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Doctype Reference – HTML and XHTML

Here are the doctype declarations for you. Short and sweet HTML Doctypes: HTML 5 Doctype <!DOCTYPE html> HTML 4.01 Strict Doctype <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> XHTML Doctypes: XHTML 1.1 Doctype <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> XHTML 1.0 Transitional Doctype <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> XHTML 1.0 Strict...

Images in HTML Emails: Images Still Separate in Gmail?

Have you ever made an HTML email with images in it and it looked good in most email clients, but not gmail or possibly hotmail? You’ve made sure to build your HTML email using tables instead of divs, used colspans, specified heights and widths. But…the images still separate in gmail. GMail adds...

jQuery Append – Insert Using .append() .prepend() .before() .after()

This tutorial will show how to use jQuery append.  It will also show how to append after and append before.  Append actually means to add after. But this will  show you how to use jQuery to insert content with these four functions. BeforeAfterInside.prepend().append()Outside.before().after() .before() - Inserts content outside and before. .prepend() - Inserts...

Javascript Window Location Object Methods

Two of the three javascript window location object methods seem to do the same thing.  They do not. The window location methods are assign(), reload(), and replace(). The reload() method does what you think. Both assign() and replace() appear to simply open a new page. So…Uhhh….. What’s the...

Application Design Inside ASP.NET

In general, this means evaluating the design for performance, maintainability, extensibility, scalability, availability, recovery, data integrity, and use-case correctness. Performance Evaluation Typically, designing a Web application into three logical tiers is sufficient. Creating additional logical tiers is usually an indication of a poor...

CSS Wildcard (kind of) – CSS Attribute Selector

CSS wildcard or CSS Regular expression? - You may be looking for CSS Attribute Selector. CSS Attribute Selector - Here’s the scenario: You want to add styling to all elements that have “read” in the  name of the class. For instance: Below classes have some of the...

Real Coders Coding SystemThreadingTimer Stops Firing in Windows Server 2003 SP1

Do you have an application that starts misbehaving randomly? You aren't quite sure what is going on, but it seems like for some reason your Timer just stops firing it's event handler--and once it stops it never starts back up. This drove...

Packaged ASP.NET Web Site Into an Exe Convenient for Customer Presentations

In the Asp age NetBox can the entire ASP website allinone packaged into an exe, in the case of IIS can run the exe to open the entire site. Asp.Net been no similar products may IIS has been very strong, does...

jQuery UI Accordion Tutorial: How to Make a Basic jQuery UI Accordion

This post is for beginners.  It shows how to make a basic jquery UI accordion. We will use a predefined jquery ui for the accordion. There is a link...

Doctype Reference – HTML and XHTML

Here are the doctype declarations for you. Short and sweet HTML Doctypes: HTML 5 Doctype <!DOCTYPE html> HTML 4.01 Strict Doctype <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> XHTML Doctypes: XHTML 1.1 Doctype <!DOCTYPE html...

jQuery Window Width – Determine Browser Window Size, Responsive Design

jquery window width, you’ll need it if you’re working with Responsive Design and/or need to figure out the width of the browser Window? Are you using a responsive design layout...

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CSS Wildcard (kind of) – CSS Attribute Selector

CSS wildcard or CSS Regular expression? - You may be looking for CSS Attribute Selector. CSS Attribute Selector - Here’s the scenario: You want to add styling to all...

jQuery Append – Insert Using .append() .prepend() .before() .after()

This tutorial will show how to use jQuery append.  It will also show how to append after and append before.  Append actually means to add after. But this...

How to set the default view in visual studio to either, Design, Source, or Split View

In Visual Studio, to change the Default View from Design View to Source View, or Split view, do the following. In the menu, go to “Tools” > “Options.” Once in options, select the “HTML Designer” Section. Next, select your...

SEO Safe CSS Hiding: CSS Snippet

As far as I know, this is better for SEO when hiding an element with CSS. I believe it is better than display: none;...

Website Design Errors to Avoid Before a Website Launch

A client can choose from only 5 to 10 seconds that whether they will get what they need from your site or not. On...

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Control Naming Conventions for ASP.NET VB C#

These control naming conventions may help provide some organization. Visual Studio sets Name properties to defaults for controls, like Label2. Using these conventions it would be something like lblName. ASP.NET Control Naming Conventions ASP.NET Control Naming Conventions are prefixed to...

Responsive jQuery Vertical Menu

The vertical menu knows how far to animate by getting the width of the div it’s located within. View Demo The snippet of code below is the html for our vertical menu. Take note of the span...

Images in HTML Emails: Images Still Separate in Gmail?

Have you ever made an HTML email with images in it and it looked good in most email clients, but not gmail or possibly hotmail? You’ve made sure to build your HTML email using tables instead of divs, used colspans, specified heights and widths....

CSS Sticky Footer – Sticks Whether You’ve Scrolled or Not

There are several tutorials on how to make a CSS sticky footers sticky header, or sticky sidebar.  This is one. Remember to compensate at the bottom of your page so the CSS sticky footer doesn’t cover any content....

Doctype Reference – HTML and XHTML

Here are the doctype declarations for you. Short and sweet HTML Doctypes: HTML 5 Doctype <!DOCTYPE html> HTML 4.01 Strict Doctype <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> XHTML Doctypes: XHTML 1.1 Doctype <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> XHTML 1.0 Transitional Doctype <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC...

CSS Generators – My Favorites – CSS3 Tools and Gradient Generator

There are several CSS generators out there. Many do the same things. Soo… To keep you from sorting through several different generators, here are my favorites to save some time.  Some browsers have different quirks,...

jQuery UI Accordion Tutorial: How to Make a Basic jQuery UI Accordion

This post is for beginners.  It shows how to make a basic jquery UI accordion. We will use a predefined jquery ui for the accordion. There is a link to the demo right before the entire code snippet. HTML...

SEO Safe CSS Hiding: CSS Snippet

As far as I know, this is better for SEO when hiding an element with CSS. I believe it is better than display: none; and/or visibility: hidden; #thingamabob { position: absolute; ...

Protocol Relative URL – Network-Path Reference or Scheme-Relative URL

Here we examine why you would use a protocol relative URL.  Have you ever had this error in ie - “This page contains both secure and nonsecure items?” A protocol relative URL may also be called...

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CSS Wildcard (kind of) – CSS Attribute Selector

CSS wildcard or CSS Regular expression? - You may be looking for CSS Attribute Selector. CSS Attribute Selector - Here’s the scenario: You want to add styling to all...

jQuery Window Width – Determine Browser Window Size, Responsive Design

jquery window width, you’ll need it if you’re working with Responsive Design and/or need to figure out the width of the browser Window? Are you using a responsive...

Application Design Inside ASP.NET

In general, this means evaluating the design for performance, maintainability, extensibility, scalability, availability, recovery, data integrity, and use-case correctness. Performance Evaluation Typically, designing a Web application...

Javascript Window Location object Properties

Javascript window location object properties contain information about the current URL. For example” location.pathname” returns “/subdirectory/search.” Example URL: http://www.domain.com/subdirectory/search?filter=a#somewhere Javascript Window Location Object Properties PropertyDescriptionReturnshashReturns the anchor portion...

jQuery UI Accordion Tutorial: How to Make a Basic jQuery UI Accordion

This post is for beginners.  It shows how to make a basic jquery UI accordion. We will use a predefined jquery ui for the accordion. There is...