After a series on HTML Kit Tools, it should be clear what I think is the best html editor. However, I want to take a step back from that and look at the field of HTML Editors and give you some guidelines for doing some of the research on your own.
First, understand [...]
There are a few features of HTML Kit Tools I thought would be worthy to highlight. These are a little more advanced but are helpful to know about. The following are all video based tutorials.
Versioning Your Files:
Working With Snippets:
Working with Lists:
For additional help with HTML Kit, visit the [...]
Organizing yourself within HTML Kit Tools is very important. The first thing you need to do is setup your project space. This post will outline how to create a project within HTML Kit Tools.
From the File Menu, Choose Projects, then New Project.
A “Create New Project” dialogue will appear.
[...]
HTML Kit 292 has long been my HTML editor of choice. A few years back they stopped development on the standard editor and released HTML Kit Tools. HTML Kit Tools is an appropriate editor for beginners to use. It also contains advanced functionality for more skilled developers. My review will focus on elements [...]
If you have a child that is interested in web development, there are very few websites geared towards children.
As I was thinking about this, I figured the earliest a child would be capable of doing the basics would be 5th grade with 6th grade being the point where a child could begin to [...]
To create a nested list that is valid according to the xhtml strict specification, such as the one below:
Main List Sub Item Sub Item Sub Item Sub Item Sub Item Sub Item Main List Sub Item Sub Item Sub Item Sub Sub Item Sub Sub Item Sub Item Sub Item Main List Sub Item [...]
Within the body of a webpage, there are seven basic tags. In fact, you could get away with only using these seven tags. A note for beginners: it really can be this simple. A few basic tags and you can create complete web pages.
<div> used to DIVide a web page into sections. DIVs are [...]
Why have a meta description tag? A lot of search engines, particularly Google, will use the meta description tag of a web page in its search results. If one does not exist, they will pull from the content of the web page. This latter approach is fairly random. Having a descirption tag is a far [...]
Ever look at the source code of a web page and find a hideous looking line that looked something like this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN”
“http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd”>
Technically speaking, you can write web pages without this line of code. However, the communication between your web page and the browser will [...]
Do you want your readers to know what your page is about?
Do you want people reading search engine results to know what your web page is about?
If you answer “No” to these questions, then you should rethink why your on the web.
The title tag places content in the title bar at [...]
The head section of an HTML page provides background technical information about the webpage. It does not appear within the browser window (there is one exception, sorta). Though these elements do not physically appear, they are very important.
<head>
<title>The Title of Your Website</title>
<link>Typically a link to an external style sheet</link>
Every single web page has a basic HTML structure. There are three tags every web page includes: html, head and body. Keep in mind these tags have nothing to do with the layout of a webpage on the screen. They have to do with the technical structure of the HTML code. Think of them as [...]
Creating a website that is error free and standards compliant (well at least as close as possible, I still struggle) provides the following benefits:
increase liklihood of working across all browsers (but not a guarantee) lean clean code – there is nothing worse then creating something and looking back at it months later and thinking [...]
It is difficult to find an easy to use reference for HTML and CSS that is also easy to slip into a laptop bag. No one wants to carry around a 30 pound HTML reference book. The solution: Visibone Card Collection or Browser Book.
Each set contains the following:
basic color palette card [...]
You’ve heard it a million times. BACKUP YOUR DATA!
The question is, are you?? If you are not, you really need to be doing so.
Again, let me repeat, you really need to be backing up your website.
Beginners probably have their website hosted on a shared environment with cPanel running as the administrative [...]
Are you a visual learner?
Do you prefer to watch something instead of reading something?
Do graphical presentations of data help you understand more than text?
If that is the case, then the HTML tutorials at VisualTutorials maybe the thing for you.
In twenty four easy lessons, the basics of HTML are taught and [...]
If you have been poking around looking for HTML tutorials long enough, you have most likely come across W3Schools.
The tutorials at W3Schools are mainly for the beginner. Intermediate and advanced developers will find it a handy reference site.
W3Schools offers numerous tutorials related to the Web. No matter the tutorial chosen, they all [...]
HTMLDOG is a great place for beginners to learn HTML and CSS. The site is setup according to a series of levels: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced. There is a HTML guide and a CSS guide for each level.
Here is a rough outline of what is covered in each guide:
HTML Beginners Tags Attributes [...]
XHTML stands for eXtensible HyperText Markup Language. Yes I know, that means nothing to the beginner.
Lets looks at it this way. HTML is the code used to create web pages. XHTML is the next incarnation of HTML. At the core level there is little difference. However, XHTML brings with it a new set [...]
In an effort to better organize my writing and posting, I am beginning to write in blocks of posts. Each block will center around a theme, which I call a notebook. The first such Notebook will be about HTML. Here is what you can expect:
10-20 posts around the theme over a one to two [...]
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