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About Dreamweaver: Dreamweaver is one of the most popular professional Web development software packages available. It offers power and flexibility to create pages that meet your needs. I use it for everything from JSP, XHTML, PHP, and XML development...

Sometimes all you want is one program or group of integrated programs to do your Web design and development work. These Web suites combine the basic necessities of Web design - HTML and graphics editing. If you buy or download one of these packages y...

Sometimes all you want is one program or group of integrated programs to do your Web design and development work. These Web suites combine the basic necessities of Web design - HTML and graphics editing. If you buy or download one of these packages y...

WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors are HTML editors that attempt to display the Web page as it will show on the browser. They are visual editors, and you don't manipulate the code directly. Some HTML WYSIWYG editors also include a text ed...

WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors are HTML editors that attempt to display the Web page as it will show on the browser. They are visual editors, and you don't manipulate the code directly. Some HTML WYSIWYG editors also include a text ed...

WYSIWYG or What you see is what you get - it sure sounds good. Visual designers love the idea of a tool that allows you to manipulate the elements of a Web page by just dragging them around on the page and placing them exactly where you want them. In...

There are many so-called "facts" about WYSIWYG editors that "everyone knows" because they continue to be perpetuated around the Internet. But how many of them are really true? Let's look at some of the most commonly mentioned "facts" and see how the...

When building a Web page, you might think that it really isn't important what editor you use. You can write HTML in MS Word or you can use the tools on your hosting provider. HTML editors come in two flavors: text editors and what you see is what you...

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If you're trying to decide what Web design software you should get, you have come to the right place. There are a lot of options and choices, and it can be hard to tell which Web design software best meets your needs and your wallet. This simple ques...

Can you read the image that is displayed on this page? Are the colors correct for what the words say? If you're color blind, chances are you can't tell. According to most statistics, color blindness is a problem for 8 to 12% of males of European orig...

There are many HTML validators available to tell you if your HTML meets current standards or if it will look okay in a specific browser, but there is only one good validator that tells you if your page is accessible to people with disabilities: HiSof...

It is easy to think that everyone has the same abilities as you do. People viewing Web pages don't have special needs beyond seeing new information, interesting graphics, and useful effects, right? Wrong . Lots of people with visual impairments, hear...

On May 5, 1999, the W3C came out with a recommendation on Web Content Accessibility. This recommendation explains how to create Web content that is accessible to people with disabilities. But why create accessible HTML? As long as most people can rea...

Filed In: Web Design Usability on the Web...

Definition: Accessibility in the context of a Web site is the degree to which that Web site is usable by people with disabilities. Web pages often have access issues for the following groups of people: Visually impaired people using screen readers He...

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Once you have a site that has a lot of information, your readers will want to be able to search the site for information. A search engine or search utility gives your site more interactivity with your readers and encourages them to stay longer. You h...

Web pages aren't meant to live forever. One of the biggest benefits to Web pages is that if there is old, outdated information on your Web site, you can simply remove it and your site is instantly up-to-date. But in many companies (including About) d...

What is Link Rot? Link rot is caused when a Web designer or developer takes a page down from their Web site and does not put up a replacement page to explain where the old page went. Instead of getting what the customer wanted, the reader is treated t...

You've decided to build a Web site for yourself or your company, but you're notreally sure where to start. It's one thing to set out to build a Web page, but whenyou're staring at that blank screen trying to determine what to start with first, an ent...

According to Jennifer Flemming, author of a book on Web navigation, if people can't navigate your site, they will leave it. At the Web 98 convention, I attended a seminar by Jennifer on how to design Web navigation. According to the GVU's WWW User Su...

If people cannot navigate through your site, they will quickly leave. Thus, designing effective navigation on your Web site is crucial. But there are some basic things you need to do before you can start worrying about rollovers or links, images or f...

Filed In: Web Design Principles of Web Design Web Site Layout and Design...

Sometimes it can be hard to design a Web site because you have to come up with so many parts in order to make it work. Deciding on a layout or design is easier when you have things to look at and get ideas from. The Web Design Design Library has scre...