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Entries for January, 2010

HTML Best Practices for all

Without further argument, let’s review best practices to examine when creating your markup. 1. Always Close Your Tags 2. Declare the Correct DocType 3. Never Use Inline Styles 4. Place all External CSS Files Within the Head Tag 5. Consider Placing Javascript Files at the Bottom 6. Keep Your Tag Names Lowercase 7. Use H1 [...]

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IE Bugs and Fixes

I have listed some common Internet Explorer bugs and solutions. I think this will able to help you condense the times spent on debugging the layout inconsistencies in IE. Double Margin Bug Fix If we have floated elements with margin left and/or right assigned, IE6 will double up the margin. For instance, margin-left:5px will become [...]

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Differences between Google Page Rank and Alexa Page Rank

Differences between  Google Page Rank and Alexa Page Rank Google Page Rank and Alexa Rank are the two most general measuring tools by webmasters on the web. But, Google Page Rank and Alexa Rank are very much dissimilar. Here are some differences between both of them exposed. 1. Google’s Pagerank is a calculate of a [...]

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How to use Robots.txt

Robots.txt file is a file placed in your main directory and concerns commands to crawler visiting your site. The significance of a robots file can mean certain pages/sections can be “crawled” or not crawled depending on the issues given. Using a Robots File efficiently In general we wish for as much as exposure as possible [...]

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HTML Forms Best Practices for Beginners – Basic

Working with XHTML forms can be somewhat scary; they not only use some place HTML elements, but also blur the line between static content and user interface. Let’s review some stuff to remember when creating your next form. Good HTML forms require consideration on at least four points: Semantics Accessibility Functionality Design Forms can be [...]

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