Articles about web-related topics such as HTML, XHTML and CSS.
Responsive Web Design - CSS for mobile devices >>
Responsive Web Design is, simply explained, a design that adapts it's layout related to the screen space available. For example, we wouldn't want a web page on a mobile device to display the same way as on a laptop computer. This we want to do accomplish without having to write excessive amounts of code. Enter: Responsive Web Design and CSS Media Queries.
HTML5 tag-support for Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 >>
HTML5 has many new structural tags (for example header, nav, article, section, aside, footer and nav) that are very useful for semantically annotating your markup, and these tags should really be used to replace all your old div-tags whenever possible. The only problem is that older browser, especially IE 6-8, won't recognize these tags and will just display them like inline elementes instead of block elements. The consequence is that your layout will suffer.
Recommended HTML meta tags >>
Meta tags may not be the most sexy or exciting topic around, but it's still quite important as far as Web development is concerned. It can be hard for novices to understand the use of meta tags, and it is my impression that many new Web developers and designers are unsure about the use of meta tags at least once during their career. That is why I in this short article I will try to give an explanation of which meta elements you should try include on your HTML/XHTML page, why you should include them, as well as which tags you can safely ignore.
The importance of validation >>
This article will give an introduction to what HTML and CSS validation is, explain why it is considered a good practice writing markup code that conforms to the standards set by The World Wide Web Consortium, as well as giving some motivational hints to why this is advantageous for you and your site.
HTML5 links and resources >>
Some useful links and resources about HTML5.
