Monday December 8, 2008

Today's News

• So, You Want Some Text Color, Huh?
  Learn how to change the color of text, links, visited links, using HTML or CSS.

• So, You Want An Animated .gif, Huh?
  This tutorial guides you to download the software you will need, then walks you through creating your first animated gif.

Featured Goodies

• How To Embed a YouTube Video In Your Web Site
  Embedding a video from YouTube, or your own video, is quite simple these days. Here's a quick look at the process.

• Basic HTML: Creating Links to Other Pages
  Just how do you create a link to another web site? Read this tutorial for the basics, written in an easy-to-understand format so you will be creating links in no time at all!

Beyond HTML

• Server Room DIY, In-House Web Server Requirements
  Launching a Web site? Here are some things to consider if you're thinking of being your own Web host.

• Getting Started with Silverlight
  Despite the options available with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, accommodating their differences can be maddening. Enter Silverlight, a plug-in for multiple Web browsers on multiple platforms that makes it easier to create rich content.

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Tutorials

• Firefox Web Developer Extension is Pederrifick
  Remember when cross-browser compatibility was mostly wishful thinking? We were spending hours debugging a Web page, only to learn the culprit was something simple like CSS padding. This week we look at Chris Pederick's Web Developer Extension for Firefox, and you'll wonder how we ever lived without it!!

• Adding Images to Your MySpace Profile
  One of the most popular things for people to do on MySpace is posting images on their profile page. Unfortunately, like many things on MySpace, this is not always easy to figure out. In order to help eliminate some of that pain, this article will take a look at how to go about posting images and pictures on a personal MySpace page.

Primers

• The JavaScript Diaries: Part 15
  With JavaScript you can display and manipulate the date and time. You can calculate the days between dates, show new items on your Web site, etc. In this installment we'll take a look at the JavaScript Date() object and learn how to utilize it in our scripts.

• Review: Ajax Starter Kit
  The term Ajax is often referred to as a new type of technology, but is actually several technologies that work together. This review looks at how to get started using Ajax and the different technologies involved.