HTML
Creating Captcha Form Verification
Sun, 04/27/2008 - 11:38 — MikeWhen creating web sites for clients, it is not uncommon that you will need to create online submission forms. Luckily, with a bit of PHP and HTML we can create a slick form in a matter of seconds. Unfortunately, as is the case with most programming languages, if something can be done easily then there is very likely a catch. As nice as it is to have a cool contact form embedded in your website, it is only a matter of time until you become popular.
As in 10,000 submissions popular.
From HTML to PHP
Sat, 03/15/2008 - 06:14 — kenI have a website that was originally written entirely in HTML (and CSS). This was originally done intentionally and there were good reasons for sticking to HTML. But, over time, site maintenance has become increasingly complex and time consuming, so I began the task of migrating the site to PHP. The main reason for moving to PHP was to use ‘include’ statements so that the menus, logos, headers, footers etc. were all in one place so the whole site can be updated more easily. So how easy is it to move to php? Actually much easier than you might expect!
The Word Break Tag
Tue, 01/15/2008 - 15:27 — kenOpening tag : <WBR>
Closing tag: -
Purpose:
The Word Break tag is used to specify where a word can be broken.
Attributes:
None.
Example:
I am watching tele<WBR>vision.
Related Tags:
-
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The Variable Tag
Tue, 01/15/2008 - 15:21 — kenOpening tag : <VAR>
Closing tag: </VAR>
Purpose:
The Variable tag simply highlights text that you define as a variable. Normally this is simply put in italics.
Attributes:
None.
Example:
<Var>Variable</Var>
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The Underline Tag
Tue, 01/15/2008 - 15:16 — kenOpening tag : <U>
Closing tag: </U>
Purpose:
The Underline tag, underlines text within the tags.
Attributes:
None.
Example:
<U>Web Guru Guide.com</U>
Related Tags:
<B></B> - Bold Tag.
<Basefont></Basefont> - Basefont Tag.
<Big></Big> - Big Tag.
The Table-Row Tag
Tue, 01/15/2008 - 14:58 — kenOpening tag : <TR>
Closing tag: </TR>
Purpose:
Defines a cell in a table - used alongside the TR tag to layout a table.
Attributes:
Align=alignment
- Defines the horizontal alignment of the contents of the cell. Options are LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER or JUSTIFY.
Background=url
- Specifies the url of an image to use as the background of a cell.
Bgcolor=color
- Specifies a color for the cell.
Bordercolor=color
- Specifies the color of the border of the cell.
Bordercolordark=color
The Title Tag
Tue, 01/15/2008 - 14:52 — kenOpening tag : <TITLE>
Closing tag: </TITLE>
Purpose:
The title tags applies a title to a webpage. The title appears on the title of the browser window, and is used as a factor by search engine spiders. The title tags have to appear within the header section of the site.
Attributes:
Dir=direction
- Useful for languages which should be read from right to left.
Lang=language
- Specifies the language of the title text.
Example:
<Head>
<Title>Webguruguide.com</Title>
</Head>
The Textarea Tag
Tue, 01/15/2008 - 14:43 — kenOpening tag : <Textarea>
Closing tag: </Textarea>
Purpose:
A textarea is used on a form to collect multiple lines of text from a user.
Attributes:
Accesskey=char
- Sets a shortcut key to access the field. On windows a user would press ALT and the shortcut key to jump to the textarea field.
Cols=#
- Sets the number of columns in the textarea.
Disabled
- Prevents the field from being filled in.
Name=name
- Provides a name for the textarea, which is then used to pass the contents to a further field.
The Table-Data Tag
Tue, 01/15/2008 - 14:26 — kenOpening tag : <TD>
Closing tag: </TD>
Purpose:
Defines a cell in a table - used alongside the TR tag to layout a table.
Attributes:
Abbr=string
- Gives a shortened version of the cells contents, in case the contents can't fit into the cell, or can't be displayed.
Absheight=#
- Specifies the absolute height of the cell in pixels.
Abswidth=#
- Specifies the absolute width of a cell in pixels.
Align=alignment
- Defines the horizontal alignment of the contents of the cell. Options are LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER or JUSTIFY.
The Table Tag
Tue, 01/15/2008 - 13:41 — kenOpening tag : <TABLE>
Closing tag: </TABLE>
Purpose:
The table tag is used to create a table - i.e. a spreadsheet like structure with a specified number of columns and rows. Tables are declared using the Table tag, and then columns and rows are later added using 'TD' and 'TR' tags respectively. Tables have often been used as an easy way of laying out your website, for positioning different parts of the page. However, we strongly advise against this, as it is better to deal with layout issues by using a stylesheet.
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