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Memorizing HTML Tags
Do I have to memorize a bunch of HTML tags? Yes. Most programs that help you write HTML code already know most tags, and create them when you press a button. But you must understand what a tag is, and how it works. That way you can correct errors in your page more easily.
2007-03-03, 6140👍, 0💬

Set UI Focus on the First Field of a Form
How do I set the focus to the first form field? You cannot do this with HTML. However, you can include a JavaScript after the form that sets the focus to the appropriate field, like this: &lt;input type="text" id="myinput" name="myinput" ...> &lt;/form> &lt;script type="text/javascript">...
2007-03-03, 6109👍, 0💬

Hypertext Link
What is a Hypertext link? A hypertext link is a special tag that links one page to another page or resource. If you click the link, the browser jumps to the link's destination.
2007-03-03, 6107👍, 0💬

Relation between HTML and SGML
What Is the Relation between HTML and SGML? SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) is a metalanguage in which one can define markup languages, like HTML, for documents. SGML is a descendant of IBM's Generalized Markup Language (GML), developed in the 1960s by Charles Goldfarb, Edward Mosher and...
2007-03-03, 6081👍, 0💬

URL with or whithout Domain Names
How can I avoid using the whole URL? The URL structure defines a hierarchy (or relationship) that is similar to the hierarchy of subdirectories (or folders) in the filesystems used by most computer operating systems. The segments of a URL are separated by slash characters ("/"). When navigating the ...
2007-03-03, 6062👍, 0💬

Writing HTML Documents Entirely by Hand
How comfortable are you with writing HTML documents entirely by hand? Very. I do not usually use WYSIWYG. The only occasions when I do use Dreamweaver are when I want to draw something to see what it looks like, and then I will usually either take that design and hand-modify it or build it all over ...
2007-03-03, 6051👍, 0💬

What Is a HTML Tag
What is a HTML tag? In HTML, a tag tells the browser what to do. When you write an HTML page, you enter tags for many reasons -- to change the appearance of text, to show a graphic, or to make a link to another page.
2007-03-03, 5970👍, 0💬

Forms and Pull-Down Navigatin Menus
How can I use forms for pull-down navigation menus? There is no way to do this in HTML only; something else must process the form. JavaScript processing will work only for readers with JavaScript-enabled browsers. CGI and other server-side processing is reliable for human readers, but search engines...
2007-03-03, 5964👍, 0💬

Two or More Actions in the Same Form
Can I have two or more actions in the same form? No. A form must have exactly one action. However, the server-side (e.g., CGI) program that processes your form submissions can perform any number of tasks (e.g., updating a database, sending email, logging a transaction) in response to a single form s...
2007-03-03, 5911👍, 0💬

What is DOCTYPE
What is a DOCTYPE? Which one do I use? According to HTML standards, each HTML document begins with a DOCTYPE declaration that specifies which version of HTML the document uses. Originally, the DOCTYPE declaration was used only by SGML-based tools like HTML validators, which needed to determine which...
2007-03-03, 5894👍, 0💬

Latest Version of HTML Specification?
What Is the Latest Version of HTML Specification? The latest HTML specification is HTML 4.01 specification published in December 1999 by W3C. If you are professional HTML developer, you should get a copy of this specification at http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/ . HTML 4 extends HTML with mechanisms for s...
2007-03-03, 5860👍, 0💬

Relation between HTML and HTTP
What Is the Relation between HTML and HTTP? HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) is an Internet communication protocol, that allows a viewer's computer talking to a publisher's computer to fetch HTML documents. The viewer's computer issues a HTTP request message to the publisher computer first. Then ...
2007-03-03, 5835👍, 0💬

Relation between HTML and the Web
What Is the Relation between HTML and the Web? The Web is a publisher technology based on the Internet to allow publishers to publish hyper linked documents to be viewed by Internet users. HTML is the language that used to compose those hyper linked documents. In another word, HTML is the technical ...
2007-03-03, 5833👍, 0💬

Relation between HTML and CSS
What Is the Relation between HTML and CSS? CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a technical specification that allows HTML document authors to attach formatting style sheets to HTML documents. When HTML documents are viewed as Web pages through Web browsers, the attached style sheets will alter the defau...
2007-03-03, 5763👍, 0💬

How does one suppress or customize error messages in Forms?
How does one suppress or customize error messages in Forms? One can either set the message level using the system variable SYSTEM.MESSAGE_LEVEL or trap errors using the ON-ERROR or ON-MESSAGE triggers. MESSAGE_LEVEL: Set to 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 to suppress all messages with severity below this level...
2011-04-05, 5754👍, 0💬

Relation between HTML and URL
What Is the Relation between HTML and URL? URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a compact string representation of the location for a Web document or other resource that is available on the Internet. The URL of a HTML document is usually the document file name prefixed with the domain name of your Web ...
2007-03-03, 5685👍, 0💬

How To Validate HTML Documents Online
How To Validate HTML Documents Online? If you have just finished a new HTML document, and you want to make sure that confirms with the HTML specification, you can use the HTML online validator at http://validator.w3.org/ . There are 3 ways you can use this validator: By URL - Specify the URL where y...
2007-03-03, 5669👍, 0💬

Relation between HTML and XML
What Is the Relation between HTML and XML? XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a generic markup language to organize generic information into a structured document with embedded tags. HTML is not related to XML other than the factor that both languages uses embedded tags in with similar syntaxes. Fo...
2007-03-03, 5638👍, 0💬

Is Ajax just another name for XMLHttpRequest?
Is Ajax just another name for XMLHttpRequest? No. XMLHttpRequest is only part of the Ajax equation. XMLHttpRequest is the technical component that makes the asynchronous server communication possible; Ajax is our name for the overall approach described in the article, which relies not only on XMLHtt...
2009-06-23, 5507👍, 0💬

Relation between HTML and XHTML
What Is the Relation between HTML and XHTML? XHTML (Extensible Hyper-Text Markup Language) is the next generation of HTML. XHTML reproduces, subsets, and extends HTML with XML. So if you want to catch up with the new generation, you should start to compose your Web pages in with XHTML. For more info...
2007-03-03, 5418👍, 0💬

How can I generate all my forms in a batch?
How can I generate all my forms in a batch? Look at this DOS Batch file example: @echo off @echo. +----------------------------- -----------------------------@echo. | FMXGNALL.BAT @echo. +----------------------------- -----------------------------@echo. | @echo. | Create runtime FMXs from source FMB...
2011-05-10, 5256👍, 0💬

How to make elements invisible?
How to make elements invisible? Change the "visibility" attribute of the style object associated with your element. Remember that a hidden element still takes up space, use "display" to make the space disappear as well. if ( x == y) { myElement.style.visibility = 'visible'; } else { myElement.style....
2011-06-07, 4845👍, 0💬

How to set the cursor to wait?
How to set the cursor to wait? In theory, we should cache the current state of the cursor and then put it back to its original state. document.body.style.cursor = 'wait'; //do something interesting and time consuming document.body.style.cursor = 'auto';
2011-06-07, 4457👍, 0💬

Technical Support
Why do you think does not use the full browser width
2013-06-24, 3109👍, 0💬

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