HTML
The formatting of these pages, images, links and tables have been
raw coded in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) using nothing more
than a text editor. This way the code is fairly readable, easily
updated and the file sizes are much smaller than using most HTML
generators.
In the last few months I have taken to using Macromedia Dreamweaver to create templates for web sites. This way any changes to common data (eg. the navigation) can be made in one place.
Javascript
Javascript tends to do the behind the scenes work within webpages
such as rollover images and processing data on forms. Below are
a few examples of javascript in action.
Todays Date using Javascript (Day, DD/MM/YYYY) =
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Click on the image to see a javascript pop up box. These
can be used for general information, help or answers to questions.
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Click on the image and follow the instructions to see more
uses such as holding and validating information or varying text.
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Stylesheets
Stylesheets are mainly used to make headings, text and other properties
of web pages consistent over a site. The information is held in
a single file, so any changes to the style of a site is made in
one place, no need to replicate over each page.
Using stylesheets also reduces the size of pages because most of
the HTML elements can be set in the stylesheet and not in the HTML
page.
The downside to stylesheets is that there are huge differences
between the elements that are supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer
and Netscape Navigator (a website can look totally different in
different browsers and different versions of the same browser).
Until both of these browsers support the css (cascading style sheets)
standards fully, the use of stylesheets is somewhat limited.
External Coding Links
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