You may be a tech wanting to learn a new programming skillset, or a relative Web newbie trying to understand your resident Web geek’s mentions of HTML, CSS, and other cryptic acronyms. Either way, Codecademy.com could be a great match for you. Codecademy is a free service that makes learning to code into a game,…
Markup languages are a critical aspect of websites, the building blocks of most webpages today. They generally fall into one or more of three types: Presentational markup: Design-related commands, such as formatting text on a Web browser’s screen. HTML is a nearly-universal example. Procedural markup: Instructions for programs which process the files. This includes PostScript…
What’s the difference between a great website and an awful one? Is it too subjective to say? Can you even compare sites as divergent as Google, Facebook, and Basecamp? While there can be some room for opinion, there are definitely some nearly universal principles which separate the virtual wheat from the chaff. The worst Web…
I know that the burning question on all you Web geeks’ minds, the one that keeps you up at night, is “How can I grab the meta content from a website using PHP?” Either that, or “Does a duck’s quack echo?” For purposes of this discussion, though, I’m gonna’ go with the former. As any…
Just like a newspaper would be tough to read through if each article were on its own page and thrown in a pile, users struggle with webpages which lack a layout design. Laying out your pages properly can help with the visual organization of a webpage and let people find what they want quickly and…