Category Archives: Technology
Reserved Characters in HTML
There are several characters that you cannot type directly into HTML. You must use code to represent those characters. you can use either the entity number or the entity name in your code.
Character
Entity Number
Entity Name
Description
“
"
"
quotation mark
‘
'
' (does not work in IE)
apostrophe
&
&
&
ampersand
<
<
<
less-than
>
>
>
greater-than
You embed these codes into your HTML:
110 < 150 & 150 > 110
To give you:
110 [...]
Major Wordpress Meltdown
I apologize. This blog had a major meltdown the past couple of days. I had to reinstall Wordpress, and this resulted in some of my posts getting corrupted. Please be patient with me while I update the nonsensical code found on some posts.
In addition, some of the most important plugins were the naughty bits of [...]
Web design for your users, not for you
I see many blogs and articles that teach you how to use the latest technology tricks and how to use marketing techniques on your site. However, research on human-computer interaction has found that design of web sites should be based on user needs and goals. If you base your site design on user needs, then [...]
Updates to IE 9 will help web designers
The Internet explorer development team has announced that they are working copy of their upcoming browser will better support web design standards and CSS 3. You can find their announcement on the MSDN blog.