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Recent guides

Xmas Countdown
This is a neat little script that can be used for all manner of countdown purposes - not just counting down to Christmas

How to Create Tables in HTML - Part 2
Aligning those rows and columns

Enhancing Your Web Site’s navigation
You may have noticed "screen tips" popping up on the PPC site - they’re a great way of increasing the information available to your readers

In-Line content changer
This Script allows you to have changing content on your HTML page, accessed by links in the body of the text

Using Music on your Web Site
While there are many ways you can incorporate music into your Web site, there are aspects of law you need to be aware of, says David Dorn.

Simple Back Button
One of the most under-rated navigational tools is very simple to implement - if you know how!

How to Create Tables in HTML - Pt. 1
Creating tables by hand isn’t as hard as you’d think!

JavaScript Graphs
There's often a need to show graphs of figures in your Web pages - this script shows you the easy way.

More Web Building Guides

Book Review: Creating a Music Website
Script: Automatic Slideshow with self-closing windows
Make a snowing image in three easy steps
Review: Xara Websrtyle 3
Getting Started with Cascading Style Sheets Part 3 - Fonts
Script: Calendar Maker
Script: User Alert (easy)
Making your Web Site visible
Web Design: Maximise your search engine placement
Enhance your Web site's navigation with Screen Tips
Design: How to Create Tables in HTML – Part 2
Web Design: How to create tables in HTML pt 1
Defining styles in an external CSS stylesheet (2)
Defining styles in an external CSS Stylesheet (1)
Using External Style Sheets
The DFH strikes again!
Getting Started with Cascading Style Sheets (5) - Hyperlinks
Getting Started with CSS - Part 4 - Background Colour
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cascading Style Sheets But Were Too Afraid to Ask
Getting Started with Cascading Style Sheets Part 2 – How to Create CSS definitions
Web: Is your site ready to go?
The 8 deadly sins of Web Design
Flashing Neon Text
Script: Static JavaScript Clock
Browser Window Resizing Script
Review:Web Site Traffic Builder
Using AOL's 1-2-3 Publish - part 1
Script: Mouseover Sound Effects
Script: Countdown to Christmas
Brand your cursor
Web Building: It's all in the planning
Script: Safe "mailto:" links
Script: In-line Content Changer
Script: In-line Content Changer
Hosted Chat: HTML Expert Chat
Bookmarklets - a very useful technology
TOTW - Design for all
TOTW: Thumbnailing
It's all in the planning - part 3
Getting Started: Using Music on your Web Site
Conserve Bandwidth (2)
Conserve Bandwidth - optimise images
HTML for beginners - part 3
HTML for Beginners - Part 2
HTML for beginners - Part 1
Web building: getting started: "Favourites" icons - adding them to your website
Getting Started: The Name Game
Web-Building: Making your site Cross-Browser
Web starters: Counters - how and why
Getting Started: Buying your own Domain Name
Getting Started: It's all in the planning (9) - the last part of the series
Getting Started: All in the Planning 8 - getting listed on Search Engines - how and how not to.
Getting Started: All in the Planning, part 7
It's all in the planning (6) - search engine placement
It's all in the planning - part 4
It's all in the planning - part 2
Web Software: Web Creator Can’t get your Web designs to look exactly how you want them to? Then read on, suggests Dave Cook.
Web Software: WebCompiler 2000
Software: Visual Studio .NET Professional
Software Guide: Uploading your web to AOL using FTP
Software: Microsoft Personal Web Server
Reviewed: Microsoft FrontPage 2002 (XP)
Web Software: Media Embedding in FrontPage wizard
Web Software: LiveMotion 2.0 If Web animation appeals to you then this software could be the bee’s knees, writes Dave Cook.
Web Building Software: Lexicon CDs
Software: Uploading your Site to AOL using FrontPage
DreamWeaver 4
Web Software: Automatic Links in Front Page
Web Software: Access Denied
Xmas Animated Gifs
Script: Optimise Window Size
Re-visit Welcoming Script
Script: Easy Watermark
Scripts: Timed Scroller/linker
Script: Christmas Snowflakes
Script: Self-expiring "new"
JavaScript Site Search
Script of the Week - Random Image Script
Script: Print and move on
No Right Click
Scripts: AOL-alike News Changer
Circling Mouse Message
Script - Multiple Link Ticker
Drop Down Menu 2 JavaScript
Script: "Page Loading" Status Bar Indicator
Script: Drag to re-size image script
Script: JavaScript Graphs - the easy way
Script: Tree View Menuing made simple
Script: "Bookmark Me" links
Script: Ethical Pop-up script.
Script: Dress up your cursor (easy cursor)
Scripts: Date Linked Messages
Script: Date Display
Script: Custom Coloured Scrollbars
Script: Simple Back Button
Script: Highlight your Links with Arrow Links




Series Guides

Practical Web Building
Part One
Part Two
Part Three

HTML for Beginners
Part One
Part Two

Compressing Images
Part One
Part Two


Cascading Stylesheets
Part One
Part Two
Part Three

Part Four
Part Five

More CSS - external
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
 


 
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