Monthly Archives: October 2007

The rain in Spain (revisited)

When I wrote a whimsical piece on this topic on the 26th of August I had no idea that, in October, rains would bring devastation to the Costa Blanca—or the part of it where I live. Storms and floods destroyed … Continue reading

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Learning HTML

A friend of mine is just getting into Web site creation and HTML. He bought a standard best-selling book, now in its 7th edition (or whatever). I picked it up and glanced through it. I immediately realised why it was … Continue reading

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Design Elements: Images (‘alt’ text)

I have one or two original ideas about alt text, but let’s start with the basics. Firstly, you have to have it. If you don’t have an alt attribute for every image on your Web page, you won’t be producing … Continue reading

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Design Elements: Images (Size)

There is so much to be said about images on Web sites, and on Web pages. (Two different issues already.) So I thought I’d start with something absolutely basic. All graphical Web browsers will resize images for you. (Text browsers … Continue reading

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