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  • Archiving files

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    Archiving Files Defined We think of archiving files as a digital tool. The term archive is an old one. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines an archive as a repository or collection especially of information 1. For our purposes, archiving files, or simply an archive, is a collection of digital files.  For a web designer, an…

  • Normal Flow

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    The normal flow of a page is how HTML elements are normally rendered to a page. The browser starts reading (and displaying) content from the top of the page to the bottom. When it encounters  visible HTML elements, there are two primary ways that elements are displayed on a page: block and in-line. Block Elements…

  • Talking to the browser

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    When we code in HTML, CSS, JS, etc. we are communicating to the browser. That’s what we do as web designers. We are telling the browser how to display content. The browser understands many different languages. It understands, HTML, CSS, JavaSript, XML, SVG and others. Each of those languages have their own syntax. For the…

  • Containers

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    This brief article is about HTML containers. In the “real” world, a container is simply something that holds, i.e. contains, things. Wooden boxes, mesh bags, tots, purses, backpacks, and plastic airtight kitchen containers like Tupperware® are all containers. A toolbox is a container. A sock drawer is a container. If we are properly organized, then…

  • Validation

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    While trying to solve a validation issue in one of my web sites I came across the following forum posting. It was stated so well that I decided to re-post it here. I want to encourage my readers to understand that when a page doesn’t pass validation, it doesn’t mean that the page is “broken”.…

  • Web Designer vs web designer

    As an educator and mentor I try to set the expectations of my students. Part of my job is to focus them so they can get the most benefit from the program and have a realistic view of where they will be upon graduation. One way that I do that to help them understand that…