HTML Codes for Foreign Language Accents
Friday, April 7th, 2006
Refer this website for HTML codes for foreign language accents. Recently, I was working on a website and the above website was a perfect resource. Hope it helps…
Archive for the ‘Website Development’ Category
XHTML 2.0
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
W3C is preparing for the official release of XHTML 2.0. Right now, no browsers support it. So, we are not yet ready to implement it even if it’s released. Especially Internet Explorer (IE) needs to support XHTML 2.0 completely as it is still one of the most popular browser.
I read this article explaining XHTML 2.0. I found it very interesting and I am actually excited to work with it. I sure do hope that it will be soon. (more…)
How to Use ems for HTML Font Size?
Monday, January 30th, 2006
HTML font size is specified in CSS stylesheet using pixels, ems or keywords. I have rarely found keywords much useful. Using pixel guarantees control over the look of the web page but the issue is that if we use pixels for font size, then the web page is not as accessible in IE.
For example, open this web page in IE and select “largest” for the text size under “View” menu as seen in the screenshot below:
Online Marketing Strategy
Thursday, January 26th, 2006
Online marketing strategy is key to success of any ecommerce business. Each business is unique and hence online marketing strategy will vary. However, here are some areas that should be covered while devising online marketing plan for an ecommerce website.
Again, I’ll keep updating this list as and when I learn more and so, watch this space…
- Affiliate Marketing: It brings in traffic and hence profits to the website. Amazon is a good case study to prove it.
- Banner Advertising: examples are Google Banner Ads, Yahoo Banner Ads.
- Blogs: It is a really helpful PR tool and SEO tool. You can use this to establish relationships with your customers. You can use blogs to provide expert opinions in your industry to your customers and hence instill confidence in them. As you keep adding content, it also helps higher rankings for your website in search engines for innumerable keywords relevant to your industry. For some reason, if you do not want to add blogs to your website, then you should definitely have an information section where you can add informative articles about your company, product and/or service. Remember, the more you inform your visitors the more confident they will feel as they will perceive you as an expert.
Validating HTML/XHTML
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
Validating HTML/XHTML implies checking HTML/XHTML file for conformance to W3C recommendations and standards. One can use W3C Markup Validation Service for free. I highly recommend using W3C Markup Validation Service to validate HTML and XHTML as it really helps us to eliminate code errors. However, in my opinion, validating HTML/XHTML is not as important as using this service to remove code errors.
Here are few tips that will help you to validate HTML/XHTML file when needed.