posts 2008-01-30

Five theories why developers write garbage HTML

Bad Auto-CodePersonally, my HTML has gotten several orders of magnitude better since I started coding web pages in a text editor Crimson Editor and ScITE are my favorites than when I used Dreamweaver.My rule of thumb: never let a program write your code.The code I write falls into two groups...

Tags: Quality, HTML, standards, developer, Web browser, theory

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

Webcrisis.com: Inability to maintain

Is your e-commerce site getting too big? Did your programmers plan for scalability as the site expands? You may have been able to prevent such problems by managing your site configuration. Here's how it works.By Susan DartNo doubt you are tired of hearing about the Y2K crisis. Some of you...

Tags: Channel management, Web technology, Guest Contributor, configuration management, Web, Web Crisis, software

Technical articles 2000-01-26