Thursday, October 28, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Make your pages look fancy
Free Web Page Headers
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to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to Remix — to adapt the work
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You are free:
to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to Remix — to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Universal Wish List from Amazon
What is Universal Wish List?
Universal Wish List allows you to add products from any website to your Amazon Wish List with one simple click, making it easier than ever to keep track of all the gifts you wish for, all in one place.
Getting Started
It's easy! Simply add the Universal Wish List button to your browser, and start shopping. When you see something you'd like on any website, just click the Add to Universal Wish List button, and the item will appear on your Amazon Wish List.
Universal Wish List allows you to add products from any website to your Amazon Wish List with one simple click, making it easier than ever to keep track of all the gifts you wish for, all in one place.
Getting Started
It's easy! Simply add the Universal Wish List button to your browser, and start shopping. When you see something you'd like on any website, just click the Add to Universal Wish List button, and the item will appear on your Amazon Wish List.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Joshua asked me last week how to make a background image on a web page not repeat. By default, an image you set as a background image will default.
Short Answer
There is no standards-based way of doing this in HTML. Some people create a large background (say, 1600x1200 pixels) and place the desired image in the appropriate place. Keep in mind that this "technique" has some serious drawbacks.
Long Answer
There is no way, using standard HTML, of doing it. That is, this ability is not defined in any of the HTML specs. In fact, the HTML 3.2 Reference Specification for the BODY tag defines the BODY tag's BACKGROUND attribute as specifying a URL for an image that will be used to tile the document background (emphasis added).
What some do to get around this problem is to create a huge background image (1600x1200 perhaps) that has the image they want seen in the top left corner (or around there) and the rest is some neutral color that complements the image. Keep in mind, though, that doing this has some serious drawbacks, not the least of which is the increase in download time. Other problems include additional overhead (memory), rendering time, and the hard drive space required to store the large image in cache.
Solution
It is possible to do this using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS1). If we have time near the end of the semester we will review some basic CSS.
Short Answer
There is no standards-based way of doing this in HTML. Some people create a large background (say, 1600x1200 pixels) and place the desired image in the appropriate place. Keep in mind that this "technique" has some serious drawbacks.
Long Answer
There is no way, using standard HTML, of doing it. That is, this ability is not defined in any of the HTML specs. In fact, the HTML 3.2 Reference Specification for the BODY tag defines the BODY tag's BACKGROUND attribute as specifying a URL for an image that will be used to tile the document background (emphasis added).
What some do to get around this problem is to create a huge background image (1600x1200 perhaps) that has the image they want seen in the top left corner (or around there) and the rest is some neutral color that complements the image. Keep in mind, though, that doing this has some serious drawbacks, not the least of which is the increase in download time. Other problems include additional overhead (memory), rendering time, and the hard drive space required to store the large image in cache.
Solution
It is possible to do this using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS1). If we have time near the end of the semester we will review some basic CSS.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
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